Reviews (page 5 of 12)
I LOVE THE CURE! :3
Gothic rock, post-punk, neo-psychedelia.
4.5
i've got a lot of room in my heart for depression music. great bass tone, surprisingly good enunciation on the lyrics, fun percussion work. good stuff.
Kind of nice, although very "The Cure".
Intresdsante Musik, gefaäält mir nicht so ganz den die Stimme ist nicht meines
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.
I liked, but didn't love this album. Maybe too many similar sounding songs, but goddamn do I love Robert Smith's voice. Disintegratration is still their top album to me, but this was a nice album to hear their earlier sound.
Great band, not a great album. Didn't feel much listening to it, nothing that really stood out. Pretty forgetable for a band that usually feels so unique.
The Cure is not for me and this album proved it!
3,5 - Düster, atmosphärisch, aber ich könnte kein Lied danach nennen. Ist auch nicht schlimm, da es insgesamt ein toll anzuhörendes Album ist. Highlights: One Hundred Years, Siamese Twins
I've been a Cure fan since I was 13 so yeah I loved this record. This was the record where they started to coalesce around what would be the signature heavy goth pop sound that is the Cure. A couple of key songs, 100 Years, Hanging Garden, A Strange Day and mostly solid album tracks. Not a fan of the title track, but this is the sound of Robert Smith coming into his own. A few years later they perfected the sound with the incredible trio of Head on the Door, Kiss Me, and Disintegration, all of which should be here before Pornography (but only one of which is actually on the list)
I was so bored 😴
First time hearing, but left impression!
The Cure for insomnia, maybe! this one is a Robert Smiss! the last time i consumed Pornography this bad i called for a wellness check on the performers! at least when they named the first two tracks One Hundred Years and A Short Term Effect they accurately described how long it'd feel and how long it'd stick in my brain, respectively!
Good test run for Disintegration
mid
The hanging garden is my pick of the album
pretty good
Didn't really listen, come back to someday, did half of it,
Feels strange to "like" an album like this. Drugs, band drama, depression. Obviously to like a piece of art it doesn't have to be overtly positive. Or overtly anything. I guess I'll steer clear of asking myself if I "like" this album and frame it more as "is this album good?" Which also feels absurd. Who the fuck am I? Anyway. Whatever. I listened to this album at least 5 times in a row. Wanted to keep listening. Apparently I like the darkness. Is darkness cool? I just really dig the huge atmospheric sounds and drums and passion. 4.5
My god the caterwauling. That album had no point.
Solid album, happy to have seen the cure in here. I don’t think this is their best album! But a good listen through and I should purchase the record!
Ig I don't like The Cure
pretty good, nothing really stood out though.
Sonntag, 01.02.2026/ Mittwoch 04.02.2026 ~ Nachmittags ~ In der S1 auf dem Weg in die Magnet-Bar am Rosenthaler Platz/ in der Philologischen Bibliothek der Freien Universität.
Dienstag, 03.01.2026 In der Ringbahn und S1 auf dem Weg zum schwimmen im 'James-Simon' Stadtbad. Ringbahn und S7 auf dem Weg zum Eislaufen auf dem Schlachtensee. Ringbahn, M6 Tram und Spaziergang durch den Volkspark Friedrichshain auf dem Weg zum Filmtheater Friedrichshain um 'One Battle After Another' nochmal mit meinem Vater zu schauen
Not as strong as their others but ahead of its time
I enjoyed it. Would be good to mix some songs in to a house cleaning mix
Dark evening, fog, winter, snow - is when you listen to the dark post punk rock
Courtney: great, but a little repetitive Craig: good, was hoping it would be better
New wave is a great subgenre
Years since I heard this album. Not as strong as it seemed years ago. The hallmarks are there but only a few songs are very strong.
nothing bad about this album in my eyes, however I also don't think there is much to write home about, it earns a C+ or B-
Good
I love the instrumentation; it's very much the goth vibe, dark, moody, and reflective. The lyrics however, slide off my brain like water off a duck's back. It took me a couple listens to hear anything other than the music, really. When I did hear the lyrics though, I did like them. This does make me curious about other goth music, but maybe with a vocalist whose lyrics I can follow better.
I listened to this album while building a shelf, hammer and drill in hand. I wore a Jane Remover crewneck covered in bones. My only exposure to The Cure before this album were the songs Boys Don't Cry and Friday I'm In Love, both of which are very different vibes from Pornography; I had this described to me as "the goth album", and I now understand what that meant. The vibe and aesthetic curated by this album is unrelenting, a total commitment to this anguished sound, mixed super rough and heavy with layers upon layers of reverbed sound. Picking out individual songs was hard on a first listen, not because the transitions are particularly hard to notice, but rather because this album hits you with an unrelenting and all-encompassing atmosphere that completely washes over you. Even if this album is not necessarily a vibe I am always seeking out in my music, I can absolutely appreciate the maximal effort on display here, achieving this gothic rock sound at its furthest possible extents. If ever I find myself in search of something goth and heavy, then this is the album I will come back to. Highlights: One Hundred Years, A Short Term Effect, The Hanging Garden, Pornography
I liked this, though it was very repetitive
Continuing my established tradition of giving four stars to vibey early Cure records.
Didn't like the first half but really like the second half
Not my thing
Not my favorite of The Cure’s albums, but it has such an amazing way of launching you into a groovy, dark and probably slightly depressive atmosphere. Definitely a work of art! Can’t wait to see them on my birthday this year.
a great dark and moody album for a rainy day. also helps that it’s my dads favourite cure album. cold is one of the best cure songs imo
Another album that I think I could grow to love over time. The songs definitely feel like they’re blending together at times, but I love the instruments.
cured
Dark & moody and I love it. The Cure at (almost) their finest (Disintegration is still their finest). Favorites: One Hundred Years, The Hanging Garden, Siamese Twins, Cold Would I listen to it again: Yes
Okay, not me
It was alright. Robert Smith's voice is an acquired taste. Not mine.
Not bad pretty decent
A very mid and boring experience. The music does not resonate with me in the slightest and most of the album just felt it's the same slow depressing and dull style throughout.
I think I’m too happy and whimsical to enjoy this album. I’ll try again when I’m spiraling
I could get into The Cure if it weren’t for his voice. It’s like nails on a chalkboard to me. I just hate it. The music is cool… they vary their sound a bit and they’re good musicians. Just that voice.
I've had a pretty mixed relationship with goth music over the years, first loving it, then getting bored with it, then being indifferent towards it, and then slowly drifting back to (selectively) loving it in the last decade or so, and through all those phases The Cure has been one of the few goth bands I've continued listening to. Yet until today I don't actually remember listening to this one. This is quite possibly The Cure at their darkest and most fkd up. A lot of fans class this as one of their greatest albums, but if I'm being honest, I can't see it myself. Sure, it's a good album, but it feels way too self-referential, way too spaced-out, to be a truly great album. It carries a lot of the hallmarks of early Cure, with the distorted guitar and the almost tinny electronic-sounding drums, and for that alone I'll be adding a copy to my physical music library, but It doesn't quite hit the full five stars for me. My rating, a steady 4 out 5.
3.5 Front loaded, became quite repetitive in the 2nd half but last track was different.
Mediocre album, nothing great nothing bad 5/10 3/5
sem palavras pra descrever.
I am all in favour of the list including a band's most distinctive album, and this is The Cure at their most Cure
This is ok I much prefer some of the stuff that the cure went on to do
Appreciate that it’s one of many acclaimed albums by The Cure, but there wasn’t much here that blew me away. Probably because I know Disintegration exists
"Two thumbs up, hippin' hilarious" - my boss who's a big Cure Fan when I asked him what I should write for this review (9/10, 5/5 on this scale)
the backing tracks are very halloween-y…very creepy and it fills me with a sense of existential dread. final track intro is so scary genuinely… i think those things work for what they’re going for though. the message of the album and that. i wouldn’t choose to listen to these songs outside of listening to the full album for a story though. like it would be completely out of place in a playlist. the poor soul that wrote this :(
Oh damn I really dislike this. Noise at best
its got some good ones
Nothing to write home about 3 ⭐️
Not a fan
I didn't like this at all. It was kind of like one ling, poorly recorded song that played for 40 minutes or so.
Hey man. I gave Disintegration a 5 and would have given it a 6 if the scale I went that high. I also would give their newest album Songs of a Lost World 5 if it were on here. This album kinda sucks, assuming you're not pretty depressed. I like other early Cure but not this. Monotonous and just uninteresting. I suppose that opens me to accusations of not being a real Cure fan, but I can handle it. I've handled worse.
Matige plaat, sowieso weinig met The Cure en deze helpt daar absoluut niet bij.
The birth of goth rock and Robert Smith's messy look.
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)
I think it got me on the wrong day. Just kinda whiny.
*long, weary sigh*
This is probably a much more difficult album to get into and evaluate from one listen, so I took 2, however, I’m still finding the vibes more difficult to enjoy against some of the albums I know - I think finding the right mood to listen to this is key. There’s a lot here that makes for a great Cure album and I can confidently give this a good rating already. I have to say I really enjoy the drums throughout the album.
Not their best effort
Gothic, reverberating, pounding, textured, disorienting, aetheric with a degree of abrasiveness. Grounded in the lithosphere while soaring in the atmosphere. Brooding, dreary, foreboding, but there’s and intensity to the depression here. A darkness both familiar and novel. Pretty classic for The Cure and I dig it.
у готического рока от кьюр не было шансов зайти) но хотя бы не так ужасно как я ожидала! не одна звезда!
I’ve heard other songs by The Cure and loved this album
Nice slab of cold dark goth rock. Rhythm section is killer. Dense and atmospheric. Robert Smith's depressing lyrics and limited vocals add to tensions. One or two tracks need a bit of extra something though, bit flat in parts, but good overall
One of the earlier peaks for the Cure. Dark and deep, yet a lot of rytmic drive and Robert Smiths vocal at its best. A fantastic album!
i like some stuff by the cute but this one was just too depressing for me overall. some more upbeat ones like hanging garden but just wasn’t my vibe in general. i still think it’s cool for anyone who enjoyed it, that just wasn’t me personally
Klassiker, aber etwas faserig. Dennoch immer widergut
this was very heady and artful. loved all the BIG sounds. not the most easy listening (like I probs wouldn't put it on unless I was listening intentionally) but peak superb craft. one of the songs got added to my spooky playlist
A plodding dark new wave rock sound. Some of it sticks with me but mostly feels too dark and slow, you have to be in the right mindset for it. Not something I would typically find myself saying but I think I prefer their pop sound more. There’s hints of that sound here and there throughout the album, and it’s better for it.
not their best, too sad :(
Good Cure record but I spaced out often
Some good moments of ambience and angst, but the songs drag on with no development or interest.
The rhythmic and harmonic structuring creates a hypnotic pattern to this uncompromising journey. A unique atmosphere which I like.
I got bored, but I liked the vibes.
I understand better now why people like them, the music has a unique vibe. it didn't get me yet, but I do get it.
Really meh album that wasn't to my liking. Songs felt dull and too long or dull and short. The album did get better towards the end. Favorite track was Cold.
i dig it?
AMAZING!!
Different sound but pleasant listening experience
i really like it will be listening again
This "music" does absolutely nothing for me. The drum beats are dull and uninteresting, generally just matching the rhythm of the bass "riff" - which rarely extends beyond about 2-3 notes. Yes, there's a lot of sound happening at once, I can understand what people mean when they talk about the layers/soundscape/atmosphere etc., it's just that it all sounds shit. You can add fuzz/blur to a picture of dogshit, but it's still a picture of dogshit. You can add a fruity fragrance to a bottle of bleach but I'm still not going to drink it, as much as this album might tempt me. The only thing vaguely musical going on in basically any track is the odd guitar part, but these are still pretty droll. The vocals are absolutely dire, they're somehow monotonously whiny. Literally the same through the whole album. I could somewhat understand the use of vocals like this for short segments or individual tracks, but surely they lose any impact when it's just the way he sings throughout? Oh and the last track (the title track) does the cringe trope of playing stuff in reverse to sound "creepy". Highlights: - "A Strange Day" - only really because it actually did something different briefly Not going to listen to any of it again, though I think some of it could work as the background to a game or film (without the shit vocals). Low 2.
9/10 Have already heard. Relisten Hightlights: One Hundred Years The Figurehead Cold Pornography
This is a rough listen mostly because I’m not of the right mindset to properly appreciate their point of view…, but I give them credit as we know what was to come.
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 like this much better than radioheads experimental rock. It didnt have the transition and flow into a full album like pink floyd but it did seem to have a bit of deeper thought into its themes. I like a song where I catch some of the lyrics, think "thats a weird thing to say" and I will go look them up and try and find the artists intent. Some of this album does seem to just be edgy arts student for little reason (one hundred years), but theres a good chunk where I can get on board with the emotions behind the lyrics.
Hmmmm jeetje normaal vind ik The Cure echt wel nice. Maar een heel album zijn stem aanhoren… ja sorry. Het zingen klinkt een beetje als zeuren, en de muziek is redelijk eentonig. Niet mijn favoriete album
2/5 One or two tracks had instrumentals that I found interesting, but overall there were too many elements that didn’t fit my tastes all that much.
I definitely prefer the smiths but it was in by no means a bad album, maybe just a little samey and mopey for my liking
The Cure’s sound is unmistakable, they seem to have a sound that’s just them and rarely do other visit. My favourite tracks are; A Strange Day, and the Hanging Garden.
This felt a bit Cold.
scary movie music
Classic Cure. This is my favorite album by this band. So dark and gloomy…those drums!
Pas vraiment ce que j'aime. Festival du flanger.
Unsure what to rate this. Didn't love it, didn't hate it. Unsure if I liked it. Feel like being ungenerous. Soz! Songs added to playlist: - One Hundred Years - The Hanging Garden
Chill vibes to get through the weekend, not my favorite cute, but also not the most easily accessible
Milestone for gothic rock which admittedly is not a genre I am overly familiar with. This album came after Seventeen Seconds. I found the songs running into each other, making a continuous listen which was depressing and beautiful. Robert Smith's voice is haunting in its familiarity. Special mention to The Hanging Garden and Siamese Twins. However glad that I am that I have listened to this album, I doubt I would seek it out again
The beautiful place somewhere between industrial and early 80s pop and shoegazer. No clear singles. No obvious melodies. Yet it keeps hold of your ears the whole way through.
Ohhh this is it. This is my type of album, the songs, the ambience is so dark and gloomy ugh my perfect type of goth 10/10
Amazing
already love this album
Top tier stuff from on of the best bands to ever do it.
This is best Cure album I’ve listened to to date. This provides really great atmosphere. The bass lines and echoey drums are really excellent. Favorite songs were One Hundred Years, The Hanging Garden, The Figurehead, and A Strange Day.
Dark and nasty, both in terms of how it sounds and what it's about. Manages to be both restrictively claustrophobic and overwhelmingly expansive - it's a dizzying, hypnotic album! Fucking love the bass. Favourite tracks: One Hundred Years, The Hanging Garden, Siamese Twins, The Figurehead (amazing run of tracks), Cold
heavy, dark, moody. genre creating. xo
No. 72 Great voice, Great sound. Love the Cure, percussion really stands out. Great listen.
Hard to rate my favorite band. This album has two of my very favorite Cure songs on it as well. Do I like it MORE than albums I gave 5 stars to here? Yes. Do I think it should be rated as 5 stars? Maybe not. It's gonna have to be 4.
da gits bessers.
It's a fair bit different to the sound I'm use to from The Cure, however the mood sort of works and some of the songs here are excellent, or nearly so.
A noisy nightmare of an album, and not in a good way. Very muddy and dark, with very little variation from track to track. Feels like just an amorphous blob of music. I did like some of the moments but this was not overall for me. 2/5
179 Conocí a The cure en mi album 52 de este challenge (Seventeen seconds), le puse 5 jumbitos por ser oscuro y todo lo que esperaba de The Cure. El problema es que esto me gustó más aún, era mucho más electronicochentero y oscuro medio experimental (imagino). No me queda otra que ponerle un 5 para ser consistente.
I like some of The Cure's hits, but there wasn't anything on this one that grabbed me. It was OK, but not something I'd return to.
Many better Cure albums, in my opinion.
What you’d expect from The Cure, who are great. Although I’m not going to give this one 5 stars at is slightly too samey for my liking and they’ve done other things that have I have enjoyed more. Still loved it.
I loved it i really do its so bland and unique 5 stars
So gloomy. Hanging gardens is great, rest is ok 3.3
Not my favorite album by The Cure, but still solid. I love its almost haunting, predatory feel. It always made me think of vampires for some reason. 4/5
5.0 Genre defining album (Goth) English (43:30, 8 tracks, 4th album, 1982) Goth Rock I just love this album for so many reasons, not the least being how important it was to me in Junior High School. Pornography (1982) was the final installment of The Cure's "Goth Trilogy." By 1982 the band was reportedly consuming large amounts of alcohol and drugs, living in a state of near-constant depression and internal conflict, which bled directly into the recording. After typing into YouTube “Pornography Cure” I got non-stop ads from Christian groups trying to cure me of my pornography addiction – something I’m pretty sure The Cure didn’t consider in 1982. It was annoying. I was never into the Goth (‘dark robers’) subculture or look as I was too pleased with school to be that depressed all the time but damn I loved their music. The entire album is just one nihilistic decent into depression after another. Introspective and dark – the most atmospheric of their albums – some of the best sex I’ve ever had has been to this album. If I’m drunk and with someone this is a perfect album. Someone described the sound as “Phil Spector's decent into Hell” (wall of sound). I don’t think I’ve ever appreciated Lol Tolhurst’s drumming enough. At the time, I gave all credits to Robert Smith but his drumming is just a rhythmic decent that creates impending doom. This was his last album to drum on (switched to keyboards). Without this album it’s hard to see where Dark Wave (the other side of New Wave after the death of punk) would have went. No Cure and there is no Smiths, no industrial and no shoegaze. One of the greatest lines to open an album of all time - “It doesn't matter if we all die” especially a goth album After near collapse into depression following the release, bassist Simon Gallup left the band, and the Cure switched to a much brighter and more radio-friendly new wave sound. Although it was poorly received by critics at the time of release, Pornography was The Cure's most popular album to date, reaching number eight on the UK Albums Chart. It has since gone on to gain acclaim from critics and is now considered an important milestone in the development of Goth(ic) Rock. In the words of Robert Smith, regarding the album's conception, "I had two choices at the time, which were either completely giving in [committing suicide] or making a record of it and getting it out of me". He also claims he "really thought that was it for the group. I had every intention of signing off. I wanted to make the ultimate 'fuck off' record; and then sign off [the band]". Smith was mentally exhausted during that period of time: "I was in a really depressed frame of mind between 1981 and 1982". The band "had been touring for about 200 days a year and it all got a bit too much because there was never any time to do anything else". The Cure famously never had a manager (other than Smith). Pornography is the last Cure album to feature Tolhurst as the band's drummer (he then became the band's keyboardist), and also marked the first time he played keyboards on a Cure release. The album was recorded at RAK Studios from January to April 1982. Polydor Records, the company in charge of Fiction, was initially displeased with the album's title, which it saw as being potentially off-putting and offensive. Smith said that "the reference point" for Pornography was the Psychedelic Furs' self-titled debut album, which he noted "had, like, a density of sound, really powerful". Despite the commercial performance of the album, Pornography was not well received by most music critics upon its release. Retrospective views of Pornography have been far more favorable. In 2000, Pornography was voted No. 183 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums. In 2005, Spin cited the album as a "high-water mark for goth's musical evolution". NME described Pornography as "arguably the album that invented goth". According to Apter, Pornography would prove to be "enormously influential," and has been cited as an influence by bands such as Deftones and System of a Down. While touring they started to develop their trademark image of big hair, smudged makeup and black clothes. Favorite Songs: The Hanging Garden and A Strange Day (I like, more positive like a rolling sound), I could loop this song dozens of times – best in headphones. All tracks are written by The Cure (Robert Smith, Simon Gallup and Lol Tolhurst). 1. "One Hundred Years" 6:40 2. "A Short Term Effect" 4:22 3. "The Hanging Garden" 4:33 4. "Siamese Twins" 5:29 5. "The Figurehead" 6:15 6. "A Strange Day" 5:04 7. "Cold" 4:26 8. "Pornography" 6:27 Personnel Robert Smith – vocals, guitar, keyboards, production, engineering Simon Gallup – bass guitar, keyboards, production Lol Tolhurst – drums, keyboards, production Don’t do drugs kids!!!
wow i love pornography
Love the cure, maar niet beste album voor mij.
Didn’t hate it, might love it after more listens
I began being a Cure fan at the Head On The Door stage, by this point they had reengaged with their more poppy side which was there at the start on Three Imaginary Boys. In my opinion a mixture of melancholy and pop sensibilities bring out the best songs from the band, but as a moody teen i loved a bit of wallowing in the misery of these early albums. There is still beauty here in A Strange Day and Cold especially and i still know most of the lyrics to Siamese Twins and The Figurehead although i couldn't really tell you what they're about. Not quite enough for a 5.
Really like Disintegration era Cure, but my listens beyond that have left me cold and, even after a couple of listens here, that still remains. Just think they lack the artistic side that Siouxsie in particular brings to the Goth table and this feels/sounds a little monotone/monolithic as a result.
Struggled with this. I found it very monotone and one paced. It’s not a bad album, it’s just not in any way interesting to me. I guess I’m an “Best of The Cure” kind of guy.
Sausio 6d. Pirmas albumas (iš trijų, tai nėra taip blogai), kuris man iš tiesų patiko. Tai yra kabiau mano muzikos skonis. The Cure aš žinau jau kurį laiką, žinau ir klausau šios grupės dainas. Vertinu 8/10
2/5
Aika (ja bändin myöhemmät paremmat levyt) jo haalistanut tätä levyä. Viimeinen kappale hieno.
#233/1001. I was just praising 80s goth drums on an Echo and the Bunnymen album, asking for more, and sure I got what I deserved. All engraved to what must be one of the most depressing albums in popular music history. Kind of feels like listening to someone's suicide note - which according to Wikipedia quoting Smith it more or less is. Sonically and probably also lyrically I guess it should be considered as the ISO standard Goth Rock album all other works are compared to. But the absence of hope, humour, playfullness or openness make the album perhaps a bit too much of an inner journey, in which the protagonist (guess who) is fighting against his own personal demons. I guess he won since the later albums start to present at least a little bit cured Cure. Dystopian masterpiece, but should we praise dystopia?
gostei desse, até porque eu já conhecia e admirava um pouco do trabalho do the cure, muito melancólico, gótico e dramático, da uma vontade de não viver mais e nunca mais acreditar em ninguém, minha favorita foi cold. a única coisa que me incomodou é que as vezes parecia que eu tava escutando a mesma música repetidamente, o álbum tem uma sonoridade fixa, mas tenho total consciência que isso é proposital e compreendo o conceito e intenção.
Ouvi enquanto fazia outra coisa tmb, não prestei muita atenção e nem me chamou muito a atenção 😬
good doom'y vibes but i rarely hear what he's singing.
Robert Smithy as hell. I haven't been a diehard Cure fan since high school, but this album was always one of the best, along with Disintegration.
Not very impressive, some very simple parts and almost monotone 5/1/26
Die großen The Cure, nie wirklich intensiv gehört aber Gothic, Grufti. Wow, Gewaltig und soo düster! c
This was fine; didn't love it, didn't hate it. There were a few good surprises on the album for me; The Hanging Garden specifically was very enjoyable.
- 80tero. - mom music - ultima es una banger
Very interesting upon first listen. When you start to pick apart the instrumentals and lyrics you'll understand the genius in this body of work
Dark, moody and atmospheric. Classic album that to me stands the test of time. As a non teenage goth, but now Joy Division fan I appreciate this greatly but understand why others mightn't like it. The first one the list for me that had a second playback straightaway, although I'm still under 10 albums in. 4 out of 5 stars
Great early album. Love the cure.
LOVED the hanging garden
Somewhere out there, there's a universe where I don't hate Robert Smith's voice, and am a huge fan of The Cure.
very The Cure vibes
Some of these lyrics read like teenage angst but I enjoy the post-punk sound too much to give a shit about that.
Man these songs are long and depressing
Damn this shit makes me want to kill myself 8/10 I love Pornography!
I dare say this is the closest anyone came to replicating Joy Division's *Closer" - a fact that I suspect spooked Robert Smith himself, to the point that he essentially disbanded the band and went and played in Siouxsie and the Banshees for a bit after this. Capital-G Gothic as all hell (literally - the narrator of "The Figurehead" sounds like he's telling off Beatrice from the ninth circle), positively literary in its ambition, obsessive and addictive, full of lust and guilt and shame like a Victorian penny dreadful. My best attempt at an emotional analog is Bacon's *Figure with Meat* - raw humanity splayed out in all its gory glory, simultaneously too existential to bear and too truthful to deny.
Decent, a definite turning point, but not my favourite. Even fat bob says he struggles with it these days.
Few good tracks but overall too much of the same monotonous stuff
Not bad. ★★★
This is boring.
very silent hill background sound a bit eerie, sometimes can feel like it has a repetitive sound
Typisch The Cure
One Hundred Years 9/10 song
347/1089 - Not my favorite Cure album for sure. For the record, I love Wish, Disintegration, and The Head on the Door. Pornography is a bit repetitive and the songs go on for too long given the lack of musical ideas but thankfully there are enough differences in the actual songs. I'm confused by how many people are calling this dark, nothing in the music suggests that to me (besides the last song maybe), if anything the main emotion I feel the album gives off is persistence/steadfastness. If you like dark music, I recommend Shostakovich's String Quartet no. 8, or really anything later in Shostakovich career.
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.
Echo, reverb, synths, lots of toms in the drums. Has a distinct 80s sound, which is not a bad thing, but gets a bit much over 40 minutes. The Hanging Garden is the highlight.
70
Love that guitar effect. Probably a 3.5 but rounding up
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.
I mean it's alright
2.7 if i could
I enjoyed the last The Cure album. This one just drones and is very repetitive. At first I thought it was me cause I was driving. So I listened to it again at the house with headphones. It was better when I was concentrating on driving.
I expected to like it more and it could have just been the day but I've enjoyed other albums more.
Sonically this is adjacent to some music I enjoy. If The Figurehead or Strange Day were instrumental tracks I'd like them a lot more. The vocals are distracting and overpowering the the tracks. So much New Wave.
Much darker than Seventeen Seconds. It is definitely goth rock, but I have to say I think Sisters of Mercy did it better. To be honest it's just kind of maudlin and very one-note. Almost monotone. Did not really like it.
This works when you're in that angsty, existential-dreading mood. If you're not, then not so much. I like this (in fact, I own it), but I really must (once again) point out the fallacy in the album selection. This list doesn't need BOTH 'Pornography' and 'Seventeen Seconds'. One or the other would be more than enough to get a taste of what The Cure was doing at this point in their careers. Instead, drop one of these and (if you simply MUST have another album by The Cure) replace it with 'Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me' or 'Wish' (which are, frankly, better albums, anyway). This will give the listener exposure to both phases of the band rather than burdening them with two albums of dark miasma. Again, I do like this album, but I just don't think it's readily accessible nor worthy of the "must hear" label. My personal preference would be to give it a 3 or 4 (depending on how well it's resonating with my mood at the time), but I'm going to go with the protest vote today.
I didn’t find this bad. It’s just not for me.
Nothing quite like this album for me - the atmosphere it creates is so bleak. Truly a goth masterpiece. 16 yr old me listened to this on repeat.
It was whatever
Conveniently, already in my search history
This is not for everyone, but it's for me
It's good but sometimes his voice kinda irks me. Like the vibe but it doesn't do enough for me to want to continue listening to it.
Nice
LOVE this album one of my favorites
More apocalyptic than emo. One Hundred Years is an unbelievable track.
The Cure – *Pornography* (1982) In-Depth Review --- ### 1. **Themes & Lyrics** A single 43-minute exorcism of despair, *Pornography* is built around **death, self-loathing, political dread and psychological collapse**. - **Apocalypse as metaphor**: “One Hundred Years” opens with *“It doesn’t matter if we all die”* and ends with *“over and over we die one after the other”*, turning private depression into a universal cataclysm . - **Domestic horror**: Images of *“a little black-haired girl waiting for Saturday”* and *“the death of her father pushing her white face into the mirror”* sit next to soldiers and black cars, showing war outside and trauma inside the home . - **Guilty confessions**: “The Figurehead” finishes with the chant *“I’ll never be clean again”*, one of the most direct statements of self-disgust Smith ever put on tape . - **No narrative, only atmosphere**: Lyrics work like shards from a diary—cryptic, repetitive, sometimes nonsensical—whose job is to sustain a mood rather than tell a story . --- ### 2. **Music & Arrangements** - **Drums**: Lol Tolhurst abandons cymbals almost entirely; relentless tom-tom patterns mimic a dirge-march and give the record its *pulsing, tribal backbone* . - **Bass**: Simon Gallup plays high-register, melodic lines that *constantly move*, preventing the dirge from becoming plodding . - **Guitars**: Robert Smith layers **reverse-reverb leads, dissonant bends and Arabic-sounding scales** (“A Short Term Effect”, title track) to produce a *psychedelic, nauseous swirl* . - **Synths**: Used sparingly, more as *ominous smears* than hooks; the drone under the closing “Pornography” sounds like slowed-down choir-loops dissolving in acid . - **Song structures**: Simple, cyclical chord progressions repeated until they become hypnotic; most tracks end in **walls of stacked noise** rather than choruses, giving the impression of songs *imploding under their own weight* . --- ### 3. **Production** Engineer **Phil Thornalley** (later producer for Pixies, Psychedelic Furs) captures everything in **murky mid-range**; the kick drum *thuds* instead of punches, vocals sit *inside* the mix, guitars are soaked in **plate reverb and tape slap-back**. - **No 80s sheen**: No shiny Simmons pads, no gated snares—just *claustrophobic darkness* that feels basement-real . - **Tape saturation**: Over-driving the 16-track gives cymbal-swells a *hissing, almost tape-decay* quality that adds to the sickness. - **Dynamic range**: Side-A closer “The Hanging Garden” is the only track mastered *hot* enough to pass for a single; everything else is **uniformly oppressive**, making the album feel like **one long piece in eight movements** . --- ### 4. **Influence & Legacy** - **Goth blueprint**: Alongside Joy Division’s *Closer* and Bauhaus’ *In the Flat Field*, *Pornography* codified the **gothic-rock sound**: tribal drums, high melodic bass, cavernous guitar . - **Dark-wave & shoegaze**: Bands like Clan of Xymox, The Sisters of Mercy, and later Slowdive cite it as **the** template for making depression sound majestic. - **Black-metal & post-rock**: Norwegian black-metal acts (esp. early Ulver) borrowed its *apocalyptic sermon* style; Swans’ later drone-period mirrors the album’s *repetitive crescendos of dread*. - **Critical reappraisal**: Initially called *“a toothache of a record”* (Rolling Stone) , it now sits in the **top-3 Cure albums** on virtually every fan poll and was celebrated with a 40-year deluxe box in 2022 . --- ### 5. **Pros** ✅ **Cohesive vision** – No filler, every track serves the mood; 8 songs/43 min = *exactly* the right dose . ✅ **Rhythm-section chemistry** – Gallup/Tolhurst create a *tense, danceable* undertow rare in nihilist rock. ✅ **Raw honesty** – Smith’s lyrics feel *unfiltered*; no poetic distance between singer and breakdown. ✅ **Guitar innovation** – Reverse-reverb, atonal bends and Middle-Eastern scales **pre-date** similar tricks in early U2/Psychedelic Furs. ✅ **Closure effect** – The final *“I must fight this sickness, find a cure”* offers **microscopic optimism**, making the horror circular rather than endless . --- ### 6. **Cons** ❌ **Monotone production** – Mid-range mud means **no sonic relief**; casual listeners find it *“a 43-minute headache”* . ❌ **Same tempo territory** – Most songs hover 90-100 BPM; without melodic choruses the **mid-album can blur together**. ❌ **Vocal delivery** – Smith’s *“vast-hall”* croon + endless echo becomes **fatiguing** if you don’t sync with the despair . ❌ **Lack of hooks** – Only “The Hanging Garden” has a recognisable riff; **no sing-along salvation** for the uninitiated. ❌ **Emotional prerequisite** – If you’re *not* in the mood for existential dread, the album feels **self-indulgent** rather than cathartic. --- ### Bottom line *Pornography* is **The Cure’s most concentrated poison**: no daylight, no jokes, no synth-pop escape hatch. When it clicks, it’s *transcendentally bleak*; when it doesn’t, it’s *“a toothache”*. Either way, its **tribal rhythms, bass-led melodies and claustrophobic production** forged a language that **an entire sub-culture** still speaks four decades later.
De har ju verkligen en egen stil vilket de ska ha, men 80-tals produktionen blir tröttsam efter ett tag, texterna är inte bra och instrumentationen känns väldigt same-same. Har också insett att jag inte gillar Smith som sångare alls.
Still love the Cure but this is background goth music. 5/10
love love the cure!! not my favorite album of theirs but will always love what they do.
it was alright not really my cup of tea though
Not a Cure record I knew very well. But I enjoyed its Moody and atmospheric sound.
I'm not really familiar with The Cure apart from their greatest hits and Disintegration, so this was a treat! I really liked it! Really great songwriting, some probably experimental ambient sounds going on. Can't wait to listen to it again.
I like other The Cure albums better.
No lo sé, the cure sonando a the cure todo en tono the cure. Sentí que no pasábamos de track
Classic album by The Cure.
This has a really cool, really oppressive atmosphere going on for it that would probably be really great accompaniment for when I'm Going Through It mentally, if I ever thought to listen to them in those times. Otherwise, it's still a pretty cool atmosphere but I always listen to it with a bit of emotional distance. My impression is that it's the coolest Cure album to have as a favorite, but also it's easily the one that you least want to tell people all about your love for (like when you're on a first date and connecting about music, do you really want to be saying "Yeah, I really love Pornography"?)
listened in jam with april while we did chores and it rocked
Not a huge Cure fan, but it was fine. Kelly and I listened together on separate headphones like silent disco lol so that was fun.
Atmospheric, desolate and glacial. While I don't particularly enjoy Robert Smith's vocals, I have to admit they do work very well drenched in reverb over these brooding, slow, booming songs. I couldn't give this more than an 8, but appreciate why this may be some people's favourite of the list. Best Tracks: - Cold - The Hanging Garden - The Figurehead Worst Tracks: - Siamese Twins Rating: 7.5/10
The Cure is my fave band, so this is going to be a biased review from me. Pornography is not my favorite of their records, or my favorite era of the Cure…but it’s still pretty badass. Moody, atmospheric, catchy. These things mostly never changed over their career, though this record falls pretty firmly in their “goth” era. I think if I could change something about this record, I wish the drums had a bit more life to them; they sound a little thin and robotic. But I do like the record as a whole, even if I generally enjoy the live versions of these songs better than the studio recordings. Whatever. I’m just psyched that I finally got some Cure to pop up on this thing. After 200 odd days, I’ve heard half of Neil young and David Bowie and Morrissey’s catalogue, it’s nice to hear something I don’t have to suffer through. 5/5
Sure
It's ok not my favorite
3.5 pretty good.
Very short album. Very gothic, very dark and mysterious. Similar to She Wants Revenge or Siouxsie and the Banshees. Fav song is ‘Siamese Twins’.
I like the dense atmospheric sound and the dirge-like quality, but mostly it's the vocals that put me off.
didn't finish. apologies. all albums getting very samey
I enjoyed it overall, not my usual cup of tea but I could get into it if I'm in the right mood. Otherwise, bit too dark and dreary.
Another one that I’m familiar with the artist but haven’t sat down to process this full album. It’s also another short one. Kind of shocked this is The Cure album chosen for this list, I would’ve thought maybe Disintegration would be the more popular choice but that may be me being biased. Started off thinking my heart just wasn’t really in this. The songs kind of dragged to me which makes me kinda sad cause I do love The Cure, maybe if I revisit it’ll grow on me. The lyricism was beautiful though, there’s just so many lyrics. Only stand out tracks to me were The Hanging Garden and A Strange Day. I like the title track but that intro is sooo long. This lead me into listening to The Head On The Door and I actually really liked that one, so silver lining.
I'm not THAT familiar with The Cure's discography, but I had a hunch I would enjoy this. Of course I know some of their songs, but I was never that big of a fan as to actively search out more music from them. Something about Robert Smith's voice makes me not LOVE their stuff. I would listen to these songs outside of the challenge though. I really like the instrumentals. Don't get me wrong, it's nothing groundbreaking, but I enjoy the vibes they convey; it's calming for me. This was truly a rare discovery on this list.
Good album with a terrible title (and the title track, incidentally, was also my least favorite).
A mood album as with a lot of Cure. The tone is set right off the bat with a killer opening track. Unfortunately the rest of the album doesn’t match the greatness of One Hundred Years, but there are other good songs throughout.
Listened to this with an awful hangover. Horrible experience
No thank you
12/19/25: I know they came before The Killers but since I listened to The Killers first, that's mostly what I hear in terms of vocals. I may have not been in the right headspace to experience this album. Only listened once. Meh? 5/10
Nothing special compared to other stuff I've heard from them but god I looove the soundscapes these guys create it'll always hit High high high 4
Standouts 100 years A Short Term Effect The Hanging Garden The Figurehead Getting lost in this album was such an experience I decided to do it 3 times. Everything has so much texture. Feels like an incredibly cohesive album. His voice sounds so hopeless I hope he's okay. I much prefer this darker moodier sound than their more recent stuff. The melodies twist and turn unexpectedly while keeping the same vibe. It's so easy to get absorbed by this and watch an entire hour disappear First 5
Ooh, scary.
Meh
5.0/10 Very depressive.. all songs were similar.
a depressão do robertinho é palpável, amo.
This album was good but not my favorite Cure album.
Awesome album! Really good and powerful opening and closing tracks. Especially loved the drums on most of the songs. I think a lot of them could be used well in a good movie/game.
Nice
Broody
It was dark and gross and I hated it.
Liked it way more than I thought I would--really strong second half. Hanging Tree, Siamese Twins were my favorite.
It's not the kind of music I would usually listen to, but I could see how if I was in a depresso mood, I could put it on and brood. Extra star because I could hear the Bowie influence in the songs which helped me experience the album in a more meaningful way.
I think this would've been a lot more enjoyable for me at a different time of my life, but today, it just felt monotonous. Very much a mood piece to sit in, when you're in the mood to sit in it.
no, ts aint even alt rock its a disgrace
This album didn’t really speak to me. I would like to listen to more of The Cure as I’m not familiar with the discography, but this wasn’t it.
dark and interesting, but I don't think I would revisit anytime soon
Transported to coffin club!
Despite my love for the recognisable sound of this band, I have impression that this record is quite bland. I gave 2nd chance to 3 songs (2,5&6)
This is what it sounds like when doves cook their ass off. This perfect album is driven by drums that vibrate an interdimensional membrane open just enough with every hit. Robert Smith and co peeped beyond the veil and it made them fucking sad.
Weird
This was the first time I had ever heard of gothic rock, but I totally understood why these songs were considered by that term. They all seemed to have dark themes, with a resounding and implacable drum beat with the exception of the last song. Oddly enough, I didn't hate the album; however, after I was through listening to it, I had to go and find some more upbeat music to get over the feeling of depression I experience after listening to it. Best song: "A Short Term Effect" and worst song: "Pornography". Not an album I would normally listen to and not an album I plan on listening to again.
This wasn't the first time I've been disappointed in Pornagraphy. In seriousness though, this was an album absolute chock full of self-loathing, and while I struggled to understand a lot of the lyrics, it had unmistakable tones of suicide in my opinion. It ended up sounding a lot less like an album, and more like someone tragically venting through music. It was almost sad to hear when actually paying attention. As someone who loves listening to angst-y sad emo rock when sad, I can understand the catharsis though. The songs however melded together with their very similar sounds for me, differentiating only through their differently sad lyrics. While I enjoy the cathartic scream your feelings out process, and the first song sounded pretty good. I never got anything else from the album, and none of the individual songs really stand out to me. I'm sure if I looked up the lyrics to the songs and delved deeper, there could be a lot here lyrically. But as a first pass (and there won't be another pass from me), I just didn't get the connection I want from my angst-y rock. 2/5
A little too dark and dreary for me. I am a little familiar with The Cure's hit songs and there wasn't much on this album that had that level of playing. It's just not for me. 2.5/5 Probably won't listen again
Not a fan of this. Felt rather bleak.
A sound solidly stuck in the 80s - tinny drums, grating affected vocals, cheesy synths bathed lavishly in reverb.
I was really put off by this on my first listen, but it grew on me song after song. Again, The Cure is a band that should be on my regular listening, but haven't made it there for some reason.
„The Hanging Garden“ & die Presingel „Charlotte Sometimes“ sind Wave in Reinkultur- Roh, Düster und Schwarz.
It's fine
It's fine. Doesn't move the needle high or low for me. If you want The Cure, it'll do.
Put on your black lipstick and light a candle! It’s that dark creepy shit goth kids listened to in the 80’s and early 90’s. Brilliantly dark and depressing, brilliantly performed.
it was okay, good instrumentals nice vocals
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.
Oof, feels like the 1001st entry. Couldn't tell when it changed songs other than the titled album and wow was the whole thing underwhelming.
I kinda like The Cure, but this was not my cup of tea. I don't see myself returning to this one.
Robert Smith has a great voice , very distinctive, I just thought this album didn’t give it a great workout. Bit dull
I was 7 years old in 1982 and the 7 year old me wouldn’t have liked this. It’s no Adam and the Ants! However as a 50 year old I can now appreciate this much more and really quite liked this. Just a shame they’re from Crawley!
Another band that I was too young to appreciate when they were in the prime but have picked up the odd good song since. Never listened to a complete album and assumed that I liked the more catchy upbeat stuff. But no, this one is very dark and also a great listen. Possibly a bit too dreary in places but really well written and constructed and a clear influence on British indie music to come.
The second best band to come out of Crawley. Obviously, Spitfire being the greatest. Although The Cure’s vibe probably captured the largely miserable nature of the place much more effectively! Actually I never really cared for The Cure until very recently when I listened to the Songs of a lost World album, and loved it. Weird mid life crisis or something? Listening to this in light of that was therefore quite an interesting comparison. Mr Smith’s vocal style feels very consistent, and is their iconic selling point. Obviously this is musically very moody, and the drums are quite to the fore, kind of a slowed down Krautrock style. Not sure if I like them hugely. But all in all, fuck it, I’m a Cure fan now (except Friday I’m in Love - I bet he hates that it’s their biggest hit and worst song).
It’s fine? I like the atmosphere but that’s all it really offers. I get it’s sad but I wouldn’t say it enveloped me in that feeling as much as it could
The soundtrack for every pasty faced, eye liner having, black trench coat wearing kid in your early eighties high school yearbook. Very much a meh album.
Gothy beauty. ONE HUNDRED YEARS and THE FIGUREHEAD really leans into their strengths. Songs can bleed into one another.
Better than the rest of the 80s slop but not by a lot
Rather repeatable from the other Cure examples from the list
So goth. Like a murky wall of sound
I love the Cure, but I will admit that I was not as familiar with this or their earlier albums before starting this project. I was more in tune with the poppier mid to late 80s Cure, but the haunting, gritty Cure is a revelation for me. Not surprisingly the song that I feel most encapsulated the entire vibe of the album is the final, title track "Pornography." Listening to that song, the backwards audio, staring at the album cover really puts you in a specific state of mind. I think right where the band wants you which is sort of a brilliant acheivement.
3 out of 5. Third Cure album so far on this list, and while good it doesn't stand with Disintegration.
every time i would get into a riff the singers stupid voice would ruin it. lowkey rlly didn’t like it. i looked on this is the cure spotify radio and it looks like none of the songs on this album are popular. i liked figurehead mostly because the pain in the riffs. i’ll be saving that for a cry later. other than that singer’s voice is annoying.
I'm not quite as big on earlier Cure stuff as I am their late 80's and 90's stuff, but this is still a great album. It's got that classic Cure sound, but without the refinement of Disintegration.
Pretty decent album, this genre isn’t my thing tho. 3 stars, would listen again
No lo escuche
I love this so much. Cold is The One.
fire album
Insanely good. Liked every single song on this album
Favorite song- Siamese twins Different from other projects of the cure I’ve heard
I pretty much know The Cure only from their new wave hits "Friday I'm In Love" etc and this album caught me completely by surprise with how dark and gothic it is. Basically, lead singer Robert Smith was either going to kill himself or get all his emotions out in album form. The result is this almost over the top dark and dreary album. The struggles of being 23. It seems like "Emo" accompanies Punk music and "Gothic" accompanies rock. It's the same type of "Woe is me, my life sucks" topics, but at least gothic is a bit more artistic about it whereas emo doesn't leave anything to the imagination. I really liked this album. It's such a different sound from New Wave and I think it fits The Cure so much better. It still has heavy synth throughout the album as required by the 1980's and of course, Robert Smith's voice is incredibly recognizable. I really liked Cold as it really just epitomizes that dark gothic feeling of the album and the end feels almost optimistic?
Goth boys dun good.
This was ok.
I want to stay inside all day and wear dark leather and make up whenever i listen to this album.
Definitely one of their darker albums at least for me. Or very tortured sounding. None of it is bad but it doesn't have anything that a different record I think does better like disintegration or kiss me kiss me kiss me
Muy bueno el primer tema. A veces el disco se hace repetitivo pero supongo que esa es la idea
If this was an instrumental or perhaps a different non-mopey singer, this album would have been great.
Struggling to get through an album of this. I think it's good, but man it's bleak. Second Cure album in a week and struggling with both. Finally back to it - it's good but too bleak for me. I prefer a bit of pop to take the edge off my Cure
Haunting, but to be expected with the Cure. The production goes a long way an achieving this mood. The guitar distortion, the tempo in which the drums are played, Robert Smith just generally being depressed. This...generally isn't something that I would want to listen to for 40+ minutes at a time, but I've come to appreciate the craft more.
Nunca me hizo clic del todo The Cure, pese a haber hecho varios intentos con distintos discos a lo largo de mi vida. Creo que de esta va la vencida. Es cierto que Pornography ya era el disco con el que más veces había intentado introducirme a The Cure, sorprendiéndome al reconocerlo desde su primer temazo, One Hundred Years, que era de los pocos temas que históricamente sí que me habían gustado de forma indudable. No soy tan intenso, tan edgy, tan dark, tan profundo, hay algo de The Cure que se escapa para mi, me gustan las sonrisas, los gatitos y las hojas del otoño sin necesidad de que despierten connotaciones de muerte en mi oscuro interior. Aun así, de esta vez me sorprendió un disco más catchy de lo que me esperaba, con riffs profundos y oscuros acompañados de acordes de synths que le aportan verdadera emoción a los mecánicos ritmos ochenteros. Siento que algo falla en solo apreciar a esta banda de drogadictos depresivos por su musicalidad y no por la desgarradora emoción que claramente quieren transmitir, pero mi adolescencia ya ha pasado, así que it is what it is.
Um ótimo exemplar do Rock gótico. 3 estrelas
Proto-Deftones. I don't hate The Cure as much as I always thought I did.
One of the best albums I’ve ever listened to.
I appreciated the aesthetic of the album; I feel like the songs are very compelling even if I don't love the vocals on their own. Some jumped out more than others, and there were definitely some longer songs that overstayed their welcome. Still, probably my favorite experience with The Cure so far.
80/90s punk rock type Siamese twins is pretty solid A bit aggressive lyrics for my taste but enjoyed at the same time
Voix manque de variété
Not really my style
Good
So 80’s pop
Robert Smith has a great voice. Very repetitive album. Drums
Lots of hypnotic instrumentals on this project which meshes well with the title. This reminds me of an angrier version of 'Unknown Pleasures' by Joy Division. Favorite Track: Cold Least Favorite Track: A Short Term Effect
Mixed Cure album with a couple of bangers...100 Years and Hanging Garden. Doesn't have the polish of Disintegration but still worth a listen.
2.50
Can't wait for some guy with big hair to shame me for having a wank.
The cure are best known for a select few songs so going into this I knew it would be odd to hear them perform music I've never heard despite knowing them my whole life. Listening front to back this album did not disappoint my expectations. It definitely was odd! Their sound is familiar yet foreign. The classic ethereal sound on the vocals paired with the striking percussion of their radio hits are fully present. I had trouble understanding the lyrics without listening carefully so my ears instead treated them like instruments. Of course we can't forget the album title of "Pornography" which maybe shouldn't have caught me off guard but did regardless. "Friday I'm in love" may have alternate meanings than I had considered all these years if they're so bold to give an album such a name.