Pubic Fruit

Pubic Fruit
Compilation album by Curve
Released	17 November 1992 (1992-11-17)
Studio	Todal (London) Eastcote (London)
Genre	Shoegaze
Length	58:40
Label	Anxious Charisma
Producer	Curve Steve Osborne Flood
Curve chronology
Doppelgänger (1992) Pubic Fruit (1992) Radio Sessions (1993)

Pubic Fruit is a compilation album by English alternative rock band Curve. It was released exclusively in the United States on 17 November 1992 by Anxious Records and Charisma Records. The album compiles the band's first three EPs, as well as the extended version of their song "Faît Accompli".

Release

Curve released three critically acclaimed EPs – Blindfold, Frozen and Cherry – in the United Kingdom throughout 1991.^[1][2] None of the tracks from these EPs were included on the band's 1992 debut studio album Doppelgänger, with the exception of "Clipped", which was added to the American pressing of the album. Released exclusively in the United States by Anxious Records and Charisma Records on 17 November 1992,^[2][3][4] after Doppelgänger, Pubic Fruit compiles the three EPs, which had only been issued in the UK.^[3][5] The compilation also includes the extended version of the Doppelgänger track "Faît Accompli" (first released as a single in 1992), which likewise had not yet been commercially released in the US.^[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[6]

In 2016, Pitchfork ranked Pubic Fruit at number 19 on its list of the 50 best shoegaze albums of all time.^[7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dean Garcia and Toni Halliday, except where noted

No.	Title	Original release	Length
1.	"Ten Little Girls" (additional lyrics by JC-001)	Blindfold	4:27
2.	"I Speak Your Every Word"	Blindfold	3:54
3.	"Blindfold"	Blindfold	4:31
4.	"No Escape from Heaven"	Blindfold	4:20
5.	"Coast Is Clear"	Frozen	4:01
6.	"The Colour Hurts"	Frozen	4:34
7.	"Frozen"	Frozen	3:59
8.	"Zoo"	Frozen	3:51
9.	"Clipped"	Cherry	4:11
10.	"Die Like a Dog"	Cherry	4:41
11.	"Galaxy"	Cherry	3:56
12.	"Cherry"	Cherry	5:49
13.	"Faît Accompli (Extended Extended Extended)"	"Faît Accompli" single	6:26
Total length:			58:40

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.^[2]

Curve

• Dean Garcia
• Toni Halliday

Production

• Darren Allison – mixing (assistant)
• Curve – production
• Flood – production
• Dick Meaney – mixing (assistant)
• Alan Moulder – mixing
• Steve Osborne – production
• Ronan Tal – mixing (assistant)
• Ingo Vauk – engineering

Design

• Flat Earth – design, photography
• Barry Freidlander – photography
• Barry Maguire – photography
• Clare Muller – photography
• Dave Stewart – photography
• J. P. Wombbaby – photography

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Curve". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
2. Pubic Fruit (liner notes). Curve. Anxious Records / Charisma Records. 1992. V2-86531 / 0777 7 86531 2 7.
3. Sexton, Paul (9 October 1993). "Virgin Execs See Straight Path to Success for Curve" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 105, no. 41. pp. 1, 119. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
4. Mayhew, Malcolm (3 November 1992). "Curve". Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
5. Demalon, Tom. "Pubic Fruit – Curve". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
6. Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via books.google.com.
7. "The 50 Best Shoegaze Albums of All Time". Pitchfork. 24 October 2016. p. 4. Retrieved 25 October 2016.

External links

• Pubic Fruit at Discogs (list of releases)
• Pubic Fruit at MusicBrainz (list of releases)