The Cure Join The Dots (B-Sides & Rarities 1978>2001 The Fiction Years)
2004 4x CD Digibook
Alternative Rock
New Wave
Goth Rock
Synth-pop
Ethereal

Main image
Rhino Records
artwork [package designed by] Julien Potter
compiled by, compilation producer Robert Smith
coordinator [project co-ordination at universal music] Joe Black
coordinator [project co-ordination for the cure] Daryl Bamonte
coordinator [project co-ordination, assisted by] Daren Butler
curated by Emily Cagan
curated by Mark Leviton
liner notes [sleeve notes, assisted by] Robert Smith
liner notes [sleeve notes, assisted by] Simon Gallup
liner notes [sleeve notes] Johnny Black
mastered by Chris Blair
photography by Andy Vella
photography by Anna Pills
photography by Claude Gassian
photography by Derek Ridgers
photography by Ebet Roberts
photography by Fin Costello
photography by John Taw
photography by Lewis Lee
photography by Parched Art
photography by Paul Cox
photography by Peter O'Donnell
photography by Pierre Terrasson
photography by Porl Thompson
photography by Ralph Denyer
photography by Richard Bellia
photography by Robert Smith
photography by Ronnie Randall
photography by Steve Gullick
photography by Tom Sheehan
photography by [front cover image] Andy Vella
product manager [project assistance] Bob O'Neill
product manager [project assistance] Craig DeGraff
product manager [project assistance] David Ponak
product manager [project assistance] Julee Stover
product manager [project assistance] Lori Carfora
product manager [project assistance] Maria McKenna
product manager [project assistance] Reggie Collins
product manager [project assistance] Steven Chean
product manager [project assistance] Valerie Valera
product manager [project assistance] Vanessa Atkins
Phonographic Copyright (p) Elektra Entertainment Group
Copyright (c) Fiction Records Ltd.
Marketed By Warner Strategic Marketing
Manufactured By Warner Strategic Marketing
Mastered At Abbey Road Studios
Designed At Bold Graphic Design Ltd
Published By Fiction Songs Ltd.
Published By Doors Music Company
Published By Experience Hendrix, L.L.C.
Published By Copyright Control
Published By Grabbing Hands
Published By EMI Music Publishing
Glass Mastered At Cinram, Olyphant, PA
Glass Mastered At Cinram, Olyphant, PA
Glass Mastered At Cinram, Olyphant, PA
Glass Mastered At Cinram, Olyphant, PA
Pressed By Cinram, Olyphant, PA
CD1 • 1978>1987
01 - 10:15 Saturday Night - b-side of [m=21070]
02 - Plastic Passion - b-side of [m=20330]
03 - Pillbox Tales - b-side of [m=20335] re-release
04 - Do The Hansa - extra b-side of [m=20335] re-release 12
05 - I'm Cold - b-side of [m=341264]
06 - Another Journey By Train - b-side of [m=21091]
07 - Descent - b-side of [m=21142]
08 - Splintered In Her Head - b-side of [m=21107]
09 - Lament (Flexipop version) - Flexipop magazine cover release
10 - Just /One Kiss - b-side of [m=21147]
11 - The Dream - b-side of [m=22159]
12 - The Upstairs Room - extra b-side of [m=22159] 12
13 - Lament - extra b-side of [m=22159] 12
14 - Speak My Language - b-side of [m=21158]
15 - Mr Pink Eyes - extra b-side of [m=21158] 12
16 - Happy The Man - b-side of [m=22152]
17 - Throw Your Foot - extra b-side of [m=22152] 12
18 - New Day - extra track on Half An Octopuss 10 / [m=22413] 12
19 - The Exploding Boy - b-side of [m=22260]
20 - A Few Hours After This... - extra b-side of [m=22260] 12
21 - A Man Inside My Mouth - b-side of [m=22289]
22 - Stop Dead - extra b-side of [m=22289] 12

CD2 • 1987>1992
01 - A Japanese Dream - b-side of [m=22564]
02 - Breathe - b-side of [m=22357]
03 - A Chain Of Flowers - extra b-side of [m=22357] 12
04 - Snow In Summer - b-side of [m=22445]
05 - Sugar Girl - extra b-side of [m=22445] 12
06 - Icing Sugar - extra track on Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me orange vinyl bonus disc
07 - Hey You!!! - 12 extended remix b-side of [m=22434]
08 - How Beautiful You Are - extra track on Radio Sampler CD
09 - To The Sky - from Fiction CD Stranger Than Fiction
10 - Babble - b-side of [m=31913] / [m=31867]
11 - Out Of Mind - extra b-side of [m=31913] 12 / [m=31867] 12
12 - 2 Late - b-side of [m=31887]
13 - Fear Of Ghosts - extra b-side of [m=31887] 12
14 - Hello I Love You - unreleased psychedelic mix
15 - Hello I Love You - from Elektra CD Rubaiyat
16 - Hello I Love You - slight return mix from Elektra CD Rubaiyat
17 - Harold And Joe - b-side of [m=31962]
18 - Just Like Heaven - dizzy mix b-side of Close To Me re-release Closest Mix

CD3 • 1992>1996
01 - This Twilight Garden - b-side of [m=32009]
02 - Play - extra b-side of [m=32009] 12
03 - Halo - b-side of [m=32005]
04 - Scared As You - extra b-side of [m=32005] 12
05 - The Big Hand - b-side of [m=31994]
06 - A Foolish Arrangement - extra b-side of [m=31994] 12
07 - Doing The Unstuck - unreleased 12 version
08 - Purple Haze - unreleased Virgin Radio version
09 - Purple Haze - from [m=16367]
10 - Burn - from The Crow OST
11 - Young Americans - from 104.9 XFM compilation
12 - Dredd Song - from Judge Dredd OST
13 - It Used To Be Me - b-side of [m=32083]
14 - Ocean - b-side of [m=32083]
15 - Adonais - b-side of [m=32083]

CD4 • 1996>2001
01 - Home - b-side of [m=32060]
02 - Waiting - b-side of [m=32060]
03 - A Pink Dream - b-side of [m=32060]
04 - This Is A Lie - ambient mix b-side of [m=32057] / [m=32079]
05 - Wrong Number - P2P mix extra b-side of [m=32102]
06 - More Than This - from [m=34231]
07 - World In My Eyes - from [m=61299]: An Album Of Depeche Mode Songs
08 - Possession - unreleased 2000
09 - Out Of This World - Oakenfold mix - unreleased 2000
10 - Maybe Someday - acoustic mix from [m=32148]
11 - Coming Up - extra track on Japanese/Australian version of [m=32107]
12 - Signal To Noise - acoustic version - unreleased 2001
13 - Signal To Noise - b-side of [m=32173]
14 - Just Say Yes - Curve mix - unreleased 2001
15 - A Forest (featuring Earl Slick) - Mark Plati mix - unreleased 2001




Contains a 76 page booklet featuring rare & previously unseen photographs and a complete Fiction discography.

In conjunction with Fiction records and Elektra Entertainment.

This compilation ℗ 2004 Elektra Entertainment Group © 2004 Fiction Records Ltd.
Manufactured & marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing.
Printed in U.S.A.

Packaged in longbox digibook.

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