Boys Don't Cry (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Boys Don't Cry
Type = Compilation Album
Artist = The Cure


Released = February 5, 1980
Recorded = 1978–1979
Genre = Post-punk
Length = 34:09 (CD version)
Label = Fiction Records
Producer = Chris Parry
Reviews =
*Allmusic rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:46dsa9tgb23a link]
*Robert Christgau (B+) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=cure link]
*"Rolling Stone" (favorable) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thecure/albums/album/224858/review/5945602/boys_dont_cry link]
Last album = "Three Imaginary Boys"
(1980)
This album = "Boys Don't Cry"
(1980)
Next album = "Seventeen Seconds"
(1980)
Misc = Singles
Name = Boys Don't Cry
Type = compilation album
single 1 = Killing an Arab
single 1 date = December, 1978
single 2 = Jumping Someone Else's Train
single 2 date = November, 1979
single 3 = Boys Don't Cry
single 3 date = August, 1980

"Boys Don't Cry" is an album by The Cure, released in August 1980 (see 1980 in music). It is the U.S. version of their UK debut album, "Three Imaginary Boys", differing slightly in track order and missing three of that album's songs ("Foxy Lady," "Meathook," "It's Not You") while adding others ("Boys Don't Cry," "Plastic Passion," "Jumping Someone Else's Train", "World War" and "Killing an Arab"). The debut single from this album was "Boys Don't Cry".

On the back cover of original UK album "Three Imaginary Boys", the song titles were not listed conventionally, but represented by pictograms. "Boys Don't Cry" took the pictogram for the song "Fire in Cairo" for its sleeve picture.

The London based indie punk band Plastic Passion took their name from this album.

Track listing

Original album

ide A

# "Jumping Someone Else's Train" – 2:35
# "Boys Don't Cry" – 2:15
# "Plastic Passion" – 3:38
# "10:15 Saturday Night" – 2:16
# "Accuracy" – 3:03
# "Object" – 2:56
# "Subway Song" – 1:59

ide B

# "Killing an Arab" – 2:22
# "Fire in Cairo" – 3:21
# "Another Day" – 3:43
# "Grinding Halt" – 2:49
# "World War" – 2:36
# "Three Imaginary Boys" – 3:14

CD version

On the CD version of the album, "Object" was replaced by "So What", the scream at the end of "Subway Song" was shortened, and "World War" was removed.
# "Boys Don't Cry" – 2:35
# "Plastic Passion" – 2:14
# "10.15 Saturday Night" – 3:38
# "Accuracy" – 2:16
# "So What" – 3:01
# "Jumping Someone Else's Train" – 2:56
# "Subway Song" – 1:55
# "Killing an Arab" – 2:22
# "Fire in Cairo" – 3:21
# "Another Day" – 3:43
# "Grinding Halt" – 2:49
# "Three Imaginary Boys" – 3:14

Band

* Michael Dempsey – Bass, Vocals
* Robert Smith – Guitar, Vocals
* Lol Tolhurst – Drums