Forty years old today. A pristine distillation, a perfect portrait of a band's increasing range, reach and confidence, a showcase for any number of individual strands that album cuts would show more deeply more the curious, instantly memorable song for song. Yet even MORE iconic singles were to come. Just nuts to think about. #TheCure #StandingOnABeach #music

Happy anniversary to The Cure’s compilation album ‘Standing on a Beach/Staring at the Sea : The Singles’. Released this week in 1986. #thecure #standingonabeachstaringatthesea #standingonabeach

The Cure "Staring at the Sea/Standing on a Beach" released this day in 1986.
#TheCure #StaringAtTheSea #StandingOnABeach

Happy anniversary to The Cure’s compilation album ‘Standing on a Beach/Staring at the Sea : The Singles’. Released this week in 1986. #thecure #standingonabeachstaringatthesea #standingonabeach #robertsmith

Happy anniversary to The Cure’s compilation album ‘Standing on a Beach/Staring at the Sea : The Singles’. Released this week in 1986. #thecure #standingonabeachstaringatthesea #standingonabeach #robertsmith

Cadeau de ma fille ce Noël. La plus belle des pochettes d’album des #thecure. L’histoire raconte qu’ils ont rencontré ce vieil homme sur la plage et lui ont demandé de pouvoir le photographier. Une rencontre improbable a jamais immortalisé par la photo et un magnifique album regroupant leurs singles. #peinture #noiretblanc #standingonabeach

Happy anniversary to The Cure’s compilation album ‘Standing on a Beach/Staring at the Sea : The Singles’. Released this week in 1986. #thecure #standingonabeachstaringatthesea #standingonabeach #robertsmith