2-CD: 982 183-7
RELEASED: 2005
LABEL: Fiction

Disc: 1
01. One Hundred Years
02. A Short Term Effect
03. The Hanging Garden
04. Siamese Twins
05. Figurehead
06. A Strange Day
07. Cold
08. Pornography

Disc: 2
01. Break [Group Home Demo]
02. Demise [Studio Demo]
03. Temptation [Studio Demo]
04. The Figurehead [Studio Demo]
05. The Hanging Garden [Studio Demo]
06. One Hundred Years [Studio Demo]
07. Airlock: The Soundtrack
08. Cold [Live]
09. A Strange Day [Live]
10. Pornography [Live]
11. All Mine [Live]
12. A Short Term Effect [Live]
13. Siamese Twins [Live]
14. Temptation Two [Studio Demo]

Digitally remastered 2-CD set compiled by Robert Smith. Features 5 previously unreleased tracks and 14 tracks on CD for the very first time. Deluxe package contains a 20 page booklet including sleevenotes and lyrics with rare and previously unseen photographs. 1982's Pornography remains one of The Cure's heaviest albums, both emotionally and sonically. Features Cure classics 'The Hanging Garden' and 'One Hundred Years.' A bonus disc, Rarities 1981-1982, contains 14 tracks making their CD debut, including the previously unreleased 'Temptation Two' and four live cuts from a 1982 performance at the Hammersmith Odeon. The music on Pornography paints a dark vision with sound layers that create a hypnotizing wall, the structure is both intriguing and maddening at the same time. It is like a slow-paced film populated with fascinating characters, the pacing tries your patience, but the actual content holds you enthralled. The drum beats, hypnotic in repetition, the thrumming bass and dissonant guitars all together create an apocalyptic cacophony. On top of that is the imagery conjured by vocalist Robert Smith. From the opening line, "It doesn't matter if we all die" right through the closing thought "I must fight this sickness, find a cure" the listener is taken on a stream-of- consciousness ride of imagery and despair. The second disc, compiled by Robert Smith, contains rarities from the time surrounding the release of the album. The first few demos are instrumental tracks including "Demise" and "Temptation". There is also a selection of live tracks including the title cut "Pornography." The most intriguing track of the bunch is the 12-minute epic soundscape "Airlock: Soundtrack.", it is an interesting blend of dissonant sounds and gothic groove - an intriguing journey in sound. Topping off this package, are interesting liner notes placing the state of the band into context.

Influences / Similar Artists:
Joy Division, Lowlife, The Sound, Echo & The Bunnymen