Before the band's new album hits, fans of The Cure can expect a four-disc boxed set titled Join the Dots: B-Sides and Rarities, 1978-2001 (The Fiction Years) on January 27th from Fiction/Elektra/Rhino. Frontman Robert Smith supervised the project, which includes a 76-page booklet with track-by-track commentary from Smith and bassist Simon Gallup. This marks the band's final release on Fiction/Elektra, as their new studio album will be released on Ross Robinson's I Am Records imprint. Click below for the Join the Dots track list.
Disc one (1978-1987):
"10:15 Saturday Night"
"Plastic Passion"
"Pillbox Tales"
"Do the Hansa"
"I'm Cold"
"Another Journey by Train"
"Descent"
"Splintered in Her Head"
"Lament" (Flexipop Version)
"Just One Kiss"
"The Dream"
"The Upstairs Room"
"Lament"
"Speak My Language"
"Mr. Pink Eyes"
"Happy the Man"
"Throw Your Foot"
"New Day"
"The Exploding Boy"
"A Few Hours After This…"
"A Man Inside My Mouth"
"Stop Dead"
Disc two (1987-1992):
"A Japanese Dream"
"Breathe"
"A Chain of Flowers"
"Snow in Summer"
"Sugar Girl"
"Icing Sugar" (Weird Remix)
"Hey You!!!" (Kevorkian 12" Remix)
"How Beautiful You Are" (Clearmountain 7" Remix)
"To the Sky"
"Babble"
"Out of Mind"
"2 Late"
"Fear of Ghosts"
"Hello I Love You" (Psychedelic Version)
"Hello I Love You"
"Hello I Love You (10 Second Version)
"Harold and Joe"
"Just Like Heaven" ("Chuck" Remix)
Disc three (1992-1996):
"This Twilight Garden"
"Play"
"Halo"
"Scared As You"
"The Big Hand"
"A Foolish Arrangement"
"Doing the Unstuck" (Saunders 12" Remix)
"Purple Haze" (Virgin Radio Version)
"Purple Haze"
"Burn"
"Young Americans"
"Dredd Song"
"It Used To Be Me"
"Ocean"
"Adonais"
Disc four (1996-2001):
"Home"
"Waiting"
"A Pink Dream"
"This Is a Lie" (Palmer Remix)
"Wrong Number" (Smith Remix)
"More Than This"
"World in My Eyes"
"Possession"
"Out of This World" (Oakenfold Remix)
"Maybe Someday" (Hedges Remix)
"Coming Up"
"Signal to Noise" (Acoustic Version)
"Signal to Noise"
"Just Say Yes" (Curve Remix)
"A Forest" (Plati/Slick Version)