I think including songs like The Love Cats, or any older Cure, would have ruined the melancholy mood of this concert completely. Obviously he's one of those "you're not a real fan unless you like their old stuff" kinda guys. Well I think the Cure did their best work from Head On the Door through Wish. I mean, their old stuff is awesome too, but in a different way. I've been a long time Cure fan, and Wish is my favorite album, and since this concert took place shortly after Wish was released, you could only expect them to focus mainly on those songs. Wish's lyrics are amazing if you've ever bothered to really read through them, so how can you criticize songs like From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, Cut or End? They're great songs. In fact, I think the song that could have been cut from here was Friday I'm In Love; I've just never been a fan. Replace that with Apart and it's a perfect concert. The biggest improvement is in A Night Like This---the guitar solo instead of the sax solo makes it a whole new song. If you're like me and Wish and Disintegration are your favorite Cure albums, you owe it to yourself to check out this live performance, it rocks.

Recorded live at the Auburn Palace outside of Detroit during the Cure's Wish tour, this album has the perfect blend of greatest hits and thicker, harsher, guitar-driven rock. I purchased this album while still "learning" to love the Cure and repeatedly listened to songs such as "Just Like Heaven," "Inbetween Days" and "Friday I'm in Love." Over the years I've grown to appreciate the rest of its majestic and atmospheric music--songs like "Open" and "From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea" are given brilliant treatment by the band. The album dishes out many of the songs from the Wish album and a few of their other best works, but what sets this album apart from live albums by other bands is the phenomenal energy and sound quality--most live albums are either "too stale" so that you can't even tell that there was an audience roaring in appreciation, or the sound is distorted to the extent that it sounds like a poor bootleg. Show (available on VHS with encores not on any CD) is highly recommended. It also comes with a maxi-single, Sideshow, which features songs that were omitted from the band's main set list, but you can also purchase the UK version that includes all of those songs on 2 CDs. If you like this album, consider "Paris," a live CD from the same tour, but with a very different song list.

i own 6 of the cure's albums, ranging from 1981 to 2000, so i've gotten to really know their sound and heard their sound evolve over the years. but i must say that their lives albums are what make them the most incredible band. this cd along with "concert" from '84 are both amazing. on "show", the performances are as good as the studio versions, with the best being "pictures of you" (first song i ever heard of theirs.. still my favorite), "just like heaven" (my other favorite), "a night like this", and "doing the unstuck". also notable are "trust" and "inbetween days". truly a great album, everyone should buy it, whether you're a current cure fan or not.

This was one of the best live performances that I ever bought. Robert and company put on a fantastic performace of pictures of you, friday im in love, high, open, and many others. my only complaint is taht disintigration seems to be a little overlooked on this album, but its still chalk full of classic cuts from the tour. Great stuff.

I just got into the Cure. ABout 5 months now. My friend got me into it. And I like them. I've always like Boys Don't Cry, but what drew me in was In Between Days, Play For Today and Just Like Heaven. Then I explored more Cure, but I didn't go out and buy Kiss Me (3x) or Head on The Door. If you're just getting into the Cure, like I am, buy this CD. It has great songs. Also, you'll wanna check out Staring At The Sea. Both are greatest Hits but you'll slowly be pulled into their other albums.

If you're a long time Cure lover... then you'll wanna pick out this CD because it's recorded live and the songs are pretty tight. The sound is great and there are variants to all the songs. GREAT CD!!!