Disintegration

My wife adores the Cure, we had a blast singing along with our daughter today. Fantastic suggestion.

Atmospheric and cool, don't know why I've never heard any of The Cure's music before now. 4.75*

The album has high points in Lovesong and Fascination Street but the tracks fail to differentiate themselves or justify their longer than average runtimes. I can imagine that if you are really into this sound, it's fantastic but for my personal taste it's too much of the same.

8/10 Had never listened to the cures full album. Will relisten to this great album

An epic achievement. My favorite Cure album with my favorite song of theirs, "Pictures of You."

5.0 DISINTEGRATION IS THE BEST ALBUM EVERRRR. Literally perfection and it's barely even in my top 3 cure albums. Fave songs: Disintegration, Lullaby, Plainsong

It's well made, but it's all a little dreary, isn't it? And the back part of the album drags on far too long...four songs in half an hour? Give me a break! That said, the singles here are great, and remembered fondly for a reason. I know this album is beloved, but though I like it, I don't know if I consider a 5-star album the way many others do.

This is what happens when a working band decides to be deep. That's not really something you can choose to do. The album disappoints in very predictable ways.

I’ve never listened to the Cure (before this). My impression is based on their reputation as providing “introspective gothic rock” for this kids who dressed all in black and moaned about hating life. I watched their induction ceremony to the rock and roll hall of fame, which pretty much reinforced that. So let’s actually listen to an album and see what we think: The sound is pretty lush, a “big room” feel. Lots of synth. The pacing is generally sluggish, the vocals are sort of strained, a tormented soul calling out. Modern English meets Dumptruck. Wikipedia called the band’s sound “dark and tormented”, and I guess that fits. But this album isn’t that harsh, and it rather works. Not the kind of thing that’ll end up in my collection, but I can certainly respect it. The hit Lovesong is pretty good, pulls the elements together nicely. A bit faster, a bit less mopey, the keyboards are brighter, and an accessible 3:29. A nice change from most of the album’s 5-9 minute songs. Now this mix could be really irritating, but like many releases in the early days of CDs, it is excessively long, clocking over 70 minutes. Overall, I’ll give this a 3/5, I’d go 3.5 if I could.

They have some amazing songs across their catalogue, but this is the cure's album masterpiece: 70 minutes of lush heartbreaking miserable bliss to wallow in. The washy sort of out of focus synth/guitar textures wash over you in waves and waves of warm beautiful atmospheric gloom. The drum and bass parts draw you further in creating a trance to lose yourself in. But when you're cascading and adrift, the lead guitar comes in, the sweet in the bittersweet brew: jangly and clear but drenched in reverb and delay and phaser, it picks out instantly memorable bright melodic lines that float gloriously above the trance and cut through the gloom, pointing up towards something light and ephemeral (Picture of You, Plainsong). Or it finds a swirling path through a minor key deeper into the bleak darkness (Last Dance, Disintegration). After a few heavy tracks in a row they mix up with a pure pop banger like Lovesong or the groove of Lullaby. Fascination Street brings it all together, a hard-driving pop-industrial beat/riff, a miasma of syths and guitars, and an anthemic belted out vocals. Robert Smith isn't gifted with huge virtuouso range or power, but uses his fragile voice to perfect effect, pushing beyond its capacity into a vulnerable wavering tone that perfectly suits the lyric's mix of pained anger, lovelorn infatuation, and nervous hope.

Lo escuché mientras trabajaba, por lo cual casi que no le presté atención. De todas maneras, debo destacar dos cualidades: (i) fue lo suficientemente atrapante y armonioso como para que me concentre durante la duración del disco entero; (ii) las veces que me daba cuenta que estaba escuchando música, disfruté mucho la música. También es el primer disco que voy a calificar, así que no tengo un parámetro certero. Le daré una calificación moderada.

A perfect album, one of my favorites of all time. In a lot of ways, this is Robert Smith’s Abbey Road. It combines a lot of the elements that made him a unique and captivating artist that was spread out for over 10 years and put it into one album.

too depressed to listen again

Classic Cure

Interesting album. At times felt I was listening to two different albums. Checked Spotify to make sure I was still listening to the same album

Great album from a top band

Awesome

Tbh not my fave cure album, but still so great

I mean goddamn… I had listened to this album before and thought it was really good, but listening again I realize just how truly epic this thing is. Such an amazing sonic experience. It’s like darkness & pop & melodrama & and searing heights of emotion & cool musical textures.

This is really really awesome. What i appreciate most about the cure is how they arent afraid of any sound and fully embrace the spectrum of rock and that shows here. They created entire soundscapes with this album. Def my favorite of theirs so far.

A bloody brilliant piece of legenday musicianship.

👍

Picture it: Ontario, 1993. There's an angry little goth girl laying on her bed overcome with emotion because her boyfriend cheated on her. She looks at her walls - covered in creepy art, dead flowers, and ripped up fishnet stockings. She puts on the album Disintegration by The Cure, then turns her gaze to her tinfoil and tinsel covered ceiling with reflections of red lights she's pointed at it. She lays there listening. Over and over. Disintegration becomes the lullaby that mends her broken heart.

gloomy, yearning gothic rock entirely made by its deliciously realized atmosphere and robert smith’s desperate crooning. loved every second of it.

Every song (except Lovesong) makes me want to turn it off and listen to one of the earlier Cure albums. I love the Cure. But this album has always sounded like a collection of songs that weren't quite good enough to make the cut for Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, so Robert tried to overcompensate by making the production cleaner and richer. It does sound beautiful. And Lovesong is gorgeous. And that's about it for me.

I'm haven't really given the Cure's discography a thorough examination, so I'm speaking from limited experience, but this feels like Peak Cure to me. I'll be revisiting this soon.

My favorite & most often visited Cure album. I love this album so much, every NYE for the last three years, I time Plainsong to play at the stroke of midnight. It's atmospheric, ethereal, melodic, gloomy, and lush. This album also plays well on a rainy or cold day. Gorgeous listen. I love you, Robert Smith.

This is one of my more favorite albums I've listened to in this project. I honestly can't imagine playing this album for anyone and them hating it. It somehow manages to appeal to all ages and genres, or at least that's how it seems to me. I do have to admit though, I keep getting Stranger Things flashbacks. I think the late 80s synth is really amping up those visuals for me.

I wasn't expecting this album to be full of so much atmospheric instrumental sections. Not bad though although it gets a little tiresome towards the end. 3/5

BORING

When it's good it's very good, but the highs are relatively few and far between

This is The Cure at their atmospheric best. Plainsong is hauntingly beautiful.

Pretty good emotional gothic rock.

As a GenX'er I was excited when Plainsong kicked things off with that BIG quintessential 80s synth wall of sound, but that was the highlight. Not a horrible album, maybe as background listening. But sitting to listen intentionally I found myself feeling bored and impatient. Robert Smith is awesome. I just shouldn't be looking at my watch waiting for him to sing again while I listen to another 32 bars of layered synths that go nowhere.

Can tell there's some deep personal lore around this album that I am ignorant towards, would need much more time with it

I got this album in the few days before starting the group so hopefully I can rescore this. I gave it a 3, which is wrong this is a 4. The lush instrumentals are gorgeous, even if the lyrics are depressing as hell. Fav tracks: - Pictures of You - Prayers for Rain - The Same Deep Water as You - Disintegration

So, so lovely.

Wow, my first artist repeat, 30 days in! I just got \"Seventeen Seconds\" last week, excited to continue filling in a musical blind-spot with this album, perhaps the Cure's most beloved/critically acclaimed work. I certainly have seen this album cover a lot. First song that I immediately recognize is \"Lovesong\" -- one of my mom's favorites. Have to keep this review kind of short, but I really enjoyed this album, with all of its moodiness, still very fun to listen to somehow. I can see myself returning to this one for sure.

Like im stuck in a swamp

This is really, really good work. It’s not to synth heavy, not too guitar heavy. The synths and guitars complement each other, it’s as if the sounds blend together as one. The depth of the sound stage is remarkable and is incredibly balanced. The long instrumental intros are simply amazing - they hook you and draw you into the layers of sound, and when the vocals come on board, that depth of sound still remains and carries you through the song. Pictures of You and Lovesong are the familiar tunes here, but the other tracks are solid. Plainsong, Disintegration, and Homesick are also standout songs. I did not dislike any of the tracks. The overall mood of the album is suitably dark, but hopeful at the same time. It’s not a melancholy drag, but evokes a determination to persevere and grow.

Beautiful album. I was never a The Cure fan growing up, and only knew a few of their big hits. This is the second album from them I’ve gotten and I have loved both. They have such a unique and melodic sound, moving and moody, and I just love it. I guess it speaks to my inner goth.

Nice shoegaze..overstayed it's welcome maybe in terms of album length Definitely merit to doing this as an album, there is a clear personality and distinction between different tracks on the album

Meh

Pictures of you är ett mästerverk. Om än lite lång. De andra låtarna är inte mästerverk. Musiken är inte tillräckligt bra i sig själv vilket gör att låtar utan sång och jättelånga intron drar ner.

Först och främst, har aldrig gillat the cure. Ett problem är Smiths röst. Och det "släpande" soundet. Det är liksom sävlig musik. Händer inte så mycket. En syntvägg som vaggar en till sömns. Första låten är bara ljud. Som en relaxskiva som spelas när man får massage (överdrivet förstås, men åt det hållet). Orkar inte kommentera resten. Hatar inte skivan. Men det är verkligen inte min kopp te. Har försökt lyssna på the cure förut utan framgång.

Mästerligt jävla bra rakt igenom.

Per me uno degli album più belli e sicuramente più importanti. Mi accompagna da sempre. Non invecchia e non stanca mai

Lovesong!

Just okay. Wasn’t my kind of music way back and just realized it still isn’t. However I didn’t hate it so I can’t really give it one star.

Fucking masterpiece.

great

Fantastic album, every song is worth repeating till you hate it

Hard to be unbiased on this one. Pretty sure every girl I ever dated got a mixed tape with "Lovesong" on it... This was my first real exposure to the Cure. A few songs real stretch the limits of my attention span, 9+ minutes can either feel repetitive or overly jammy. The overarching haunting sound ties all the songs together, making it easy to listen from start to finish.

The Cure is great, and this is obviously one of their best albums. Musically and lyrically they’re at their best here. My favorite tracks are “Pictures of You,” “Lovesong,” “Fascination Street,” “Homesick,” and “Untitled.” My biggest gripe with this album is the length of some of the songs, but overall it’s solid.

Das war doch mal eine schöne Woche auf dieser Seite. Alles nicht meine absolute Topmusik, dafür hatte ich aber endlich das Gefühl, dass diese Woche Alben kamen, die man mal gehört haben sollte. Bei den Stone Roses, dem Album Darklands und the Cure gab es aus meiner Sicht insgesamt einen Vibe, der grob in eine gleiche Richtung ging. Etwas mystisch, düster und handwerklich tiptop. Nicht nur, um Moritz glücklich zu machen, möchte ich noch ergänzen, dass Desintegration sich aus meiner Sicht nochmal positiv abgehoben hat. Das Meiste kannte ich schon, hat Spaß gemacht, das komplette Werk mal am Stück zu hören. Ich bekomme es zeitlich aktuell leider nicht hin, mich komplett auf die Musik zu fokussieren und achte dementsprechend sehr wenig auf die Texte, was auch ein grundsätzliches Problem bei meinem Musikkonsum ist, wenn es nicht Marsimoto oder K.I.Z sind. Lullaby und Lovesong sind wahrscheinlich meine liebsten Songs. Vermutlich werde ich mich demnächst mit the Cure mal genauer beschäftigen. Ich bin heute mal sehr mutig und gebe ehrfürchtige 4 Punkte. Bitte hau mich nicht, dass es keine 5 geworden sind, Moritz..

- Spoiler: Meiner Meinung nach eines der größten Alben aller Zeiten!! - Ich kenne kein Album, das so klingt wie "Disintegration". Nichtmal innerhalb der Diskografie von The Cure gibt es wirklich Vergleichbares. - Dieses Album steht wie kaum ein Anderes für Dark-Wave und auch für Gothic (auch wenn The Cure Genreschubladen immer gehasst haben). Die Post-Punk Einflüsse aus der Anfangszeit der Band bleiben noch teilweise erhalten. - Dieser unfassbar atmosphärisch und klanglich so dichte Soundteppich. Diese Melancholie. Die Tiefe. Die Düsternis. Der Schmerz von Robert Smith. Und trotzdem oftmals groovy und melodisch. - Robert Smith hat das Album im Alter von 29 Jahren quasi im Alleingang geschrieben, inspiriert von dem was man heute als wahrscheinlich als Quarterlife Crisis bezeichnen würde und allem was damit an Ängsten und teils auch an düsteren Gedanken einhergeht. Und immer getrieben von dem Willen, ein großes Album, ein Meisterwerk vor seinem 30. Geburtstag abzuliefern. Danach würde man in die Irrelevanz abdriften. Nachteil an dem Plan: Das Album schreit "commerical suicide" - etliche über 2 minütige Intros, viele atmosphärische Instrumentalparts und sogar ein Song in dem Robert Smith albtraumhaft schildert, wie er vom "Spinnenmann" gefressen wird. Das ausgerechnet dieser Song nämlich "Lullaby" einer der größten Hits in der Karriere der Band werden sollte, spricht Bände. Das gesamte Album wird zum größten Erfolg der Bandgeschichte - sowohl kommerziell, als auch aus Sicht der Kritiker und der einschlägigen Fachpresse. - Diese zu seiner Zeit beispiellos fette Produktion kann heute produktionstechnisch noch vieles in die Tasche stecken. - Lyrisch ist Robert Smith on Point: Wenn man manchmal denkt, er rutsche in die cheesyness ab, ist meistens noch irgendein Dark-Twist da, so wie bei „Pictures Of You“ wo man nach einer gewissen Zeit merkt, dass es sich weniger um Liebe dreht, als um Obsession - Jeder Song lässt mich abschweifen und in andere Welten eintauchen. - Der bekannteste Song des Albums und der Einzige bei dem man vorher Hitpotenzial hätte vermuten können ist sicherlich "Lovesong". Smith hat den Track für seine Jugendliebe Mary Poole geschrieben, mit der er inzwischen seit fast 40 Jahren verheiratet ist. Ich sags wie es ist: Wer sich für diesen Song nicht erwärmen kann, muss herzlos sein... - Mein "Geheimtipp": Das düster-treibende "Fascination Street". Richtiges Brett. - Man merkt an der Ausführlichkeit dieses Reviews: Ich liebe "Disintegration" einfach in jeglicher Hinsicht. Und ich könnte sicherlich noch viel länger über die einzelnen Songs philosophieren oder noch eine Liebeserklärung an Robert Smith abgeben. Aber ich erspars euch. Rating: 5/5

- Ich habe das Album zwei mal durchgehört, weil ich beim ersten Mal das Gefühl hatte, der Platte von meiner Aufmerksamkeit her nicht gerecht geworden zu sein. Und das zweite mal (und bewusster) Durchhören hat dazu geführt, dass es mir wesentlich besser gefallen hat, auch wenn es mich jetzt im Gesamteindruck nicht restlos begeistern konnte. - Fast schon hypnotisch schwimmt man durch die einzelnen Songs, mit teilweise tollen atmosphärischen Melodien und fesselnden Patterns. - Leider wirken manche Samples, Riffs oder Midis auf mich etwas "draufgesetzt" und haben mich häufiger rausgerissen, weshalb ich nicht wirklich so richtig eintauchen konnte. - Leider fehlte mir in der Gesangsfarbe und Gesangs-Melodie zwischen den Tracks etwas Abwechslung (Abwechslung, die die Tracks an sich durchaus hatten). Ich hatte aber am Ende das Gefühl, dass Robert Smith in einem Duktus über alle Songs hinweggesungen hatte (etwas überspitzt formuliert, aber you get what i mean) - Allem in allem vibey Album, toll arrangiert, zu keinem Zeitpunkt langweilig, aber hat mich auch zu keinem Zeitpunkt richtig geflashed. 3,25

Ein entspanntes, tolles Album. Man muss sich wirklich ein wenig Zeit nehmen und zwischendurch einfach mal nur lauschen. Ich hatte zwischenzeitlich das Gefühl in Trance zu sein, bzw. habe mich beim Programmieren und dem gleichzeitigen Hören des Albums richtig gut im Flow befunden. Gerade einer der weniger gehören Songs (nur 9 Millionen Wiedergaben - those are rookie numbers) "The Same Deep Water As You" hat mir irgendwie besonders gut gefallen. Rating: 4 / 5 ⭐

I really liked this album from The Cure! My only exposure to the band was their top songs, especially "Pictures of You". The album was very gothic with alternative, dreamy rock. I highly recommend this album and will definitely keep in my collection for a relisten! Favorite Song(s): "Pictures of You", "Fascination Street", "Lovesong", "Closedown", "Prayers for Rain"

This was a major high school album for me.

Interesting...pretty dark tone. It doesn't sound bad but it's not exactly my type of music

Not for me

Love it. Will re-listen. If I came across the cure as a team I would have lay on the floor listening to it.Prayers for rain fav song

One of the best!

A few amazing songs and absolute vibes! Great album.

Have listened to this before once or twice. I don’t know how to describe it but it’s so tonally rich and all-encompassing. The whole album has such a cohesive vibe of darkness, haunting emotion and overall eeriness but also beauty and delicateness. A stunning album.

Decent album

Lots of build up in songs. Songs I'll take from the album: Pictures of You is gorgeous. Fascination Street upbeat and fun. Prayers for Rain. Untitled. 3.5/5

Very good

Some amazing tracks, some so so

Barely got through listening to the album and wouldn’t bother ever trying again. “The culmination of all the musical direction…” led to a very narrow course. Every song sounds exactly the same. Boring. Robert Smith’s droning voice does the songs no favors either

I like it.

Great album.

Wer hört sowas...?

i really like how floaty and spacey this feels. I'm so glad this was the next album, it feels like a cleanse after yesterday's album being as bad as it was.

Ok! I get it! The slow build-up, adding layers, one instrument at a time, it builds tension and atmosphere. It works, but it gets so repetitive. Songs like Prayers For Rain and (especially) Lullaby work. But there are a lot of forgettable tracks.

Top Song: Fascination Street Buy Vinyl?: No Songs Added To Playlist: 2 Notes: Every song is at least a 6/10, but they all sound a little similar and kinda boring in my opinion.

No era lo que esperaba... los singles eran canciones de mi gusto, pero las demas eran muy oscuras.

01/07/2024

Dreamy dark synths, a bit repetitive. Favorite song pictures of hbyou

CLASSIC

I enjoyed this album.

love that :-)

Absolute classic. Love this record. Plainsong into pictures if you makes me feel like im flying. A seminal album that helped me expand my horizons and songwriting. Lovesong is so kick ass. Dark and smoky but it is at its core a song about love and you can feel how real that emotion is throughout that song and the record as a whole. Theres no one else like them. Unreal mixing on this record. Theres so many layers yet nothing sounds buried or overpowering.

Great

love this album i even got the shirt

Loved it!

Very nice - I love it!

"Disintegration is the eighth studio album..." the scary thing is that there are 7 more of these

The massive 44-track deluxe edition of Disintegration by The Cure was a great first album to suggest for #1001albums. Formed in 1976, The Cure is a killer British band known for their genre-defying blend of post-punk, gothic rock, and new wave elements. They've significantly influenced the alternative rock scene and popular culture with their distinctive aesthetic and emotive themes. Their innovative style, coupled with their commercial success, notably with the album 'Disintegration', has inspired countless bands and artists. Their music deals with feelings of alienation, longing, and introspection, provides solace and understanding, and solidifying The Cure's enduring resonance with listeners.

Not for me.

Over-rated and boring

I enjoyed listening to the album, Disintegration by The Cure. I gave it 3 stars, but only because it's not exactly my taste in music.

Love this album but its not new to me....

Holy synths. Lots of wind chimes. Cool space-y vibes. Love all the long instrumental intros that build and add layers as it progresses.

Singer needs to sound less… distressed? Some songs sounded like they influenced Modest Mouse but were slow and repetitive. Kinda boring and same-y sounding through the album. I can see why some people would like it but not for me. Prayers For Rain sounds cool.

Classic late 80s synth-pop. Like plainsong (big orchestration) and Proayers For Rain. Think I probably hear Love Song a million times in the late 80s' early 90s

Got lucky and am starting off with one of my all time favorites. Perfectly lush and moody. Gave it a few listens as I read through the first volume of Neil Gaiman's Sandman and it set the mood perfectly.

Amazing vibes and good writing

Enjoying the guitar/wall of sound of opening tracks. Overall a 3*. Highlights: pictures of you, lovesong (a classic)

Slow but good

Meh..

Super Album! It remembers me my youth!

My quest to fall in love with The Cure remains ongoing. Perhaps it’s just a stylistic thing, but I’ve yet to feel this deep emotional connection to Robert Smith’s voice or guitar playing. His songwriting is a different story; “Last Dance” and “Untitled” are phenomenal pieces of writing in particular, though his lyrics are strong across the board. And there are still certainly a handful of highlights in my book; “Lullaby” is far and away my favorite track here, and kicks off an excellent three-song run with “Fascination Street” and “Prayers for Rain”. I also see why “Pictures of You” is celebrated - the relationship between its lyrics and melody is pretty fantastic - but I can never get all the way there with it due to Smith’s weak-sounding single-string guitar approach. It honestly bugs me quite a bit, as it does on “Plainsong”, which is further tanked for me by the bothersome echo and lackluster synth sounds. Which I’m sure is an infuriating sentence to read, assuming you’re part of the vast majority that thinks this album is a sonic triumph, but after multiple listens, I simply don’t hear it that way. “Closedown”, “The Same Deep Water as You”, and “Last Dance”, despite their strong compositional core, don’t amount to songs I care to listen to very much. The highlights are enough to get it to 3.5 in my book, and I’m still hoping I’ll have an a-ha moment with it eventually, but I’m not there yet. 3.5/5

I have always liked The Cure and this album is no different. (A Forest has been one of my favourite songs my entire life). I enjoyed this album with a couple of familiar tracks. Listens: 2 Fave Track: Lovesong Rating: 4

One of my favorite albums of all time. Top 10 that I return to often. One of the works I can play in my minds imagination. I wonder how many times I listened to this music?

4.7

One of the best albums on this list so far. Definitely better than "Pornography", even though it's pretty good itself. Two of my favourite songs are included here: "Homesick" and "Disintegration". I first heard them as covers, recorded by Rosetta and Converge, respectively. Originals have some special charm though, as the whole record. Bit of a wall of sound, atmospheric feeling, sadness, long, stretched melodies, everything I like. Just a great album.

cool

Track 1: I like the atmosphere of the song and the intro I wish the vocals were mixed better. Track 2:I liked this song a lot. Track 3: good bass and drums. Track 4: pretty good getting the sound of the album. Track 5: catchy at the end. Track 6: like the bass and strings in this. Track 7: I like the synth and bass right in the beginning. Track 8: I like the vibe of this Track 9: okay but my favorite but like the storm. Track 10: it was okay kinda long Track 11: this song was alright too Track 12: okay ender Overall: 8.5/10 really good and solid album would listen to it again.

One of their best. Love the drum sound (esp. on Closedown) and the swirling guitars (esp. on Fascination Street). Love Song, Lullaby, Pictures of You are all great. Last Dance, Homesick, and Untitled could be lobbed off to tighten it up. When CDs first came out - the max length was 72 minutes. This album is 72 minutes…so they basically added two scraps as bonus tracks and made the album worse.

Doesn't quite live up to the early promise. A band I prefer in small doses.

This is a good one. We can see the ‘skater’ in it, but it’s more stoner than skater. Pictures Of You will always be a fav.

One of my all time favorites. Smith in his best…nothing to say more about this outstanding album

Nicht mein Fall

More poppy than I’d anticipated!

Very British and kind of boring.

Pretty could. I’ve heard people say how good this album is but never given it a listen. Could see myself listening to some of the songs in the future but others I’d get bored of quickly.

An indulgently long record that ray-gunned my misconception of The Cure as well-made novelty pop: this is submarine chamber music, chilly in mood, obscure in intent, but irresistible with its thick layers of synth, bass and guitar distortion, R Smith’s vocals reaching up from under. During my formative years much scorn was directed at The Cure and any man who dabbled with eyeliner, Cobain aside, and I drank it in. My unease admitting to this prejudice has been softened by my wife’s reaction on seeing a photo of The Cure on the hotel TV screen, on which I finished this playthrough: “Oh what nice make-up you’re wearing. Are you 15? Oh no, my mistake, you’re 60. Hahaha. Get a grip!” She was born a year or so before this came out. O goths, one day a generation will come that will love you.

I have never heard this in full before, despite knowing the highlights from their Mixed Up versions. I was really into The Cure at a young age (before this!) and the late '80s/early 90's stuff passed me by. Sounds fantastic as a whole, would probably have been into it in a big way at the time if I was paying attention!

Schöne Klassiker!

Boring melodies. Whining annoying vocals. As expected from The Cure.

Disntegration came out the month I graduated - I spent that summer prior to going to college with my brother in Belmont Shore in Long Beach, CA. I had been previously familiar with their Head in the Door Album and their dark, but pop-oriented sound. My favorite station that summer was KROQ and of course they played plenty of the Cure and so much of the New Wave I was so into and loved it. At that time I didn't pick up the album and this is the first time I've given it a full listen. This does have a much darker feel in comparison to Head in the Door and Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me. Many of the songs have moody instrumentals at the beginning before the lyrics come in and creates a wistful atmosphere. Lullaby and Fascination Street remain my hands down favorites, but I have new favorites in Prayers for Rain and Homesick. I suspect this will get better over time for me.

I quite like the heavy production - it's certainly a far harsher sound than I was expecting from this genre, though something about it fails to land with me. All the tracks blend together and the crooning vocals keep this from being something I'd want to come back to.

A very well made album. Not every song is a winner and it starts to feel bit samey towards the end, but I will definitely be returning to a good amount of these tracks.

Good album has a pretty distinct vibe about it. Of course Lovesong is great, but I really liked Lullaby and Fascination Song.

Not my favorite

Listened to this while playing Lost Ruins of Arnak solo. I won. I definitely recognized a couple of these songs. It was a great album for an overcast day and it reminded me of what I imagine it was like to be a teenager in the 80s...though I wasn't a teen til the mid 90s. I was into it for a while...but the album kind of keeps going. A 3.5, but I'm rounding down to 3 stars because I'm feeling stingy.

Music was great, took a while to get into the vocals (controversial I know)

I found this long and gloomy the first time i bought it but i just keep coming back. A classic.

Makes me want to fall asleep, but in a good way.

Top tier album, although maybe not the Cure's best. Still love it end to end though. 5/5

I LOVE LOVESONG!!! The rest of the album meh

Good but not the stone cold classic some would have you believe.

The Cure is halt einfach gut

Really sets a mood. Not mad at it.

The album has a very full, heavy sound that fits The Cure perfectly. But it drags too long.

Fun but long.

Love song is an instantly recognizable classic that I had forgotten about. Thanks 1001albumsgenerator.com

Disco de calidad de The Cure. Grupo molón y disco molón.

This The Cure album is better than the first one I reviewed (Seventeen Seconds). It seems more polished or something. I mean it's still goth rock, so it's gloomy as fuck, but this is definately better. My only complaint about this album is the God damn songs are too long. They average like 7 minutes in length. There is like a 2 minute intro, a 2 minute outro, and like 3 minutes of actual substance.... They could have easily shaved like 15-20 minutes off of the album runtime if they had just got on with it. Favourite songs: Lovesong, Pictures of You, Prayers for Rain Least favourite songs: Last Dance 3/5

dour lyrics with infectious and prominent bass lines. top to bottom an 80’s goth rock masterpiece. highlights: “pictures of you”, “lovesong”, “fascination street”.

The first half was great. The second half was good with the exception of 2 songs I didn't really like. But all in all, really good album.

Good stuff

Never expected to like this. Loved everything. It’s now on repeat.

Wasnt that impressed the first time I heard it, or with the first couple of songs. But after a few listened I like disintegration and the long songs with extended instrumental parts.

super beautiful and dreamy stuff, puzzling rythms are worked in so well, feels like layers upon layers but it's really magical reverb

Im sure it is good, but it just feels like an hour long moaning session. I'm not getting anything else out of it.

Ahhh this takes me right back to being a teenage goth, I bloody love all of their 80s era albums and this is arguably their best one. "Lullaby" was one of my favourite songs growing up and I still love it now.

Lovely smooth sound. None of the songs reallyy captured me.

brooding new wave pastel Brit rock with Morrissey-style vocals. Overstays its welcome with some long tracks towards the end, but Lovesong is a legendary song

So-so.

Music probably would be better knowing more about context, but without that it's merely fine.

Gothic sadboy goodness

A gorgeous gothic dreamscape of sound and emotion. A defining moment for the Cure, but also a defining album for the genre.

Interesting long track album. Definitely deep gothic kinda techno rock. A classic of the 80's rock ballad sound as a precursor to the acid/punk rock of the 90's.

Classic the cure

Naja

It's nice, good moody music, with some great hits.. I think emo music from this phase is just really long and drawn out.

För långa låtar och för navelskådande. Helt rätt helt enkelt.

😢😭😩😫😢😭😢😫Way too much of this. Not for me and I’ve heard better covers of their Lovesong. Round up.

Very dreamy and I really liked the instrumental beginning to the songs.

Still in my top 15 albums after all these years.

Best Song: Lovesong. It emos the hardest. Worst Song: Homesick. Homeboy was feeling himself a little too much on this one. Hella melodramatic. Overall: None of it's bad, but it really all blurs together into this singular emo pastiche, to the point where it felt like I was barely recognizing where one song ended and another song began. A good album for getting into your feelings I guess.

Ethereal soundscapes interspersed between the bigger hits. It’s sooo good! I didn’t want to say it but thought the last third or so got a little same-y but I reckon I just need more listens

So slow it look me so long to get through and I never got into it

Great cohesive album.

sublime…this album was the soundtrack to losing a glove and the journey it toom to try to find it. i didn’t find it but i did end up finding a new pair of even better gloves. this album is kinda like that. fantastic instrumentation, lyrics, overall vibe is soothing for a sad boy. too long of course but it might he justified. there’s only like one or two true bangers here but not a bad song.

I need this vinyl.

Enjoyable, but honestly a fair bit too long.

Another classic. One of my favorite albums from the 80s, and favorite from The Cure.

Goeie shit

I’ve never been a huge fan of this one. I feel like there are much better Cure albums.

maybe i need to listen to this a couple more times to really appreciate it, but i don't think i get it. i enjoyed the instrumental tracks, but most of the songs got lost in the background. i liked lovesong, of course, but i don't know this is an album that i would go back to.

Easily the best album of the 80s.

no

Move over Morrissey, Smith - the Master Depressant - is in the house. Yet whilst The Moz may put a wry smile on your face with his downbeat lyricism The Cure have mastered the euphoric cathartic uplifting elegance of the downbeat on a whole new plane. There is not a second of filler on this wonderful, wonderful record. Play it loud, wallow in your self pity and come away in the happy knowledge you are not alone. Just wonderful from Plainsong to finish.

A classic. I'm obviously biased because this is the music I grew up with and nostalgia is always worth an extra star or two, but this album has stayed the test of time

Man, few things take me back to 1989 than this album. The emotion, the melancholy, the synths.

I never particularly liked the Cure. Vocals too off-putting. Went through each song and came up with the same answer from 40 years ago - I don't particularly like the cure. A 2 because one track was listenable.

Honestly really pretty and simple. Nice words and a few classics.

First song of the album (Plainsong) really matched my mood when I put it on. I was walking home from walk, it's just after sunset but it hasn't become pitch black yet. The air is crisp and the ground wet, grey clouds fill up the sky and I'm tired but not in a bad mood. This first song, then subsequently the album, helped turn my tiredness into a pleasantly relaxed calmness. A good way to end the workday. One of my favourites of the album was Lullaby.

This album is an absolute masterpiece, and in my opinion the high point of The Cure's discography by far. The production is fantastic, wonderfully blending warm bass tones with icy synths and melancholy guitars. The sound throughout gives a really accurate representation of how depression can weirdly feel comfortable and warm at times, but also isolating. A feeling I don't often see depicted in media. Lyricly, Robert Smith touches on a lot of similar themes, particularly the growth and catharsis that comes after letting go and coming to terms with loss. However the real genius of this album is that you don't even have to have experienced these things yourself to relate to the songs, because they are so well written and performed.

expected more, it was ok without ever really making my ears prick up

Void submerged me in a good way.

Good, but long. TBH not all that memorable. Likely won't be listening again.

This album seems to be in the same vein as depeche mode. Ethereal, but not quite as dark. The album is a bit too long and too slow for me, with no stand out tracks. Best track was their untitled track I guess

Love this album. It’s moody, dark, catchy and it’s still fresh.

I have an idea for when this will truly resonate. It isn't right now. But I'm excited for that moment!

No ihan jees

<3

Great album!

Every time I listen to this album is a good time. Each individual track is great in its own right but as a album it’s even better than the sum of its parts.

First album that I haven't previously heard. Very nice atmospheric gothrock. Nice to space out to and I can see myself listening to this when I want to chill out sometime. Good listen.

I like the cure but this was a touch too whiny for my liking

vampire whisper music

Fucking banger. The only weak song is the big single Love song.

All in its feelings and I’m here for it. Classic.

Good album, not my fav but it stays in the playlist

Great album, super atmospheric. Fav track: lullaby

Didn't know The Cure got so proggy! Had really only listened to the hits comp and this showcases much more versatility while retaining some hooky hits. Not a brain-breaker but really enjoyed! Fave track: Prayers for Rain

Loved this listen - had to put it on a few times in a row to get my head around it. Lots of depth and capture of a particular sound that seems top of its style. Heartbreaking lyricism and vocals from Smith - this one will happily land in my rotation. Four and a half. Fave track: Prayers For Rain

found it a bit uninteresting to my ears. not really my sound

right down my alley

Rock, alternative. La chitarra accompagna l'ascoltatore in questo splendido viaggio dove ogni melodia sembra comunicare qualcosa e creare un profondo senso di sollievo. In questa splendida armonia, l'unico elemento leggermente ripetitivo sono le voci.

This was an interesting and diverse album. The tracks alternated between instrumentals, pop rock/new wave, and a gloomy, or perhaps psychedelic, dark rock. This album birthed such hits, such as "Pictures of You" and "Lovesong," transcended time

This album has been a serious grower for me. The first couple times I heard it I already really enjoyed it, it's just my kind of music, but it was mostly just for the singles like Lovesong and Pictures Of You. Over time, the rest of the album, especially the lengthier songs in the second half, have really grown on me. Hard to think of many quicker ways to have 70 minutes fly by you than listening to this. The mood of it, the production, just the overall atmosphere of this is a perfect example of why the album format will never be beaten. It all just fits together so well.

This kind of blew me away, I loved it. I don’t really know what I thought this would be, but it was awesome. Most of the songs have really long instrumental intros that just build the sound and anticipation. Early on you get a little taste of the 80s new wave sound, but they manage to do it in a way that captures the best of the style. The synthesizer doesn’t dominate but effectively complements the rest of the instruments, and Smith’s voice is just awesome and doesn’t fall into the over-exaggeration trap that a lot of music from the era does. This has just such a strong top few songs. Plainsong kicks it off with a bang, first with subtle chimes and then it just hits. And then Pictures of You is awesome to follow. Lovesong is a bit poppy and has great energy. And then after a bit it turns a bit more dark and gothy (for lack of a better word) and it just totally works. It’s a long album (72 minutes) and many of the songs are on the longer side from the intros. But it’s great start to finish. A band that managed to pull together a full album of songs that are interesting and unique and it’s all cohesive. This is the reason I love this 1001 albums experience, I hit play again as soon as it finished. Favorite song: Pictures Of You Other: Plainsong, Closedown, Lovesong, Lullaby, Fascination Street, The Same Deep Water As You, Disintegration, Homesick, Untitled

Some of it is great, the rest is good. I don't have the patience for all of the songs. Favorite song: lullaby

Nice sound, couple tracks of notable quality.

MID AF BOI

This one was phenomenal. Love the poppy-emotional sound.

Opening song is killer. Pretty great album. Lots of fun listening to it.

A lot more DMB-esque jams than I expected.

Anyone who disagrees with listening to music in its Album format clearly hasn’t listened to this album.

Perfect listening for Halloween makes me think of late 80s films

Vunderba

Disintegration by the Cure is a gothic rock masterpiece that explores the themes of depression, betrayal, and love. The album captures the dark and gloomy mood of Robert Smith, the lead singer and songwriter. The music is haunting and hypnotic, with layers of guitars, keyboards, and drums creating a rich and complex sound. The vocals are emotional and expressive, conveying the pain and despair of the lyrics. I have listened to some of the Cure's previous albums, but I never really understood their appeal until I heard Disintegration. This album blew me away with its depth and intensity. It made me feel things that I had never felt before. It made me want to revisit their other albums and appreciate them in a new light. Disintegration is not just an album, it's an experience. It's a journey into the dark side of the human soul. It's a masterpiece that deserves five stars.

I liked it

I love this album. Easily The Cure's best album, maybe the best Goth album of all time. Definitely in the top ten best albums of the 80's. The layers of thick, textured synth; the chiming, delayed guitars; and a lot of the tracks actually rock. It's a cohesive total work while having incredible individual tracks throughout.

Lovely

I absolutely love the depressive, ethereal mood of this, and the complementary textures of synth and guitar. The sound is quite spacious and organic feeling, and yet the mood is oppressively downbeat. It's a strong album, with nice attention to detail whichever instrument you focus on. I like Smith's voice quite a lot, and it's instantly recognisable and evocative. The album feels too long for me at 72 mins, and there's definitely some fat/repetition that could have been shaved off to make this perfect. 4*

今まで聴いたことなかった。途中まで聴いて、ふむふむ。 やはり好みでは無い…もちろん、カッコ良いと思うサウンドではあるが、声がなぁ…

Really like

Very cool

First off, cover art is great. I enjoy a few songs off Three Imaginary Boys. Of course there's 10 years between them so I did go in expecting a gloomy, hypnotic mood-show rather than anything resembling a hits record. But this didn't do IT for me on my first listen. At no point did I go "oh man!" It felt like a load of gothic dullness. Will listen again, loud, to really hear the lyrics and try to feel it. Plainsong just started and I get it. I dig Lullaby. I like Prayers for Rain. 2 stars from me. Good.

Not my thinking but actually interesting

Extremely solid record. Has a dark, almost psychedelic feel to it. Even the more pop-oriented tracks are strong. One thing that I've found out through listening to the albums on this list is that I really like The Cure.

I don't loke the cure. But it's pre emo music that left a clear influence on emo bands

I think Seventeen Seconds is a better album by The Cure. This one got too much pop influences but it sways to impeccable goth rock at times. But this one almost made me feel like I should stop being a conformist, start reading more Edgar Allan Poe and pick up smoking as a hobby.

I always love listening to this album. The songs all flow together in a way that it might as well be trackless. Imbued with deep melancholy, sometimes I find that it can be distracting in the best way; almost like a form of meditation. Not something to throw on during a party, but when you are feeling down and out this album is always there for you.

8/10, great album, reflective music if I’m a bit down

classic

First two songs were really cool. I like the way they opened with no vocals for a long period of time, and the music was really interesting. But the next couple of songs were almost unlistenable for me lol I could not stand his voice for whatever reason but as it kept going, I enjoyed the later half of the album more. Likely not some thing I’ll go back to, but it was fine I guess.

A lush, beautiful album that immerses you in quiet grief. Really nicely done.

I feel like you really have to be in the mood for dark, lovesick music to fully appreciate this album. If you're in that mood, this is the pinnacle of that style. If not, it might seem too long or self-indulgent. I'm giving it a 5 because of how much I can see this appealing to me in a worse mood. Disintegration is my favorite of the 3 Cure albums I've had on this list so far.

It was a good album but didn’t have any I wanted to save to my library! Would give it a 2.5 if that were a rating.

Sad boy special, right here. Perfect.

Ok

Classic. Dreamy, dark, moody catchy. *Heard before

I had never really listened to The Cure before this album and I have to say I'm a bigger fan than I thought I would be. The album starts slow with a very plain song opening. Maybe that opening elevated the other songs or maybe it was better without including it. This album only has a few weaker songs and that could be due to my preferences, not because they are objectively weak songs. This album stands as one of the most consistent albums from a quality standpoint that I've heard in a while.

интересно, но паттерны слишком легко просчитываются под конец

It was okay but it didnt really hit me

plainsong. big, flowy, echo. interesting choice for an intro. pictures of you. the cure seems to love chorus/flanger pedals. and really long intros. background/elevator music. closedown. 2 minutes in, song starts. jesus christ. lovesong. a song that actually sounds like a song. a very overrated one at that. last dance. bleh. lullaby. well i do want to fall asleep. fascination street. these are 2-3 minute songs with 2 minutes of fluff intros. what the hell. im already bored with the song before the lyrics start. prayers for the rain. cool melody at least the same deep water as you. intro was only 90 seconds this time. same dramatic montage shitty movie sound. disintegration. 1:45 intro. homesick. at least this one sounds like a proper intro, piano/guitar accompaniment, actually musical instead of ambient noise. nice harmony, drums come in with main riff only about a minute in. best intro so far, albeit still to long. strings come in 90 seconds in, then synth at 1:45. kind of ridiculous, now its absurdly long. lyrics start after 3 minutes. fuck this lol. untitled.

Perfect soundtrack for when you get dumped. Closedown was pretty dope on the synths Not entirily my thing but good stuff.

Yas to more pretentious sad girl music. I do love The Cure, so excited to dive into this album. My first thoughts are that it feels very scenic and more like background chill vibes, which I still really enjoy. All songs have a super long intro, which I feel like I can get annoyed by. Both album and songs seem longer than they need to be? The album starts strong for me and trails off by the end, feeling like songs were similar to the last. Didn't love: Last Dance, Close Down, Prayers for Rain Loved: Plainsong - good for high vibes Pictures of you Lovesong - slaps Lullaby - most diff on the album, really enjoyed though Disintegration Untitled

1.5

For me, this is a perfect album. It’s atmospheric, full of regret and nostalgia. The melodies are infectious, the drum beat works seamlessly across the album. This is exactly the kind of album I’d pull out for a rainy day with no expectations.

Fun fact: there was a brief period of time in which I called The Cure my favorite band despite knowing less than a dozen songs by them. As much as I loathe that principle, I find there's something endearing about its innocence. Album #9. As much as I admire what's going on here, I tend to prefer The Cure in tight pop mode, which I think is fair given that mode has produced some of the best singles of all time. Still, this has impeccable (impeccable!) atmosphere for days, even if the languid song structure can feel repetitive. Most of these tracks taken in isolation are perfectly devastating; put them together and I start to feel lost. Still, this is more than just an early influence, it's a fully-formed work on its own, and I'm glad to have finally heard it.

GOATED. 10/10 🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾 The best Cure album. No skips. No misses. Just heat all the way through. A timeless classic.

Noise with rhythm, that's the single most basic definition of music I've heard. And this was really close to hitting that definition on the head. I see no good concept here. The music is dull. Maybe this was really just meant to be enjoyed while high? Whatever the case, it was a big miss from me. I'll be perfectly happy if I never hear this album again.

I like that there's a consistent mood on this. It's just that, for me, that mood is quite oppressive for most of the album. A lot of it is quite lo-fi, and there's not many stand-out songs that particularly grab me.

good as hell tbh

Started ok. Faded badly

Great pop music. Very atmospheric. Better than expected.

YEAHHHHH: I LOVE THE CURE. It is a cardinal sin that this is one of the only Cure albums I haven't listened to but I have to say it's one of the best. The eerie gothic rock is cooked to perfection. Leaves that lingering feeling in your soul, bittersweet full of depth and character. I could listen to this album again and again and honestly it will never grow dry.

Getting depressed has never gone down this smooth. Self indulgent. The only break from depressing is melancholy and apathy. Dark. Also devastatingly beautiful. Polished until it shimmers and gleams. The cure did make better pop music but this is their best music.

Classic! South Park said it best…you rule Robert Smith. Disintegration is the greatest album of all time!

I was surprised how much I enjoyed this album. I liked the synth in it and how it just had this grove. Some of the vocals I could have gone with out but overall I’ll have to check more of the cure out.

I like this album more than I thought I would. While it’s a pretty sad sounding album, there’s a lot of pretty musical moments. The vocals weren’t bad, but often the weaker parts of the album for me. I’ll likely return to this. 4/5

Not really my taste but I could not find anything really "wrong" with it

Love song is an all-time great song just couple other good songs on this album, but a few dragging points

Never been a The Cure fan but this is an amazing record.

Not for me, but I can see why others like it.

Very introspective, seems like the root of a lot of things that came after

You hear the first song and its unique genre, but then all the other songs follow the same genre of digital synths and drums. Aside from the singles, this is usually the case. Kind of boring if you ask me… Especially if some songs are as long as 8-9 minutes, it doesn’t usually work unless to have something different enough to show for it. Overall, it’s too repetitive and structured for me to enjoy this properly… On the flip side, it’s as if Lou Reed did New Wave.

atmospheric

Not really my cup of tea but it wasn't painful to listen to. Not bad background music.

Every middle school dance, ever

Some of the songs end up feeling like they're dark or heavy for the sake of being dark. They're still played well enough and fit the theme of the album. There are a few fun poppy-happy tunes on the album that sound nice i.e. Lovesong and Fascination Street. Where I think the album shined most for my taste were in songs like Last Dance and The Same Deep Water. These songs were ones where I felt Smith's voiced had some of its more raw and genuine emotion in it. Combined with the great instrumentals throughout most of the tracks this album is realistically a 3.5 for me, but I'll give it a 3 instead of a 4.

My toddler wanted to know the name of multiple songs and he danced through the whole thing, but he had a meltdown through 2 songs for unrelated reasons. 4/5

Goth Rock Album fait après dépression de Robert Smith, voulant sortir du cliché pop. The Cure était déjà à la mode depuis une décennie, réussir à marquer une génération, à créer des identités et changer de style tout en continuant à remplir ces rôles : perfection.

Beautiful album all the way through

When I was growing up The Cure were always in my periferie, but never front and center. That had to do with a lot of people that revered this band. They tried to get me to listen, because it apparently was music that was fully up my alley, aka 'beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.' And I don't know what happened but it never clicked. And the people who loved this band turned musically into very closed-off people. With only 1 genre and nothing else. So The Cure has been synonymous to these people, that genre. The 1001 album challenge has now served me 3 Cure albums and I can truly say how wrong I've been. All three have brought richly layered beautiful melodies, incredible lyrics and a brooding dark atmosphere. I now, in my 40's, can acknowledge that The Cure has made some of the best albums I've ever listened to.

Lots of "the hits" on this album. One or two I'd not heard. Plainsong was a surprising opener for the album. Much better than I expected it to be based on its name.

Good sound, but a bit long for me.

I'm familiar with this one. Good stuff.

Really strong album that, surprisingly perhaps, has aged very well - a lot here even beyond the hits. (Though the music video for Lullaby used to give me nightmares as a kid).

Belleza, y que sea largo lo hace más lindo todavía.

3 october

Schönes, melancholisch aber nicht deprimierendes Album, typisch Cure.

7/10, very experimental, but i do like other albums from them more. Lovesong is one of my favorite songs.

cold, and dark, and ominous. And with some bangers. But thats it, for me at least

One of several peaks in The Cure's long history as a band. There is always something in their discography for me whatever the mood or time I find myself in. Disintegration is among my favorites. Although I will say I was initially suspicious of it at the time it came out since I had moved on to other genres of music. I eventually bought a used copy of the CD and am grateful that I did.

Pictures of you ...

Sad

Definitely a mood. Just not really my mood most the time. Pretty dece tho

Always loved this album was very grunge for the time

Didn’t get around to listening to it

Really liked this one. Feels like the precursor to the indie bands Plainsong, Pictures of you, Love Song

I have tried listening to this album many times and I think it’s just not for me. It’s not bad but I don’t see how it is one of the best albums of all time.

Lullaby song MUST have been the inspo for Charlie’s spider song on Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia, surely. This is pretty good I don’t actively seek out The Cure beyond the obvious hits (Friday I’m In Love, Boys Don’t Cry) but I found some bangers in here for sure. Don’t love how LONG most of the songs are but whatever!

Not really my thing

Spacey. Moody. Alright.

I am ashamed to admit I never listened to a Cure album before. This was really good and something I will definitely come back to again.

This is a wonderful album! Comprised of elements that could easily devolve into noise, the artists instead carefully craft them into something smooth and flowing. It's an audible dichotomy of hopefulness and sadness. Of nostalgia and heartbreak. Any time I listen to this, my brain is usually enveloped by the music and doesn't even fully recognize the lyrics, but they are beautifully crafted as well. Reading them without musical accompaniment, they flow naturally as spoken word poetry—something that many artists fail to accomplish. I wavered between giving this a 4 or a 5, because this isn't an album I'll just put on willy-nilly—I have to be in the right mood. But, when the mood is right, it always hits the spot. It's like commiserating with an empathetic friend about time lost, hopes unrealized, and then reminding each other that even if the present and the future aren't be what you used to expect, it's just how life is. Sometimes sitting back to recognize and accept that fact is what you need, not any false promises or new hopes that may later be dashed along the side of the street, too.

I liked this one more than I thought I would. As someone who owns a shit ton of emo/pop-punk, I was familiar with The Cure as a big influence on a bunch of my favorite bands, but I'd only heard a few of their original songs before (I've heard a bunch of covers). This still sounded very much like an album from the 80s, but it was also pretty good.

This record has been a constant in my life and I will not imagine it otherwise.

🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

4.5/5