Three Imaginary Boys is the debut studio album by English rock band the Cure, who were at that time a trio. It was released on 8 May 1979 by record label Fiction. It was later released in the United States and Australia with a different song tracklist as Boys Don't Cry.
Background
The record company decided which songs were put on the album, as well as the cover artwork, without Robert Smith's consent. For all Cure albums since, Smith has ensured he is given complete creative control over the final product before it goes on sale.
The "Foxy Lady" soundcheck, with vocals sung by Michael Dempsey, was not supposed to be on the album, and was removed for the American release. Smith has stated that "songs like 'Object' and 'World War' and our cover of 'Foxy Lady' were [Chris Parry's] choice".
Release
Three Imaginary Boys was released on 8 May 1979 by record label Fiction.
The album was reissued on 29 November 2004 and featured a second disc of unreleased material, including songs recorded under the band name "Easy Cure" with Porl Thompson. It was originally supposed to be released in early 2004 along with the band's next three studio albums (Seventeen Seconds, Faith and Pornography), but was delayed multiple times before being released by itself at the end of 2004. Since it featured a variety of old songs, it was the only Deluxe Edition by the band which did not include an alternate version of each song on the first disc. Some of the early booklets in the reissue had missing lyrics, which were made available on the Cure's website in PDF form. All copies since contain the lyrics.
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Three Imaginary Boys · The Cure
Three Imaginary Boys
℗ 1979 Fiction Records Ltd.
Released on: 1979-01-01
Associated Performer, Vocalist, Guitar: Robert Smith
Associated Performer, Bass Guitar: Michael Dempsey
Associated Performer, Drums: Lol Tolhurst
Producer: Chris Parry
Studio Personnel, Engineer: Mike Hedges
Studio Personnel, Asst. Recording Engineer: Mike Dutton
Author, Composer Lyricist, Composer: Robert Smith
Composer: Michael Dempsey
Composer: Laurence Tolhurst
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published: 28 Jul 2018
The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys (Lyrics)
Three Imaginary Boys is the debut album by British alternative rock band the Cure, released on 8 May 1979 by record label Fiction. It was later released in the United States, Canada and Australia with a different tracklist as Boys Don't Cry.
published: 29 Aug 2019
The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys (live 1979)
Walk across the garden
In the footsteps of my shadow
See the lights out
No one's home
In amongst the statues
Stare at nothing in
The garden moves
Can you help me?
Close my eyes
And hold so tightly
Scared of what the morning brings
Waiting for tomorrow
Never comes
Deep inside
The empty feeling
All the night time leaves me
Three imaginary boys
Slipping through the door
Hear my heart beats in the hallway
Echoes
Round and round
Inside my head
Drifting up the stairs
I see the steps behind me
Disappearing
Can you help me?
Close my eyes
And hold so tightly
Scared of what the morning brings
Waiting for tomorrow
Never comes
Deep inside
The empty feeling
All the night time leaves me
Three imaginary boys sing in my
Sleep sweet child
The moon will change your mind
See the cracked reflection
Standi...
published: 07 Aug 2021
The Cure - 3 imaginary boys, 10.15 Saturday Night, Killing an arab
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published: 09 Dec 2016
The Cure - "10:15 Saturday Night"
"10:15 Saturday Night" is a song by British post-punk band The Cure. It was the B-side to their December 1978 single "Killing an Arab" as well as the opening track of their debut album Three Imaginary Boys.
"10:15 Saturday Night" is widely regarded as one of the Cure's best songs. In 2019, Billboard ranked the song number ten on their list of the 40 greatest Cure songs,
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"wilderness", Acryl/Ink 42 x 29,7 cm
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Three Imaginary Boys · The Cure
Three Imaginary Boys
℗ 1979 Fiction Records Ltd.
Released on: 1979-01-01
Assoc...
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Three Imaginary Boys · The Cure
Three Imaginary Boys
℗ 1979 Fiction Records Ltd.
Released on: 1979-01-01
Associated Performer, Vocalist, Guitar: Robert Smith
Associated Performer, Bass Guitar: Michael Dempsey
Associated Performer, Drums: Lol Tolhurst
Producer: Chris Parry
Studio Personnel, Engineer: Mike Hedges
Studio Personnel, Asst. Recording Engineer: Mike Dutton
Author, Composer Lyricist, Composer: Robert Smith
Composer: Michael Dempsey
Composer: Laurence Tolhurst
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Three Imaginary Boys · The Cure
Three Imaginary Boys
℗ 1979 Fiction Records Ltd.
Released on: 1979-01-01
Associated Performer, Vocalist, Guitar: Robert Smith
Associated Performer, Bass Guitar: Michael Dempsey
Associated Performer, Drums: Lol Tolhurst
Producer: Chris Parry
Studio Personnel, Engineer: Mike Hedges
Studio Personnel, Asst. Recording Engineer: Mike Dutton
Author, Composer Lyricist, Composer: Robert Smith
Composer: Michael Dempsey
Composer: Laurence Tolhurst
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Three Imaginary Boys is the debut album by British alternative rock band the Cure, released on 8 May 1979 by record label Fiction. It was later released in the ...
Three Imaginary Boys is the debut album by British alternative rock band the Cure, released on 8 May 1979 by record label Fiction. It was later released in the United States, Canada and Australia with a different tracklist as Boys Don't Cry.
Three Imaginary Boys is the debut album by British alternative rock band the Cure, released on 8 May 1979 by record label Fiction. It was later released in the United States, Canada and Australia with a different tracklist as Boys Don't Cry.
Walk across the garden
In the footsteps of my shadow
See the lights out
No one's home
In amongst the statues
Stare at nothing in
The garden moves
Can you help m...
Walk across the garden
In the footsteps of my shadow
See the lights out
No one's home
In amongst the statues
Stare at nothing in
The garden moves
Can you help me?
Close my eyes
And hold so tightly
Scared of what the morning brings
Waiting for tomorrow
Never comes
Deep inside
The empty feeling
All the night time leaves me
Three imaginary boys
Slipping through the door
Hear my heart beats in the hallway
Echoes
Round and round
Inside my head
Drifting up the stairs
I see the steps behind me
Disappearing
Can you help me?
Close my eyes
And hold so tightly
Scared of what the morning brings
Waiting for tomorrow
Never comes
Deep inside
The empty feeling
All the night time leaves me
Three imaginary boys sing in my
Sleep sweet child
The moon will change your mind
See the cracked reflection
Standing still
Before the bedroom mirror
Over my shoulder
But no one's there
Whispers in the silence
Pressing close behind me
Pressing close behind
Can you help me?
Can you help me?
Can you help me?
Can you help me?
Walk across the garden
In the footsteps of my shadow
See the lights out
No one's home
In amongst the statues
Stare at nothing in
The garden moves
Can you help me?
Close my eyes
And hold so tightly
Scared of what the morning brings
Waiting for tomorrow
Never comes
Deep inside
The empty feeling
All the night time leaves me
Three imaginary boys
Slipping through the door
Hear my heart beats in the hallway
Echoes
Round and round
Inside my head
Drifting up the stairs
I see the steps behind me
Disappearing
Can you help me?
Close my eyes
And hold so tightly
Scared of what the morning brings
Waiting for tomorrow
Never comes
Deep inside
The empty feeling
All the night time leaves me
Three imaginary boys sing in my
Sleep sweet child
The moon will change your mind
See the cracked reflection
Standing still
Before the bedroom mirror
Over my shoulder
But no one's there
Whispers in the silence
Pressing close behind me
Pressing close behind
Can you help me?
Can you help me?
Can you help me?
Can you help me?
"10:15 Saturday Night" is a song by British post-punk band The Cure. It was the B-side to their December 1978 single "Killing an Arab" as well as the opening tr...
"10:15 Saturday Night" is a song by British post-punk band The Cure. It was the B-side to their December 1978 single "Killing an Arab" as well as the opening track of their debut album Three Imaginary Boys.
"10:15 Saturday Night" is widely regarded as one of the Cure's best songs. In 2019, Billboard ranked the song number ten on their list of the 40 greatest Cure songs,
Artwork by Thomas Mueller
"wilderness", Acryl/Ink 42 x 29,7 cm
https://www.facebook.com/ARThomasMueller/
"10:15 Saturday Night" is a song by British post-punk band The Cure. It was the B-side to their December 1978 single "Killing an Arab" as well as the opening track of their debut album Three Imaginary Boys.
"10:15 Saturday Night" is widely regarded as one of the Cure's best songs. In 2019, Billboard ranked the song number ten on their list of the 40 greatest Cure songs,
Artwork by Thomas Mueller
"wilderness", Acryl/Ink 42 x 29,7 cm
https://www.facebook.com/ARThomasMueller/
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Three Imaginary Boys · The Cure
Three Imaginary Boys
℗ 1979 Fiction Records Ltd.
Released on: 1979-01-01
Associated Performer, Vocalist, Guitar: Robert Smith
Associated Performer, Bass Guitar: Michael Dempsey
Associated Performer, Drums: Lol Tolhurst
Producer: Chris Parry
Studio Personnel, Engineer: Mike Hedges
Studio Personnel, Asst. Recording Engineer: Mike Dutton
Author, Composer Lyricist, Composer: Robert Smith
Composer: Michael Dempsey
Composer: Laurence Tolhurst
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Three Imaginary Boys is the debut album by British alternative rock band the Cure, released on 8 May 1979 by record label Fiction. It was later released in the United States, Canada and Australia with a different tracklist as Boys Don't Cry.
Walk across the garden
In the footsteps of my shadow
See the lights out
No one's home
In amongst the statues
Stare at nothing in
The garden moves
Can you help me?
Close my eyes
And hold so tightly
Scared of what the morning brings
Waiting for tomorrow
Never comes
Deep inside
The empty feeling
All the night time leaves me
Three imaginary boys
Slipping through the door
Hear my heart beats in the hallway
Echoes
Round and round
Inside my head
Drifting up the stairs
I see the steps behind me
Disappearing
Can you help me?
Close my eyes
And hold so tightly
Scared of what the morning brings
Waiting for tomorrow
Never comes
Deep inside
The empty feeling
All the night time leaves me
Three imaginary boys sing in my
Sleep sweet child
The moon will change your mind
See the cracked reflection
Standing still
Before the bedroom mirror
Over my shoulder
But no one's there
Whispers in the silence
Pressing close behind me
Pressing close behind
Can you help me?
Can you help me?
Can you help me?
Can you help me?
"10:15 Saturday Night" is a song by British post-punk band The Cure. It was the B-side to their December 1978 single "Killing an Arab" as well as the opening track of their debut album Three Imaginary Boys.
"10:15 Saturday Night" is widely regarded as one of the Cure's best songs. In 2019, Billboard ranked the song number ten on their list of the 40 greatest Cure songs,
Artwork by Thomas Mueller
"wilderness", Acryl/Ink 42 x 29,7 cm
https://www.facebook.com/ARThomasMueller/