Arabian Dreams

Label: TVO ID
Catalog Number: 1039
Date: 1981
Venue: unknown
Length: 41:09
Medium: Compact Disc
Source: Soundboard

Album: Faith
  • Boys Don't Cry
  • The Drowning Man
  • Other Voices
  • The Funeral Party
  • Descent
  • A Forest
  • Killing an Arab
  • Faith
1:
10
 2:
2
 3:
2
 4:
3
 5:
2
 6:
3
 7:
9
 8:
11
 9:
15
 10:
85
Average:
8.42
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Comments
Boy's Don't Cry is an outtake. Descent is the studio version.

Submitted by: (rob )

I have a cd version of this boot or fake album. I have number 941 out of what I assume is 1000. This is an excellent collection of songs. Top Quality versions of these songs. The outtake of Boys don't Cry is a highlight, it can be found elsewhere, but the quality is extra nice here. All in all, highly recommended.

Submitted by: (Michael)

This is a great CD of FAITH era songs (even though it says on the CD ARABIAN DREAM/84).

Boys Don't Cry out-take.
Drowning Man is haunting.
Other Voices is the best version I have!
Funeral Party is even more sad
Descent is one of my all time faves and really great here.
A Forest is great as usual
Killing An Arab is a good version
Faith is spectacular!

I would like to know where this was recorded and when and what members ? I have #00471 and got it at a pawn shop for $4. I've never seen another one. I recommend it to everyone.

Submitted by: (Brian Carter)

I have doubts about this version of Boys Don't Cry being by the Cure. Other than that, the sound is great and I prefer A Forest and Killing an Arab more than that of Concert.

Submitted by: (Steven Aguilar)

Arabian Dreams, if I recall, was one of the first Cure CD boots ever available in the U.S.

As noted earlier, Descent is the studio version (and not a CD quality transfer).

I was surprised to see someone suggest that the version of Boys Don't Cry on this disc was spurious--it's a poor version, likely equalized from a prior vinyl boot, of the Curiosty version (the "punk" version, as it's for some reason been dubbed).

The rest of this disc, however, is an outstanding soundboard recording of the band, as far as I know in Paris 1981. It's been heavily modified--EQ'd to death if you ask me. At any rate, this version of The Drowning Man is second only to the version on The Prayer Tour boot, from France in 1989--but they'll never top that.

Other Voices is also excellent. Faith is powerfully distant, if that makes sense. What's the prettiest way to describe what non-fans would call "The most uninspired performance of all time"? In their defence, the soundboard dried things out too much to capture a song that minimal.

Submitted by: Petrarch

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