''Cuckoo'' is the second

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to be released by the British

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band

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. It was released on 13 September 1993 and was issued by

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and

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. It was less commercially successful than the band's previous releases.

Release

''Cuckoo'' was released in the United Kingdom on 13 September 1993 by

, and in the United States on 21 September 1993 by Anxious and

. Two singles were issued from the album: " Blackerthreetracker" (which featured the ''Cuckoo'' song "

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" as its lead track) on 23 August 1993, and " Superblaster" on 8 November 1993. In the UK, ''Cuckoo'' underperformed commercially compared to previous Curve releases, peaking at number 23 on the

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. Several months after the album's release, Curve disbanded, though they would reform in 1996. In the August 1996 issue of '' Select'' magazine, Curve frontwoman

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said: "I still think our second album was our best. It got to the point where

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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

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. Curve *

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– bass, guitar, drum

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– vocals Additional musicians *

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– electronics * Sally Herbert – violin on "Superblaster" and "Left of Mother" * Alex Mitchell – guitar * Steve Monti – drums on "Crystal", "Superblaster" and "Sweetest Pie" *

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– guitar *

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– guitar * Debbie Smith – guitar Production *

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– mixing (assistant) * Curve –

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* Flood – production * Alan Moulder – mixing * Steve Osborne – production on "Unreadable Communication", "Turkey Crossing" and "Cuckoo" Design * Andrew Catlin – band photography * Flat Earth – sleeve design, cover photography * Vaughan Matthews – cover photography

Charts

References

External links

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