Happily Ever After
Happily Ever After is a compilation by the Cure, released in 1981 by A&M Records for the American market. It sits in the band's early post-punk chapter, arriving after their first three studio albums: Three Imaginary Boys in 1979, Seventeen Seconds in 1980 and Faith in 1981.
For listeners in the US, it offered a way into a band still finding its audience. The Cure had begun as a trio of Robert Smith, Lol Tolhurst and Michael Dempsey, and by this point they were moving from their spiky debut towards the colder, more atmospheric sound of Seventeen Seconds and Faith. Those two records had climbed to numbers 20 and 14 in the UK. If you want to hear the band at the start of that shift, this is a good place to begin.
Happily Ever After: tracklist and credits
18 tracks · 1:13:03Tracklist
- Disc 1
- 1A ReflectionGallup, Hartley, Smith, Tolhurst2:11
- 2Play for TodayGallup, Hartley, Smith, Tolhurst3:40
- 3SecretsGallup, Hartley, Smith, Tolhurst3:20
- 4In Your HouseGallup, Hartley, Smith, Tolhurst4:10
- 5ThreeGallup, Hartley, Smith, Tolhurst2:35
- 6The Final SoundGallup, Hartley, Smith, Tolhurst0:54
- 7A ForestGallup, Hartley, Smith, Tolhurst5:57
- 8MGallup, Hartley, Smith, Tolhurst3:06
- 9At NightGallup, Hartley, Smith, Tolhurst5:56
- 10Seventeen SecondsGallup, Hartley, Smith, Tolhurst4:07
- Disc 2
- 1The Holy HourGallup, Smith, Tolhurst4:28
- 2PrimaryGallup, Smith, Tolhurst3:38
- 3Other VoicesGallup, Smith, Tolhurst4:31
- 4All Cats Are GreyGallup, Smith, Tolhurst5:29
- 5The Funeral PartyGallup, Smith, Tolhurst4:15
- 6DoubtGallup, Smith, Tolhurst3:14
- 7The Drowing ManGallup, Smith, Tolhurst4:51
- 8FaithGallup, Smith, Tolhurst6:41
- Produced by
- Mike Hedges, Robert Smith
- Label
- A&M Records
- Length
- 1:13:03
Line-up
- Simon Gallup · electric bass guitar
- Matthieu Hartley · keyboard
- Robert Smith · electric guitar, lead vocals, guitar, electric bass guitar, keyboard
- Lol Tolhurst · drums (drum set)
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date only year precision available
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 1981 | |
| Wikidata | 1981 | |
| US release | 1981 | earliest US date |
3 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | US | A&M Records | original | |
| 1987 | US | A&M Records | 075021602021 | other |
| 1988 | US | A&M Records | 075021602014 | other |
Cover art sources
coverartarchive · upscaled: minor: best source 1414x1409, upscaled to 1500 (x1.06)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| coverartarchive ✓ | 1414×1409 | upscaled: minor: best source 1414x1409, upscaled to 1500 (x1.06) |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |