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Due to the band's lack of creative control on the first album, Smith exerted a greater influence on the recording of The Cure's second album Seventeen Seconds, which he co-produced with Mike Hedges.
A single from the album, " A Forest ", became the band's first UK hit single, reaching number 31 on the singles chart.
The album was a departure from The Cure's sound up to that point, with Hedges describing it as " morose, atmospheric, very different to Three Imaginary Boys.
" In its review of Seventeen Seconds the NME said, " For a group as young as The Cure, it seems amazing that they have covered so much territory in such a brief time.
Smith told the press he was fed up with the anti-image association that some considered to be " elaborately disguising their plainness ", stating, " We had to get away from that anti-image thing, which we didn't even create in the first place.
" That same year Three Imaginary Boys was repackaged for the American market as Boys Don't Cry, with new artwork and a modified tracklist.
Hartley said, " I realised that the group was heading towards suicidal, sombre music — the sort of thing that didn't interest me at all.
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