# Bestival Live 2011

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2011 live album by The Cure

Bestival Live 2011 Live album by The Cure Released 2 December 2011 Recorded 2011 Length 140:40 Producer The Cure, Keith Uddin The Cure chronology 4:13 Dream (2008) Bestival Live 2011 (2011) Torn Down (2018)

Professional ratings Aggregate scores Source Rating Metacritic (77/100)[1] Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [2] BBC Music (favorable)[3] Consequence of Sound [4] Drowned in Sound (7/10)[5] Entertainment Weekly A−[6] Pitchfork (5.8/10)[7] PopMatters [8] Uncut [1]

***Bestival Live 2011*** is a live album recorded by the English [rock](/source/Rock_music) band [The Cure](/source/The_Cure) during [Bestival 2011](/source/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.[9] It is the band's first live album since *[Paris](/source/Paris_(The_Cure_album)),* which was released in 1993.[10]

All profits from the sale of the album went to the Isle of Wight Youth Trust.[3]

## Reception

Ned Raggett of *[Allmusic](/source/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."[10]

*[Popmatters](/source/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."[11]

[*Pitchfork*](/source/Pitchfork_(website)) gave the album a score of 5.8, and criticised the fact the band chose to change the title of "[Killing an Arab](/source/Killing_an_Arab)", due to controversy, ""Killing an Arab" was misinterpreted by the same people Smith lashed out against on *Cure*'s very embarrassing political rant ["Us or Them"](/source/The_Cure_(The_Cure_album)) as being racially insensitive [post-9/11](/source/Post-9%2F11), 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](/source/En_masse)"[12]

## Track listing

### Disc 1

1. "[Plainsong](/source/Disintegration_(The_Cure_album))" – 5:10

1. "Open" – 6:53

1. "[Fascination Street](/source/Fascination_Street)" – 4:58

1. "[A Night Like This](/source/The_Head_on_the_Door)" – 4:10

1. "[The End of the World](/source/The_End_of_the_World_(The_Cure_song))" – 3:40

1. "[Lovesong](/source/Lovesong_(The_Cure_song))" – 3:35

1. "[Just Like Heaven](/source/Just_Like_Heaven_(The_Cure_song))" – 3:47

1. "[The Only One](/source/The_Only_One_(The_Cure_song))" – 4:14

1. "[The Walk](/source/The_Walk_(The_Cure_song))" – 3:31

1. "[Push](/source/The_Head_on_the_Door)" – 4:37

1. "[Friday I'm in Love](/source/Friday_I'm_in_Love)" – 3:34

1. "[In Between Days](/source/In_Between_Days)" – 2:58

1. "[Play for Today](/source/Seventeen_Seconds)" – 4:06

1. "[A Forest](/source/A_Forest)" – 6:35

1. "[Primary](/source/Primary_(song))" – 4:20

1. "[Shake Dog Shake](/source/The_Top_(album))" – 4:44

### Disc 2

1. "[The Hungry Ghost](/source/4%3A13_Dream)" – 4:48

1. "[One Hundred Years](/source/Pornography_(album))" – 6:50

1. "[End](/source/Wish_(The_Cure_album))" – 6:11

1. "[Disintegration](/source/Disintegration_(The_Cure_album))" – 8:31

1. "[Lullaby](/source/Lullaby_(The_Cure_song))" – 4:43

1. "[The Lovecats](/source/The_Love_Cats_(song))" – 3:50

1. "[The Caterpillar](/source/The_Caterpillar_(song))" – 3:56

1. "[Close to Me](/source/Close_to_Me_(The_Cure_song))" – 3:37

1. "[Hot Hot Hot!!!](/source/Hot_Hot_Hot!!!_(The_Cure_song))" – 3:34

1. "[Let's Go to Bed](/source/Let's_Go_to_Bed_(The_Cure_song))" – 3:36

1. "[Why Can't I Be You?](/source/Why_Can't_I_Be_You%3F)" – 3:27

1. "[Boys Don't Cry](/source/Boys_Don't_Cry_(The_Cure_song))" – 3:05

1. "[Jumping Someone Else's Train](/source/Jumping_Someone_Else's_Train)" – 3:11

1. "[Grinding Halt](/source/Three_Imaginary_Boys)" – 3:11

1. "[10:15 Saturday Night](/source/10%3A15_Saturday_Night)" – 3:41

1. "[Killing Another](/source/Killing_Another)"[13] – 3:37

## Personnel

- [Robert Smith](/source/Robert_Smith_(musician)) – vocals, guitar

- [Simon Gallup](/source/Simon_Gallup) – bass guitar

- [Jason Cooper](/source/Jason_Cooper) – drums

- [Roger O'Donnell](/source/Roger_O'Donnell) – keyboard

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Metacritic_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Metacritic_1-1) ["Critic Reviews for Bestival Live 2011"](http://www.metacritic.com/music/bestival-live-2011/the-cure/critic-reviews). [Metacritic](/source/Metacritic). Retrieved 14 November 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-AllMusic_2-0)** Raggett, Ned. ["Bestival Live 2011 – The Cure"](https://www.allmusic.com/album/r2341298/review). [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic). Retrieved 7 January 2012.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-BBC_Music_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-BBC_Music_3-1) Hocknell, Tom (2 December 2011). ["Review of The Cure – Bestival Live 2011"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/bfvh/). [BBC Music](/source/BBC_Music). Retrieved 14 November 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-CoS_4-0)** Kivel, Adam (9 December 2011). ["Album Review: The Cure – Bestival Live 2011"](https://consequence.net/2011/12/album-review-the-cure-bestival-live-2011/). *Consequence*. [Consequence of Sound](/source/Consequence_of_Sound). Retrieved 14 November 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Drowned_5-0)** Leedham, Robert (8 December 2011). ["The Cure – Bestival Live"](https://web.archive.org/web/20121106113836/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/16693/reviews/4144199). [Drowned in Sound](/source/Drowned_in_Sound). Archived from [the original](http://drownedinsound.com/releases/16693/reviews/4144199) on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-EW_6-0)** Schwartz, Missy (16 December 2011). ["Albums: Dec. 16, 2011 (The Cure, *Bestival Live 2011*)"](http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20551809,00.html). *[Entertainment Weekly](/source/Entertainment_Weekly)*. p. 83. Retrieved 14 November 2012.{{[cite magazine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_magazine)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Pitchfork_7-0)** Cohen, Ian (6 January 2012). ["The Cure: Bestival Live 2011"](http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16120-bestival-2011/). [Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website)). Retrieved 14 November 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-PopMatters_8-0)** Houle, Zachary (31 January 2012). ["The Cure: Bestival Live 2011"](https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/153438-the-cure-bestival-live-2011/). [PopMatters](/source/PopMatters). Retrieved 14 November 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["The Cure : News : CURE - BESTIVAL LIVE 2011"](https://web.archive.org/web/20111205171037/http://www.thecure.com/blog/default.aspx?nid=37049). Archived from [the original](http://www.thecure.com/blog/default.aspx?nid%3D37049) on 5 December 2011. Retrieved 13 December 2012.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_10-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_10-1) [*Bestival Live 2011 - The Cure | Album | AllMusic*](https://www.allmusic.com/album/bestival-live-2011-mw0002259176), retrieved 13 October 2024

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** [*Bestival Live 2011 by The Cure*](https://www.metacritic.com/music/bestival-live-2011/the-cure/critic-reviews), retrieved 13 October 2024

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** Cohen, Ian. ["The Cure: Bestival Live 2011"](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16120-bestival-2011/). *Pitchfork*. Retrieved 13 October 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** Album Track Listing

## External links

- *[Bestival Live 2011](https://www.metacritic.com/music/bestival-live-2011/the-cure)* at [Metacritic](/source/Metacritic)

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