forest forest song english alternative rock band cure produced cure released single band second album seventeen seconds april debut entry united_kingdom chart reached number accompanying music video shown bbc pops programme april recorded mixed seven days rest songs album forest representative cure early 1980s gothic rock phase song featured band years versions appeared concert albums remixed released single mixed album song covered artists including background recording produced album seventeen seconds forest cure robert smith worked band track killing arab interviewed recall demos existing band generally played track studio laying backing track overdubs added time recording album bass guitarist keyboardist added band lineup replaced departed join associates joined remaining cure members smith vocals drums late group tour forest new songs added setlist budgetary restraints seventeen seconds recorded mixed seven days budget resulted band working hours day complete album knew forest work complete songs album require overdubs forest tracks recorded backing tracks recorded followed touch ups individual parts smith vocals owner told smith song potential hit sound radio friendly smith refused stating way track sounded sound envisioned head dismissing concerns radio work mixing forest took final day sessions album composition lyrics forest parent album seventeen seconds representative cure gothic rock phase late 1970s early 1980s cure biographer refers forest definitive early cure mood piece argued song album smith intention forest song atmospheric stated pivotal recording group represented cure sound forest performed key minor initially synth guitar drums heard followed introduction bass guitar second guitar song initially follows progression later track bridge contains sequence ends movement chord returning following echoing repetition word guitar solo appears avoids string bends moving manner single version song fades minutes longer album version instruments exit concluding sound bass guitar sound smith guitar departure prevalent 1970s favored use time estimated seven devices forest said slow phase effect heard guitar forest smith trademark said playing track intended reminiscent bass work music bassist major influence smith given varying explanations lyrics forest said lyrics based dream child lost woods unable escape later denied stated forest release promotion forest released single april journey train instrumental remake cure jumping train single received mixed critical reception commercially sales improvement band early spent weeks singles chart peaking number april year highest placed chart point career united_states song reached number chart version included compilation standing beach staring sea album version single single edit removes bars verses fades way guitar solo ending later cure drummer said forest song heard band taken music vocals especially drawn smith guitar work keyboard melody described haunting described spare simple drum pattern straightforward needed recordings cover versions release forest played cure song nearly live appearances live version forest appeared song edition hanging garden released july performed described rough punk edged sound live album concert cure live performance appears live video cure orange highly regarded allmusic reviewer live versions song include concert film disc live album live track recorded remixed album tree mix version forest released single december album released weeks november song redone second time join dots box set time remixed featuring guitar version described awful instantly dated reviewer acoustic version recorded released bonus disc came copies greatest hits supplied vocals cover version song appeared album monument finnish avant garde metal band recorded cover version released album fine french band covered forest nova style self titled debut album covered forest album version itunes exclusive bonus track released recording double single forest goodbye released october collaboration covered song album deep released music video series fringe english artist bat covered song cure tribute album perfect cats tribute cure nme praised version noting pagan atmosphere absent original norwegian black metal band recorded song album british band jesus included cover song british musician recorded cover song solo release cover version iii cover versions series cover track appears album project vocals music video promotional video forest band created mixed footage band april debut appearance bbc pops programme forest montage smith said group came looking video felt time hated pops anti pop period recalled pain time shoot broken thumb trying change tyre days previously track listing fiction forest journey train fiction forest tree mix forest original days mix personnel guitar keyboards chart positions
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