The Cure - Staring at the Sea

Staring at the Sea was the first Cure album I ever bought. I got it on cassette tape (1986), mainly on the strength of the song "Close to Me." I remember hosting an apartment party in college, with a girl asking me to "play that song again"... over and over.

The rest of the songs led me to eventually go back and get most of the other Cure albums that this singles compilation borrowed from, along with most of the Cure albums since, all of which I've enjoyed immensely.