The Peel Sessions | |
Type: | EP |
Artist: | The Cure |
Cover: | The Cure - The Peel Sessions.jpg |
Released: | 1988 |
Recorded: | 4 December 1978 |
Genre: | Post-punk |
Label: | Strange Fruit |
Producer: | Tony Wilson |
Prev Title: | Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me |
Prev Year: | 1987 |
Next Title: | Disintegration |
Next Year: | 1989 |
The Peel Sessions was the 1988 EP release of the session The Cure recorded on 4 December 1978 for BBC Radio 1's John Peel show. The session was broadcast on 11 December 1978. The recordings were released on 12" vinyl, CD and cassette in 1988. Music journalist Jeff Apter has called the session "just the seal of credibility the band needed".
The EP reached number 7 on the UK Independent Singles Chart.
All songs were written by Smith, Tolhurst and Dempsey.