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Producer Alan Moulder was a prominent collaborator who helped shape their blend of heavy beats and densely layered guitar tracks set against Halliday's vocals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing the success of Curve's debut full-length Doppelgänger, which nearly hit the U.K. Top 10, the British group went in a darker, moodier direction with 1993 follow-up \u003ci\u003eCuckoo\u003c\/i\u003e. Opener \"Missing Link\" is furious and aggressive, coming closer to Ministry-style industrial than the group's previous work, but other songs are slower, more atmospheric, and a bit more experimental. \"Superblaster\" is a bit closer to the poppiness of Doppelgänger's highlights and was released as a single.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCuckoo\u003c\/i\u003e still stands among the band's best work. 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