The Peel Sessions (The Cure EP)

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The Peel Sessions
File:The Cure - The Peel Sessions.jpg
EP by The Cure
Released 1988
Recorded 4 December 1978
Genre Post-punk
Label Strange Fruit
Producer Tony Wilson
The Cure chronology
Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
(1987)Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me1987		 The Peel Sessions
(1988)		 Disintegration
(1989)Disintegration1989
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[1]

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.[2][3] 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".[4]

The EP reached number 7 on the UK Independent Singles Chart.[5]

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

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