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The Peel Sessions (The Cure EP)

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Released
  
1988

The Peel Sessions (1988)
  
Disintegration (1989)

Release date
  
1988

Label
  
Strange Fruit Records

Recorded
  
4 December 1978

Artist
  
The Cure

Producer
  
Tony Wilson

Genre
  
Post-punk

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The Peel Sessions was the 1988 EP release of the session The Cure recorded on 4 December 1978 for BBC Radio 1's John Peel show. The session was broadcast on 11 December 1978. The recordings were released on 12" vinyl, CD and cassette in 1988. Music journalist Jeff Apter has called the session "just the seal of credibility the band needed".

Contents

The EP reached number 7 on the UK Independent Singles Chart.

Track listing

All songs were written by Smith, Tolhurst and Dempsey.

  1. "Killing an Arab" – 2:31
  2. "10.15 Saturday Night" – 3:48
  3. "Fire in Cairo" – 3:20
  4. "Boys Don't Cry" – 2:47

Songs

1Killing an Arab2:31
210:15 Saturday Night3:48
3Fire in Cairo3:21

References

The Peel Sessions (The Cure EP) Wikipedia
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