Join the Dots: B-Sides and Rarities, 1978-2001 (The Fiction Years)

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Join the Dots: B-Sides & Rarities

Box set by The Cure
Released	January 27, 2004
Recorded	1978 - 2001
Genre	Post-Punk, Gothic Rock, Alternative Rock, New Wave
Length	295:17
Label	Elektra/ Asylum
Producer(s)	The Cure, Phil Thornalley, Steve Lyon (Mixing)
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The Cure chronology
Greatest Hits (2001)	Join the Dots: B-Sides & Rarities (2004)	The Cure (2004)

Join the Dots: B-sides and Rarities is a box set of The Cure, released in January 27, 2004 by their former record label Fiction (Elektra in North America). This box set is a four-disc compilation of B-sides and rarities, digitally remastered from their original backing tapes.

The box set includes a booklet with track-by-track commentary and an extensive overview of the band's history up to 2004. The end of the book included an extensive list of The Cure's discography.

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Song Title (Song writers) - Elapsed Time (Information on the song)
Disc 1 (1978-1987)

"10:15 Saturday Night" (Dempsey/Smith/Tolhurst) – 3:43 (Originally the b-side of "Killing an Arab," but also appears on Three Imaginary Boys and Boys Don't Cry, 1979)
"Plastic Passion" (Dempsey/Smith/Tolhurst) – 2:16 (Originally the b-side of "Boys Don't Cry," but also appears on Boys Don't Cry the album, 1979)
"Pillbox Tales" (Dempsey/Smith/Tolhurst) – 2:56 (Originally the b-side of the "Boys Don't Cry" 1986 rerelease, but recorded in 1979)
"Do the Hansa" (Dempsey/Smith/Tolhurst) – 2:40 (Originally the b-side of the "Boys Don't Cry" 1986 12" rerelease, but recorded in 1979)
"I'm Cold" (Dempsey/Smith/Tolhurst) – 2:49 (Originally the b-side of "Jumping Someone Else's Train," 1979)
"Another Journey by Train" (Gallup/Hartley/Smith/Tolhurst) – 3:06 (Originally the b-side of "A Forest," 1981)
"Descent" (Gallup/Smith/Tolhurst) – 3:09 (Originally the b-side of "Primary," 1981)
"Splintered in Her Head" (Gallup/Smith/Tolhurst) – 5:17 (Originally the b-side of "Charlotte Sometimes," 1981)
"Lament" [Flexipop] (Smith) – 4:36 (Came on a vinyl record included on an issue of Flexipop, 1982)
"Just One Kiss" (Smith/Tolhurst) – 4:10 (Originally the b-side of "Let's Go to Bed," 1982)
"The Dream" (Smith) – 3:12 (Originally the b-side of "The Walk," 1983)
"The Upstairs Room" (Smith/Tolhurst) – 3:31 (Originally the extra b-side of "The Walk" 12", 1983)
"Lament" (Smith) – 4:25 (Originally the extra b-side of "The Walk" 12", 1983)
"Speak My Language" (Smith/Tolhurst) – 2:43 (Originally the b-side of "The Lovecats," 1983)
"Mr Pink Eyes" (Smith/Tolhurst) – 2:45 (Originally the extra b-side of "The Lovecats" 12", 1983)
"Happy the Man" (Smith) – 2:47 (Originally the b-side of "The Caterpillar," 1984)
"Throw Your Foot" (Smith) – 3:33 (Originally the extra b-side of "The Caterpillar" 12", 1984)
"New Day" (Smith/Tolhurst) – 4:10 (Extra track on Half an Octopuss 10" and Quadpus 12," 1984)
"The Exploding Boy" (Smith) – 2:54 (Originally the b-side of "In Between Days," 1985)
"A Few Hours After This..." (Smith) – 2:28 (Originally the extra b-side of "In Between Days" 12", 1985)
"A Man Inside My Mouth" (Smith) – 3:07 (Originally the b-side of "Close to Me," 1985)
"Stop Dead" (Smith) – 4:02 (Originally the extra b-side of "Close to Me" 12", 1985)

Disc 2 (1987-1992)

"A Japanese Dream" (Gallup/Smith/Thompson/Tolhurst/Williams) – 3:29 (Originally the b-side of "Why Can't I Be You?," 1987)
"Breathe" (Gallup/Smith/Thompson/Tolhurst/Williams) – 4:48 (Originally the b-side of "Catch," 1987)
"A Chain of Flowers" (Gallup/Smith/Thompson/Tolhurst/Williams) – 4:55 (Originally the extra b-side of "Catch" 12", 1987)
"Snow in Summer" (Gallup/Smith/Thompson/Tolhurst/Williams) – 3:27 (Originally the b-side of "Just Like Heaven," 1987)
"Sugar Girl" (Gallup/Smith/Thompson/Tolhurst/Williams) – 3:15 (Originally the extra b-side of "Just Like Heaven" 12", 1987)
"Icing Sugar" [Remix] (Gallup/Smith/Thompson/Tolhurst/Williams) – 3:23 (Extra track on Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me Orange Vinyl Bonus Disc, 1987)
"Hey You!!!" [Extended Mix] (Gallup/Smith/Thompson/Tolhurst/Williams) – 4:08 (Originally the b-side of "Hot Hot Hot!!!," 1987)
"How Beautiful You Are..." [Remix] (Gallup/Smith/Thompson/Tolhurst/Williams) – 4:25 (Extra track on Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me Radio sampler CD, 1987)
"To the Sky" (Gallup/Smith/Thompson/Tolhurst/Williams) – 5:15 (Originally released on the Fiction compilation Stranger Than Fiction in 1989, but was recorded in 1987)
"Babble" (Gallup/O'Donnell/Smith/Thompson/Tolhurst/Williams) – 4:18 (Originally the b-side of "Lullaby" in the UK and "Fascination Street" in the U.S., 1989)
"Out of Mind" (Gallup/O'Donnell/Smith/Thompson/Tolhurst/Williams) – 3:51 (Originally an extra b-side on the 12" version of "Lullaby" and the 12" version of "Fascination Street," 1989)
"2 Late" (Gallup/O'Donnell/Smith/Thompson/Tolhurst/Williams) – 2:41 (Originally the b-side of "Lovesong," 1989)
"Fear of Ghosts" (Gallup/O'Donnell/Smith/Thompson/Tolhurst/Williams) – 6:51 (Originally the extra b-side of "Lovesong" 12", 1989)
"Hello I Love You" [Psychedelic Version] (Densmore/Krieger/Manzarek/Morrison) – 6:04 (Previously unreleased, but recorded in 1990)
"Hello I Love You" (Densmore/Krieger/Manzarek/Morrison) – 3:31 (Originally from the Elektra CD Rubaiyat, 1990, cover of a song by The Doors)
"Hello I Love You" [Slight Return Mix] (Densmore/Krieger/Manzarek/Morrison) – 0:13 (Originally from the Elektra CD Rubaiyat, 1990)
"Harold and Joe" (Gallup/Smith/Thompson/Williams) – 5:09 (Originally the b-side of "Never Enough," 1990)
"Just Like Heaven" [Dizzy Mix] (Gallup/Smith/Thompson/Tolhurst/Williams) – 3:43 (Originally the b-side of the "Close to Me" Closest Mix re-release, 1990)

Disc 3 (1992-1996)

This Twilight Garden (Bamonte/Gallup/Smith/Thompson/Williams) – 4:45 (Originally the b-side of "High," 1992)
Play (Bamonte/Gallup/Smith/Thompson/Williams) – 4:36 (Originally the extra b-side of "High" 12", 1992)
Halo (Bamonte/Gallup/Smith/Thompson/Williams) – 3:47 (Originally the b-side of "Friday I'm In Love," 1992)
Scared as You (Bamonte/Gallup/Smith/Thompson/Williams) – 4:12 (Originally the extra b-side of "Friday I'm In Love" 12", 1992)
The Big Hand (Bamonte/Gallup/Smith/Thompson/Williams) – 4:53 (Originally the b-side of "A Letter to Elise," 1992)
A Foolish Arrangement (Bamonte/Gallup/Smith/Thompson/Williams) – 3:51 (Originally the extra b-side of "A Letter to Elise" 12", 1992)
Doing the Unstuck [Saunders 12" Remix] (Bamonte/Gallup/Smith/Thompson/Williams) – 5:55 (Previously unreleased remix made in 1992, intended for a "Doing the Unstuck" single that never came to be, 1992)
Purple Haze (Virgin Radio Version) (Hendrix) – 3:18 (Originally unreleased 12" version, 1993)
Purple Haze (Hendrix) – 5:22 (Originally from Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix, 1993)
Burn (Bamonte/Gallup/Smith/Williams) – 6:37 (Originally from The Crow official soundtrack, 1994)
Young Americans (Bowie) – 6:23 (Originally from 104.9 XFM compilation, a cover of a song by David Bowie 1995)
Dredd Song (Bamonte/Cooper/Gallup/O'Donnell/Smith) – 4:25 (Originally from the Judge Dredd official soundtrack, 1995)
It Used to Be Me (Bamonte/Cooper/Gallup/O'Donnell/Smith) – 6:50 (Originally the b-side to "The 13th," 1996)
Ocean (Bamonte/Cooper/Gallup/O'Donnell/Smith) – 3:29 (Originally the b-side to "The 13th," 1996)
Adonais (Bamonte/Cooper/Gallup/O'Donnell/Smith) – 4:11 (Originally the b-side to "The 13th," 1996)

Disc 4 (1996-2001)

Home (Bamonte/Cooper/Gallup/O'Donnell/Smith) – 3:24 (Originally the b-side to "Mint Car," 1996)
Waiting (Bamonte/Cooper/Gallup/O'Donnell/Smith) – 3:34 (Originally the b-side to "Mint Car," 1996)
A Pink Dream (Bamonte/Cooper/Gallup/O'Donnell/Smith) – 3:44 (Originally the b-side to "Mint Car1996)
This Is a Lie [Ambient Mix] (Bamonte/Cooper/Gallup/O'Donnell/Smith) – 4:32 (Originally the b-side to "Strange Attraction" in the U.S. and "Gone!" in the UK, 1996)
Wrong Number [P2P Remix] (Smith) – 8:14 (Originally one of the remixes from the "Wrong Number" single, remixed by Robert Smith in 1997)
More Than This (Smith) – 5:11 (Originally from The X-Files: The Album, 1998)
World in My Eyes (Gore) – 4:52 (Originally from For the Masses, an album of Depeche Mode covers, 1998)
Possession (Bamonte/Cooper/Gallup/O'Donnell/Smith) – 5:17 (Previously unreleased song from the Bloodflowers sessions, 2000)
Out of This World [Oakenfold Remix] (Bamonte/Cooper/Gallup/O'Donnell/Smith) – 7:01 (Previously unreleased remix, but made in 2000)
Maybe Someday [Hedges Remix] (Bamonte/Cooper/Gallup/O'Donnell/Smith) – 4:59 (Originally from the "Maybe Someday" promo-only CD, 2000)
Coming Up (Bamonte/Cooper/Gallup/O'Donnell/Smith) – 6:27 (Originally an extra track on the Japanese/Australian versions of Bloodflowers, 2000)
Signal to Noise (Acoustic Version) (Bamonte/Cooper/Gallup/O'Donnell/Smith) – 3:36 (Previously unreleased acoustic recording from the Greatest Hits sessions, due to the fact that "Signal to Noise" was planned to be a single with the B-Side "Cut Here," but was switched at the last moment, 2001)
Signal to Noise (Bamonte/Cooper/Gallup/O'Donnell/Smith) – 4:07 (Originally the B-Side to "Cut Here," 2001)
Just Say Yes [Curve Remix] (Bamonte/Cooper/Gallup/O'Donnell/Smith) – 3:18 (Previously unreleased remix made in 2001)
A Forest [Plati/Slick Version] (Gallup/Hartley/Smith/Tolhurst) – 6:41 (Previously unreleased remix made in 2001)