★80年代英国新浪潮摇滚超人气乐团的首张专辑,收录乐团建立哥德式电子摇滚风格的雏形之作“10:15 Saturday Night”,获音乐网站allmusic 4颗半星鉴赏
★超值特搜乐团招牌作“Boys Don't Cry”,以及发迹之初于1977-1979年间的录音室试录作品、诺丁汉现场演唱等20首珍贵录音
「【Three Imaginary Boys】不只是一张超强的首张专辑,同时也是乐团历年作品中一张近乎怪异、却又很动听的专辑。」这是音乐网站allmusic对The Cure乐团处女作的评价,此张专辑是他们在80年代英国新浪潮摇滚乐风中享有超人气地位之前的摸索之作,The Cure在专辑中带着初生之犊的冲劲与活力,将哥德摇滚、英国庞克摇滚与电子合成摇滚乐来个恣意的混搭,像是与当时的英国流行乐风格相逆,但日后成为乐团深受欢迎的哥德式电子摇滚风格的雏形之作“10:15 Saturday Night”,或是随兴把玩Jimi Hendrix经典作“Foxy Lady”。此套双CD名盘特搜20首乐团珍贵录音作品,像是代表作“Boys Don't Cry”、洋溢雷鬼风采的唱作曲“I Want To Be Old”,还有The Cure灵魂人物Robert Smith在家DIY录制的“10:15 Saturday Night”试录带。
Three Imaginary Boys is the debut studio album by English alternative rock band The Cure. It was released on 8 May 1979 by record label Fiction. It was later released in the United States and Australia with a slightly different song line-up as Boys Don't Cry.