Faith (The Cure album) 264294 224214086 2008-07-07T20:55:32Z J Milburn Bot 7423137 All Music Guide has now been rebranded to Allmusic {{refimprove|date=June 2008}} {{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> | Name = Faith | Type = [[Album]] | Artist = [[The Cure]] | Cover = The Cure - Faith.jpg | Released = [[April 21]][[1981]] | Recorded = -- | Genre = [[Gothic rock]] | Length = 36:54 | Label = [[A&M Records|A&M]] | Producer = [[The Cure]],<br>[[Mike Hedges]] | Reviews = * [[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|3.5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ntkpu3y5anxk link] * [[Pitchfork Media]] (8.8/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/16405/The_Cure_Seventeen_Seconds_Faith_Pornography link] | Last album = ''[[Boys Don't Cry (album)|Boys Don't Cry]]'' <br /> (1980) | This album = '''''Faith''''' <br /> (1981) | Next album = ''[[Pornography (album)|Pornography]]'' <br /> (1982) | Misc = {{Singles | Name = Faith | Type = studio | single 1 = [[Primary (song)|Primary]] | single 1 date = [[March 17]], [[1981]] }} }} '''''Faith''''' is the third [[album]] by [[Great Britain|British]] [[alternative rock]] band [[The Cure]], released in 1981. == History == The front cover of the album features a picture of [[Bolton Abbey]] in the fog. Faith is generally a brooding, atmospheric, and sombre album, although it has a flash of anger in the form of the song Doubt, and some edge in the driving single Primary. It is often seen as a mid-point in a "Dark Trilogy" that begins with ''[[Seventeen Seconds]]'' and ends with ''[[Pornography (album)|Pornography]]''. One of the songs on the album, "The Drowning Man", is inspired by the [[Gormenghast series|Gormenghast novels]] by [[Mervyn Peake]]. The album was released on lead singer [[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]]'s birthday. Faith is the first album by The Cure to feature [[baritone guitar]]/six-string bass. The band has recently played "Primary", "Other Voices", "The Drowning Man", and "Faith" on its 2008 '4 Tour'. "All Cats Are Grey" was last played on the 2000 Dream Tour. "The Funeral Party" was last played on the 1996 Swing Tour. "Doubt" has never been played live, and is one of the very few Cure songs to hold this distinction. ==2005 re-release== ''Faith'' was reissued in the UK on [[April 25]], [[2005]] (26th in the U.S.) as part of [[Universal Music Group|Universal Music]]'s [[Deluxe Edition]] series. The new edition features a remastered version of the album, as well as the song "[[Carnage Visors]]" on disc one, while disc two contains demo and live tracks, as well as the non-album single "[[Charlotte Sometimes (song)|Charlotte Sometimes]]". It features a few never-before-heard tracks (in demo form, all instrumentals) while each song on the first disc (except Carnage Visors) has an alternate version on the second disc, whether it be a demo or live rendition. There also exists a one-CD reissue. It was released on [[September 5]], [[2005]] in the UK and [[April 4]], [[2006]] in the US. The CD, released in the standard jewel case, rather than a digipak, features the original album, but does not contain the bonus disc. It also excludes the song Carnage Visors. ==Track listing== All songs by Simon Gallup, Robert Smith and Laurence Tolhurst. === Original 1981 release === #"The Holy Hour" – 4:25 #"[[Primary (song)|Primary]]" – 3:35 #"[[Other Voices (song)|Other Voices]]" – 4:28 #"[[All Cats Are Grey]]" – 5:28 #"The Funeral Party" – 4:14 #"Doubt" – 3:11 #"[[The Drowning Man]]" – 4:50 #"[[Faith (The Cure song)|Faith]]" – 6:43 ;Long-play cassette bonus track <ol><li value="9">"[[Carnage Visors]]" – 27:51</ol> === 2005 Deluxe Edition === ====Disc one==== ;Original album, as above :(including "Carnage Visors" as track 9) *A later one-CD re-issue that features only the first disc, excludes Carnage Visors. ====Disc two (Rarities 1980-1981)==== # "Faith" (Robert Smith home demo) - 2:56 # "Doubt" (Robert Smith home demo) - 1:09 # "Drowning" (group home demo) - 1:52 # "The Holy Hour" (group home demo) - 4:48 # "Primary" (studio out-take) - 4:22 # "Going Home Time" (studio out-take) - 3:31 # "The Violin Song" (studio out-take) - 3:38 # "A Normal Story" (studio out-take) - 3:04 # "All Cats Are Grey" (live) - 5:37 # "The Funeral Party" (live) - 4:38 # "Other Voices" (live) - 4:45 # "The Drowning Man" (live) - 5:48 # "Faith" (live) - 10:23 # "[[Forever (The Cure song)|Forever]]" (live) - 9:19 # "[[Charlotte Sometimes (song)|Charlotte Sometimes]]" (single) - 4:13 ==Personnel== *[[Simon Gallup]] - [[bass guitar|bass]] *[[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]] - [[guitar]], [[keyboard instrument|keyboard]], [[vocals]] *[[Lol Tolhurst]] - [[drums]] ==Production== *Producers: The Cure, Mike Hedges *Engineers: Mike Hedges, David Kemp *Assistant engineer: Martyn Webster ==Charts== '''Singles''' - [[Billboard Magazine|Billboard]] (North America) {| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="550px" !align="left"|Year !align="left"|Single !align="left"|Chart !align="left"|Position |- |align="left"|1981 |align="left"|"Primary" |align="left"|Club Play Singles |align="left"|25 |- |} ==Covers== In [[2005]] the U.S. [[Gothic rock|Gothic]] [[Neo-Medieval music|Neo-Medieval]]/[[Neofolk]] band [[Unto Ashes]] covered ''The Drowning Man'' on their ''Grave Blessings'' album.<ref name="Grave Blessings">[http://www.projekt.com/projekt/product.asp?sku=PRO00172 Grave Blessings 5/10 2008]</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{TheCure}} [[Category:The Cure albums]] [[Category:1981 albums]] [[Category:Universal Deluxe Editions]] [[Category:Darkwave albums]] [[Category:Post-punk albums]] [[Category:Albums produced by Mike Hedges]] [[fr:Faith (album de The Cure)]] [[it:Faith (The Cure)]] [[nl:Faith]] [[pl:Faith (album The Cure)]] [[pt:Faith]] [[fi:Faith (The Cure)]] [[sv:Faith (musikalbum)]]