“Shake Dog Shake” by The Cure

"Shake Dog Shake" comes from The Top, the fifth Cure album, which Fiction Records put out in May 1984, and the writing is Robert Smith's alone: he wrote the music and the words, and he produced it with David M. Allen and Chris Parry.

The record grew out of a crowded, restless stretch for Smith. He'd spent the summer of 1983 on the psychedelic Blue Sunshine with the Glove, then worked on The Top and Siouxsie and the Banshees' Hyæna at the same time, still holding down the guitar job in the Banshees. For the Cure he teamed with co-founder Lol Tolhurst, who had moved from drums to keyboards, and new drummer Andy Anderson. Once the album was out, they took it on a big UK tour that ended with three nights at the Hammersmith Odeon.

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