THE CURE – “Japanese Whispers” – was released 41 years ago today. Do you know these 5 facts?
The Cure released “Japanese Whispers” exactly 41 years ago to the day on December 16, 1983. Did you already know these 5 facts?
★ The album title “Japanese Whispers” is an allusion to the children’s game “Chinese Whispers”, i.e. the “silent mail” game.
★ The songs were recorded when the band was in a period of transition after bassist Simon Gallup left The Cure following the tour to promote the previous album “Pornography”.
★ For the singles “Let’s Go to Bed” and “The Walk”, The Cure were a duo consisting of Lol Tolhurst and Robert Smith. For “Let’s Go to Bed”, session drummer Steve Goulding (Graham Parker and the Rumour) was added.
★ A full band was put together for the single “The Love Cats”, with assistant/producer Phil Thornalley, who had already worked with The Cure on “Pornography”, and drummer Andy Anderson. The line-up was also retained for the live album concept.
★ “Japanese Whispers” was the first The Cure album to reach the US Billboard 200 in early 1984.
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