{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox album | name = Bestival Live 2011 | type = [[Live album]] | artist = [[The Cure]] | cover = Album cover - The Cure - Bestival Live 2011.jpg | alt = | released = 2 December 2011 | recorded = 2011 | venue = | genre = | length = 140:40 | label = | producer = [[The Cure]], Keith Uddin | prev_title = [[4:13 Dream]] | prev_year = 2008 | next_title = [[Torn Down]] | next_year = 2018 }} {{Album ratings |MC = (77/100)<ref name="Metacritic">{{Cite web | title = Critic Reviews for Bestival Live 2011 | publisher = [[Metacritic]] | accessdate = 14 November 2012 | url = http://www.metacritic.com/music/bestival-live-2011/the-cure/critic-reviews}}</ref> |rev1 = [[AllMusic]] |rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="AllMusic">{{Cite web | last = Raggett | first = Ned | title = Bestival Live 2011 – The Cure | publisher = [[AllMusic]] | accessdate = 7 January 2012 | url = {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r2341298/review|pure_url=yes}}}}</ref> |rev2 = [[BBC Music]] |rev2score = (favorable)<ref name="BBC Music">{{Cite web | last = Hocknell | first = Tom | title = Review of The Cure – Bestival Live 2011 | publisher = [[BBC Music]] | date = 2 December 2011 | access-date = 14 November 2012 | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/bfvh/}}</ref> |rev3 = ''[[Consequence of Sound]]'' |rev3score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="CoS">{{Cite news | last = Kivel | first = Adam | title = Album Review: The Cure – Bestival Live 2011 | newspaper = Consequence | publisher = [[Consequence of Sound]] | date = 9 December 2011 | accessdate = 14 November 2012 | url = https://consequence.net/2011/12/album-review-the-cure-bestival-live-2011/}}</ref> |rev4 = ''[[Drowned in Sound]]'' |rev4score = (7/10)<ref name="Drowned">{{Cite web | last = Leedham | first = Robert | title = The Cure – Bestival Live | publisher = [[Drowned in Sound]] | date = 8 December 2011 | accessdate = 14 November 2012 | url = http://drownedinsound.com/releases/16693/reviews/4144199 | archive-date = 6 November 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121106113836/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/16693/reviews/4144199 | url-status = dead }}</ref> |rev5 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' |rev5score = A−<ref name="EW">{{Cite magazine | last = Schwartz | first = Missy | title = Albums: Dec. 16, 2011 (The Cure, ''Bestival Live 2011'') | magazine = [[Entertainment Weekly]] | date = 16 December 2011 | page = 83 | accessdate = 14 November 2012 | url = http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20551809,00.html | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130122202328/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20551809,00.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 22 January 2013 }}</ref> |rev6 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' |rev6score = (5.8/10)<ref name="Pitchfork">{{Cite web | last = Cohen | first = Ian | title = The Cure: Bestival Live 2011 | publisher = [[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] | date = 6 January 2012 | accessdate = 14 November 2012 | url = http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16120-bestival-2011/}}</ref> |rev7 = ''[[PopMatters]]'' |rev7score = {{Rating|7|10}}<ref name="PopMatters">{{Cite web | last = Houle | first = Zachary | title = The Cure: Bestival Live 2011 | publisher = [[PopMatters]] | date = 31 January 2012 | accessdate = 14 November 2012 | url = http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/153438-the-cure-bestival-live-2011/}}</ref> |rev8 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'' |rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Metacritic"/> }} '''''Bestival Live 2011''''' is a live album recorded by the English [[Rock music|rock]] band [[The Cure]] during [[Bestival 2011]] music festival in September 2011. It was first released in Germany on 2 December 2011, before being released in the UK on 5 December 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thecure.com/blog/default.aspx?nid%3D37049 |title=The Cure : News : CURE - BESTIVAL LIVE 2011 |accessdate=13 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111205171037/http://www.thecure.com/blog/default.aspx?nid=37049 |archivedate=5 December 2011}}</ref> It is the band's first live album since ''[[Paris (The Cure album)|Paris]],'' which was released in 1993.<ref name=":0">{{Citation |title=Bestival Live 2011 - The Cure {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/bestival-live-2011-mw0002259176 |access-date=2024-10-13 |language=en}}</ref>
All profits from the sale of the album went to the Isle of Wight Youth Trust.<ref name="BBC Music"/>
== Reception == Ned Raggett of ''[[AllMusic|Allmusic]]'' gave the album three and a half stars and felt the album was "an understandably honest reflection of the Cure in the popular mind as their commercial high point recedes further into the past, but given Smith and the band's other contemporaneous activities, it's an incomplete portrait."<ref name=":0" />
''[[PopMatters|Popmatters]]'' praised the album, saying. "They've written material that holds up through the looking glass of time, and ''Bestival'' is ultimately a testament to a band running through the hits with some level of gusto and verve, making them seem fresh and exciting so many years removed from their gestation."<ref>{{Citation |title=Bestival Live 2011 by The Cure |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/bestival-live-2011/the-cure/critic-reviews |access-date=2024-10-13 |language=en}}</ref>
[[Pitchfork (website)|''Pitchfork'']] gave the album a score of 5.8, and criticised the fact the band chose to change the title of "[[Killing an Arab]]", due to controversy, ""Killing an Arab" was misinterpreted by the same people Smith lashed out against on ''Cure''<nowiki/>'s very embarrassing political rant [[The Cure (The Cure album)|"Us or Them"]] as being racially insensitive [[post-9/11]], but it's just profoundly depressing to hear the song rendered all but completely meaningless when the mass setting should make it all the more resonant." and thought, "the Cure feel like less of a band than a traveling museum or theme park celebrating their past with the occasional new exhibit or ride to stoke interest. In other words, a completely user-driven experience [[en masse]]"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cohen |first=Ian |title=The Cure: Bestival Live 2011 |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16120-bestival-2011/ |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Track listing== ===Disc 1=== #"[[Disintegration (The Cure album)|Plainsong]]" – 5:10 #"Open" – 6:53 #"[[Fascination Street]]" – 4:58 #"[[The Head on the Door|A Night Like This]]" – 4:10 #"[[The End of the World (The Cure song)|The End of the World]]" – 3:40 #"[[Lovesong (The Cure song)|Lovesong]]" – 3:35 #"[[Just Like Heaven (The Cure song)|Just Like Heaven]]" – 3:47 #"[[The Only One (The Cure song)|The Only One]]" – 4:14 #"[[The Walk (The Cure song)|The Walk]]" – 3:31 #"[[The Head on the Door|Push]]" – 4:37 #"[[Friday I'm in Love]]" – 3:34 #"[[In Between Days]]" – 2:58 #"[[Seventeen Seconds|Play for Today]]" – 4:06 #"[[A Forest]]" – 6:35 #"[[Primary (song)|Primary]]" – 4:20 #"[[The Top (album)|Shake Dog Shake]]" – 4:44
===Disc 2=== #"[[4:13 Dream|The Hungry Ghost]]" – 4:48 #"[[Pornography (album)|One Hundred Years]]" – 6:50 #"[[Wish (The Cure album)|End]]" – 6:11 #"[[Disintegration (The Cure album)|Disintegration]]" – 8:31 #"[[Lullaby (The Cure song)|Lullaby]]" – 4:43 #"[[The Love Cats (song)|The Lovecats]]" – 3:50 #"[[The Caterpillar (song)|The Caterpillar]]" – 3:56 #"[[Close to Me (The Cure song)|Close to Me]]" – 3:37 #"[[Hot Hot Hot!!! (The Cure song)|Hot Hot Hot!!!]]" – 3:34 #"[[Let's Go to Bed (The Cure song)|Let's Go to Bed]]" – 3:36 #"[[Why Can't I Be You?]]" – 3:27 #"[[Boys Don't Cry (The Cure song)|Boys Don't Cry]]" – 3:05 #"[[Jumping Someone Else's Train]]" – 3:11 #"[[Three Imaginary Boys|Grinding Halt]]" – 3:11 #"[[10:15 Saturday Night]]" – 3:41 #"[[Killing Another]]"<ref>Album Track Listing</ref> – 3:37
==Personnel== *[[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]] – vocals, guitar *[[Simon Gallup]] – bass guitar *[[Jason Cooper]] – drums *[[Roger O'Donnell]] – keyboard
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== * {{Metacritic album}}
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