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Seventeen Seconds [Deluxe Edition] | ![Seventeen Seconds [Deluxe Edition]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41BMR1BP9AL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Artist: The Cure
Label: Elektra / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $24.98
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Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 5512
Format: Extra Tracks, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.7
MPN: 74682
UPC: 081227468224
EAN: 0081227468224
ASIN: B0007XT8BC
Release Date: April 26, 2005
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | A Reflection | | • | Play for Today | | • | Secrets | | • | In Your House | | • | Three | | • | Final Sound | | • | A Forest | | • | M | | • | At Night | | • | Seventeen Seconds |
Disc 2
| • | I'm A Cult Hero | | • | I Dig You | | • | Another Journey By Train | | • | Secrets | | • | Seventeen Seconds | | • | In Your House | | • | Three | | • | I Dig You | | • | I'm A Cult Hero | | • | M | | • | Final Sound | | • | A Reflection | | • | Play for Today | | • | At Night | | • | A Forest |
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Album Description
Originally a Goth-flavored post-punk outfit, the Cure evolved into one of the truly seminal bands of the '80s, and ultimately one of modern rock's most celebrated and influential acts. Guided by creative visionary Robert Smith, the Cure's signature sound balances a dreamy pop savvy with a dark, brooding majesty and fuses superbly crafted, literate songs with a feverish emotional intensity. The band's early catalog-newly remastered and expanded wtih a wealth of rarities-is a series of masterpieces that laid the groundwork for their phenomenal and enduring popularity.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Wintry Night Music August 30, 2007
B. Metzger (Owasso, OK USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This album is the perfect accompinament for a wintry, late-night walk. It's very much a product of its era, but has dated surprisingly well. The usual favorites of other listeners(A Forest, Play For Today) are very good, but I prefer the darker, more obscure tunes like At Night, In Your House, M, The Final Sound. This, Faith and Pornography have always been my preferred Cure albums. I think they're superior to the later, more celebrated ones like Disintegration or Head On The Door. I love this one-enthusiastically recommended.
Should be called The Audiophile Edition May 17, 2007
Astro-Man (Romeoville, IL)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I liked the music itself before, but the sound quality of this recording is like icing on the cake. Some songs have the vocals a bit quieter than the original, but since Mad Bob was at the board, I assume that was his vision. I think it's an improvement on the original. This is the first of Rhino's deluxe cure ablums I've purchased, and on the strength of this one I plan to get the rest.
A Masterpiece and Touchstone of Minimalist Rock November 14, 2006
Rich Latta (Albuquerque, NM - Land of Entitlement)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
"[SEVENTEEN SECONDS] was the first record I felt was really the Cure."
- Cure mastermind Robert Smith, liner notes
This album, the Cure's second, is spare, gloomy, atmospheric and even beautiful in its own way. If you can get into this kind of mood, SEVENTEEN SECONDS is absolutely brilliant. It also contains "A Forest," complete with its gorgeous, haunting intro (which was edited from the STANDING ON A BEACH compilation). "A Forest" is one of the most quintessential Cure songs. Other highlights include the dreamy "In Your House" and the creepy, ominous "At Night."
The title track is a strange song, and I've often wondered what it means. Why "17" seconds? It seems to be making a point about the arbitrariness of existence. Years ago, I came up with this weird fantasy of what the song was about based on the line "Seventeen seconds/ A measure of life." I imagined this was the length of time a cherished Indian prince was alive after birth. I even told some people that's what it was about just for kicks! An actual quote - "No one has lived longer than a dead child, and Methusula (P'eng Tsu) died young. Heaven and Earth are as old as I and the ten thousand things are one." - Chuang Tzu, about 300 B.C., China
Disk 2:
Unlike some other reviewers on this forum, I think the one-off Cult Hero single included here is a cheeky hoot (Cult Hero were basically the Cure plus a bunch of friends including local postman Frank Bell on vocals and the super-talented, on-again-off-again Cure member Porl Thompson on guitar). I think "I'm A Cult Hero" and "I Dig You" are both funny, rocking and way cool. A great thing to throw on at a party . . . quite the opposite of SEVENTEEN SECONDS. They sound like they were having a blast on the live versions of these songs, also included. The Cure live tracks actually sound very good; Robert Smith's guitars sound clean and crisp on most tracks and Simon Gallup's bass is thick and resonant. As for the rest, the demos are mostly of use to die-hard fans who study everything by the Cure they can get their hands on, but the alternate mix of the bizarre "three" is pretty trippy.
 A Flawed Masterwork August 31, 2006
C. R. Van Valen (NYCNY, USA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Seventeen Seconds is rightly considered to be the real jumping off point of the trademark sound that continues up to the present(Three Imaginary Boys wasn't very indicative). So, this is a must have, being remastered and everything. And a bonus disc. Oh joy!
Buy this, but don't put your original up on Amazon or eBay. The bonus tracks are worth the price, but the first disc is far from improved. In fact, it's much worse. Yes, the playing is cleaned up some, but the vocals are very quiet. Too quiet. So far back in the mix that new ears could think it to be an all instrumental album unless they're really concentrating.
Excellent July 20, 2006
James Sutton
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a great addition to all Cure fan's collection. If you love the Cure and you already have this album, this collector version is perfect. If you're new to the cure and you dont have seventeen seconds already, buy this version instead of the single disk. This has lots of great tracks on it that have never been released before. ^-^
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