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Galore (The Cure album)

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Galore
Greatest hits album by
The Cure
Released28 October 1997
Recorded1987–1997
Length72:47
Label
The Cure chronology
Wild Mood Swings
(1996) 		Galore
(1997) 		Bloodflowers
(2000)
Singles from Galore
  1. "Wrong Number"
    Released: 17 November 1997

Galore: The Singles 1987–1997 is the second singles compilation by The Cure and was released on 28 October 1997. It contains singles from the years 1987–1997. The song "Wrong Number" is the only new song on the album. The album cover features Isabel Caroline Slark photographed by Ralph John Perou c.1997.

Release

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Galore was first released in the US on 28 October 1997 by record label Elektra.[1] It was then released in the UK and Europe by Fiction on 3 November. It spans the singles from the second part of the Cure's career, beginning with their seventh album Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me and ending with their tenth album Wild Mood Swings. The Cure introduced the album with two full-length shows in October 1997 at the American Legion Hall in Los Angeles and Irving Plaza in New York City.

Robert Smith has expressed dissatisfaction with the lack of promotion given by their record labels for the release, he gave insight on the conflict of interest that he had with the record labels in an interview a few years after the release of the compilation, "There was hardly any promotion for this album. There were even people in my family who didn't know about this release. The reason for this was a heavy quarrel I had with Polydor and Elektra. They wanted to have songs from "Standing On A Beach" included on this album plus a few songs from the last decade - a normal Greatest Hits compilation because that would appeal to more people. "Boys Don't Cry" and stuff like that. I didn't want it like this. To me it seemed like an offense to the fans if we included those old songs." "They didn't want to agree to this - they were like naughty little children. If you do it like you want, we won't do any promotion. And I thought, fuck it, then there won't be any promotion. So they pressed the lowest edition they could. Even if this first edition had sold out in Britain in the first week we hadn't cracked the Top 40. There just weren't enough records in stores. I was really pissed by that."[2]

A single, "Wrong Number", was released in United States on 17 November 1997.[3]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(neither)[5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[6]
Entertainment WeeklyB[7]
NME3/10[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[9]
Spin7/10[10]
Uncut[11]

Galore was generally well received by critics. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic praised the album, writing "Galore emphatically confirms the Cure's status as one of the best and most adventurous alternative bands of the '80s."[4] A review in Cherwell said Galore was "easier, happier and more productive than anything else they've done" and compared it positively to their first album.[12] Nathan Brackett and Christian Hoard from The Rolling Stone Album Guide wrote that "Galore collects the best of the late Eighties/early Nineties Cure, plus a load of late filler", and were more reserved in their praise, describing the record as a "feeble remix album."[9]

Track listing

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Galore track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Why Can't I Be You?"3:14
2."Catch"2:45
3."Just Like Heaven" (remix)3:32
4."Hot Hot Hot!!!" (remix)3:35
5."Lullaby" (remix)4:09
6."Fascination Street" (remix)4:20
7."Lovesong" (remix)3:28
8."Pictures of You" (single edit)4:48
9."Never Enough" (single mix)4:28
10."Close to Me" (Closest mix)4:21
11."High" (single mix)3:33
12."Friday I'm in Love"3:36
13."A Letter to Elise" (7" remix edit)4:20
14."The 13th" (Swing radio mix)4:17
15."Mint Car" (radio mix)3:31
16."Strange Attraction"4:21
17."Gone!" (radio mix)4:27
18."Wrong Number" (single mix)6:01
Total length:72:47

Tracks 1–4 originally appeared on Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, tracks 5–8 appeared on Disintegration, tracks 9–10 appeared on Mixed Up, tracks 11–13 appeared on Wish, and tracks 14–17 appeared on Wild Mood Swings. Remixed versions of 11 of these tracks are included on Galore.

Personnel

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Production

Charts

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Chart performance for Galore
Chart (1997) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[13] 45
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[14] 81
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[15] 51
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[16] 31
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[17] 54
UK Albums (OCC)[18] 37
US Billboard 200[19] 32

Certifications

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Certifications for Galore
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[20] Gold 35,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[21] Silver 60,000^
United States (RIAA)[22] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

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  • Standing on a Beach – The Cure's first decade-spanning singles collection, for the years 1978–1985

References

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  1. ^ "none" (PDF). Billboard. 25 October 1997. p. 6. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Robert Smith Interview - Zillo (Feb. 2000)". www.ossh.com. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  3. ^ "The Cure – Boys Don't Cry (New Voice • Club Mix) (1986, Vinyl)". Discogs.
  4. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Galore: The Singles 1987–1997 – The Cure". AllMusic.
  5. ^ Christgau, Robert (15 October 2000). "The Cure". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 9780312245603.
  6. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958.
  7. ^ Eddy, Chuck (12 December 1997). "Galore Review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 21 April 2009. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  8. ^ Cigarettes, Johnny. "The Cure: Galore - The Singles 1987 - 1997". NME. Archived from the original on 30 September 2000. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  9. ^ a b "The Cure: Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  10. ^ Bernstein, Jonathan (January 1998). "The Cure: Galore: The Singles 1987-1997 (Elektra)/The Psychedelic Furs: Should God Forget: A Retrospective (Columbia/Legacy)". Spin. SPIN Media LLC. pp. 114–5. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  11. ^ Broudie, Ian (December 1997). "I bought Galore and Galore won". Uncut. No. 7. p. 101.
  12. ^ David Pincher (21 November 1997). "Speed of Sound: The Cure - Galore (Singles 1987-1997)". Cherwell. Vol. 219, no. 7. p. 12.
  13. ^ "Australiancharts.com – The Cure – Galore". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  14. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – The Cure – Galore" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  15. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – The Cure – Galore" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  16. ^ "Charts.nz – The Cure – Galore". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  17. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – The Cure – Galore". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  18. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  19. ^ "The Cure Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  20. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2001 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. 14 July 2021.
  21. ^ "British album certifications – Cure – Galore". British Phonographic Industry. 22 July 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  22. ^ "American album certifications – The Cure – Galore". Recording Industry Association of America. 17 October 2001.
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