Standing on a Beach

Standing on a Beach/Staring at the Sea
Coletânea musical por The Cure
Lançamento	13 de Maio de 1986
Gênero(s)	Rock alternativo, New Wave, pós-punk, rock gótico
Duração	45:44 (LP) 60:40 (CD)
Gravadora(s)	Fiction Records
Produção	Robert Smith
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Cronologia de The Cure
Último The Head On The Door (1985) Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me (1987) Próximo

Standing on a Beach é uma coletânea de singles da banda The Cure, lançada em 1986. Ao ser relançada em CD, ganhou mais quatro faixas foi rebatizada de Staring at the Sea.

Faixas

Lado A

1. "Killing An Arab" (Robert Smith, Laurence Tolhurst, Michael Dempsey) – 2:22
2. "Boys Don't Cry" (Smith, Tolhurst, Dempsey) – 2:35
3. "Jumping Someone Else's Train" (Smith, Tolhurst, Dempsey) – 2:54
4. "A Forest" (Smith, Tolhurst, Simon Gallup, Matthieu Hartley) – 4:53
5. "Primary" (Smith, Tolhurst, Gallup, Hartley) – 3:33
6. "Charlotte Sometimes" (Smith, Tolhurst, Gallup) – 4:13
7. "The Hanging Garden" (Smith) – 4:21

Lado B

1. "Let's Go To Bed" (Smith, Tolhurst) – 3:33
2. "The Walk" (Smith, Tolhurst) – 3:28
3. "The Lovecats" (Smith) – 3:38
4. "The Caterpillar" (Smith, Tolhurst) – 3:38
5. "In Between Days" (Smith) – 2:56
6. "Close To Me" (Smith) – 3:39

Edição em CD

1. "Killing an Arab" (Smith, Tolhurst, Dempsey) – 2:22
2. "10:15 Saturday Night" (Smith, Tolhurst, Dempsey) – 3:37 (de Three Imaginary Boys, 1979)
3. "Boys Don't Cry" (Smith, Tolhurst, Dempsey) – 2:35
4. "Jumping Someone Else's Train" (Smith, Tolhurst, Dempsey) – 2:54
5. "A Forest" (Smith, Tolhurst, Gallup, Hartley) – 4:53
6. "Play for Today" (Smith, Tolhurst, Gallup, Hartley) – 3:42 (de Seventeen Seconds, 1980)
7. "Primary" (Smith, Tolhurst, Gallup) – 3:33
8. "Other Voices" (Smith, Tolhurst, Gallup) – 3:27 (de Faith, 1981)
9. "Charlotte Sometimes" (Smith, Tolhurst, Gallup) – 4:13
10. "The Hanging Garden" (Smith, Tolhurst, Gallup) – 4:21
11. "Let's Go to Bed" (Smith, Tolhurst) – 3:33
12. "The Walk" (Smith, Tolhurst) – 3:28
13. "The Love Cats" (Smith) – 3:38
14. "The Caterpillar" (Smith, Tolhurst) – 3:38
15. "In Between Days" (Smith) – 2:56
16. "Close to Me" (Smith) – 3:39
17. "A Night Like This" (Smith) - 4:11 (de The Head On The Door, 1985)

Edição em k7

Lado 1 - Os singles

1. "Killing An Arab" (Smith, Tolhurst, Dempsey)
2. "Boys Don't Cry" (Smith, Tolhurst, Dempsey)
3. "Jumping Someone Else's Train" (Smith, Tolhurst, Dempsey)
4. "A Forest" (Smith)
5. "Primary" (Smith, Tolhurst, Gallup)
6. "Charlotte Sometimes" (Smith, Tolhurst, Gallup)
7. "The Hanging Garden" (Smith, Tolhurst, Gallup)
8. "Let's Go to Bed" (Smith, Tolhurst)
9. "The Walk" (Smith, Tolhurst)
10. "The Lovecats" (Smith)
11. "The Caterpillar" (Smith, Tolhurst)
12. "In Between Days" (Smith)
13. "Close to Me" (Smith)

Lado 2 - Os b-sides

1. "I'm Cold" (de "Jumping Someone Else's Train")
2. "Another Journey By Train" (de "A Forest")
3. "Descent" (de "Primary")
4. "Splintered in Her Head" (de "Charlotte Sometimes")
5. "Mr. Pink Eyes" (de "The Lovecats")
6. "Happy the Man" (de"The Caterpillar")
7. "Throw Your Foot" (de "The Caterpillar")
8. "The Exploding Boy" (de "In Between Days")
9. "A Few Hours After This" (de "In Between Days")
10. "A Man Inside My Mouth" (de "Close To Me"/"Half an Octopuss")
11. "Stop Dead" (de "In Between Days"/"Close To Me"/"Half an Octopuss")
12. "New Day" (de "Half an Octopuss")