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The Cure

A Forest

1980 · via The Cure

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

The Cure – A Forest
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Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Matthieu Hartley and Lol Tolhurst wrote this one together, and The Cure had it on record by 1980. Bat for Lashes went back into those woods in 2008, so play them side by side and listen for which path she took.

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

Earliest release on file: this one, 1980.

Other recordings on file · first release year

349 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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