Faith
Album by The Cure
Released	September 1, 1981
Recorded	???
Genre	Alternative Rock
Length	36 min 54 sec
Label	A&M
Producers	The Cure, Mike Hedges
Professional reviews
AMG	3.5/5	link
The Cure Chronology
Seventeen Seconds (1980)	Faith (1981)	Pornography (1982)

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The front cover of the album features a British Abbey in the fog.

Faith is considered a very bleak and hazy album. Its sometimes described as the "Calm before the storm" of the next darker album, "Pornography." One of the songs on the album, "The Drowning Man", is inspired by the Gormenghast novels by Mervyn Peake. Gormenghast is a fictional castle of titanic proportions that features prominently in a series of fantasy works penned by Mervyn Peake. ... Mervyn Laurence Peake (July 9, 1911 - November 17, 1968) was a British modernist writer, artist, poet and illustrator. ...

The album is basically about Smith's lack of Faith and his desire to find it. It is darker and far more depressing than "Pornography", due to "Pornography"'s angrier sound.

Faith was reissued 25 April, 2005 as part of Universal's Deluxe Edition series. The new edition featured a remastered version of the album as well as Carnage Visor on CD One, while CD Two contained demo and live tracks, as well as non-album single Charlotte Sometimes. April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ...

Track listing

All songs by Simon Gallup, Robert Smith and Laurence Tolhurst.

Original release

1. "The Holy Hour" - 4:25
2. "Primary" - 3:35
3. "Other Voices" - 4:28
4. "All Cats Are Grey" - 5:28
5. "The Funeral Party" - 4:14
6. "Doubt" - 3:11
7. "The Drowning Man" - 4:50
8. "Faith" - 6:43

(Cassette only, B Side)

1. "Carnage Visors" - 27:29

2005 deluxe edition

Disc one:

1. "The Holy Hour" (4:25)
2. "Primary" (3:35)
3. "Other Voices" (4:28)
4. "All Cats Are Grey" (5:28)
5. "The Funeral Party" (4:14)
6. "Doubt" (3:11)
7. "The Drowning Man" (4:50)
8. "Faith" (6:43)
9. "Carnage Visors" (27:29)

Disc Two (Rarities 1980-1981):

1. "Faith (Robert Smith home demo)"
2. "Doubt (Robert Smith home demo)"
3. "Drowning (group home demo)"
4. "The Holy Hour (group home demo)"
5. "Primary (studio out-take)"
6. "Going Home Time (studio out-take)"
7. "The Violin Song (studio out-take)"
8. "A Normal Story (studio out-take)"
9. "All Cats Are Grey (live)"
10. "The Funeral Party (live)"
11. "Other Voices (live)"
12. "The Drowning Man (live)"
13. "Faith (live)"
14. "Forever (live)"
15. "Charlotte Sometimes (single)"

Personnel

• Simon Gallup - bass
• Robert Smith - guitar, keyboard, vocals
• Laurence Tolhurst - drums

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Production

• Producers: The Cure, Mike Hedges
• Engineers: Mike Hedges, Dave Kemp
• Assistant engineer: Martyn Webster

Charts

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