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Bat for Lashes

A Forest

2008 · via Lol Tolhurst

Bat for Lashes’ earliest release of “A Forest” on file came out in 2008. Simon Gallup, Matthieu Hartley, Robert Smith and Lol Tolhurst are credited as its writers. The earliest release on file is The Cure’s, from 1980. Also recorded by Blank & Jones feat. Robert Smith (released 2003), Parralox (released 2013) and Creaming Jesus (released 1990), among 349 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

Bat for Lashes – A Forest
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Gallup's name sits beside Tolhurst's and Smith's on "A Forest," and again on "Faith" and "Disintegration," so following him keeps you inside the band from a new angle. Put on the Bat for Lashes take from 2008 first, then go back to The Cure's.

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Credited writers: Simon Gallup, Matthieu Hartley, Robert Smith and Lol Tolhurst.

Earliest release on file: The Cure, 1980.

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349 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Lol Tolhurst shares the credit on The Cure's "A Forest" with Robert Smith, Matthieu Hartley, and one more co-writer. Who?Simon Gallup
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