I am usually a gentle person, Jim DeRogatis, but I put it to you that both you and your egotistical, mean-spirited, pseudo-sophisticated criticism of great art will rapidly be forgotten by History, whilst great musical masterpieces like 'From the edge of a deep Green Sea' by The Cure (To name just ONE amongst NUMEROUS lovely songs that you have trashed), will be remembered and treasured by other human beings for a long long time. Time is the best proof of quality, and the Cure's marvellous music will continue to soar, conquering time and transcending place, long after your petulance is no more...why a great site such as Amazon pay you good money is quite beyond me...

I kind of agree with the reviewer above about Show--it's definitely a piece of Cure product. But I disagree with him about Paris. Paris, thank God, is Robert Smith's acknowledgment to Cure fans, a live record of the lesser-known, mostly early songs. I've always enjoyed Cure concerts because Smith never forgets to devote a significant portion of the set to older, gloomier, punkish material--the very material that sends some fans (like me) screaming, and sends other fans (the teeny-boppers or newly-converted) absolutely confused. Thus, Paris marks the first legitimate live release of classic Cure material

The Cure's PARIS was the band's second live album release in a two month span in 1993. Talk about prolific. Talk about overkill. Talk about capitalism. While SHOW spotlighted more recent Cure material, the bulk of PARIS (taped in 1992, guess where?) spotlights the Cure's earlier, less radio-friendly days. Sparkling renditions of songs like "Charlotte Sometimes" and "The Figurehead" only go to show that the Cure can do it all. Not to completely alienate recent pop fans, PARIS also contains sparkling renditions of the Cure's first big AOR hit "Lovesong," plus the Kinks-like "Catch," and the gem "Letter To Elise." Half the original proceeds from royalties of PARIS were donated by the Cure to the Red Cross in support of international relief work. For a bunch of gloomy guys, that was a helluva nice gesture.

"Paris" is kind of the companion piece to their other live disc "Show", but to me, this is far superior. "Show" has alot more of the hits, and pop "Cure" songs, but this has the darker, and more obscure "Cure" that I think the hardcore fans really love. It starts off with a few tracks from the "Pornography" and "Seventeen Seconds" albums, then throws in a few from "Wish", plus others. There's a few upbeat songs like "Catch", "Dressing Up", and "Close To Me", but for the most part it's fairly gloomy. Given the overall mood of the album, I could easily see some other choice cuts on here. Specifically "A Strange Day", "Sinking", and the excellent "All Cats Are Grey". Big fans of "Disintegration" should love this, and vice-versa. They're just two of many amazing "Cure" records that you should have "In Your House".

THE CURE'S FIRST LIVE CD "CONCERT" INTRODUCED ME TO THE BAND IN 1984, BEFORE ANYONE ELSE ( AT LEAST IN MY SMALL CORNER OF THE WORLD ) HAD CAUGHT ON TO THEM. CUT TO 10 YEARS LATER, AFTER POP STARDOM, SCREAMING ( AND SOMETIMES CRYING ) TEEN GIRLS, ETC ETC, AND THE CURE ARE STILL OFF BEAT ENOUGH TO INCLUDE MANY OBSCURE ALBUM CUTS ON THIS LIVE CD, A WORTHY SUCCESOR TO "CONCERT" ( AND BETTER THAN "SHOW" WHICH CONCENTRATES MOSTLY ON THE POPPIER SIDE OF THE CURE.) I FOR ONE AM GLAD TO HEAR NEW LIVE VERSIONS OF TRACKS LIKE "THE FIGUREHEAD" AND "AT NIGHT", AS THERE HAD NOT BEEN ANYTHING COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE UP TIL THEN. IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO HEAR BOOTLEG CONCERT RECORDINGS OF THE CURE , CIRCA 1981-1982, COMPARE THEM TO THIS. THE SOUND IS MORE FULL( BUT NOT OVER-PRODUCED ) AND THE PERFORMANCES ARE MORE ACCOMPLISHED. NOT TO MENTION THAT THE CURE FOUND A DECENT DRUMMER AFTER YEARS OF EMBARASSING SHOWS WITH LOL TOLHURST. ONE FINAL NOTE - I MUST TAKE EXCEPTION TO THE AMAZON REVIEWER WHO LAMENTS THE EXCLUSION OF THE CURE'S POP SONGS ON "PARIS" ( WHICH, TO MY WAY OF THINKING, WAS MADE FOR THE DIE HARD FANS WHO APPRECIATE THE DARKER SIDE OF THE BAND ). I DEFY ANY TRUE FAN OF THE CURE TO WANT TO HEAR A LIVE VERSION OF "THE LOVE CATS".