Three Imaginary Boys (track)
by The Cure
Year: 1979
From the album Three Imaginary Boys (track #12)
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Three Imaginary Boys appears on the following album(s) by The Cure:
- Three Imaginary Boys (track #12) (this album) (1979)
- Boys Don't Cry (track #13) (compilation) (1980)
- À L'Olympia 7.6.1982 (track #7) (1993)
- 40 Live (Curætion-25 + Anniversary) (track #1) (compilation) (2019)
- Curaetion-25: From There To Here From Here To ThereTo There (track #1) (2019)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 07/30/2026 20:48 |  Special | 35,874 | 71/100 |
| ! | 05/12/2026 09:33 | Jonboy | 1,148 | 81/100 |
| ! | 01/26/2026 17:03 |  ForegroundNoise | 30,147 | 64/100 |
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Grzywa 01/20/2016 22:57 | #157179
Sounds a lot more like the next album than other tracks here. (Edited)
Could have finished off the album perfectly, instead we get the terrible hidden track "The Weedy Burton". Onto this song itself though, it's brilliant, it hints at what was to come in Seventeen Seconds, but still contains the theme of Three Imaginary Boys. (Edited)
