“'Three Imaginary Boys' by The Cure, the record that matters the most to me. Some of the b-sides from this record are my favorite, like that song 'I Want To Be Old.' 'Fire in Cairo' is one of my favorite songs ever.”Watch this moment
Three Imaginary Boys
The Cure
Three Imaginary Boys is the debut studio album by the English rock band the Cure, released on 8 May 1979 by Fiction Records, and reached number 44 on the UK Albums Chart. It was later released in the United States, Canada, and Australia with a different track listing as a compilation album titled Boys Don't Cry.
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33 tracks · 99:30 · click to preview1
10:15 Saturday Night
3:42
2
Accuracy
2:17
3
Grinding Halt
2:49
4
Another Day
3:44
5
Object
3:01
6
Subway Song
1:58
7
Foxy Lady
2:29
8
Meathook
2:17
9
So What
2:36
10
Fire In Cairo
3:23
11
It's Not You
2:50
12
Three Imaginary Boys
3:15
13
The Weedy Burton
0:53
14
I Want to Be Old (Sav Studio Demo 10/77)
2:36
15
I'm Cold (Sav Studio Demo 11/77)
3:21
16
Heroin Face (Live In the Rocket, Crawley 12/77)
2:40
17
I Just Need Myself (PSI Studio Demo 1/78)
2:14
18
10:15 Saturday Night (Robert Smith Home Demo 2/78)
4:36
19
The Cocktail Party (Group Home Demo 3/78)
4:17
20
Grinding Halt (Group Home Demo 4/78)
3:31
21
Boys Don't Cry (Chestnut Studio Demo 5/78)
2:45
22
It's Not You (Chestnut Studio Demo 5/78)
3:16
23
10:15 Saturday Night (Chestnut Studio Demo 5/78)
3:41
24
Fire In Cairo (Chestnut Studio Demo 5/78)
3:42
25
Winter (Three Imaginary Boys Studio Outtake 10/78)
3:46
26
Faded Smiles (aka I Don't Know) [Three Imaginary Boys Studio Outtake 10/78]
2:16
27
Play With Me (Three Imaginary Boys Studio Outtake 10/78)
3:30
28
World War (Boys Don't Cry Album Version)
2:38
29
Boys Don't Cry (Single Version)
2:37
30
Jumping Someone Else's Train
2:56
31
Subway Song (Live In Nottingham 10/79)
2:27
32
Accuracy (Live In Nottingham 10/79)
2:35
33
10:15 Saturday Night (Live In Nottingham 10/79)
4:38
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