Boys Don't Cry (compilation album)
by The Cure
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Boys Don't Cry is ranked 10th best out of 40 albums by The Cure on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Cure is Disintegration which is ranked number 30 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 26,176.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 11/12/2025 23:20 | NYAndreas | 1,432 | 43/100 |
| ! | 11/08/2025 03:55 |  pranafilms | 235 | 91/100 |
| ! | 08/11/2025 16:49 |  EyeKanFly | 8,092 | 65/100 |
| ! | 08/07/2025 02:01 | edguyerrison | 135 | 74/100 |
| ! | 07/01/2025 23:01 |  Nacho212 | 1,861 | 72/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.4/100, a mean average of 77.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.
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lleon79 07/20/2019 17:52 | #240019
At first I didn't quite like this album (though I certainly rate it much higher than Three Imaginary Boys) as much as I love the other Cure albums. Maybe that was because I wasn't very fond of this beginner punk style, but as the years have gone by, I find myself revisiting this album a lot! Certainly they sound so young and unexperienced, but that's what gives this album its charm. So so good.
Sulky teenagers sing up-beat protest songs just before morphing into goths....
wooolf 09/27/2017 16:02 | #198825
I like this album better than Three Imaginary Boys. The added tracks really do the album good. And some lesser tracks are dropped. I don't regard this as a compilation..
nitomano 12/30/2016 01:46 | #181267
Includes new songs: Boys Don't Cry, Killing An Arab, Jumping Someone Else's Train, Plastic Passion, World War
swhaze 02/05/2015 21:36 | #134065
This was the American equivalent of the British release Three Imaginary Boys.
This is basically a modified version of their debut album, Three Imaginary Boys. It's a good modification though, as it takes out some poor songs and replaces them with classics like Boys Don't Cry, Killing An Arab, etc.
timtooky 03/10/2014 16:10 | #105893
seventeen seconds and boys don't cry - one band, one year - two worlds. on the one hand this dirty-punk-surf-rock-compliation of baseline-driven singles with the giggeling voice of robert. on the other hand the dark-gothic-piece-of-art.
before my very eyes it's easily seventeen seconds. but this one has it's moments too.
Easily my favourite Cure album (OK I know it's classed as a compilation but only just). The tracks added here improve Three Imaginary Boys by someway. I love the feel and production of these songs, kinda sparse and the bass guitar sounds great. It also has of course the timeless 'Boy's Don't Cry' and the wonderful Fire in Cairo. To be honest I really like every track here. Just a great record.
NickVolos 10/09/2013 12:17 | #88041
I fell in love with this album when I first heard it...hmm...33 years ago. Still remains my favorite Cure album and always a good listen.
lightmyway 05/15/2012 19:12 | #42398
Ah The Cure. Such a good band. This is the US version of their first album, Three Imaginary Boys. It replaces a few songs on that one with some singles and things. It's a great first album, but I can't say whether or not it's better than TIB because I haven't heard that album. This isn't goth yet but it doesn't need to be.
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