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Notes for 4:13 Dream wikipedia page additions
[edit]- adding more about song development, meanings and critical responses.
- more reviews
- more information on outtakes and Robert Smith's view on the compromises regarding the album's final form
- expand summary as it is a concern that has been addressed by other editors, due to not summarising the whole article (wikipedia guideline)
- band members accounts on sessions, lineup changes and aftermath.
Summary
[edit]The album, originally created as a double album, had many songs recorded with most remaining unreleased and only four being used for B-Sides. It was also planned to have a follow-up titled 4:14 Scream, which would feature around 13 of these outtakes and was due for release in 2014 but remains unreleased.
Background
[edit]In 2005, Robert Smith fired guitarist Perry Bamonte and keyboardist Roger O'Donnell abruptly.[1]This left the band as a three piece. Smith had discussed the idea of reducing the band to a three piece with O'Donnell.[2] Shortly after their departure, guitarist Pearl Thompson would rejoin the band,
In 2006, the band announced they had began recording the follow-up to The Cure (2004).
“There are songs about relationships, the material world, politics and religion. They’re very upfront and dynamic,”[...]“People will be surprised how stripped-down and in-your-face the record is.”[3]
“They’ve changed quite a lot, but the basic melody and chord structure has remained,” he says. “They do have a certain old Cure-ness about them.”[4]
List of possible references to use:
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/update-two-members-exit-the-cure-62761/
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/the-cure-seeing-double-on-13th-studio-album-1051024/
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/track-by-track-the-cures-413-dream-1043783/
- ^ Staff, Billboard (2005-05-27). "Update: Two Members Exit The Cure". Billboard. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
- ^ "The Cure band members say goodbye". 2005-05-29. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
- ^ Cohen, Jonathan (2007-07-09). "The Cure Seeing Double On 13th Studio Album". Billboard. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
- ^ Cohen, Jonathan (2007-07-09). "The Cure Seeing Double On 13th Studio Album". Billboard. Retrieved 2025-04-13.