Standing on a Beach (titled Staring at the Sea in CD format in some countries) is a singles compilation released by the British rock band The Cure in May 1986, marking a decade since the band's founding in 1976. The album's title is taken from the opening lyrics of The Cure's debut single "Killing an Arab". The "New Voice - New Mix" of "Boys Don't Cry" (released as a single little over a fortnight before Standing on a Beach) is not featured on the album; thus the album's singles span only from 1978 to 1985. The same mix has never again been released onto a compilation album. Standing on a Beach (titled Staring at the Sea in CD format in some countries) is a singles compilation released by the British rock band The Cure in May 1986, marking a decade since the band's founding in 1976. The album's title is taken from the opening lyrics of The Cure's debut single "Killing an Arab". The "New Voice - New Mix" of "Boys Don't Cry" (released as a single little over a fortnight before Standing on a Beach) is not featured on the album; thus the album's singles span only from 1978 to 1985. The same mix has never again been released onto a compilation album. false 2024-01-17 04:38:28 Standing on a Beach: The Singles 9.5 1986 1986-01-01 1986-01-01 62 Alternative Rock Electronic Gothic Gothic Rock New Wave Pop Pop Rock Post-Punk Rock 111622 2118158 6849ab5b-6dd0-3453-8818-8e7eed30f5ec 69ee3720-a7cb-4402-b48d-a02c366f2bcf 030ab9b7-3e6b-3c51-8718-fda54bc1cfb1 /media/data/media5/Music/The Cure/Standing on a Beach - The Singles (1986)/folder.jpg The Cure AlbumArtist The Cure Artist The Cure The Cure 1 Killing an Arab 02:21 2 10:15 Saturday Night 03:38 3 Boys Don’t Cry 02:35 4 Jumping Someone Else’s Train 02:55 5 A Forest 04:55 6 Play for Today 03:39 7 Primary 03:35 8 Other Voices 04:28 9 Charlotte Sometimes 04:14 10 The Hanging Garden 04:22 11 Let’s Go to Bed 03:33 12 The Walk 03:29 13 The Lovecats 03:39 14 The Caterpillar 03:40 15 In Between Days 02:56 16 Close to Me 03:40 17 A Night Like This 04:11 The Cure are an English rock band formed in 1978 in Crawley, West Sussex. Throughout numerous lineup changes since the band's formation, guitarist, lead vocalist, and songwriter Robert Smith has remained the only constant member, though bassist Simon Gallup has been present for all but about three years of the band's history. Their debut album, Three Imaginary Boys (1979), along with several early singles, placed the band at the forefront of the emerging post-punk and new wave movements that had sprung up in the United Kingdom. Beginning with their second album, Seventeen Seconds (1980), the band adopted a new, increasingly dark and tormented style, which, together with Smith's stage look, had a strong influence on the emerging genre of gothic rock as well as the goth subculture that eventually formed around the genre. After the release of the band's fourth album, Pornography (1982), Smith introduced a greater pop sensibility into the band's music, and they subsequently garnered worldwide mainstream success. Their singles compilation Standing on a Beach (1986) sold four million copies worldwide by 1989, and they reached their commercial peak with the albums Disintegration (1989) and Wish (1992). The Cure have released 13 studio albums, two EPs, and over 30 singles, and have sold over 30 million albums worldwide. Their most recent album, 4:13 Dream, was released in 2008. The Cure were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019.