Japanese Whispers - Fiction 817 470-2 (blue picture label CD made in West Germany) As someone mentions above, rather thin & tinny sounding in places pretty much sums it up. JesusChris - Fair enough, i get what you mean - this record has sentimental value to you, so that's why you're so fond, i dig. P.S. Your mum has good taste in music!

The Cure – Japanese Whispers (CD) - Discogs

After the band had imploded (and dropped down to only two permanent members) from their increasingly depressing albums Seventeen Seconds, Faith and Pornography, upbeat pop songs like “Let’s Go To Bed”, “The Walk” and “The Lovecats” reinvented the band from gloomy doomsters to pop sensations seemingly overnight. Japanese Whispers is a mini-album that collects previously-released songs on various singles from November 1982 to November 1983. It marks a significant change in the band’s sound. APB Music Co. Ltd. all rights for U.S. & Canada on behalf of APB Music Co. Ltd. (PRS) Adm. by WB Music Corp. ASCAP Japanese Whispers is the second compilation album by British group The Cure. It was released in late 1983 by Fiction Records. The title is a pun on the children's game Chinese whispers.after hearing a lot of praise for the West German Cure CDs, I found a cheap WG Japanese Whispers CD and bought it. However, when I got home and played it, I was a bit dismayed at what I heard. Japanese Whispers is coming to Picture Disc for the first time!This compilation of Cure singles and B-sides released between Nov 1982 and Nov 1983 features the singles “Let’s Go To Bed”, “The Walk” and “The Lovecats”.

The Cure | ‘Japanese Whispers’ to be released on Picture Disc! The Cure | ‘Japanese Whispers’ to be released on Picture Disc!

The song peaked at #12 in the UK, becoming their biggest hit at the time. It would soon be surpassed by their first top 10 “The Lovecats” just a few months later. I suggested that we were going to do something that’s kind of like a Disney take on jazz, based around the Aristocats. And suddenly everything we did started to sell.”

The songs from the Let's Go to Bed and Lovecats singles on the WG CD pressing sounded more or less identical to the Sire LP, interestingly enough. But those Walk songs sound awful, which is disappointing, especially since for me, The Walk EP is probably my very favorite Cure release, and I kind of wanted to have those songs on CD. I would recommend the US Sire CD for Japanese Whispers and steer clear of the WG in this case. But the Sire is nothing special.