The Top

Tracklist

• Digital Media 1: The Original Album
• 1
  Shake Dog Shake
  4:56
  3.2 ★
• 2
  Birdmad Girl
  4:05
  2.6 ★
• 3
  Wailing Wall
  5:23
  2.6 ★
• 4
  Give Me It
  3:42
  2.4 ★
• 5
  Dressing Up
  2:51
  2.4 ★
• 6
  The Caterpillar
  3:41
  3.4 ★
• 7
  Piggy in the Mirror
  3:39
  2.4 ★
• 8
  The Empty World
  2:35
  2.0 ★
• 9
  Bananafishbones
  2:59
  2.6 ★
• 10
  The Top
  6:58
  2.6 ★
• Digital Media 2: Rarities 1982–1984
• 1
  You Stayed (RS home demo 8/82)
  2:20
  3.0 ★
• 2
  Ariel (RS home demo 8/82)
  2:58
  3.0 ★
• 3
  A Hand Inside My Mouth (Des Dames studio demo 8/83)
  3:39
  2.0 ★
• 4
  Sadacic (Olympic Studio RS demo 12/83)
  4:15
  2.0 ★
• 5
  Shake Dog Shake (Garden / Eden Studios RS&AA demo 12/83)
  4:55
  3.0 ★
• 6
  Piggy in the Mirror (Garden / Eden Studios RS&AA demo 12/83)
  3:39
  3.0 ★
• 7
  Birdmad Girl (Garden / Eden Studios RS&AA demo 12/83)
  3:35
  4.0 ★
• 8
  Give Me It (Garden / Eden Studios RS&AA demo 12/83)
  3:42
  2.0 ★
• 9
  Throw Your Foot (Garden / Eden Studios RS&AA demo 12/83)
  3:29
  3.0 ★
• 10
  Happy the Man (Garden / Eden Studios RS&AA demo 12/83)
  2:44
  3.0 ★
• 11
  The Caterpillar (Garden / Eden Studios RS&AA demo 12/83)
  4:16
  3.0 ★
• 12
  Dressing Up (Genetic Studio guide vocal / rough mix 2/84)
  2:12
  2.0 ★
• 13
  Wailing Wall (Genetic Studio rough mix 2/84)
  4:57
  4.0 ★
• 14
  The Empty World (live bootleg – Hammersmith Odeon London 5/84)
  2:47
  2.0 ★
• 15
  Bananafishbones (live bootleg – Hammersmith Odeon London 5/84)
  2:57
  2.0 ★
• 16
  The Top (live bootleg – Hammersmith Odeon London 5/84)
  7:11
  3.0 ★
• 17
  Forever (A version; live bootleg – Zenith Paris 5/84)
  4:58
  3.0 ★

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Release credits

• Andy Anderson
  drums (drum set) [6]
• Chris Parry
  producer [1-10]
• David M. Allen
  producer [1-10]
• Lol Tolhurst
  keyboard [6]
• Robert Smith
  bass [6], guitar [6], lead vocals [6], producer [1-10], violin [6]

Issues

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  12" Vinyl
  22 May 1984
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  12" Vinyl
  22 May 1984
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  12" Vinyl
  4 June 1984
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  CD
  25 September 1984
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  CD
  1984
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  CD (Polydor Popular CD Nice Price Series – 7)
  1 December 1990
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  CD (picture label)
  1990
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  2x CD
  8 August 2006
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  2x CD (deluxe edition)
  14 August 2006
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  2x CD
  14 August 2006
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  2006
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  2006
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  SHM-CD
  21 May 2008
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  2x Digital Media
  7 July 2008
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  12" Vinyl (180g reissue/remaster ltd. 2500 copies)
  2012
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  CD
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  Digital Media (2006 remaster)
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