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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.
The album was released in 1980 and reached number 20 on the UK charts.
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.
" At the same time, Smith was pressed concerning the concept of an alleged " anti-image ".
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.
And it seemed like we were trying to be more obscure.
We just didn't like the standard rock thing.
The whole thing really got out of hand.
" That same year Three Imaginary Boys was repackaged for the American market as Boys Don't Cry, with new artwork and a modified tracklist.
The Cure set out on their first world tour to promote both releases.
At the end of the tour, Matthieu Hartley left the band.
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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