Pornography

Kind of weird and slow.

Pillars of gothic rock. Gets boring real quick. 2 stars

Just didn’t really enjoy this

2.5

I like a lot of The Cure's stuff but not on this album

new wave, brit. pop, 1982 -> 2

found out today that I do not like the cure

The machine gun-like drums are a cool part of the album, but it doesn’t overtake the sadness at its heart. I’m not sad enough for albums like this. I much prefer The Cure’s radio-friendly pop stuff.

Too depressing and anti-melodic with songs that go on forever. I understand why some would like this but not for me.

Yeaaaa I don’t think this album is for me. Super angsty with a harsher tone

It just felt really bland and pretentious. I just don't get it. Maybe sometime I will. Very different from the more upbeat "The Cure" songs i actually know and like ("Lovecats", "Boys Don't Cry" etc etc.)

Not my favorite by the Cure

I just don't get this band. So affected, so dreary, so downbeat. I think it's a post-Bowie case of style over substance to be honest. A band for the girls who wrote poetry all over the covers of their exercise books at school and who thought Morrissey was "sensitive". Dull.

pre listening notes: i know friday i’m in love and boys don’t cry, but those aren’t on this album. i hope i like it bc the 80s is a challenging music time for me. let’s go! One Hundred Years - immediately, drum machine sounding beat. kinda creepy guitars? synth. 80s. “it doesn’t matter if we all die” is such a strong start to an album. maybe i’m projecting but with the political climate right now, i feel like this song is about knowing a war is going on. something much bigger than yourself but being unable to do anything about it. the hopelessness and being unable to stop thinking about it. dark. A Short Term Effect - reverb going crazy! the floaty guitars make me a little uneasy. the lyrics are poetry. The Hanging Garden - different vibe immediately, driving drums. every song so far has mentioned dying. what drugs were they on while making this? ik it had to be something. i like this one more than the other two tho Siamese Twins - ok who hurt them bc damn. i do like this song tho The Figurehead - y’all this is depressing music. heavy stuff. nothing like friday i’m in love lol. i looked up if the band used drugs and apparently two members left briefly after this album because of the heavy drug use. not to belabor the point it’s just so obvious to me A Strange Day - lots of references to being blind. i guess this song is about the world ending? very similar sound to a short term effect Cold - more synthy! another reference to a mirror. this album feels so introspective. once again, poetic lyrics. sad. Pornography- the title track! the reversed radio clips are the beginning are cool & creepy. the lyrics don’t start until three minutes and thirty seconds in. i did more reading and i guess this album is considered by some to be the final in a dark trilogy, with this being the height. i guess i didn’t know much about the cure before now and although i definitely feel more educated, i can’t say i enjoyed it. this is what the emos of the 80s had i guess lol (jokes!). i’d give this a 3 or 2 out of 5, i didn’t like it very much. in other news, this experience is fucking up my algorithm, Be Somebody from the Kings of Leon album is on my spotify daylist🙄

Huonoa: ei melodiaa, ei rytmiä - vain yhtä massaa - ja kuinka hidasta! Ei B-osia, hätäiset sanat. Hyvää: eka biisi ratsastaa riffillään kiitettäväksi kokemukseksi. Soundi on loppuun saakka viilattu ja ihan pysäyttävä. Toisin sanoen tämä kannattanee kuulla kerran. Ainakin levy on lyhyempi kuin... Disintegration.

Very annoying to listen to. Took me two days of revisiting. Definitely not for me. I even saw these guys live like 10 years ago and was bored out of my mind then, still am.

Not in the mood for this kind of music for now

80s to the max

A more rough and tumble kind of Cure, not entirely for me, though nice to hear some early influence for this kind of stuff. 2.5 is more accurate for this.

Such very sad people

Pour ceux qui aime un geignard qui se plaint d’un air lancinant tout au long d’un album, The Cure est pour vous!

wtf did I just listen to

Pornogaphy By: The Cure Genre(s): Gothic Rock, Post-Punk Date Ranked: 09 . 01 . 24 ---> 13 . 01 . 24 Halo Numbers: 3 One Hundred Years: 6.5 / 10 ☆ > Gee, this felt so dragged on to be honest. It is not done in the worst way, but it isn’t that good either. I just don’t feel very invested in the song. A Short Term Effect: 6.75 / 10 ☆ > This one gives me such an 80’s vibe like wow (that’s not a bad thing by the way). But honestly, I do like the lyrics and that delivery is something I love too. It is quite nice I’d say. The Hanging Garden: 6.5 / 10 ☆ > This one was kinda hard to rate so I’ll just round down. It really isn’t bad, but I feel it is kinda repetitive and is boring in terms of music and delivery, but, idk, it also is kinda good. Siamese Twins: 6.75 / 10 ☆ > Alright, I see we are fluctuating here, aren’t we? I’d say that lyrically, it is the best one so far. I am not a fan of the delivery by the very end, but throughout the rest of the song, I can’t complain. The Figurehead: 6.5 / 10 ☆ > Uhhh, well, this certainly feels like a very long song. I don’t even mind songs being long, but this one just felt so boring most of the time. The lyrics kinda feel all over the place. A Strange Day: 6.75 / 10 ☆ > That’s better. The lyrics got more interesting and the delivery went up in quality too. It still felt kinda prolonged but not really bad, so, yeah, good. Cold: 6.75 / 10 ☆ > Again, this one feels much more coherent and overall better. I love the music in this one, and the lyrics with this delivery are also pretty nice. Pornogaphy: 6.25 / 10 ☆ > Ah yes, a 3 minute intro. Not just that, but the wait isn’t even worth it in the end. I suppose I am supposed to not hear shit either. And the delivery is of questionable quality too. Meh. Total Percentage: 65.9375% —> 66% Average Song Rating: 6.59 / 10 ☆ Best Song(s): > A Short Term Effect > Cold Additional Note(s): Maybe The Cure is simply not for me. I was kinda interested in checking them out, but after this thing (which is considered to be one of their best albums) I am not as interested. Or, at the very least, I will postpone it for much later. I am not the biggest fan of their delivery in this album, however I suppose lyrically it’s not that bad.

Hm

My range of music I enjoy is not good. I feel like I'm supposed to like the cure but this is a tough listen for me

Boring goth music. Similar to Depeche Mode but worse. Nothing really exciting in this album except for a couple cool guitar parts that I picked up on. Other than that I was hoping for redemption from their last album because I know The Cure is extremely popular. I can't figure out why after 2 albums.

no sunshine on this album.

I like The Cure. This album is a drug-fueled slog.

'One Hundred Years' and 'Cold' are the best songs but this particular incarnation of The Cure isn't really for me.

"Hey dad, I'm buying this Pornography record" "What do you mean pornography? Don't buy it, it's terrible!" "No, I mean the record by The Cure." "Exactly."

Pornography is the fourth album by English rock band the Cure. This was the last album of their dark, gothic rock phase before they switched to brighter, new wave. The music is heavily layered with instruments, lyrics, and effects, all the while giving off depressive vibes. It was poorly reviewed by critics at release, but was the Cure's most popular album and has since been considered an important piece of gothic rock development. I commend the musical talent by the Cure on Pornography, but I do think there's a little too much "woe is me" in the lyrics. The band were going through a rough patch and this was their expression of that. Their pain did make a great gothic rock album though. This is a nice piece of rock history, even if it's not mine or your type of rock.

Meh

The best Cure songs sound timeless, while this record sounds so 80s in an old, dull way.

No thanks

Too slow and low

I REALLY want to love the cure, and some of their songs are great, but I'm afraid I find much of their stuff, including this album, quite dreary :(

1/8, 13%

They really front-loaded this with the two worst songs. The rest are better, but not by much. The vocals and guitar both have this terrible reverb all over them that make them almost unlistenable, so the best songs are those that focus on bass and drums, like The Hanging Garden.

A bit boring to me

Very rare good parts don't save it from the boring mess

I would not consider this pornography

First the Cure album for me. I was kind of looking forward to it, but sadly it was a dreadful letdown. Just echo-heavy, depressing sounding muck. Why am I even giving it a 2/5?

Typical early 80s sound. 2/5

Sounds better than their earlier album, I like the instrumentals more. Still don't want to kill myself though

An album that consists of The Cure tuning their instruments, preparing to record a better album

An extra star because it was shit but reasonably well composed.

One Hundred Years- Dawg What (2) A Short Term Effect- Better Mid (5) The Hanging Gardens- Meh (6) Siamese Twins- MIDD (4) The Figurehead- Interesting but nah (6.5) A Strange Day- Huge Turnaround (8) Cold- Decent (7.5) Pornography- What is even happening (3)

Fittingly, a load of wank 👍🏾

Probably The Cure's worst album

This is the third The Cure album this generator has given me. I did not enjoy this one…. The Cure is one of those bands where I enjoy their hits but their wider discography is very hit or miss for me. This album didn’t have a single hit. 100% a miss.

its like 40-50 minutes of the same song 2.5

Some cool parts, but for the most part nothing caught my attention and the album just droned on

Only got through the first 4 songs, not sure what was going on here, not my style

This is from The Cure’s depression era. That’s their worst era.

C+ One Hundred Years - 4. A Short Term Effect - 3. The Hanging Garden - 3. Siamese Twins - 2. The Figurehead - 2. A Strange Day - 3. Cold - 2. Pornography - 2.

Neither good nor bad. Unremarkable.

Dark and ominous, they definitely change their sound in later albums. I can appreciate the art and direction but overall it isn't my cup of tea. I do enjoy the later stuff more though. I think it is a little too dramatic and avant garde for my liking. 2/5

The 80s legit did not understand that male singers could have vocal range. I don't like it.

I loved this when I was about 13-14, and the opening track is still a haunting tune. But I found this hard going listening again - it's too dark and too ploddy after more than a track or two. It made sense at the time, but hasn't aged as well as other albums by The Cure. A few more catchy tunes may have helped. Interesting more than engaging.

Meh is how I feel about this one. Nothing stuck out to me- there is creativity for sure but but much success in my opinion. It was bland unlike their other albums, they’ve done better.

I _want_ to like the Cure. But the goth is just too much for me. And this album, every song sounded exactly the same and the production as well, like it was recorded in a garage or something. Not a fan. Sorry. I know they have their die-hard fans, but they just... nope. Not for me. Next.

God, this was a bummer. I’m glad I listened to it because I’d never heard true goth music before, and it’s fascinating to hear how different the cure was (how did this same band put out just like heaven two albums later?), but it’s not for me. The unchanging drum beat made it difficult to distinguish between songs, which I’m sure was intentional but ultimately resulted in a wall of gloom with no real payoff. I’ll stick with joy division for my mopey tunes.

I don’t really like the early’80s synth pop very much and this is the epitome of the genre

In my adult life I've really come to really enjoy serious bands from the 1980s. The decade was bloated with cheesy synths and corny lyrics and I think it was a sound that pretty quickly became outdated. As I have gotten older though I've come to appreciate this sound, and I think if you say to yourself "at first glance this may sound corny, but I'm going to not care about that and get lost in the music" then it's really easy to enjoy all of the other facets underneath the surface. With that being said, The Cure hasn't been one of the standout acts for me. I think maybe I'm missing something, like how influential they were to other bands. This album is a 2/5 for me with not many standouts and I don't think any of their big hits.

The Cure has never really appealed to me. This record doesn't change that. It's not terrible but it's not really great either.

Listened on 2/28/23 2.5/5 Favorite song: cold I felt like I was being yelled at and the songs were entirely too long. I am worried for their well-being but the album was fine

So depressing

Tolerable. No great tunes.

cool style for sure. but gives me a headache.

Meh.

Good Rock

Mmm, è uno stile molto particolare (ma non particolarmente strano): una basso da una tonalità molto pronunciata e caratteristica e una voce che stride un po'. Non mi prende. Cioè The Cure perché bisogna cominciarla dopo un ascolto prolungato?

I had to really try on this one, and that surprises me. I think this was toooo much Cure for me.

I had a greatest hits CD of The Cure when I was in high school that I loved. There were so many hits! And they were the greatest. But I always skipped the song Lullaby. It felt too creepy. It didn’t have the fun, peppy overtones in its instrumentation that made the darker, more goth and emo aspects of The Cure palatable. This whole album is like a never-ending listen of Lullaby. It’s too goth and industrial for me. I don’t want to go down this creepy spider hole with them. I’ll stick the hits that keep a lighter vibe going, you know, Just Like Heaven and Friday I’m In Love, thanks.

I understand if was of an era, but not my style at all

Best track(s): ? Non-existent, if I had to pick I'd say 'Cold'. Worst track(s): all of it I do love the eighties sound! The first track sounds very ominous and atmospheric.. Usually I don't really mind long tracks, but the first one was too long for what it is. 15 minutes in and the voice of the singer is starting to be annoying. Don't think this album is for me. Tracks started to blend together and weren't any more interesting for it... I was already in a bad mood starting this and it hasn't improved (which was to be expected apparently, looking at the summary).

2/5. Not bad but not quite good either. It feels too epic for themes that don’t feel very epic. Every song feels like the end of the world.

I've tried a few times but this band just does nothing for me.

The Cure have never really appealed to me and I was not particularly stoked about getting another album from them after previously getting "Disintegration." This is a lot more palatable, possibly because it's not overly long like "Disintegration" is being a product of the early CD era. I enjoyed this a bit more for sure, but still not for me.

Please pass the Kleenex

Its got a bit of an intensity to it, but its a right racket and Robert's vocals are very marmite

Fecking whiny brit pop, I am honestly glad I do not come up in this era of music

The dramatic, whiney voice is a huge turn off for me

Not my type of music

Love his voice, ok album - a bit boring....

Did not hit. Reviewing sat/sun I think, long kayak but a good vibe. Photos, I’m not photogenic and bad skin, but fun. Hang, too much football, chicken katsu, drinking, fire making, smores and shivering, jackbox, walk with A and group, sleepover and ratatouille, then back home, tired, WH lawn tour, tired, call parents, nice sun, vibes, sleep

Oh fucking hell, cheer up.

Not much to say. Never been into this type of music and this didn't change my mind.

"Mooooom! The weird goth kid is beating the shit out of his casio again!" "His name is Robert dear and you'll feel really sorry for bullying him in 20 years when Brandon Flowers steals his vocal cords and you're humming Mr. Brightside." 2/5

Dull.

Did not enjoy this really, it washed over me with a pretty heavy tinge of melancholy. Musically not particularly exciting, lyrically pretty miserable. There are better miserable albums out there, can't imagine myself ever revisiting this. 2/5.

As far as Cure music goes, this didn’t really resonate with me.

I don't know, but it seems like I can't get into post punk stuff. The vibe does not match with me and it also lacks interesting melodies.

Meh.

The Muse sound. But not the best of them. Meh...

First thought: early Cure - yes, I must listen to this! Turns out, it's not so early (4th album), and it's the first album so far for which I have skipped though the tracks without listening to at least one entire track on the first run through. Now that's partly a matter of time - rather behind on work today - but it also reflects my reaction to the music. I suppose it's on the list because it's influential on Gothic music, but it's not something I want to listen to. "The Figurehead" was OK, I guess, if I was ever in the mood for existential angst I might listen to it again. Update: listened again, “need to hear it loud” I was told (and maybe don’t fret about exact lyrics, just pick up the feel). Worked better that way, in the background while cooking and talking. Still not really doing anything for me.

For me, The Cure were a great singles band, but the only albums of theirs I’ve ever been able to listen to are the hits compilations and a live album I own. I checked the hits cds I own, Standing On A Beach : The Singles & The Cure : Greatest Hits, and nothing from Pornography appears on either. This doesn’t surprise me, because I can’t hear any toe-tappers here. I find it just a little boring, except for The Hanging Garden, which was the only single release off this album.

Not my cup of tea. A little ethereal at times which was cool, but overall just boring.

The vocals really grate on me. Instrumental parts are serviceable but not very interesting. It has a solid base not reflected in the score; it wouldn't take many tweaks to bring this up to a 4. So far I haven't rated anything below a 3. However, this was making my rating scale really inconsistent. I'd go "X is better than Y, and I gave Y a 3, so I guess I need to give X a 4". But then I also had given Z a 3 earlier, and Z was at least as good as X! So 3-4 didn't really mean anything. To fix this, I'm re-calibrating my rating scale, rating "meh"/average stuff at 2 instead of 3, which is where this album ends up. That doesn't make it worse than other stuff I've listened to so far.

Umm whatever guys

Not for me.

Vocally uninspiring and repetitive. Not a single song spoke to me.

Distinctly The Cure sound. Maybe I wasn’t in the mood but I didn’t enjoy it. 2*

Less interesting than Seventeen Seconds. Kinda a chore to get through, but good to hear once. (Prior rate)

Eine The Cure-Platte ist eine The Cure-Platte ist eine The Cure-Platte. Hat mich jetzt nicht besonders geärgert, ist einfach nur langweilig.

Eh - its okay. Not for me at this time

A somewhat boring album in my opinion. Felt like the style for the band was pretty consistent and somewhat dark as are most punk rock bands. The songs felt like they blended together and nothing really stood out. Don’t think I’d listen again. 4.8/10

2/5 not something much

I have to say, I enjoyed the Cures beat/rhythm...but I can't really take the vocals!

A bit unremarkable

J’ai trouvé ça long un peu. Il y a plein de bons trucs par contre. Beaucoup d’exploration au niveau des sonorités. Les compositions sont plutôt linéaires. Il faut aimer ça quand les chansons n’ont pas de grands contrastes.

Listened. But I cannot recall a single sung melody that didn't just sound like a kid throwing a tantrum and whining "moooooooom... oh pleeeeease moooooooom...". And this from a fan of The Cure's poppier tunes. Just. Such. A. Whiny. Bastard.

not for me I guess

Eh en ollut kovinkaan vakuuttunut. Hirveän tuskaista mutta vähän tylsää. 2/5.

Kind of a disappointing album and pretty dark. I guess I wanted something "poppier". 4/10.

Meh, not bad, not amazing, didn't notice much

Meh

There are some Cure songs I like, but couldn't get into this album.

Interesting that this is the cure album chosen for the list, I don't like it particularly (And I love the Cure and Robert Smith) but this finds them at a difficult time, haunted by drug use and depression and this comes out in the tracks of this album. I find it depressing in itself, and can't really see why it is here. Sorry |"Lovecats!" it is a no from me.

Still not sure about The Cure, some songs from the first album of theirs I listened to I saved, none since then.

I like the Cure. Never heard this one though. None of the songs really stood out to me. I am sure it takes time to get, so I'll definitely give it more listens. For now though it is a 2/5.

This is not the Cure's best album! It's ok and I get its place in the evolution of the Cure and indeed the early 1980s UK music scene. But it doesn't strike me as being necessary.

Atmosphere on point, but a bit too whiny and repetitive.

Found this album rather obnoxious and too "in-your-face". The instruments are very loud and noisy and the almost crying-out-loud singing style make for a very noisy experience. All the sounds kinda sound the same which culminated in a sensory overload for me

Oooh, look at that boy, he's so quiet, dark and mysterious. The way he avoids all eyes contact and uses monosyllabic responses betrays his inner genius. He's clearly got high emotional intelligence, I can tell by the eyeliner.

Bom. Mas ouvi pouco.... Talvez precise ouvir de novo.

Could not get into this one... Nothing grabbed my attention

Ei kyllä kovettanut yhtään. Loppua kohti kävi jopa ärsyttäväksi. Ei millään kolmen tähden arvoinen.

Kuten sanottu: Sarjassamme ”kasikytluku, perustetaan bändi ja kaikki laulajat kuulostaa samalta”. Kerran menee, mut nää riittää, kiitos. Ei pisteitä Curelle(kaan)

Best Song: A Strange Day. Good emo lyrics with a groovy swing behind it. Worst Song: Pornography. Bland, brooding background music. Overall: It's emo. I can feel its influence, but that doesn't mean I'll like it.

Nah not good too monotone

Can see why it’s on the list, but just couldn’t get into it. Very dul

Honestly didn’t enjoy this at all

Many of my friends were drawn to the Cure in their late adolescent angst and ennui. I tried but couldn't take much of Robert Smith's uniquely grating voice. Although there are later works of theirs that I enjoy, this is not one of them. The pain in this music seems more self-indulgent than other depression-inspired music. But that may be because it doesn't connect with my own feelings, which tend not to go towards "look at how depressed I am, everybody!" I thought I was making it fine through the album, until I got to the last and title track. Six and a half minutes of whine AND noise. Yeesh.

I know The Cure and some songs, but was a first listen for this album. It was okay and kinda what I expected. I was never a fan of The Cure, and this album hasn’t changed my opinion on that. A sprinkle here or there for seasoning, but a full album of the depressing look is not something I am inclined to invest my time in.

This album was served up to me on Christmas Eve. So listening to it while wrapping presents may have not been ideal. I gave it a couple of listens to try to remain impartial… The Cure is a band that I always felt like I should like but never did. Friends would play a Cure album and talk about how great they were and I’d wonder what the hell were they thinking playing this at a party?! Even when I was depressed and alone there were plenty of other albums I would much rather wallow to. Until they started lightening up (“Friday I’m In Love”) I couldn’t really stand their music. I listened to it twice this time to try to give it a second chance under less festive surroundings. Nope. Things haven’t changed much for me in almost 40 years. This album annoyed me. Yes, they are talented. Yes, the lyrics are ‘deep’. No, I don’t enjoy it. No, I don’t ever want to hear it again. Guess I’ll never be cool enough for The Cure. Only now I’m completely cool with that.

It's hard not to be familiar with The Cure, and they do have some solid hits, but overall the sound of the band isn't something I'm too into. The music is a bummer. When I was a teenager and in my early 20s I was really leaning into my depression and would have let this music validate those feelings. Now I just don't care for it at all and I wouldn't go out of my way to listen to something like this. One extra point for the drums.

I like the moody and oppressive feel of the album a lot. However, I don’t really care for for the singer’s voice at all. In the end, most of the songs just kind of blended together and felt the same. Except for The Hanging Garden, that song is absolute flames.

Less interesting than Seventeen Seconds. Kinda a chore to get through, but good to hear once.

I generally like the Cure but this album does not hold up.

Each song was very samey but I can see the influence it would of had on some cultural movements. Very bleak. Not something for me though.

Long and boring for the most part. Didn't enjoy the vocals, some of the instrumentals were unique and cool though.

really liked hanging garden, rest went by largely unnoticed

Didn't really gel with any of this

Just not a fan of the Cure. This one seemed too lethargic for my taste.

Feels like a experiment.

Hmm. Not really my thing, but didn't offend me. Prob wouldn't listen again, but a good one to tick off. Fav new track: The Figurehead, I think.

I dunno if this is controversial but I was quite unmoved by this album. Didn't find it to be anything special. Found one song particularly grating. Not sure if this is a classic or whatnot but meh

Not my thing.

Looking at this album from today’s vantage point it comes off a little underwhelming. The vocals are monotonous and whiny and the reflections on death, dying and meaninglessness seem mostly banal. I’ve seen this done better. That said I appreciate some of the drum work and layering with guitar/bass, kb/synth and will look to give the cure another try to see if they live up more to the hype. + Hanging garden, one hundred years

Oh boy One Hundred Years really sets the tone here. Too gloomy for me.

Can't get into this one, just seems uninteresting. Perhaps I'm just not in the mood for this kind of style..

Never was much of a Cure fan. I guess I never had the proper amount of malaise. I feel like listening to the cure is like denying yourself the joy of music.

Like the cure but not too impressed....track 'porno..' a mess...maybe some decent stuff more avant guarded phase for fhem

Not their best album but a few ok songs

Didn't enjoy it

Yeah she's alright lmao nothing special

Quest'album mi ha fatto tornare in mente quando andavo all'Alien e c'erano i Darkettoni depressi che puzzavano. Non impazzisco per il genere, ma comunque trovo quest'album interessante per come suona, nonostante i riverberi e le chitarrette, ha un qualcosa di cupo che mi affascina. È un 2.5 che non arriva al 3..

Not bad. Just not really my style

Wieso waren die so erfolgreich? Langweilig

"it doesn't matter if we all die." - the first line of this record's first song, One Hundred Years. First impressions are tricky for me and usually have more influence on my overall opinion than they should, especially when it comes to music...and this record did not make a good first impression. Yes, I'm familiar with The Cure. I'm sure most folks that like music enough to be willing to partake in a project like 1001Albums are. I also do like some of their more well known offerings, but had never heard (or even heard of, tbh) this record prior to today. I'm now 5 Tracks in (currently listening to The Figurehead atm) and my first impression is starting to give way. "not my cup of tea" is a phrase I use frequently when discussing music critically, and this is another situation where it's appropriate. This band is not one I reach for on purpose, but this is another scenario where I can see why so many people like them. Right now, I can't say that I like it. Maybe I'm just not in the right mood, or wearing enough black? they're good at what they do, though, no doubt about that. And after listening to this record, you can't help but to recognize exactly just how influential they were. they practically invented an entire genre/counterculture, and you have to give credit where credit is due.

Couldn’t find my groove in this album, but I can appreciate where someone would like it.

I did not like this album. Way too mopey and no catchy songs like they had on their later albums. 2 stars.

Too indistinguishable from noise. Never liked that phase of Cure.

Boring

Music is not bad. Vocals sound like a distressed goat being sucked into a dying hoover.

Meh. More heavy metal than rock to me. Kinda weird.

I was never really into The Cure because I held the opinion that they were too goth, depressing and melancholy. But then I realised that a lot of their songs and lyrics were actually really upbeat and positive, so have grown to like them over the years. This album however seems to be on the more goth rock melancholy vibe. Which is fine, and some of the songs on here are a good listen but I would definitely lean towards their more upbeat tunes in future. Robert Smith is a don though.

Maybe I'm a "Greatest Hits" fan only

This isn't my favourite era of the cure. The industrial snare throughout made it all very samey

Not that into this...

The last song is just flailing around making annoying sounds like they think they're Pink Floyd or some shit. Overall I just didn't find it very interesting, and on top of that some songs were unpleasant to listen to. Like a 4 or a 5.

4

Viele Leute, die um mich herum The Cure gut fanden, kamen von diesem Album und der Disintegration. Vor Goths hatte ich so bisschen Angst immer, die waren mir zu fremd. Ähnlich mit der Musik, so richtig was mit dieser Düsternis (so fühlte sich das an) anfangen konnte ich nicht. Das liegt, wie hier so oft, am Sound, der mir immer noch nicht gefällt. Dieses Räumliche bei allen Instrumenten, der Hall auf der Stimme, lässt alles so weit weg und ungreifbar sein sein, ich will aber Nähe und Dichte. Deshalb bin ich eher bei den frühen Cure und den etwas späteren (wobei Disintegration schon okay ist), da ist der Sound eher meins. Aber auch das Songwriting finde ich hier nicht so gelungen.

Similar to Swamp Thing (The Chameleons). A bit boring to listen as a full album.

Not for me. Prefer my new wave to be a bit quicker pace.

"revered by Cureheads as a masterstroke", while noting that "normal listeners will probably find it impenetrable"

Sombrío, triste, aburrido.

mmmm meh

Not great. Was like a more boring version of The Cure that I'm aware of

I listened to half of this. So droning with the guitar riffs. No wonder i never got into the cure

Podría ser peor: más largo o con menos sentido. La verdad es que sé que tiene partes defendibles en cuanto a estructura y calidad sonora, sin embargo es demasiado pesado y negativo y me cuesta trabajo darle más crédito. Si bien, la historia detrás le da un poco de valor al pensar que un tipo al borde del suicidio (seguramente por millonésima vez) supo volcar todo eso en este disco, y que además es el mismo tipo que compusó y cantó cosas como 'Friday I'm In Love' o 'Mint Car'.

I like other tracks better from The Cure, like Friday I'm In Love, Close To Me and A Forest. Which I have added to my playlist.

Not to my taste.

A bit boring, not really my thing

puuuuuuuuuuke

seriously. what. is. the. criteria? -1

Good "The Cure" style and as such is so depressing...

Every song sounded the same and the ending was awful.

1/5 I hated it… the song had no interesting melodies and consisted of an annoying whiney depressed British man who clearly needs help. The drum patterns all sounded similar and didn’t change throughout the song. They also got very annoying to me. The chord progressions or bass lines were never all that interesting and there was always a moody synth. Seriously, what is the appeal of this album? One Hundred Years 2.25/5: song has an interesting dark mood, very repetitive I wish the song went somewhere else A Short Term Effect 2.5/5 : interesting eerie sounds again but pretty boring, the vocal delay effect was interesting. I find this singing annoying. The drums beat gets old. The tempo shift was cool. The Hanging Garden 1.5/5 : cool drum pattern and into, but god I hate the singing. Once again, the song doesn’t develop and gets very boring fast. Siamese Twins 0.5/5: incredibly boring bass line and drum. I didn’t think the album would get worse but it did. Depressing lyrics again, what a surprise. Ughhhhhhhh. The song ends with “is it always like this”. That’s how I feel about the album. Is it always repetitive, whiny, and boring like this in the album. The Figurehead 1/5 : more of the same boring shit. I genuinely don’t understand how people enjoy this music. I guess if you are depressed. The instrumental part where the guitars change up a bit is the only reason I like this song more than the previous A Strange Day 0.8/1: the synths to start the song were cool and the same boring familiar formula starts again, a repeating drum loop and some minor chords with a moody synth and an annoying whiney British dude talking about how he’s sad Cold 1.5/5: I liked the cello sounding instrument, finally something sounds a bit different. But this is really pissing me off this is considered a top 1000 album. None of these songs have any sort of development. Pornography 1.25/5 : glad to be done with the album almost… interesting buildup at the beginning of the song with all those voices in the background. But wait this is the whole song and it develops into nothing.

The Cure have produced some really good songs across their career, unfortunately none are present here. It all just sounds like pointless noise. The songs dont go anywhere Robert aSmith may as well just be crying in despair. The doom ridden synth of Cold at least offered something slightly different, but ultimately still doesn't develop and eventually Smith arrived to mumble sing his despair. Pornography sees Smith moved lower in the mix and makes drums the main player…..doesn’t help.

I gave the last Cure album 3/5 and that one had bonafide hits on it. This one, unsurprisingly, was not as good, particularly the last song which was shit. I like Robert Smith's voice quite a lot, but I'm just not a fan of the actual music most of the time. Post punk/new wave really hasn't been my thing so far during this 1001 album project... and this hasn't changed that. It's really a 1.5 but it's getting a: 1/5

I have an extensive The Cure playlist, but nome of the songs is from this album.

These guys should stick to making shallow happy music.

Distortions in instrumentals giving me a really bad headache

It feels like a hundred years...a hundred years...a hundred years...since I started the first track of this fucking album.

There are quite a few people who consider The Cure’s “Pornography” to be the dark masterpiece of the 1980s, a high point in the discography of a great band. And then there are those like me, who have always considered The Cure to be grossly overrated and who couldn’t relate at all to the band’s dark, depressive and sometimes morbid style, even going so far as to regard it as a caricature. Let’s put it this way: “Pornography” is not a Cure album (unlike, for example, its successor “Japanese Whispers” or the later “Disintegration”) that can convert a Cure sceptic like me. All the preconceptions I have about The Cure are confirmed here: a contrived gloomy atmosphere, whiny vocals, depressive lyrics, mindless post-punk with the same old chord progressions and unimaginative arrangements. The album really isn’t for me.

eh thikai

This whole journey and the third Cure album I had to listen to has taught me that they really suck.

Without ever listening to a cure album I’m not a fan. So with this being the first album of theirs for me to listen to fully I wasn’t expecting much. And this confirms why I’m not a fan. It’s just so dull and dreary. What I have learned is; if that’s all it takes to be a drummer in a band, sign me up

Disco muy monótono, estuve escuchando todo el disco y no se cuando acaba una canción y empieza otra, me aburrió mucho

all songs sound the same disappointing and boring

I liked the Hanging Garden a lot but otherwise really did not like this.

Not for me

Is repulsive, evil, and the main reason why there is an increase in misogyny, particularly in the digital age.

Not available

Medio rarete tbh. Ya no pegó tan hard como Disintegration. Corto y eso lo hizo bearable, pero no rescaté un solo tema, lo gótico definitivamente no es lo mio.

Garbage

I don’t dislike the cure but this dark depressive album genuinely sucks. So goth, like chill out. The production is also just incredibly boring. Last and titular track is completely unlistenable. Great to listen to when you wanna kill yourself.

When to listen: In a dark, dark depressive hole. It's a tough listen, no song stood out they just kinda mushed together, and it was simply not my style... so it's hard to rate yet here we are

Didn’t really like any of the songs.

Spooky Scary Halloween Punk!?!? :0 Oyf. This was bad. Never have I ever heard such basic, boring, pathetic drumming put on display for an entire album. Jesus Christ, I thought the glam rock bands were bad. Holy Uninspired. Also Smith's vocals sound like they were recorded while he was pushing out a monster on the pot. So guttural. I did not enjoy this. Fave track: - A Short Term Effect

Not my fav. Probably just not in the right mood for this.

Sounds really raw and real but not in a good way. It’s like the production was done in a garage with a.m single mic. The sound of the record is horrible. Every single song sounds similar. The drums are flat and are just a bouncing rhythm section. His voice is overwhelming.

My god the caterwauling. That album had no point.

Ig I don't like The Cure

Oh damn I really dislike this. Noise at best

Το Πιο καταθλιπτικο album που εχω ακουσει, μοιαζει σαν ποιηση πανω απο μελαγχολικη μουσικη. Πολυ βαρυ και δε νομιζω πως θα το ξανα ακουγα. Ωστοσο σε ορισμενα σημεια μου αρεσε το dark vibe του (αν και πολυ επαναλαμβανομενο)

Idk, really just nothing to say. There's some ok riffs but they never feel like they go anywhere. A Strange Day kind of does and is probably the best thing here, but even then it was just ok. I think there maybe was some similarities between Hanging Garden and Pornography? At one point I could hear the former in the latter. The title of the album made me think of this which I got more out of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7xhYyQr_NI

I truly thought I would like every single album but this one was definitely not my cup of tea. My “favorite” would probably be Cold, but even that’s stretching it. It was so psychologically weird and it makes sense that I didn’t like it, but I was still hoping for more from me. I was washing the dishes while I listened to this and it made me want to wash the dishes more than listen to this.

The cure is one of those bands i just don't get but everbody love. The singer has a horrible voice (with the exception of one song that was with cryustal castle), it might be why i disslike them.

Meh

It was dark and gross and I hated it.

The Cure-Pornography...I like The Cure, haven't often listened to an album of theirs-front to back. Great song writer, on this album I felt a lot of focus on a catchy song start, but 35-45 seconds in...every song seems to have the same feel, vibe and tone. Some clever starts and grooves, not a lot of overall substance for my taste/liking. Wanted to skip to next-around half way through most songs.

meh. so many better cure albums. I’m not sure why this one was picked. I did a little research on the side and apparently this one is considered a forerunner for Goth. But clearly there would’ve been better choices to include in this list for the cure.

Hanging garden was ok. Not the cure’s best album

The Cure have produced some good songs but none of them are on this album. Dreary.

Couldn't finish.

Not a Cure fan before listening to this. NOT a cure fan now!

Too emo, not interesting melodically or lyrically for me. Did not like.

So all the bands American and Millenial music critics associate with the Cure - I like. They played at the Indie Disco when I was a teen, and most of my friends like them. I like many of their singles. I have seen them live 6 times over 30 years apart. They seem nice people. And I've never liked one of their albums. This one sounds dense but lacks depth. Bob whitters away over the top semmingly without anything meaningful to say just evocative words. There are good moments in most songs - the opening riff, the squall of title track until Bob starts up for a starter. The scoreing on this site is a bit mean on records like this. 1 star covers everything between 0 stars and 2 stars. This is probably 1.5 to 1.75 star LP.

I never want to hear this album again

Chore to get though. Did not enjoy really any of these tracks.

Not my vibe at ALL

I'm an old fan of the Cure, but I guess I prefer it when they do proper pop songs such as Just like heaven. I have zero time for this in my life.

Har aldrig varit min grej. Intressant att höra det som sen blev MBV, Slowdive etc.

Trash

A title created to serve as a vehicle to attract publicity. Nothing else of note here unless you like whinging and self self self.

This album is terrible. Nobody needs to hear this one. The Cure are capable of good tunes, but clearly were in a mood on this one.

When I hear The Cure, I imagine a guy who has a super goth appearance - black nails, eye shadow, spiked leather, the whole nine - but instead of being dark and broody, he's really dramatic and whines about everything making sure everyone in the room can hear him. People avoid eye contact with him for fear that he'll regale them with his latest persecution at the hands of "the man". This is how I feel about The Cure. In typical Cure fashion, this album plods along with all the enthusiasm of a teen asked to clean the garage. If not for a moment of silence between tracks, I don't know if I could tell where one lamenting dirge ends and the next begins. Instead of releasing albums, this guy should have sought therapy.

I did not like this at all. Tough listen early in the am on the drive to work. My day was completely ruined after listening to this. Will never listen again

I love this list because it gives me the opportunity to discover bands/artists that I missed over the years. It's a revelation when I discover I like one of those albums. Unfortunately, too often I find that I was right to dismiss an artist/band/album without a listen. This is one of the latter. This is boring, depressing and just bad music.

The musical version of moaning at the smell of your own farts.

Spooky Halloween Sound Effects CD behind PSA about the dangers of eating meat.

I had a hard time enduring the whining and finishing this repetitive and boring album. I guess their 3 songs I know/like are from a later period. 3/10

Well shite. I knew before hand I don't care for cure. This wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, but I didn't enjoy it particularly either. Smith's voice and style of singing is just too whiney for me!

Nope

Terrible album by an awful band.

Ah, day 365... My 1st anniversary... Lo! A third Cure album. How lucky am I? I genuinely don't know how I've made it this far. There has been some absolute crap over the last year... I won't lie, I'm wavering a bit if the next few weeks don't pick up I can see this project being dead by Halloween.

Fucking emo-rock. Sucked living through this crap in the 90s, being reminded of it 30 years later is painful. Music to suicide by.

Damn, I really hated that.

It's basically what I expect from The Cure. I understand the impact on the genre, but it's just not for me. The entire album felt like I could easily find anything to distract me that would be more interesting. 1/5 is harsh, but if there ever was going to be a 1 on this journey then it's surely something like this.

What did I just listen to? This was absolute trash.

i'm not even usually a cure hater but NO....every song was 40 mins long and took double that time off of my life

i cannot believe this exists.

Don't like The Cure

Bland 1980s studio pop trying to be edgy. Marginally better than the other Cure album I had to listen to but just as monotonous.

anyways...

niets voor mij

Monday was definitely blue when Robert Smith wrote this.

The music is adequately dark and sombre, making the mood all gothy and moody. And then Robert Smith comes in with his non-singing and completely ruins the mood. And through the whole thing there's no poppy relief to let you out of the mood. So it's all dark and gloomy, and now I want to forget I ever listened to this album. No. Don't listen to this album My Rating: 1/5

anguished, and dreary

nope

What a depressing slog. I’ll never listen to a single song from that album ever again

Not a fan of this album at all. Especially since there are better The Cure albums

Rating: 1.3 “So, should we build off our first album? I know we had some really good pop songs on there but we didn’t have a lot of commerical success.” “No, I think we’re gonna do some weirdo stuff now and it’s going to suck ass.”

1. hundred - 1.5 2. zhort - 1.5 3. garden - 1.5 4. tuuinz - 1.5 5. figure - 1.5 6. ztrange - 1.5 7. cold - 2 8. porno - 1

The second early Cure album in a week. I think I preferred Seventeen Seconds, but only just. A challenging listen, not for me

Early New Wave Cure kinda sucks. I'm thirty seconds in, maybe it gets better. It's not really getting better. These songs all sound very similar. This is more "The Cure" than Seventeen Seconds was, you can hear their sound more and more clearly as the album goes on. Kicking off the final song with some recorded distortion and old audio and backwards tape...who told bands this was a good creative direction to take over and over again?

Best Song: One Hundred Years Worst Song: Pornography Added: 1/8

I... Really do not get the Cure. Didn't especially like Disintegration and this was no different, but somehow it was more meandering and dull

Love the cure but this album is just terrible

Going off my brother Alex’s rating. Favorite Track: N/A

Hmm..

Why, oh why do you keep sending us ‘The Cure’ Mr 1001? Dante would have something to say about it, I’m certain of that - 3rd circle to date. How many more albums do these guys have?!

Make it stop. No more cure.

Thank god that’s over. A very difficult listen. Not a fan of the genre, but the music was just not interesting at all

Spooky vibes. Appropriate for _a_ mood, but not sure if/when I would be in that mood. I really juuuuust got through it.

Nope

Wow this was not for me. Just nothing to connect with anywhere, and I think I’m a pretty generous listener.

Dire

gross sounding

Dziwne. Nie podoba się mnie

This wasn't for me

Not my times, not my music. Apart from The Figurehead I failed to make any connection with this music.

couldnft finish it. Guitar pedals made every song like im tripping on acid

Ponderous shite

Well that was a bummer. I feel like I need a hug and some Lexapro.

Non fa per me

The Cure just isn’t for me. Before this whole thing started, I felt like I liked them more than this but these albums are a struggle to get through.

Depressing, even by The Cure standards. A bit on the noisy side as well. Thanks, but no thanks.

This music makes me anxious

Genuine hate for this one. I don't get it. I love my fair share of sad and depressing songs to enhance my depression, but this was far from my taste.

Not their best.

Are these guys ok?

postpunk ssie jaja murzynowi

1/5

Why does this sound so terrible?

Meh. I love other albums, but not this one.

What a steaming pile of shit...