THE CURE – LOVESONG 12″ – Nr MINT A1/B1 UK 1989 POST PUNK GOTH

The Cure – Lovesong
(Fiction Records  1989  FICSX30)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

Sleeve in Nr MINT condition

The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several line-up changes, with vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member. Other members have been Lol Tolhurst drums and keyboards, Simon Gallup bass guitar, Reeves Gabrels guitar, Michael Dempsey bass guitar, Porl Thompson guitar, Perry Bamonte guitar and Phil Thornalley bass guitar.

“Lovesong” (sometimes written as “Love Song“) is a song by English rock band the Cure, released as the third single from their eighth studio album, Disintegration (1989), on 21 August 1989. The song saw considerable success in the United States, where it reached the number-two position in October 1989 and became the band’s only top-10 entry on the Billboard Hot 100. In the United Kingdom, the single charted at number 18, and it peaked within the top 20 in Canada and Ireland.

12-inch single

1. “Lovesong” (extended mix)
2. “2 Late”
3. “Fear of Ghosts”

• Robert Smith – vocals, guitar, keyboards
• Simon Gallup – bass guitar
• Porl Thompson – guitar
• Boris Williams – drums, percussion
• Roger O’Donnell – keyboards
• Lol Tolhurst – (officially, in album credits) “other instrument”