The Cure “Standing on a Beach” released 35 years ago today, May 6th, 1986. The album includes 13 of The Cure’s singles from 1978-1985 and is one of the best comps out there. It leads off with “Killing an Arab,” their first single from late ‘78 (it was later included on the US-only album Boys Don’t Cry, 1980). Other favorite Cure singles that appear are “A Forest” (also on Seventeen Seconds, 1980), “Primary” (their only single from Faith, 1981), “The Hanging Garden” (the sole single from the 1982 album Pornography), “The Walk” (included on the ‘83 comp Japanese Whispers; it went to #12 in the UK, their first top 20), “The Caterpillar” (the only single from The Top, 1984) and “In Between Days” from The Head on the Door (1985) which hit #15 in the UK and was The Cure’s first single to make the Top 100 in the US, going to #99.