Three Imaginary Boys was The Cure's debut album. The album was recorded in autumn of 1978 and then released in May of 1979 on the new Fiction Records label. Three Imaginary Boys was later re-released with a slightly different song lineup as Boys Don't Cry.
The Cure were a trio when Boys was released, and the album is sparse and stripped down, with echoes of a punk edge, yet fresh enough to cause comment, tuneful, mournful and suggestive of what was to come. The disc features a cover of Jimi Hendrix's "Foxy Lady." "Subway Song" is one of The Cure's best known tracks.
Track listing
- 10:15 Saturday Night
- Accuracy
- Grinding Halt
- Another Day
- Object
- Subway Song
- Foxy Lady
- MetatHook MeatHook
- So What
- Fir In Cario
- It's Not You
- Three Imaginary Boys
Personnel
- Michael Dempsey - Bass, Vocals
- Michael J. Dutton - Assistant
- Chris Parry - Producer
- B. Smith - Photography
- Robert Smith - Guitar, Vocals
- Laurence Tolhurst - Drums
- Mike Hedges - Engineer
- Lol Tolhurst - Drums
- Bill Smith - Design
- Martyn Goddard - Photography
- David Dragon - Illustrations
- Connie Jude - Illustrations
- Tolhurst Iot - Drums
Recorded and mixed at Morgan Studios, London, England
