Talk:Standing on a Beach

Culture reference of title
It's fairly well known that both titles for this compilation come from the song "Killing and Arab" and that the song itself references the existentialist/absurdist novel "The Stranger" by Albert Camus. This seems to be an important bit of information for this article as the title of the compilation recalls not only the band's first single, but indicates the influence of the literary genre on their early sound and topics. I don't regularly edit Wikipedia, though, so I'm not sure what level of authority represents an appropriate 3rd party source for the information. Releaux 21:41, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Proposed merger
I'm for it. Standing on a Beach was never released independently of Staring at the Sea; they belong together. Folkor 15:57, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Agreed. Track listings are slightly different, but the article can mention that and detail the differences -- the point remains that the band meant it as a singles compilation, and happened to give it different titles in different media. GGreeneVa 04:09, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

The compilation is available on CD under both names. I have Standing on a Beach on CD, under that title. And the tracklisting is the same. They should be merged.165.228.105.74 04:07, 14 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Done.  MightyMoose22 > Abort,  Retry,   Fail? _  22:26, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Man on the Cover
Would make for an excellent bit of trivia. Renfield 02:04, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

--Visited this article today looking for the very same!

I agree - the history of the photograph (e.g., model & photographer names, was it commissioned or found, etc.) would be good information for the article. Releaux 21:31, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

I'm the third named person looking for who is the man on the cover. -- Reflex Reaction  ( talk )&bull; 17:02, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

i am the fourth. who is he? little question from germany. --84.132.55.189 07:49, 2 September 2007 (UTC)


 * And i shall answer that question. According to the 2005 book Never Enough: The Story of the Cure by Jeff Apter (which the curious can purchase | here) on p.217: "the standard question asked by the press was this: who's the old codger on the cover? It turned out to be one John Button, a fisherman living in quiet retirement in the harbour town of Rye. His wizened, leathery mug was perfect for the cover. Buttton was also the only person to appear in the newly shot clip for "Killing an Arab". For a moment in time, Button became the sixth face of the Cure". There. Doc Strange 17:50, 7 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Well here I am only 5 years behind, but let me go ahead and add that to the article :)Dr.queso (talk) 02:41, 1 June 2012 (UTC)


 * The reason the band chose to use a picture of an old man for the cover is because they thought that if they were to put themselves on the cover, that people who didn't like the group would know who they were and probably would not have bought this album. WikiPro1981X (talk) 02:58, 14 February 2010 (UTC)