Standing on a Beach (titled Staring at the Sea in CD format in some countries) is a greatest hits album by the English rock band The Cure, released in the United States on 15 May 1986 by Elektra Records and in the United Kingdom on 19 May 1986 by Fiction Records, marking a decade since the band's founding in 1976. The album's titles are both taken from the opening lyrics of the Cure's debut single, "Killing an Arab".
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- 1Killing an Arab2:22
- 2Boys Don't Cry2:44
- 3Jumping Someone Else's Train2:50
- 4A Forest4:55
- 5Primary3:35
- 6Charlotte Sometimes4:14
- 7The Hanging Garden4:22
- 8Let's Go to Bed3:33
- 9The Walk3:29
- 10The Lovecats3:39
- 11The Caterpillar3:40
- 12In Between Days2:56
- 13Close to Me3:40
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