Pornography

Heftiger Sound

Arger Sound - Schlagzeug radikal, überall hall drauf. Bedrückend - Kalt - Nihilistisch. Hat nichts aber auch gar nichts mit Friday I'm in Love und boys don't cry zu tun. Teilweise richtig unheimlich. Mega spannend - nimmt mich voll mit. Top Songs: Cold, One hundert years, pornography

Another overlooked band by me, the Cure is great

Album was ok, but a bit dark for my tastes. Much prefer their later work.

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.

Dark and moody, a fabulous album from start to finish, with Robert Smith’s characteristic vocals present throughout. Musically more down tempo than it’s sister album, Seventeen Seconds, but showcasing the band as they rise to become a global presence. Top tracks: One Hundred Years, The Hanging Garden, Cold

This album was fine. It was extremely goth and extremely 80s. It was an enjoyable enough listening experience but I probably wouldn't listen to this very regularly. Fav song: one hundred years

Music sounds really old/depressing reminds me of mad max for some reason when listening. nostalgic? Upon listening more, some of the songs were quite good.

The Cure are definitely a band I've come to appreciate a lot more after watching some live performances and I think a lot of the tracks on this album are case-in-point, they come to life with all the reverb and darkness on the stage. Loads of cool stuff to like on this album, as it's an earlier one feels a little bit rougher which is cool

Not familiar with this one. It seems to be in the same style as Disintegration (long, dense, brooding tracks that don't offer a lot of variety but are big on atmosphere), though not quite as good. File under 'need to be in the right mood to get the most out of it.'

I love the Cure and it's really easy to get lost within any of their albums. Pornography is brilliant, though no my personal fav. I do struggle with the title track though (not the best ending to an album)

Just not my style of music

Listened to random Cure songs but never heard this album before. Atmospheric and hits the right mood but kind of similar between songs. Would listen to it again from time to time. 3.5

Solid Cure album, but not anything that really stood out for me. 3.5 and rounding down, as it seems only medioCure by comparison to their other work.

better than i expected from the cure but still the cure

really liked hanging garden, rest went by largely unnoticed

Dark, swirling madness. Normally I dislike the 80s tunnel production, but I think it really adds to the vibe the record is going for. Really enjoyed the atmosphere. Looking for reasons to not give this a five, and I couldn't find any. Favorite tracks: "One Hundred Years", "Pornography", "Siamese Twins"

Rating: 6/10 Best songs: The hanging garden,

Beautifully dark and strong without being dramatic and overpowering. The drums especially after fantastic throughout. It's a bit repetitive but that's not a problem when it's all great.

5 stars for sure.

Another Cure Album, much darker than Disintegration, but still fantastic.

can't say i've been loving this one. all of the songs kind of sound the same, and though i love a more chill rock album, i find myself a little bored listening to each track.

Maybe I've been jaded by the era of Softbois™️ but I can't listen to The Cure without fear of a man in Doctor Martens brogues busting through the wall like the Kool-Aid guy to tell me that I just *have* to try this new craft beer and also, actually, it's feminist of him to ask me for pictures of my tits

Enjoyed

The Cure before they discovered the playfulness that gave them hit singles.

Didn't really gel with any of this

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

Not my fav of theirs

Feels like a experiment.

10/10 damn i gotta listen to more of this band

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.

Really unsure what to rate this, I think its probably better than I give it credit for m, but Jesus it's dour. Will have to come back to this again one day

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

Yeah pretty good. I generally like the sound but not a band I listen to a lot

Always love Robert Smith's voice and there are some good songs on here, but the best are on other cure albums, some of this was a bit boring

According to Robert Smith it was either he makes this album or he was to commits suicide and you can hear it. This album is heavy and feels like drowning in tar. Fueled by LSD and booze, it really does sound like something you write while in the deepest pit of depression but you decided to fight your way out of it. This is Smith's fuck you album and it hasn't lost any of its raw violent edge.

I think this is the second cure album so far? This is pretty good. I'm not a goth or anything but I do like a bit of it, and yeah... everything repetitive and simple, cool atmosphere, it's just solid. It does kinda all blend into itself though - by around 3/4 of the way through I couldn't have told you where the last song ended and the next finished etc. 3/5

I was excited about this one since I quite like The Cure. But I guess I like their more polished dark alternative pop sound better than their brooding gothic rock sound. Not bad for one spin, but I'm not interested in giving it more spins either.

Not my thing.

Wow. This was really good. A great sonic journey. 4 stars.

Better than I expected but lacking The later pop nous.

Sempre que torno al rock gòtic em porto alegries, malgrat l'aparent contradicció. I aquesta és una de les cimes del génere: percusió repetitva, baix opressiu, riffs de guitarra genials i la veu tan característica de Robert Smith. No és només la seva qualitat i originalitat, és que aquesta tercera part de la 'trilogia obscura', la més fosca i depressiva de les tres, és una obra mestra, que viu fora del temps i de l'espai

It's always tough to review an album like this because it was probably incredibly influential... which means it sounds like a lot of music that came later... which means to me it sounds kinda meh. Probably would grow on me with further listens.

just ok

Why does every band from the 80s sing in the same way.

Sad boy hours. I like it.

bad word

Ovo je u top 3 definitivno najboljih The Cure albuma. Tako mračan, ritmičan, depresivan, hladan album, ujedno pun ljepote ako se to može tako i navesti. Ako si fan ovog benda, ovaj album moraš ispoštivati.

U visećem vrtu dajem ovdje cenera

Le pongo 4 estrellas por lo que significa. No es que me haya parecido espectacular, pero cuando terminó el disco Spotify se siguió con rolas similares y me puse a pensar que este disco es parte de la base para un gran capítulo en la base de la historia musical global. Amén.

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.

Excellent Cure offering. It captures the melancholy perfectly. Not my favorite from the trilogy cure album, but it is still a remarkable piece of work.

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

Leaving aside questions of originality and influence, Pornography sucks. Must I count the ways? That horrid, echoey drum sound; the whiny anti-melodies issuing from the maw of chief villain Robert Smith; the monochromatic tonal palette. I'm told that Smith was depressed when he was making the album. Now I am, too. Mission accomplished. Can we call this review a wrap and go home? All kidding aside, this album pushes a lot of my buttons.: pseudo profundity, 80s production, the typical 80s vocal style. Can I think of anything nice to say? Well, the album manages to make me nauseated without the stereotypical hideous 80s synths (with the exception of Cold). Robert Smith manages some nice creative guitar leads towards the end of A Short Term Effect and on the title cut, using scales which are vaguely Arabic. That's about it.

The first Cure song I ever fell in love with was "Burn" from the Crow soundtrack, and this whole album sounds like that, so I am very much on board. Digging the abject gothiness of the whole thing. Fave track - "The Hanging Garden", perhaps, or "A Short Term Effect". I like this album as an album, though, rather than discrete tracks.

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

Niche

Pretty ok for listening while working. Better if I'm working and sad.

Not their best album but a few ok songs

While a solid album, with the benefit of hindsight its harder to judge this album "in the moment" because I can hear where they were going which just makes me want to listen to later albums (like Disintegration). Nice to revisit though!

Never listened to the cure before but familiar with them this album sounds a lot rawer than i kjow them, def worth a listen and will probably listen again.

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..

Heavier than I expected, probably due to heavy bass. Exactly as dour as I expected. More rock than pop. Give another chance when in a worse mood.

Plenty of classic cure angst but lacks the hooks of other records. Still a great moody and atmospheric record though

Definitely not 'Friday I'm in Love' now is it? The '80s definitely had a dark side and this was it. I think I'm hearing voices now... 3/3.25

Not bad. Just not really my style

Holy shit that’s depressing! Will listen if I ever want to kill myself

Wieso waren die so erfolgreich? Langweilig

Great album, maybe not their best but a good indication of the direction the band would go in. Robert Smith had such a compelling voice.

I'm not that big a fan of The Cure, didn't knew any of the songs of the album, but it's quite interesting. Somehow raw, feels kind of unfinished sometimes, but overall is nice.

sounds like the talking heads if they were trying to not sound like the talking heads. also has a similar but unique sound to molchat doma. good album, added one of the songs to my playlists.

the cure fans when they google pornography not my favorite cure album but solid enough

So doom-y and quite a bit gloomy. They're all just so genuinely affected and the music just drones on and on and somehow becomes more all encompassing. Like a hug from a demon. Real goth stuff.

Drone-y sometimes.

A whole Cure album is too much cure

I just love this sound. The haunting atmosphere that it creates is amazing.

"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.

So this led me to the album before this from the Cure which I liked more, but I thought the cure sad tones really come through here

Robert Smiths lyrics and singing are kinda awful... but the music behind him are actually pretty great. It's not hard to see why this album is a cornerstone in music history.

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

In Conclusione: Aspettavo un po' il momento in cui avrei incrociato i The Cure su 1001 perché sono un gruppo che non ho mai approfondito, che mi ha sempre intrigato e che però quando ho incrociato con qualche pezzo di solito mi ha deluso. Dall'aspetto, dal nome, da come ne parlano i fan m'ero sempre fatto un'idea dei The Cure ma poi quando mi capitava di sentire dei pezzi erano molto diversi da quello che mi sarai aspettato... ma non questo album! Finalmente i The Cure hanno un senso per me. Devo dire che l'ho apprezzato davvero molto, col tono dark e un po' marcio che mi aspettavo e che non ho mai ritrovato. Stilisticamente è un blend davvero molto interessante e personale di influenze ed è impossibile non sentire come poi a loro volta hanno influenzato una generazione di musicisti venuti dopo di loro. La produzione non è il massimo forse ma non per i soliti motivi anni '80 (o forse sì?). Forse i suoni elettronici sono un po' acerbi ma è difficile capire se fosse intenzionale, sicuramente oggi avrebbe avuto un'altra estetica. Comunque so contento di aver trovato pace coi The Cure.

E' stato un ascolto impegnativo ma che mi è piaciuto e sono un fan della produzione. Lo stile canoro è al limite per me ma comunque funzionale alla musica. Sicuramente è un disco che riascolterò spesso.

did listen

not bad

With this effort the Cure explored the line of New Wave as well as proto-Goth dramas. While it is far from their highest highs, it feels as if it is a solid B-side all around.

I LOVED the guitar on this album, the melodies were insidious and infectious. Some songs tended to overstay their welcome with their lack of movement, but overall a great album

Before I listened to this album, I thought I hated the cure. Too pretentious, too lofi. Turns out I don't think I like the people who like the cure. It's all right - best listened to by themselves and not in a mix. I can appreciate the backstory of this album and the human emotion poured into it. Hanging garden and short term effect are the best songs I'm hearing on the non-deluxe version. Some of the best songs are on the deluxe version. Airlock is awesome! It commanded my attention and is the on I'm most enthusiastic to listen to. I get why they didn't put it on the original album (Doesn't fit the theme), but it's trippy. Reminds me of older pink floyd. 7/10

Decent, I like The Cure. Very slow and dower, melancholy. Not their best album, none of their classics. Can tell it was influential. Can tell Preoccupations we're influenced by them. Not their best album though. 3.5, so i gave it 3.

bacaninha (jack bauer nao curtiu)

Not as good as some of their other albums, or maybe just doesn't have the classic hits on it that I know!

Ganz nice

Typisch gut aber nicht meine persönlichen Favoriten.

Not bad but not great either. Too goth and emo for me, I can only take it in small doses. If you're into that kind of depressive music then you'll enjoy it.

reminds me a little of light asylum. not my favorite album though.

The Cure are known for making music to feel sad to. Considering only that, this might probably be the most Cure album there is. It's certainly not the most accessible one if you're just in the middle of a regular day; but the feelings, the talent, the passion, and everything that makes an album great is here. If what you're looking for is just a slightly gloomy album, you'd be better off listening to Disintegration, but if you're having a bad day and just want something to go along with it, it doesn't get any better than this. And the drums, oh, the drums.

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

Could not distinguish anything from other Cure stuff. I don't like Cure that much so I'm gonna pass.

Boring

Excellent!

Thanks I hate it

depresivamente hermoso

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Amo a The Cure. Sobretodo su etapa pre-pop. Esto por razones meramente personales (me gusta mucho azotarme). Este disco creo que es la cumbre de esa trilogía oscura ( Seventeen Seconds, Faith y Pornography). Me parece que recrea muy bien las posibilidades sónicas de un mal viaje. Un disco ácido hecho con unas buenas tabletas de por medio. Es sicodélico pero en la versión del otro lado del espejo. Muy opresivo, borroso como la portada pero extremadamente pop también. El pop que al menos me gusta a mí, el que me descoloca, el miserable, el que es posible cantar o bailar sintiéndote de la verga pero que no te aleja de ese sentimiento. No es escapista, habita el malestar. O algo así. Es brutal. The Hanging Garden marea. Es intenso. Hay un buen artículo sobre The Cure del Mark Fisher por si quieren clavarse más. Lo he escuchado muchas veces al borde del colapso mental, creo que también veo reflejos de eso en la música. En fin, me encanta. También lo quiero en vinil.

It was ok.

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.

Deece. Has aged well. Doesn’t sound dated

Quite a struggle. Appreciate the drums and how they have created tension, but don't particularly find it nice to listen to

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.

A very confusing album. Wiki says it's their most popular album to date, yet streaming numbers are really low compared to their other albums. Also, it seems the critics hated it at the time, yet now it's highly regarded. Another confusing element is that it influenced Deftones and System of a Down, which I can hear (especially Deftones), yet it isn't something I'm massively into. Very hard to score this. 7/10

As someone who appreciates a bit of bleakness here and there, I didn't mind the melancholy nature of this album. Had some good tracks and some that I seemed to zone out on a little.

Gothy. Isnt it? Will go again poss with white mascara.

Maybe I'm a "Greatest Hits" fan only

dark as fuck, but really enjoyed that. will listen again.

decent but pretty weird. 7+

Pretty good, but the sound just isn't for me. A solid 6

Listened to as a part of 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. I've heard a little bit of The Cure in the past and enjoyed the odd songs I listened to. This album was a complete let-down for me, personally. I thought that some of the instrumental arrangements were fantastic, especially the drums, but other than that, I didn't really enjoy many of the songs here. Songs I liked: A Strange Day. Cold.

cool

5* because Simon Gallup is a Reading fan. Also. They're just great in general.

I've always liked the jangly pop version of the Cure, but this is the first time I've engaged with their darker side on record. It's obviously a harder work than PopCure, but it appears that it would reward the effort. I quite liked it.

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.

Nunca he entendido el fandom extremo que causó The Cure en las culturas underground, por así decirlo, a mí me parece poco entrañable y no me atraen sus ocasionales sonidos sucios, quizás porque es un poco como lo que me pasa con Lana del Rey en el pop, quizás si le bajaran un poco al clonazepam más frecuentemente me llamarían más. Por otras parte, el disco tiene sonidos interesantes para mi antigua alma gótica y me recordó a una crush de la prepa a la que le gustaba mucho esta banda. Canción favorita: The Hanging Garden, porque es la que tiene un ritmito más pegajoso según yo. mood: con el litio al cien, pero recostado en un lecho de muerte.

Dense with atmosphere - jagged guitar loops, foreboding synth drones, vocal echoes, distorted field/media recordings. Lyrics express paranoia and dread - "I must fight this sickness." Initially what strikes me most is the drum sound. Sparse, driving, machine-like, repetitive, urgent. In this regard, it seems to borrow from Joy Division. This album is not a feel-good crowd pleaser and I'm instantly in love.

Alright, very chill emo Vibe

4

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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.

Das titelgebende Stück ganz zum Schluss ist schon irre großes Tennis, verstörend, lauernd, droney. Und dabei ist es nicht das einzige Highlight in einer an Hits armen dafür aber fast durchgängig hochkarätigen Songauswahl. Gitarren zerschneiden mehrere Schichten wabernden Trockeneisnebel, Drums unmenschlich monoton eben doch menschlich leidenschaftlich und immer mit einem klein-perkussiven Extra-Kniff; die Eskalation in den Strukturen und eine wirklich großartige Stimm-Modulation flößt selbst nüchtern ein sehnsüchtelnd Bauchgefühl nach heftigem Rausch ein. Das ist irgendwie schon das Beste, was Dark Wave kann. Headphones please! 4.1

Ich kann gut nachvollziehen, wie man diese Band über alle anderen stellt (was ich selbst immer noch nicht tue), verstehe aber wirklich niemanden, der nicht wenigstens ein bisschen Cure-Fan ist. Hier drin ist wirklich alles angelegt – für das Cure’sche Werk selbst, aber auch schon als Steinbruch für die ganzen anderen Superstars ihrer Generation und im ganz weiten Sinne Szene, die sich hier hörbar bedient haben: Depeche Mode, New Order, die Smiths (!) – vom gemeinsamen Sterben in Autos über Bassläufe, Synth-Gitarren: Robert Smith kann ihnen allen immer sinister von schräg unten hoch ins Licht grinsend zurufen: „been there, done that“. Überhaupt glaube ich, dass Robert die besten Alpträume hat, und er schafft es wie echt kein anderer das 1:1 auf Band zu bekommen. Und auch wenn ich persönlich (bis jetzt) z.B. Disintegration noch ein bisschen besser finde (weil poppiger, schwebender, taumelnder): das hier kann ja gar nicht anders als volle Punktzahl zu bekommen, in Form von 4,7.

The hanging garden

Never heard this album, never listened to The Cure. Horror, hatred, misanthrope, nihilism, pessimism, sadism, despair. My kind of music. Synth goth rock in a Götterdämmerung frame of mind. I think Richard Wagner would have appreciated this. Musical settings emphasize minor keys, heavy echo, driving rhythms, haunting sustain—a perfect vehicle for the grim and even deranged lyrics. Makes me want to go out and get my eyebrows pierced. Speaking of the lyrics, they are suitably dark and dreary, but at times border on the trite. They tap into the lyricist’s horror, but not quite the listeners’. Robert Smith’s lead vocals are limited in range and flat in pitch and timbre. He’s not really a singer, but he is depressing, and I suppose that’s the point. Melodies and chord structures are rather repetitive. The most impressive musician in the group is Lol Tolhurst on drums. Guitar work (Smith) is disciplined but lacking in virtuosity. Good execution of synthesized colorings, tremendously enhancing the dark mood. By the end of the album, Smith’s vocals become monotonous—literally and figuratively. Black Sabbath, Metallica, and Nirvana do this kind of music much better. Impressionable adolescents who listen to too much of The Cure risk a serious contraction of their intellectual horizons—but it’s still great fun if one doesn’t take The Cure’s deathly seriousness too seriously. But overall, a good album. A really cool album. I’m glad I heard something by The Cure before my death—an event which, in the mood of this album, is to be languidly embraced. There’s your Pornography. 3/5

Not like that kind of music

Depressive self-indulgence; less fun than the album name suggests. Music is still awesome. 8

Nice blast from the past and to reminisce about high school. Definitely different from the Cure everyone (thinks) they know, me included.

More Lovecraft vibes but eh

La verdad lo disfruté mucho, en todos sus sonidos, esa parte ruidosa y la voz desesperada de Robert Smith. Es uno de esos discos en los que se puede sentir el sufrimiento, por decirlo de alguna forma. Sonaría muy bien en una reunión de amigos melancólicos o con ansiedad. Las 8 canciones me gustaron, pero si tuviera que elegir un top, para mí se conforma de "A Short Term Effect", "The Hanging Garden" y el gran cierre: "Pornography". Igual y como hay películas de terror, este es un poco un álbum de terror. 10/10

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"

Not my jam but a good listen nonetheless

A very cool sound. 6/10

L’album est bon, je sens qu’il a influence beaucoup de groupe. J’ai une vibe arcade fire. 3.5

Honestly every song kinda sounded the same... I was enjoying it at the beginning and then the album kinda droned on with the same feel in each song. Favorite Tracks: “The Hanging Garden” and “The Figurehead”

I didn’t really know what to expect, but it was good.

Sombrío, triste, aburrido.

Chilling, ethereal, and sometimes hypnotic - this is a good first look at a genre that has been much imitated since this release, but in the opinion of these fresh ears, not replicated. STANDOUTS: -One Hundred Years -The Hanging Garden -The Figurehead -A Strange Day -Cold

Not my cup of tea but can recognize how others may like it. Not a fan of the vocals but the style is cool and interesting.

Siempre he tenido una relación extraña con la música de The Cure. El género del goth como tal me agrada bastante en muchos otros grupos y ellos creo tienen merecido su lugar. Su música por un lado tiene muchos sencillos que musicalmente suenan casi a pop y por otro pueden estar entre los mejores para dar variación emocional y ponerse la camiseta del género. Este es creo un disco bastante dificil y no es para nada de sorprenderse que cuando haya salido no hubiera pegado ni tantito. Aquí no hay un solo sencillo, no hay casi variación tonal, todo el disco sale de un pozo de desesperación y depresión. Las letras tienen a una persona que se siene incapaz de volver a sentir felicidad, lleno de autodestrucción y como si fueran su última declaración al mundo. En realidad se siente como si fuera una foto del punto más bajo en la vida de Robert Smith. Se toman esas letras y se pegan a una música que de verdad te desgasta, el bajo y la batería podrían ser los mismos en cada canción que no te das cuenta. La guitarra simple siempre discordante al resto de la música y la voz atascada de eco. El disco debiera ser aburrido pero de alguna forma todo se mezcla en algo casi empoderante, casi a decirte "mira que tan bajo se puede caer, da gracias de no estar ahí." De nuevo, no es un disco agradable ni facil, se siente el combustible de drogas, alcohol y depresión del que salió y el bajo estado mental en su creación. Sin embargo quizá justo es esto lo que debería de ser este género y menos "Friday I'm in Love." Amalgama de tortura que puede a veces sentirse indulgente pero es preciso en ser un proyecto grande de rock gótico.

Fire

#2 behind disintegration

not their best

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No soy tan darks. La música de este disco me puede gustar pero me brinca demasiado la letra que parece no tener métrica. Es un disco muy denso, 5 minutos por canción en promedio. Me gusta mucho, en contraste, la manera de escribir tan personal que se siente lo que está pasando dentro de Smith, aunque siempre en cada canción siente la misma desolación y decepción. Si no fuera por el tema de la métrica podrían parecerme letras geniales, aunque supongo que lo que logra esa sensación tan personal es que estén escritas como tren de pensamiento. Songs: A strange day, The Hanging Garden, The Figurehead

Not for me

Decent. Very 80s

I want to like this be use I know it’s culturally important but man it’s a bit of a chore so far. Cold is interesting Listening more and I still don’t really feel it. Oh well

I respect the devastatingly emotional cavern they have created, but I don't particularly enjoy it.

mmmm meh

I have never heard this one before. It definitely sounds like they are still developing their “sound”. I understand why it came up in this list. I would have to listen to more before I could find songs I like. Nothing reaches out to me like other artists and songs in the past.

wow great album seemed like i was about to have a bad fucking trip though, but that was what i liked about it

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

Goth touchstone. So good.

Awesome 80s.vibes

Getting some influence from early 70s prog rock. This would still be fantastic and big if released today. But it's a fantastic step between the rock of our parents and modern rock. It maybe the missing link of music.

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

Good music. Not the best to be listening to over Sunday brunch, just a lil grim.

i didnt hate it. musically i thought it was cool, but his vocals started to wear on me by about third song (the hanging garden). another album that makes me think how fascinating london was at that time

Not terrible, not great

Great!

I do like the cure but this isn't my favorite album by them. Was interesting to see they talked to Conny Plank about producing but it didn't come to pass. I'd bet if he did produce this album it'd be one of my favorites. Have them go out to Conny's studio in the country and they'd have produced a much different album. Maybe not quite so bleak. Sheesh.

I imagine if I was a little older and grew up listening to Cure as an adolescent I would be very into it, but it feels dark in a way that I (surprisingly) cannot connect with. I can respect it, but doesn't do much for me.

Solid album but not really my style. The entire album was quite dark and grim which makes sense for a goth band but I very much prefer the more upbeat singles by The Cure.

Aunque parezca raro creo que este es el disco más oscuro de the cure en muchos sentidos. La música es lúgubre, las letras son sombrías y crudas

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'.

This is the kind of Cure that I like, not so much the more new-wavey stuff. This albums feels like it came from resentment and pain. Gleefully miserable. Also more experimental than I was expecting, which was pleasing.

pretty shoegazy experimental. not what i expected

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.

Claustrophobic and very goth, poor Robert Smith should've tried some mindfulness instead of subjecting me to that. Closing track is weird and disorientating. Didn't hate it

a hot n spicy listen that broods with seething menace

5

Not that great. Lacking vocals and boring tunes.

Not my favorite album from The Cure but a good listen nonetheless.

Good listen. I remembered some of these songs but had never heard the entire album.

Fabulous album, completely different side to them from their best of and definitely makes me more interested in them

Surprised by how much I liked it. Dark pre new wavy cure

LSD + mental illness about sums it up

Not available in my country

The Cure have some good songs, but not on this album. Oof.

Felt a little weird/meh at the start but it grew on me

Very dark and melodramatic. Liked the opening track, "Siamese Twins".

The Cure is always a bit odd sounding to me.

Good record

The jump from lofi goth to Moody New Wave excellence is under way, with this acting as an exciting meeting of those two sides of the band.

First song was pretty good, rest of the album i was a bit bored with :/

drab, bland

Much like the best “cure” for Christianity is to actually read the bible, listening to 3 Cure albums has dispelled my belief that I like this band. I like 4 songs and the rest of their work can go suck a bag of dicks.

Exactly what I expected from the cure. Meh

Fine

Not that familiar with this record, but it's great. Really dark and twisted. 3.4

I liked how dark this album was. I thought the Cure was lighter and they do have lighter albums (as I learned after I listened to this one) but I LOVED this and it made me a huge fan of the Cure. I heard a lot of sounds that had to have inspired future bands such as R.E.M.

Love porn

Not to my taste.

A bit boring, not really my thing

not good

the album just gets better and better as you listen; it has such heady, enthralling, blood-pumping beats. it's wicked and haunting and like a magical chant.

det här var ändå bra. ett skönt driv gör att de lite längre låtarna fungerar bra utan att bli tjatiga. kanske en fyra om jag hade lyssnat fler gånger.

Amazinf album the cure is goated 8,8/10

Bem legalzinho

(Trying not to make a pun)

ahhhh I wasn't paying much attentionnnnnnnnn it sounded good but dark.

Dark, moody, rhythmic

hn

fucking great

Vaguely unsettling at times, but very deeply impactful. 3.5, leaning towards 4.

Most artists who touch abjection in a song do so in the middle of or across an entire album. The arc of this album, on the other hand, is from low to low. No one sounds quite like The Cure, either. The pace is perfect, the bass tone especially is perfect, and the dark is bone-chilling.

kinda slow but i'm not mad at it. really liked "one hundred years" and "cold". can see how this influenced artists.

Picking up where the great Joy Division left off, The Cure isn't exactly Joy Division or any of their post punk godfathers for that matter. Modeled after the despairing bass lines and repetitive drum rhythms that took over depressed alternative scenes in the late 70s, Pornography opts for a little more lustre or sex appeal. Whereas something like JD's Closer seems grounded in philosophies, Pornography seems more for the fan of Edgar Allan Poe with its exciting but ultimately brutal and irrational twists and turns. It's all about the contrast of the bright with the dark. Robert Smith, true to the album's title, defiles love and all of life's pleasures being brought further into despair. The album takes a few listens to come together but once it does you appreciate how well it falls apart. The album is collapsing in on itself, becoming irreparably distorted by Cold and the title track Pornography to the point of not even sounding like conscious melodrama anymore. Yet, in the hardly musical wreck that is Pornography, Robert Smith's ultimate conclusion is that he must "fight this sickness" even as it numbers him and envelopes him whole.

Why is this rated so low is everyone on this site braindead