Cuckoo (album)

Cuckoo is the second studio album by British alternative rock band Curve. It was released on 21 September 1993 by Anxious Records. A musically more varied but significantly darker release than Curve's debut, Doppelgänger, Cuckoo was less commercially successful than the band's previous releases.

Cuckoo
Studio album by Curve
Released	21 September 1993
Recorded	1993
Studio	Todal Studios (Kilburn, London)
Length	45:55
Label	Anxious
Producer	Curve Flood Steve Osborne
Curve chronology
Radio Sessions (1993) Cuckoo (1993) Come Clean (1998)
Singles from Cuckoo
"Missing Link" Released: 23 August 1993 "Superblaster" Released: 8 November 1993

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[2]
NME	5/10[3]
Q	[4]
Select	5/5[5]
Vox	6/10[6]

Release

On 21 September 1993, Cuckoo was released by Anxious Records, reaching number 23 on the UK Albums Chart.[7] Two singles from the album, "Missing Link" and "Superblaster", were issued. The album's relative commercial failure is likely to have been one of the main reasons for the band's decision to temporarily disband in 1994.

In the August 1996 issue of Select magazine, Curve frontwoman Toni Halliday said: "I still think our second album was our best. It got to the point where Dean didn't want to tour. We did reach that point of hedonistic head-fuckery, glugging JD, hollering 'Where's the schnozz?' You finally get that out of your system and think, 'This is sad.' We couldn't have gone on like that".

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dean Garcia and Toni Halliday.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Missing Link"	4:58
2.	"Crystal"	4:02
3.	"Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus"	4:36
4.	"All of One"	4:19
5.	"Unreadable Communication"	5:55
6.	"Turkey Crossing"	4:52
7.	"Superblaster"	3:59
8.	"Left of Mother"	4:10
9.	"Sweetest Pie"	3:59
10.	"Cuckoo"	4:55
Total length:		45:55

Personnel

Curve Dean Garcia – guitar, bass, drum programming Toni Halliday – vocals Curve – production Additional personnel Darren Allison – mixing (assistant) Flood – production, electronics Sally Herbert – violin ("Left of Mother" and "Superblaster") Alex Mitchell – guitar Monti – drums Alan Moulder – mixing, guitar Steve Osborne – production, guitar Debbie Smith – guitar

Design Flat Earth – photography, sleeve design Vaughan Matthews – photography

Charts

Chart (1992)	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)[7]	23

References

1. Simpson, Paul. "Cuckoo – Curve". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
2. "Curve: Cuckoo". Entertainment Weekly: 65. 29 October 1993.
3. Dalton, Stephen (11 September 1993). "Revolting Clocks". NME. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
4. Aston, Martin (October 1993). "Curve: Cuckoo". Q (85): 105. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
5. Collins, Andrew (September 1993). "The Lunatic Fringe". Select (39): 86–87. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
6. O'Brien, Lucy (1993). "Sand Blasted". Vox. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
7. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 May 2018.

External links

• Cuckoo at Discogs (list of releases)
• Cuckoo at MusicBrainz (list of releases)