Disintegration

Fun hits, couldn't keep it up for a whole 1.25hrs though. Generously giving this a 3, the length is a big knock on its quality. - My expectations are not aligning with reality... why such a heavy metal name (and album cover!) - This is nice! V chill. Where do they go from this opener though? - Got dull in the middle. Seems like this album has fun hits but limited depth. Also, 1hr 12min is always going to be tough to make it worthwhile! - As expected, didn't bother finishing it because it's too long. 3 stars is generous when you account for that... but that's okay

Pictures of You

Very good - archetypal stuff.

Very rarely does a record provide such an apt name for the sound produced within, but the cure has done so masterfully. The have captured the essence of 'disintegration', I can feel myself disintegrating into the sound waves themselves as each song progresses. Some beautiful and experimental sounds but nothing that blew me away.

This is the first listen on this journey. I already knew and loved the singles on it. Still not very hooked to the album as a whole, though. I liked the way in which the keyboards bring a dark and beautiful atmosphere to the songs. Lovesong is my favourite on this one.

Not my favorite Cure record. If you are going to rank Cure records, and for giggles I will, this is middle of the pack. So, in my mind here are the records that are better than this one by the Cure: 1. 17 Seconds 2. Pornography 3. 3 Imaginary Boys 4. Faith 5. Songs of a Lost World 6. Bloodflowers 7. Disintegration If we look at Disintegration in isolation from the rest of the cure catalog, it is obvious that this is a record of 2 halves - The full on pop leaning stadium rocking first half with Lovesong, Pictures of You, and Lullaby and then the funeral dirge that is the 2nd half beginning with Fascination Street which signals the beginning of the long doom slide to the end of the record finishing with Homesick. Untitled should remain do. It really is an appendage to the album. I get that momentum for the band was gaining and that this record was a commercial peak, but it was an artistic failure as the second half comes off as overly long and meandering casting a shadow on the entire project and the excellent writing in the first half. I’m not a fan of pop Cure, but for the songs released as singles they all had the immediacy of the early singles - just poppier. So, this record should not have made this list. It’s an average mid-period record by a pretty awesome band 3/5

En las primeras canciones, la voz del twink sufriente y la onda cursi me pueden. Ya para el final me empalaga.

Muito do bom! Conhecia só #2 e #4.. O álbum inteiro tem essa mesma vibe, adorei.. especialmente 7, 8 e 11!

There's some pretty stellar music here at times, but it as a whole lacks some impact that I would have expected from a band I've heard so much about, and I'm not a fan of the vocals.

Moody, but I like it

Felt kind if samey but I appreciated it for what it is I guess. The second song had some good lyrics.

Very easy listening, but nothing stood out.

“Lovesong” is great. Can’t say the same for the rest of this album.

A little too mellow for my taste

This is a difficult one, I like everything about the Cure except for their music. Don't like his voice, don't like the big 80s production. I can imagine if you were a disaffected teen in the late 80s this would hit hard. Didn't hate it, didn't love it. It was alright

Dark, ethereal - interesting backstory.

Back to Cure albums I don’t like. Just too maudlin for me. The music is Lovesong is probably the best thing on this albums. Fascination Street has a great bass line on it, but then the singing starts and I’m out. I’m just not a big Robert Smith guy.

supongo que en algun nomento no me importaría escuchar esto

It was good and moody but a bit too long. I would have liked it much better at about the 50 minute mark.

moody, atmospheric, introspective goth rock. My only complaint is that all of the songs are formulaic with Smiths vocal only appearing after a 1 min + of build up: layering guitars drums and synth. All of which is nice but not on every song

very very moody. really enjoy the synths and guitar in the songs. vocals are meh but its the vibe. Plainsong was probably my favorite song. Lovesong is a classic, i knew that song before going into the album. the album cover is weird as hell, i'll give it points for uniqueness. emo new wave! 6/10.

Lovely morning rainy day stormy album its not wow me but its sweet and has some vintage undertone.

This is pretty good. I do like the Cure but this is not my favorite album. Mr. Smith turned the dial to "sad & dark" from "dark & weird" for this one and it was a little more than I was ready for. 70+ minutes of mid tempo goth without a palette cleanser is a lot. Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me had a couple of 'template' songs but I find it to be a lot more fun to listen to, and nothing really compares to Staring at the Sea. 3.4

I believe this is a highly rated album by most of their fans but I actually like the poppier stuff more.

good! very much the same pace throughout, should probably give it another listen. very good for like background of life music but honestly all together front to back while good, just long and personally not all my cup of tea, some bangers though

A lot of 4 star moments but also some 2 stars. Safe middle ground

Some of the best Cure I've heard. I love their long, goth instrumentals, and even the vocals aren't so bad on this album. 3.5/5

This ain't no party. This ain't no disco. This ain't no "Friday I'm In Love".

Lotta lonnnnnng intros… but I enjoyed

Will come back to this, but the 2025 version of myself couldn’t get into it. Admittedly, this is a 3 star version of myself.

This is so crazy this is my first album suggestion…. at the moment i am currently in the process of making a video essay about the cure and ik this is their best rated album…. i have always loved the cure and have listen to this album in bits and pieces…i did start listening to this album a couple days ago but got distracted an got halfway through lol… universe you have been heard thank you

Wow, this was a long album. More instrumental than I expected because sometimes it's 2-3 minutes before the vocals start. I particularly liked Lovesong. It's a song I've heard a ton of times but never knew who sang it. Besides that, a lot of the songs on this album sounded very similar to one another.

Få klassikere der trækker karakteren op. Bestemt ikke deres bedste album. ALT for lange introer

The faster songs are brilliant, dreamy new ordery style. The slow ones are like mud.

much better than expected! quieter too. all in all pretty good. all tracks blended into one as they tend to with me, however I don’t remember any moments standing out too much to differentiate so perhaps that’s not too unfair a criticism. The end was neat. Solid 6.5/10, probably will go up with more listens.

I really like The Cure, but some of their songs are too long. I knew and/or owned a few songs on this album (Pictures of You, Lovesong, and Lullaby). I really like those songs. I would’ve enjoyed this more had the intros to many songs not been 2-3 minutes long. Just start singing already, I want to hear Robert Smith’s voice.

Very 80s whiny.

some great classics

Fine but forgettable. Only really knew about boys dont cry before this so I kinda knew what I was getting into lol

Good songs. Some better than others. But not enough to make it to a four.

The longest album I’ve ever listened to but it was good! Nice winter vibe. Faves in album order: Plainsong Closedown Lullaby Fascination Street Prayers For Rain

Repetitive sounds, good

3⭐️ I do like quite a lot of songs by the Cure but this album didn’t excite me really. I feel like the instrumental intros were loooong and the songs are long in general! but I feel like I’d prefer the Cure’s other albums (if they end up being on this list) songs I already knew: lovesong fave new song(s): pictures of you, last dance

feeling like a monster

There's a definite vibe to this album, just not sure if I like it. There are some cool songs. Lovesong is certainly more accessible than some of the other songs on this album, a great track. I also really liked Lullaby. As for the rest, they proved to be pretty similar to each other and that wasn't necessarily a great thing. It's not that it's bad, but moodiness throughout? Also, some of the songs at the end were way, way too long. Take Disintegration for example, it's got a cool riff to it, but playing it over and over again for the first 1:30 doesn't need to happen. Could have set the stage in like 30 seconds or less. It's all just a bit heavy handed for me, even if I can see where people would love this. So it's far from a 5-star album for me. Debating 3 & 4, but going with the former as this album could have easily been 45 minutes and not its bloated 1:10+.

Should probably give this another listen. I was surprised by how long a lot of these tracks were only being familiar with the singles. Overall it came across as expected.

The first part of the album is theoretically several different songs, but they all sound the same to me - masses of liquified keyboard angst with moaning emo vocals on top. Later on, the band remembers that they also have a guitar player, and start doing some songs that are a bit more different/interesting - "Fascination Street" is a heck of a groove, even at its funereal pace. It's extremely well performed and produced, and doesn't sound like anything other than itself. It's a great example of what it's trying to do, but what it's trying to do doesn't particularly interest me.

Good album, nothing crazy. 5.7/10

Intros too long

dark, eerie, trance, psychodelic, better than regueton but not my thing, lullaby is famous,

Some bangers for sure, but not their best work imo

Hört sich irgendwie alles gleich an haha

After 3 albums by The Cure, I have to conclude that their music is not for me. I like Lovesong but that's kind of it, at least of songs that I can remember having listened to once the album is done.

PICTURES OF YOU <3

Solid. A bit whining and depressing

Not bad, just kind of dad rock. None of their top songs though

Not their best album in my opinion but littered with great tracks nevertheless

Admittedly I wasn't listening super hard to this one, but I came away from it feeling about the same as I did on my first listen. It's good, not really much more. I like the gothic rock thing a lot, but I definitely prefer Joy Division when it comes to that stuff, but this was good too. I think it gets better as it goes, but its pretty strong throughout I'd say. Favorites: Lovesong, Prayers for Rain, Homesick

Actually a pretty decent album, less whiny than some of the other stuff from The Cure. I'll still probably never listen again.

The beginning sounds like the intro to the movie Labyrinth, and I like it. Very late 80s in vibe. I don't think I knew that Lovesong was The Cure, though I've heard it a million times. I like the intro to Lullaby, it's funky. A little too instrumental, less vocals, lots of synth. I like Disintegration as a song.

7/10 lullaby and love song have always been my favs but im sad the album didn’t do it for me

Sweeping atmospheric soundscapes, lyrics that could be written by a sixth former. I can see why people love this album, but I'm too old and jaded to fall for it.

some slow starts but so much emotion and care into the album

it was nice but maybe my mood was a big part of why i wasn’t enjoying it as much

fun and poppy but ultimately not that memorable for me. 6/10

First album of 2026! Very instrumental, reminds me so much of a montage of Stranger Things. Fave Song From the Album: Pictures of You

Will someone give me the cure to this sadness

Meh

I like it, it’s a very gothic calm sort of album I’ll definitely listen to it again. I really liked the song “pictures of you” from this album

Good album. Like the vibe even though a bit samey/too long. Would have given 3.5 stars.

It's easy to see what makes this album fascinating to listeners. The production is great, and the floating feeling of the instrumentation is pretty neat. That being said, this album as a whole doesn't really leave too much of an impression on me. I find it too indulgent and drawn out. I appreciate the unique sound of this album, but it’s not something I feel compelled to return to.

7.5

I'm a big enough music fan to appreciate the music on here and enjoy it, I don't think I'm emo enough to love it

like a 3.5 i think its good and i would definitely listen to it as background music but other than that i probably wouldnt ever turn it on. the lack of lyrics for 75% of all the songs makes it a little boring honestly. the instrumentals are good but i tend to listen to music that i can sing along to.

Уныленько. Прям реально. Такой жанр может очень хорошо под настроение попасть, но чет прям совсем не. До Смитсов вообще не дотягивают, мне было скучно слушать. Шо вокал шо инструментал. Только от начала песни Pictures of you поржала🤪 Lovesong и Lullaby единственные на которых в сон не клонит На третьей песне альбома уже хотелось выключить

A moody, heartfelt record with soundscapes that helped to define the 80s. It does feel a bit tired as the record goes on, though. Personally, I could use more hooks. Also, Pictures of You >>>> Lovesong

No matter how much I try to bask in the gloomy beauty of The Cure, Robert Smith just isn't interesting to me. Perhaps that's part of the deal as well as the appeal: to be goth is to despair of ennui rather than trauma or tragedy, i.e., to go to the mall and feel the oppression of boredom and averageness. And I have to admire the band for their unqualified sincerity/romantic stains - 'There was nothing in the world / That I ever wanted more / Than to feel you deep in my heart'; 'However far away / I will always love you / However long I stay / I will always love you.' No, I don't hate this, and I concede that 'Pictures of You' is a memorable (tho not glorious) single, but I am mostly underwhelmed and informally depressed. I just don't feel 'got' - you got it?

first go. liked the first half a lot and found the second half less interesting. very beautiful either way though. three and a half

Pretty good. I enjoyed the tracks that did not have Robert Smith more than the ones that did.

Haha im gonna continue being critical of albums because this list is mostly full of really good ones! I never liked this album but this time when i listened to it i feel like i understood it more. I’m coming around on gothic rock. I like the song with the synth that goes ‘do reee mi, do reee mi, do reeee mi sollll fa mi do’ its one of the first four i think track three its not lovesong

Favorite Track: Lovesong

The latter half of the album feels like a 25 minute outro. The first half is absolutely brilliant.

I already had listened to a few The Cure songs (Boys Don’t Cry, Let’s Go to Bed), so I’m somewhat familiar with them ish. Plainsong - long instrumental beginning, dreamy and a bit whimsical lol Pictures of you - also very long song, still enjoyable and a little groovy, I feel like it could be in an 80s teen romcom movie or smth Closedown - long intro lol, dramatic, the deeper percussion is a nice touch Love song - I like how it’s more upbeat compared to the other songs, the little guitar riffs are sick af Last dance - sounds a bit similar to the other songs a lil bit 🤷‍♀️ Lullaby - I had listened to this song so lowkey biased but I really like this one :P, the strings and the plucking in the background is a really nice touch, also Spider-Man Fascination street - sounds like lullaby but more hardcore 🤘, I like the percussions pauses to let the guitar have a moment, just overall enjoyable Prayers for rain - kinda reminds me of Prince idk why, a lot slower, nice break from the faster songs The same deep water as you - a bit similar to prayers for rain, REALLLLY long but still sounds good, melodramatic kinda Disintegration - also sounds a bit like of the other upbeat songs a little bit Homesick - the chords are nice, dramatic in a way Untitled - ok accordion, still a bit similar but the accordion was a nice surprise #accordion OVERALL: the songs were verrrrryyyy long with long instrumental intros, which sometimes went for a bit too long, but I rlly liked the tone and vibe, very 80s obvi with a little mystery and spookiness sprinkled in. ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 / 5

This album is mostly a roller coaster. Songs that take you on an imaginative journey and others that don't move you anywhere. Some songs like "Lovesong" and "Lullaby" were already songs I liked beforehand. Unfortunately through the full listen no other songs really stuck out.

I liked the first 5 songs but the rest is not my cup of tea

Hmm fantastically produced, wonderfully melodic and almost morose, quite a few great songs, but I got kinda bored and tired of most of the rest. Strong 3.5

The hits are great and it ends really strong, but I found a decent amount of this shockingly mild after having such a great impression of the cure since childhood

Previously rated: #171 - Pornography (2/5) #319 - Seventeen Seconds (2/5) ************************************* Album #991 Big and grandiose sounding. Lots of just instrumental stuff. I definitely liked it more than the other two. Lovesong is great.

Not as dark as Pornography, but still quiet dark. Some moments I liked, some don't. The main problem for me was the song lenght. Do people really enjoy music that repetetive or I have ADHD? When I've listened to "Untitled", which I liked most on this album, I almost wanted to give it a 4, until I thought about that I had to sit through this album for whole hour to get to it.

THE Cure album I think of

Meh

It was OK, not amazing or standout in any particular way, which may be a sign of the times.

Honestly pretty boring to me. I like all their other albums though. I'm seeing them next year in June so hopefully that changes my opinion. I think it might take a few listens :)

It was fine. Edgy, sad, and nice on a good portion of it.

C’est sympa à écouter, mais ça ne m’a pas marqué plus que ça…

starting to really fw the cure

More enjoyable than the previous Cure project but not enough to do all that much for me.

We just had one of their albums a couple of weeks ago and I said I like them more as a singles band. Still holds true but I like this one better

s'alreet

Tried a few times and just didn’t like this as much as I hoped I would. It is dark and atmospheric which I enjoyed but I just kept waiting for something to grab my interest. Definitely dragged on too long at points. Don’t hate it but I liked their earlier albums a bit more.

I'm just not mopey enough for The Cure. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I can definitely hear why it is significant, how it's been influential... but I just don't connect with it as a listener. That's the beauty of music, there's plenty of good stuff out there but absolutely NOTHING that appeals to everyone!

Best to the 80s goths. This was decent but not spectacular

I’ve listened to this album before and found it long and dull…in some ways I still do but enjoyed it more this time around. “Pictures of You” and “Lovesong” are top Cure tracks for me, but idk their catalogue that well to say. It’s a band whose sound and sonic imprint I appreciate more than their songs. Title track is a really stupid song imo, and some of it really begins to feel like a dirge. But if you’re in the mood for reverb and gloom, this it’s good stuff.

I thought this a solid album, first time listening to a full Cure record. I get it. Good stuff

Looks like a lot of people love this album but I just don't see it. The music is good and there is lots to appreciate here but, at least to me, it's not the end all be all magnum opus of mankind that some other reviewers here would have you believe.

I was not in the mood for this album. I might revisit, but compared to Siouxsie in the same vein ol' Rob just seemed whiny today.

hey that’s pretty good

This one definitely had an atmosphere to it. Felt right walking around in the cold gloom of today. The style definitely helped with the musical interludes. I don't think it works as well otherwise. Really struggling on whether this was a 3 vs 4 but I just don't think it stood out enough for me.

Liker viben, en del fete låter

Chillern, melankolsk rock. Ganske i samme gate som deres nyeste album som jeg hørte en del på og likte. Klart det er en litt mer moderne sound der, men de har holdt seg ganske tro mot seg selv må jeg si. På den måten litt kjedelig. Men ja, chill

good album. Lovesong, Pictures of you, Lullaby all hits but the title track and The Same Deep Water as you were all bangers.

I will always love you

I know all the Cure hits, and I like them. Probably never listened to an album all the way through. It's all very much in keeping with the rock/synth/gloom sound. Pretty good, I'm not over the moon about it, but it's good. Side notes: "Fascination Street" kicks monster ass. I did not anticipate something on this album to rock so hard.

I wasn’t in the mood for moody music, I did like some of the songs though, the radio hit kind of annoyed me cause it’s so overplayed. Maybe the next cute album will find me in the right mood

It's pretty good

Good

Good but the cure is so whiny

Good

Never been a fan of The Cure, but they’re good in bite sized portions. The dreamy atmosphere of this album appeals to me. I particularly liked Last Dance and Lullaby. The album is a little too long though. 3/5

I was never a huge fan of the Cure, but I have to say this is a decent album

3 out of 5 (Maybe a 2.5 in reality if I could), I am very lukewarm to this. I kind of like some of the jangley twanging around but overall it's not my bag. It does not connect for me. I get boring depressed 80's teenager vibes. Maybe I would feel different if it was a record I grew up with, but I can't relate. Personal opinion it doesn't hold up today but at the same time it's pretty inoffensive. Maybe it influenced better music that came from those scenes later, I felt like I heard a bit of the Smiths and maybe even Stone Roses buried in it, so perhaps they were influenced by it, which is a good thing.

This is true sad boy music. I’m feeling sad boy so I liked it.

Kinda of the same song for an hour

sfas

It's ok. I get why there is a niche of people who consider this their thing and through that, consider this to be the greatest music ever recorded. However, it's not for me, and it's a 3/5

3/5

No sería un álbum para primerizos a menos que escuchen un género similar, tiene todo lo que es Cure. Hay que escucharlo con especial atención en las letras, aunque algunos intros son bastante extensos.

mope rock

I'm not typically a big goth-rock fan, but it did take me 5 tracks to realize that's what this is. There's some really good instrumental sections, some classic lyrics, overall it's a pretty impressive piece of work even if it's not what I'd rather be listening to. I'll add some points because this is where Lovesong comes from, I'll dock the same points because Robert Smiths' vocals don't mesh with me. 2.7/5

Felt like a poser listening to this. Fine, but a bit dreary. Didn't even get cured of anything </3

Back to the UK! Seems like good moody background music. I know Lovesong from Adele’s cover and honestly I prefer the emphasis she puts on it, the original is a bit bland. Disintegration is probably my least favorite track, the vocals have a whine-y quality that gets tiresome over 7 minutes. Overall, I was bored with this one and the sameness of the tracks started to bother me. 2.5/5

Nel complesso non male come album

Nice to have in the background as a mental breakdown music

i have really tried liking the cure. kind of like i've tried with echo and the bunnymen but i just can't do it captain. its very mellow and stuff

Never been a fan of them. Decent album. Probably wouldn’t listen to all of it again

liked songs: Lovesong, Fascination Street, Prayers for Rain Good 3.5

*Ephemeral *Some songs were just drawn out too long *cool effects with new wave feel

decent

It started off really well, had a few big songs too. But then it went on for too long and the songs got whiny 3 ⭐️

Har det vært noe vits i å lage syntha indiepop etter dette albumet? Kanskje det er vits i å lage et litt kortere album, dette var litt for langdrygt for femmern * nå har jeg hørt igjennom hele, og jeg tror sødern meg ikke at den klarer firrern heller. Det var synd, for her var det mye kult! Lengden ødelegger

Really enjoyed the gloomy rock. Near the end it had stayed too much in the same bounds for me and so faded a bit.

Really liked this, but it's so low energy. For me that sort of means it can only be background music or I switch off. I think that caps it at a 3.

so badly want to like this but it puts me to sleep

Didnt remember much, lush drum sounds and fun guitar loops.

Gostei! Algumas músicas sensacionais

Good but i DNF'd

Good album. Classic Cure.

Not bad. Surprised by the sound quality from 1959 but inwasnt blown away musically.

It's alright, not the craziest. Some great songs, but as a whole, it's alright

Ich denke, dazu könnte man echt gut schmollen und vor sich hin vegetieren. Aber nein, irgendwie zieht es sich mir dann doch zu sehr. War trotzdem spannend, man was von denen außer die Hits zu hören, und war bei weitem nicht so schlecht wie ich erwartet habe.

Best Song: Love Song The Cure still suck. Looking at the reviews, it seems people either love it and give it a 5 or hate it and give it a 1. I am in the middle, if I hear this I'm not grabbing a belt and looking for the nearest means to hang myself, but I am also not reaching to turn it up either. 3/5 and that is being generous.

The good songs are in the first half of the album. The others are fine, although I couldn’t remember any of them five minutes later. Ethereal rock at its finest? Rounding down.

I know this is a cool record, and I reeeeally loved seeing them live last year (they were fucking amazing), but I was NOT in the mood for this album today. I mostly don’t listen to the Cure unless I get a wild hair, but it felt like goth AIC: super dirgy and almost… like heroin. This album kind of sounds like heroin feels. But not the good part. The desperation, the sickness, the rubber morality. Too dark for my taste at the moment.

I’m sorry, but I was kind of bored by this…

Later Cure, good. Bit of variety and interest enjoyed.

Instrument focused. Mellow sounding

It's The Cure. I am very happy that they exist, and I do enjoy a lot of their more jaunty numbers, but this got a bit 'heavy' after a few tracks. maybe I just wasn't in the mood. I would not put this among their best. For lighter touches I prefer their debut, and for the darker stuff A Forest / Seventeen Seconds and Pornography deliver more. Pictures Of You is a lovely song, though.

Definitely a very consistent album across its runtime. The first time I heard Plainsong it blew my mind. The explosive energy and the yearning in the singer’s voice really got me. The first four songs were really strong for me, but once I realized that the rest of the songs had the same mood with the same synths and the same lumbering and longing feel to it, it started to lose me halfway through. I think anybody who likes a couple of these songs will end up enjoying the rest of the album, but I just don’t think this listen was for me. I think if I listened to them separately like I did with Plainsong and Lovesong, then I’d have more of an appreciation for it. I do also think I could warm up to this album, but this is just my initial thoughts. The production was beautiful though.

scho zweimol live gseh nonie es album glost. wird ziit hä. ussert hemmer schomol eis gha? weisnöd. plainsong no cool so sehr tonal aber irgendwie au dark mit de synths. ah moll s album pornography hemmer glaub mol gha. pictures of you goht afoch wiiter vom letste song. es isch alles so dark hä. aso ihm isch nöd guet gange und er het au nöd wölle dass em guet goht? last dance irgendwie sehr cool. sehr melancholisch. lullaby suuuper snare. fascination street goht au kinda hard. coole bass drums sind riesig. aber s wirkt scho au mega so als het de robert unbedingt müese öpis deeps mache. same deep water as you sehr unterwasser goth jo. gsehni. disintegration easy groovy oyeh. geile beat schös riff. de song disintegration het au no öpis, irgendwie coole klangteppich. he laaangi langi songs. und find etz wos fertig isch dases i sache hooks scho sehr dünn isch eigentli. es 3 gits well mega vorriter.

The instrumental is a high 3, vocals are a low 3.

The hits were hitting, the rest not so much.

The hits are solid pop tunes. The intermediate songs were a mixed bag where I think if I was putting this album on because I was in that mood, they'd be great, but I wasn't totally into them at the time. Still rounds out to a 3.

some classics but overall quite underwhelming

6/10

The buildups were crazy i really liked the same deep water as you and disintegration

Sweet beats. Do not like the vocals

Not my cup of tea.

I’m not in the greatest headspace today, but this just doesn’t speak to me. I’ve never gone deep into the Cure, because I just do not connect to the songs I’ve heard (the popular ones). I guess the Cure isn’t technically “shoegaze,” but it sounds a lot like it to me, and I fucking hate shoegaze.

yeah it's okay. way too long

sin más. soso

not for me

3.2

It was on Houmous & Chutneys Japanese Tour ‘Hows That For You?’ In 1981 when Robert Smith asked us how we managed to stay so positive with such universal popularity. He really couldn’t ever understand it. But for both me and Len it had been a lifelong problem. We never knew any different. One of the curses of being child prodigy’s I guess? 3.2 11/12 Homesick

It sounds more modern than the release date and has an incredible sound, with an amazing atmosphere. But it just has no hits and goes on far too long out staying its welcome becoming tiresome this just lowers the score for me.

So the music is alright but it's just a bit meh. It's nice leaving it in the background while you're doing stuff because it's very chill but it's just not exciting whenever you properly focus on it. I only knew Lovesong and that was nice but the rest were just meh.

My first time listening to this band! I like how cohesive the album is and how signature the style. 6.5/10

Gloomy and boring

Tykkään tästä tunnelmasta. Hyvät kitarat. The Cure-mainen😜 Vähän kuitenkin tylsistyi välillä, kun biisi kesti 10 minaa ja ei hirveästi ollut vaihtelua. Ei ois myöskään tarvinnut laittaa kaikkiin biiseihin monen minuutin introa😘 Silti oikein hyvä

Good background music if you're in an 80s mood 🙂

Seems pretty good. I know absolutely nothing about The Cure.

I loved so many moments of this album, and the sound that The Cure keep consistent throughout it. I would say that it was a bit ponderous at times, and that Robert Smith's vocal tone started to wear on me. Nevertheless, about 5 tracks made it onto my "1001 albums best-of" playlist so pretty tough to give it less than 3/5. Oh, and "Lullaby" fucks.

Super long and feels like a chore

Good but not my speed

1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: 11/1001 I've listened to this album numerous times and I keep coming to a similar conclusion - it's the perfect example of something that has all the parts of an objectively good album, but tied together, it's not an album I personally connect with. As I listened to Disintegration, there was no doubt in my mind how rock solid this album is from a prdouction standpoint, but it failed to find me. The production is sound, it's layered perfectly, it's lyrics are deep yet not overly complex, the cohesion is spot on, and the instrumentation is well thought out and hooky. Though at the same time, I find the length carries too long with the singing a secondary component often starting too late or ending too early, its so cohesive it's almost repetitive despite the unique builds from each song, and the instrumentation is great but nothing I haven't heard before. None of these are problems on their own, perse, but as it all ties together, these compounding problems leave me disinterested in the album overall. It's like The Cure found exactly how to make a good album, and then followed and stretched the code beyond its function. The synth and strings carry the sound for me as the drum beat maintains the same rhythmic roll throughout. Robert Smith has range to hit the various tones portrayed throughout this melancholy album, but nothing that made it exceptionally strong overall despite the atmospherically haunting effect he prescribes. Ultimately, it ends up seeming overindulgent and a bit self-serving as this pattern repeats. The peaks still captivate me, there are lyrics that appeal to me, there's meaning that's not lost on me. Though much of that is lost through an unchanging, depressed tempo that loses me before another part can hook me, creating a mostly lukewarm album. It's a perfectly produced album, but the content within is just kind of meh. (It does sound better the louder you play it!) Podium: 1. Pictures of You 2. Lullaby 3. Lovesong Honorable Mention: Disintegration I can't deny the album's strengths (production quality), but I also don't view it as a pretentious attempt to elevate music (sonically) and it doesn't land as a result. It leaves me questioning what makes this album in particular worthy of being considered one of the best albums. I can't quite pin why this album isn't better than the sum of all of its parts, but with each part having standout features, the way it all comes together just doesn't appeal to me personally. Whether it's too drawn out or not versatile enough, I'm not someone who will just listen to an album because the people producing it produced it well. It'd be like watching a movie with a terrible plot but great cinematography. Disintegration is dark with emotional resonance. The drawn-out instrumentation do add to the cohesion presented throughout. Yet it fails to be captivating just by pure repetitiveness and absence of anything unique, I would expect of a five-star album. Perhaps it comes down to just not being my style despite the greatness I do hear, but it's ultimately for these reasons I give Disintegration by The Cure 3.5 /5 stars.

Their eighth album. Gothic Rock / New Wave. Plainsong, the opening track is very much like Atmosphere by Joy Division. I get that vibe from it. Disintegration is a moody, atmospheric and introspective Goth Rock album. Pictures Of You accompanies the opening song brilliantly. Each track washes over you like a wave seamlessly. Great production. It does get a little bloated, some tracks are unnecessarily long. The Same Deep Water As You is nine minutes.

Cover 7 Good but several songs sound similar / bleed into another. A great dark anthem though.

Lovesong is altijd een banger, maar verder niet helemaal mijn ding. Elke nummer begint met een lange musicale opbouw waar je in de mood voor moet zijn, maar voel er niet veel voor. Lullaby en disintegration, waren wel leuke nieuwe nummers, die ik nog niet kende. Het einde van het album is leuker dan het begin.

I had high expectations and for some reason they were not met, perhaps the long intros?

⭐︎3.8 日本のV系シーンがこぞって影響を受けた印象のキュアー。 デジタルなドラムサウンドが印象的。 途中U2みたいな曲があった。 悪くないけどめちゃくちゃ良くもない。 とはいえ、3曲は琴線に触れるものもあった。

Now this is what I call a dragon album. Because it really, really drags on. That back half, hoo boy, what a slog.

Lullaby is fine, Homesick has it's moments, Untitled is okay. Same problem with having some dated vocals and synthy stuff but enough of it is passable for a three

Fairly generic album but not bad background noise

This album was really popular with the drug crowd back in the day. I'm listening to it on a rainy Sunday morning, which seems suitable. Great music but a little bit too much of a downer for me. 5/5 for the compositions, 1/5 for its influence (negative) on so many people I knew. 3/5 overall.

3.5

Decent

I was a metalhead in the 80s but had some Cure and Depeche Mode cassettes around to help me talk with the the goth girls. This album finds The Cure reaching for a commercial audience. But there are some classic 80s tunes on here, especially Lullaby. #120

It was a decent album that really encompassed a good end of an era. The vibes were very 80s but it was clear we were moving into the soft rock 90s era

3.5 really - great, classic Cure

It’s The Cure so you know what you’re getting going into it. It’s not bad, I think I like this one a touch more than the other album we reviewed by them. I knew a handful of the songs, the others were if not familiar felt like they meshed with the songs that are more familiar to me. Pretty standard 3 stars, good enough, not great.

Good album, easily best suited to a rainy afternoon or evening, but I'd be willing to go back to get more in depth with this one. 3.5 rounded down to 3 for now. Feels like an album that needs repeated listening to really explore it.

Not a bad album at all, it definitely has a mood and sticks to it.

Pretty good

The Cure always has a difficult spot for me. I dont dislike the music per se, but it also is not a vibe I dig normally. The lack of enthusiasm and power for the voice just makes it so undesirable for me to listen to. This album has some great songs, such as lullaby. The instruments are great, but just the singer is the dealbreaker for me.

I did it

It sounds good in a lot of ways, and it kinda drags on. Overall a good album.

Classsic

Not far into this album and it feels very much like they are a band that feel the listener should do some work before they ate rewarded with songs. Unnecessarily long intros mean by the time the song proper starts I’ve already slighted turned off. With the exception of Lovesong their slavish dedication to intros well over a minute mean i can only assume Robert Smith has a weak bladder and songs are all arranged in a manner they can be easily extended to enable his relief before the vocals come in. That said, the songs are generally pleasant enough to listen to and whilst nothing really grabbed me and demanded my attention it is a reasonably solid album. Oh for the want of a strong producer to rein those unnecessarily long intros into line.

The first few tracks of this had me nervous. Yes it was moody and brooding, but was all a bit samey. But then I got Lovesong, Lullaby and Fascination Street pretty close together and things perked up. My big complaint, as someone who thinks that most tracks benefit from being max 4 minutes long and who likes Robert Smith's voice, is that you could cut out a lot of the noodling and let Mr Smith sing his little heart out. I can understand how Cure fans think this is a masterpiece, because it's likely giving them a lot of what they enjoy, but for me its just fine. 3/5

Was cool. Might have to give it a relisten at some point

Thematically solid.

I get the appeal and once upon a time I think I would have enjoyed this but I kind of now just find it all mopey and droney. Definitely some beautiful synth backdrops but I'm just not a big fan of Smith's vocals. I did particularly enjoy The Same Deep Water as You and Homesick (incredible intro but again, I think I'd actually enjoy a fully instrumental version of the song more)

Solid synth-pop songs.

i lik eit

Pretty good, but I’m not a fan of long instrumental sections and it was pretty depressing. I liked love song a lot.

Best summary to give this album is background music. Long instrumentals without any real highlights, lyrics that don't stick. Below average but not bad enough for a rating of 2.

Nice and moody.

Ok. Love song is good. Might re-listen.

the last 4 songs take 31 minutes need I say more

This album made me realize how many Cure songs I already knew. But the other songs I hadn’t heard yet just felt like they went on forever. I didn’t listen to the remasters and demos because even though I did like over half the tracks, I just don’t think I liked them enough to enjoy hearing them 2-3 different ways. solid album but wasn’t as much of an experience for me as others have been.

It’s not for me. I’ve never enjoyed The Cure. Lullaby is interesting. 1001 album worthy: yeah - 83/150

Dull - I wouldn't say this is one of The Cure's stronger efforts.

Thought vocals were annoying but the instrumentals were pretty good. In certain cases they worked pretty good together

What a weird record! I was into other things when this came out but somehow ended up with some kind of cd ep that had Lullaby on it and was absolutely captivated by it. Even still now. How this wasn't the big song off this album escapes me.

Am I goth?

There comes a moment in one's musical journey where you come across an artist or a band that you don't find yourself overtly loving as much as another person or a cluster of people does but you do find a way to respect their talents and capabilities and their audiences' love for that. Well, that's me with The Cure. Disintegration is often regarded as their magnum opus and I can see, hear and understand it but I can only take in so much Gothic inspiration and influence and Disintegration is an overindulgence of the styling. Despite this, there are a number of good to great songs on here and, if one were to take them apart, they'd be solid standalone efforts. Overall, there may come a time where I may connect with this album the way that many others did but, as much as I can respect the effort, now isn't the time. Favorites: Plainsong, Pictures of You, Closedown, Lovesong, Fascination Street, Prayers for Rain, Disintegration, Untitled.

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So far, 3 songs in, I’m not impressed. It’s a lot softer than I thought a cure album would be. It’s funny because I complain about it being soft and my choice cut is about love. Strange innit? It seems that the only other interesting song is Lullaby. Everything else sounds the same. Pretty much one long song. You could have this on in the background while you do random things. That would work. And in that note this ends with another “middle of the road” rating from me. Choice cut: Lovesong

It's a good album to listen to for sure, but I don't really care for this one like I do with others. Lullaby is a nice song, but overall the songs feel kind of boring. The album is a bit on the long side as well. I just feel this one doesn't have much interesting to it and it kind of feels like, admittedly pleasant, background noise to me.

Hahaha, I never understood why and what so many people like in this stack of songs dealing with teenage depression.

Like the smiths but not as good. Some cool ideas and melodies but not really for me

Lovesong was my fave. But, I'll be real, their songs go on way too long.

3.5

Better than I anticipated for something that really isn't my kind of thing. Robert Smith's vocal style gets pretty same-y from song to song.

Good but lots of songs sound similar, 3/5

The Cure are an essential band for the post-punk genre that was instrumental in the late 80s and early 90s music scene. Personally, though, I have never been a big fan of post-punk bands. Though The Cure has made many songs I really like, they are kind of like Bob Dylan for me, great song writers but with whom I don't personally vibe with their performances. The standout song from this album is Lovesong which features some nice synthesizer sounds and music.

Plainsong 3.3 Pictures of You 3.4 Closedown 3.4 Lovesong 3.8 Last Dance 3.4 Lullaby 3.3 Fascination Street 3.4 Prayers for Rain 3.5 The Same Deep Water as You 3.3 Disintegration 3 Homesick 3.2 Untitled 3 Score: 3.333333333

First half would've been a 4 but it got worse as it went on

ok. one hit

Rating: 3.5

Very vibey, but it's not something I would go out of my way to listen to.

I need to go back and finish it, didn’t quite get the full-time, but I like the vibe for what it is. A lot of good songs, I’ll give it a relist at some point, not sure if I’ll go back to it all the time though. I think a solid three out of five.

Love the driving beats

3.08

As a fan, I thought this would be better :/

I can see why people really like this album, the music is a step above the other Cure albums we've had. Still not really for me though

Not my genre, but some incredible tracks.

I've never listened to more than a couple of singles by The Cure at a time. yes, they are imaginative, moody, distinct sound, great creative use of instruments, and have depth to lyrics but-listening to the album as a whole, it all blends together & waters the sound down. 3.5 stars

This was a pretty decent album by The Cure, I see why bands like blink 182 and 311 talk about them the way do they do and how they were influenced by them, it was a decent album but I do believe that it was all very similar! Like every song sounded pretty much like the other except for a couple of songs lol I did really enjoy the mood though while I was out walking in the rain to this album definitely enhanced the experience

Liked this quite a bit

Music to play if I owned a vampire nightclub

decent. i enjoy some of the riffs and melodies. i don't like the lead vocals Would I listen again: No Deserves to be on this list: yes 2.7

Underwhelming. It sounds nice but the songs never really go anywhere, and I find the vocals annoying after an hour of listening to them

You get the general idea by about the middle of song 2. It’s a competently performed, influential, genre trailblazer. It is the antithesis of my musical taste and I did not like it one bit. It speaks to its quality however, in that despite this being over an hour long, it did not drag and did not feel a chore to get through.

More kind of boring but acceptable background music

Didn’t like it as much as the last one but still pretty deece

Listened a couple times, nothing really stood out either way. Back-to back Cure albums do run together for music i don't particularly recognize. I do like Lovesong

4/10

I don’t think I appreciated the cure until now. While overall not my cup of tea, I enjoyed listening to this and would again in the future. Great lyrics, introspective, moody. Lullaby is a great song.

Ok

Clever and pleasant instrumentation. Lovesong is a brilliant song, and Pictures of You had an enjoyable bass line and melody. Fascination Street has a great, punchy bass line and nice overlapping synths during the bridge.

super dark and mopey album which some really dark lyricism that isn't necessarily the most exciting thing i've ever heard but i see it's influence, especially into the more synth-heavy rock of today.

Great for late night driving, but a little too long—it was the only album I could listen to driving back from Amherst. I liked it, but I wasn’t impressed.

Good but very samey

Not hugely keen on this even though I think I listened to it in the ideal situation (walking by myself on a dark night). Far from terrible though Specific rating- 3.5 Fav song- disintegration Least fav- untitled

Very atmospheric, Very cure. My favs on this one are Plainsong, Lovesong and The Same Deep Water As You. The songs are prettyyyy long sometimes but still enjoyable.

im so derpessed ugh awugh aowoo aghh

Much better than I was expecting - but would be in 2nd half of the 1001 for me I did not really appreciate The Cure at the time but the sound has improved in my mind.

7/10

Some good writing but very depressing didn't mind it though

A doom-laden 3

Just ok. Sounds like he’s crying the lyrics.

Just solid track after solid track. Good job Cure

Not my typical cup of tea but not unenjoyable. Some cool stuff going on but overall not a huge fan of the Cure so meh

Iconic. I like Cocteau twins better though.

didn’t dislike but nothing stuck out. fluttery, grainy, british

It is a great album because of the hits we know, but it’s too damn boring to listen long and repetitive instrumental fragments making songs that can last 4 minutes in songs that are 10 minutes long.

3/5 okay, wouldn't buy on vinyl but wouldn't be mad if someone got it for me

Rock, 1989 -> 3

This is my second album generated from The Cure in the past five days. I didn't like this one as much. It's Gothic Rock, very somber, and can be a bit of a dreary marathon. Favorite Track: "Closedown".

Brabo

Gothic Rock, mir etwas zu dunkel - wie in alten SKA-Zeiten. Schwarze Lippen, grüne Haar .....

Bit slow and low. Great single in there

It's a classic but I am not a huge fan

Still a big fan of Robert Smith personally, but I dare say I only like The Cure when they’re at the poppiest. Enjoyed some of this, won’t play it again.

Great album

I have some affection for The Cure but I'll never need a full album of The Cure at one time.

there’s something instructive about the way the cure became famous just at the point when they became less interesting

Interested to see what this album sounds like. Lots of respect for this band just not a fan of this type of music.

Cool vibe to it and enjoyable to listen to

I love that The Cure went back to being heavy. The Cure have a unique sound. The downtuned bass drone, echoey tomtom-driven drums, melodic minor key single note guitar picking, Robert Smith's sort of moaning vocals. Moody. Definitely goth. Maybe, for me, a little too introspective, a little too hopeless, too backward looking. Nice job doing that, though! Again, bring me the serious heaviness with a bit less moping. The hookier tunes are the best on here. Sorry Robert Smith didn't like being popular, The Cure's popular stuff is better. "Pictures of You,' "Lovesong," "Lullaby," and "Fascination Street" raise all the other ships, not to say all the others would sink the album. Bit of a downer.

I’ve never been a big fan of The Cure but this album is nice musically. A little bit of a downer but still decent.

as a true Morrissey girl i can’t stand Smith’s whining, whimpering and howling. like for real. still the music sounds cool and strong (thank goodness for long interludes without Smith). BUT “lullaby” song is super cool altogether. 5/5

Singles like lovesong are pretty good but most of the album is gloomy filler with Robert Smith whining about turning 30. Don't get me wrong, it's not bad, but I can't listen to it with a straight face.

Solid album.

Would have been a four if the longer songs earned their length

Disintegration is another album which doesn't really go above and beyond but is still a pretty solid album. The album never really did anything that i wasn't expecting from an album like this but it still managed to do it well. The songs (especially towards the end) all had a very relaxing and hypnotic feel to them with many elements contributing to this feel which i quite like. The album however, is very samey which can cause it to get a little bit repetitive but the sound of the songs that generally was playing was still always good sounding so it wasn't something i was too angry about. This album is a decent one, I don't love it but i absolutely don't hate it either. Best Song: Last Dance Worst Song: Untitled

The music is not bad and the vocalist not entirely annoying, but his whine is occasionally reminiscent of RadioHead - rather irritating.

Visste inte att depression kunde göras vacker. Svårt att förklara vad som är bra samtidigt som allt låter bra. Outrot på sista låten ”Untitled” summerar känslan väl. Aldrig förstått varför det hatas på U2 men nu inser jag att de är en rumsren, radiovänlig version av The Cure.

Kinda meh, 2 is too low, 3 is too high. 2.75?

Everyone loves this so much that I feel bad not loving it. I strongly like much of it, though. Way better than the last Cure album I got. I wonder if I will come back and give this a higher rating after a few more listens.