"Curse” was intended as the Pink Dots’ first official album, but a surprise request from a label to release the cassette album “ Brighter Now” on vinyl meant the proposed debut was delayed for a year. In the interim, many new songs were recorded, the line-up of the band changed and the entire complexion of the album changed drastically. It remains a strong favourite within the Dots’ community to this day.
1983's Curse marks an intersection of styles and influences that form the Legendary Pink Dots sound: a deft balance between pop arrangements and sonic experiments, ornamented imagery, somber double-entendres, Gothic yet witty arrangements, experimentalism, and psychedelics. Curse rises as an artistically successful turning point to the beginnings of the era of the Dots’ best '80s releases
Released Mid July 2021 by Metropolis.
Track Listing:
A1. Love Puppets
A2. Wall Purges Night
A3. Lisa’s Party
A4. Aarzhklahh Olgevezh/Pruumptje Kurss
B1. Waving At The Aeroplanes
B2. Hiding
B3. Doll's House/The Palace Of Love
B4. Stoned Obituary
C1. A Day At The Dreamies (Version 1)
C2. Ideal Home (Version)
C3. Even Now/Eventide
D1. Curse - The Sequel/An Accursed Jam
D2. Premonition 5
English