Disintegration

Quite good to start with, but drags a lot with very long songs

Heard this album in Rs500 and I'm not going to do it again. It was fine, a little dull, with some really good parts. 3/5

Honestly I was excited to hear something I was familiar with but it was kind of a disappointment. I thought his voice sounded droopy and dragged along. Obviously they have talent and they were generally good but to me it wasn’t anything special.

Enjoyed the beginning of the album the most. I like the peak of the cure a lot but some of their stuff just gets too weird and dark

I recently started liking The Cure and other similar acts, but I found this overall a little dreary. Not sure if it was just this album or just too much in one sitting.

Cool album. The Cute seems to have influenced many of the emo/Lo-Fi bands of recent years.

Kyllähän tää sadepäivänä toimii mutta ehkei lempilevyni muuten. Ihan hyvää Curee! 3/5

Mahtava bändi ja klassikkolevy, mutta täytyy sanoa, että tykkään alkupään levyistä (Faith, Pornography) enemmän. Jotenkin varmisteleva fiilis tässä. Liekö sitten, kun tehty suosion huipulla.

Mukiinmenevän rento levy, 3/5.

pretty solid Brit alt sond

The music definitely has a melancholy beauty to it and great flow. Personally I found it a bit too long and similar song to song but can definitely see the appeal if this genre was my thing

This was about 30 minutes too long the same sounding songs. There wasn't enough variety in it to keep my interest. That said, it wasn't bad so I'll give it 3 stars

There are a couple of good ones here, but the album as a whole wasn't good enough to raise to 4 stars.... 3.5 rounded down.

Moody and broody

This generation of music I just don't connect with but it is a solid album and I can see why some like it.

5/10 introspective but lacking substance a bit

It was acceptable. I could see why someone would be nostalgic for this.

Disintegration is the eighth album by English rock band the Cure. In it, the band returned to their earlier established musical style of introspective gothic rock - after a few albums of pop hits - and that music on this album was more polished. Because of this change, this album is the band's best selling and it received a lot of critical and commercial praise. Although the theme of this album is somber and depressing, there are some upbeat songs that balance the album out. However, I believe the gloomy tunes are actually great because the band knew exactly how to make them sound amazing as well as poignant. This album was beauty in darkness, and I thoroughly enjoyed it!

Местами затянуто, местами наоборот очень хорошо. Не люблю эту вот старую манеру не давать песням завершение, а тянуть их в фейд, ну не работает это. Тем не менее, крепкие 7/10, которые тут превращаются в 3 звезды

Lovesong is a classic. Overall decent album.

Some great tracks, but dragged in some spots

It was a nice album to have on in the background but I couldn't pick out any standout songs.

Moodier than my toddler. Very atmospheric Lullaby and lovesong are great. I like what I've heard of the cure but hadn't heard most of this before. Thought I would like the album more than I did. Not angsty enough anymore!

Familiar songs, Slower tempo, heartfelt tone, similar sound throughout.

Fire

I thought the album was pretty enjoyable. I’ve heard love song before and it is probably the most popular and the most mainstream sounding of their songs. The rest of their songs are a playbook for the emo and goth bands of the 90s and 00s. It seemed that the cure was a bit more mild compared to later emo musicians but that made this album more palatable. 6.3/10

`Nice voice. Song structure a bit to slow for my taste.

Always loved The Cure. First time listening to this album front to back. There’s a few tracks that I’m familiar with and love (Pictures Of You, Lovesong) I let it play while cleaned up and played some Valheim and it was rather enjoyable.

There are some cool moments, but they are never fully realized. For the most part, everything is just sort of toned down.

this one didn’t land for me, not really sure why. giving it a 3 for technically good music, but wasnt my jam

Had this as a younger man - never really went into it in detail - preferred the weirdness of A Forest, but this is still pretty good and holds up well

Lots of instrumentals, sometimes too long intros. I did enjoy the vibe of the album. Favorite is Lovesong, I did like Pictures of You also, but it’s a long song. Skipped the last few songs, sounded like more of the same and too much instrumental for me without lyrics.

eh. not my thing.

Too depressing

Seeing an album by The Cure didn't thrill me. I was not expecting much. So, it surprised me how much I was drawn in by the first track. I thought that perhaps my pessimism was unwarranted here. As the listening continued, there were more enjoyable tracks. Hmmm...could it be that I am a fan of this album? At the point that I found myself at the end of each track exhaling and thinking "Oh, I hope that was the last track." I realized that I am not a fan, but there is a little bit of like here.

Seeing the Cure here made me groan. After last Christmas Eve’s “Pornography” album I didn’t really want to hear them again. *sigh* Let’s get this over with… The opening song was a very pleasant, shimmery surprise. That was followed by the also-shimmery and familiar “Pictures of You”. Oh yeah… there is some Cure I like. The first half of the album went by and I think I am liking it… oh yeah, I know “Lovesong” too! By the second half the album had become noticeably doomier. Still much better than the previous album, but I started to get bored with it. I’m still am not a Cure person but there are several songs on this album that seem to have room for me. Favorite songs: Plainsong, Pictures of You, Lovesong, Lullaby

I think I enjoyed the other Cure album that we've already had a bit more.

Hi :)

I used to be really into this on first few listens but it's kind of shrunk on me because of how long it is. Not that the length makes any of the payoff for each song worth the trek, but I also have to be in the mood for something like this. It's an album I have to give my attention to which isn't always convenient but you're here for the experience of Disintegration and I really respect that.

Great album

Ik ga dit jaar naar the Cure! Dit album vind ik gemiddeld.

Another day another long album. Like the other The Cure album I got, it's fine. Very bland middle of the road. Nothing exceptional except that's way too long. Seriously did the last 4 songs need to have a combined length of more than half an hour? Easily could have cut this album in half and gotten the same effect. 2.5/5

Couple of really good songs pulls this up to a 3 star as the rest of the album drags a bit

I don't really care for the guitar tone on the album. It's too... jangly. I kept expecting the tone to change up, and it never did. From wikipedia: "Smith deliberately sought to record an album that was depressing, as it was a reflection of the despondency he felt at the time." Well. That's going to make you excited to listen to it. The longer intros to some of the sings were pretty good, I thought. But the songs were all very... gloomy. I mean, that's the Cure as a whole, right? Anyway, it was ok, I guess. But I didn't fall in LOVE with it. I get the sense the Cure is one of those things you either love or are ambivalent to. I'm in the second. It didn't really move me, but the intros and the instrumental work were interesting, but the guitar tone was offsetting after a while.

I can just picture misunderstood teens everywhere playing this album while dyeing their hair, putting on mascara, changing their name, thinking if anyone cares if they live or die, dreaming about being somewhere far away, longing for a different time, etc. I mean, I know I like dark stuff but this is the epitome of depressing. And I'm not saying it's bad. But wow. It's actually quite grandiose, from the synth and gong-like and triangle-like orchestral sounds that open Plainsong all the way to the repeated haunting synth and percussions in Untitled. They poured everything they had into it. I was surprised to read it was their 8th album and thought how did it take that long for them to get there? And then I read Robert Smith was asking himself the same thing - almost like what am I doing with my life? So the intensity and intentionality of the whole production makes sense and the tone fits his/their own doom and gloom. Pictures of You and Lovesong are really beautiful pieces. And to be honest the lyrics throughout are really quite poetic and brilliant. So raw and emotional. I played the album repeatedly and I always seemed to get to The Same Deep Water as You and wonder "have I been listening that long? Have 9 songs gone past? I would've sworn I was only around Last Dance." And though I liked both songs I just mentioned, the album felt like one long cry of anguish. They perfected slit my wrists rock but at the end of the 80's feels less trail blazing than I would've thought. I do like the album and give it much respect but wonder if it's too one dimensional.

Bom.

C'est gothique, un classique mais un peu dark pour moi, ce n'Est pas vraiment mon style mais j'aime quand même. 3.5

Very melancholy. Very samey

Started off thinking 'this is really cool', but it's just too long (both the album as a whole and most of the individual songs, particularly when you get to the second half of the album). That said, I'll definitely be listening to a few of these songs again - Pictures Of You, Fascination Street, and the title track my favourites. 3/5, too long and samey for a 4 but it's just too good to be a two.

has the one good song but otherwise unremarkable

Ok, I'm still kinda wondering why two other Cure albums are taking up spots on this list (17 Seconds and Porn) but at least they can contrast with this, several years later and much better. The songs are sometimes still a little meandering and overlong, but the whole thing is certainly a vibe. There's now a point and it's *resonant* with ennui in the listener, not just *inspiring* some like those others. The production is much better, or at least less dated. Especially on the drums and vox. Lot of respect when a song makes me go get an instrument and pick it out to figure out what's going on, like the bass on Fascination Street.

Disintegration by The Cure (1989 - original vinyl LP release, i.e., omitting “Last Dance” and “Homesick”) I was not ready for The Cure. I don’t think I even had the disease. This album can be described as ‘gothic rock with a brain’. The sonic atmosphere is reverberating and full, with synthesized symphonic elements spread out over slow classic rock rhythms and textures. The lyrics give voice to the communal aspect of shared alienation, carving out a slice of feeling that is embraced between nihilists who are commiserating in a hostile and vain world, denying meaning yet yearning for it at the same time. “If you open your mouth, then I can't be responsible for quite what goes in or to care what comes out, so just pull on your hair, just pull on your pout and let's move to the beat like we know that it's over” (“Fascination Street”). And immediately following the hopelessly depressing track “Prayers for Rain” we get “The Same Deep Water as You”, with the singer concordantly embosoming the other in a joint embrace of death. To get a sense of the vocal quality of singer Robert Smith, listen to the closing track “Untitled”, a song of existential regret which exemplifies both the formal deficiencies and the searing authenticity. I mean, would you really want Luciano Pavarotti covering this song? But I do think Smith could have used some delicate backing vocals on several tracks. The suggestion has been made that this album should be listened to at night, in the dark, with headphones on. I would recommend this only for mature individuals with well-integrated psyches. And if you’re really really well-adjusted, do it with all the lights off while watching the Robert Eggers film The Lighthouse (2019) for the second time, with its sound turned off. 3/5

Not a bad album, some famous songs from Cure. Chill album

As I say in many reviews, I didn't hate it, I'm not mad at it, but I'm also not a superfan. I like the Cure, and in my opinion they're objectively better than Coldplay. How's that for a contradiction? But I would rather be listening to Boston or Radiohead. Lovesong is a wonderful song though. Fave track on the album hands down. Keeping this at 3 stars on the strength of the music even though it's not personally my jam.

Temas largos para pop tranquilo con buena voz

Struck me for how original it is and the songs are thoughtfully composed. I’ve always loved “Lullaby” and “Pictures of You.” To be honest though, some songs make me sleepy and I look forward to them ending.

ka fand das früher mal saugeil aber schiebt irgendwie nicht mehr so, viel zu lang, hab zwischendurch voll den fokus verloren

Goths. They're cool. I always admire them when I see them walking around in pleather on a hot summer day. They really want to fuck with us non-goths. I'm so happy when I see an old woman clutch her pearls walking past a goth. Or a golf grandpa muttering about "how pretty they could be" if they didn't "dye their hair the color of snot." The singer of this band is the King of the Goths, right. Musically, this is right up my alley. Melodic guitar lines with delay, synths, and some truly emo vocals. Love it. But There are other bands with those traits that at in the 4-5/5 range.

The Cure was never really my cup of tea - but I get it. They're good. I can appreciate the musicality, but it's just kinda boring to me. I actually lost my in the album and couldn't remember where I left of when searching through the tracks because they all just sound the same to me.

Belle découverte de chansons que je ne connaissais pas vraiment (Lullaby)

It's really good but you absolutely have to be in the right mood for it.

Nothing sounds quite like it, and I have a soft spot for both the lyrics and delivery, but the sheer extremity of the emo and sometimes muddy sound detract.

Meh

Liked this more than I thought I would. Already liked Lovesong, saved another couple of new tracks. The back end of the album drags though, maybe 10-15 minutes too long.

I don't have too much of a problem with Robert Smith's voice, although I thought I might. This is quite a nice listen but didn't particularly enthrall me.

Listening to this feels like falling into a lovely yet dark 80s marshmallow. New wave doesn't seem to be lining up as one of my favourite genres but I really like this album, particularly Closedown! It's a little bit too long for me and obviously the album is aiming for a gloomy vibe but in some parts it's not like I'm enjoying listening to this sad music but more like am I enjoying this or is this a bad mood I now need to shake off?

A little over long at 72 minutes. There is a 5 star album buried in there somewhere.

Have to be in a mood for this one

pretty chill

Cure was a 90s version of easy listening

Great late 80s music.

Some bangers and some clunkers. Not for me.

Good

didn't want to waste it by half arse listening on a saturday so saved it for a proper listen. weird feelings have occured, its enjoyable, but its too long. 45 minues of this would have been grand.

I like this a lot. Assumed I would know the big songs but I don't think I've heard this before at all.

okay

Tasapaksu kokonaisuus joka ei oikeastaan missään vaiheessa säväyttänyt vaikkakin kivutta kuunteli läpi.

3.5/5 I'll have to relisten!

Not exactly chirpy.

Etwas besser als erwartet; Wikipedia klassifiziert es als "Gothic Rock", Art Rock oder Alt Rock. Letzteres beschreibt es für mich am besten. Klang oft romantisch. Oft eher dudelig und arm an Dynamik. Viel Hall drin. Stärkste Songs: Last Dance; Fascination Street

Je sais avant même de noter cet album qu'il a probablement reçu les suffrages de l'auditeur générateurien. En effet, cet album est un album étant parfaitement dans les standards du hipster basique. On s'ennuie tout le long de l'album, mais c'est justement là que l'auditeur vient intervenir d'un ai rhautain, pour nous dire que nous n'avons pas compris la profondeur de la musique qui nous est proposée par The Cure. Moi, je ne suis pas de ces horribles personnages, et attribue donc un 3/5 faisant foi au vu de ma culture musicale que vous savez absolument dementielle.

Feels a bit darker than their other albums, but still with the classic Robert Smith and the Cure sound.

Sooooo, Robert Smith was depressed about being popular and turning 30 soon, and he wrote a dark and mysteriously depressing album … … the result is quite intriguing. His voice ever so slightly turns me off though. I now recognize that Chvrches’ How Not To Drown (featuring Robert Smith) is reminiscent of The Same Deep Water As You. TSDWAY is a 9+ minute foray into a mystical realm, as is much of this album. Normally I rail against songs this long, but in this case I think the length is not detrimental. The 9+ minutes just continues the mood, read despair. I feel like I should be watching the Labyrinth. Listening to this album feels like a parallel way into Sarah’s (Jennifer Connelly) mind while she’s solving the Labyrinth trying to rescue Toby (dude named Toby) from the Goblin King Gareth (Bowie). A lot of despair. A little hope. More anguish.

I can see the influence in other music I like.

Super atmospheric, and definitely in the 80’s goth style as I remember it. Not my style really as it is too plodding, but certainly if I was in the right mood it could fill in the spaces of a dark day….

Bit gloomy.

Such a good album. I haven't heard this one in a long time and some of the songs I've forgotten, so it's almost like hearing them for the first time. 3/5 maybe close to 4/5

meh

I wish I had more time to really digest this album before I had to write this review. I could see myself absolutely loving this album after listening to it a few more times. It's a lot to take in-- there's a lot going on instrumentally and lyrically in each of these long songs. But I'll give what thoughts I do have now. This album has moments of transcendent beauty and moments of crushing sadness. Those moments often overlap, like on the opening track "Plainsong." I don't know why, but this song sounds like it would roll during the end credits of the movie of humanity, like you'd hear it over a montage of cities being vaporized by nuclear warheads. It's stunning and magical, but filled with deep tragedy. The most crushing moment is certainly "The Same Deep Water As You", a nine-minute epic that begins with the sound of a thunderstorm. It's dense, heavy, and filled with despair. The lyrics deal with themes of lost love and drowning, and singer Robert Smith's voice sounds like it's squeezing to get past the lump in his throat. The sprawling title track is one of a few tracks that song like they're going to be more upbeat and happy until you hear the lyrics, and you're dragged back into despondence. "Oh I miss the kiss of treachery, the aching kiss before I feed, the stench of a love for a younger meat," Smith wails. During my incredibly busy day today filled with Political Inquiry midterm reviews, Fundamentals of Rhetoric essays, and an Astronomy quiz, this album didn't get the chance to make a profound impact on me beyond a cursory listen or two. But I can see myself sitting alone in my room at 2 in the morning one of these days and this album hitting incredibly hard. It's just a matter of time.

This was so totally different from the other The Cure album a few days back (Pornography). What a difference 7 years makes... Lots to enjoy here :-) Fav new track: Fascination Street

The chimes are explicit first, but brief. When they come back, they are varied: Sometimes overtones and sometimes ambient noise. On top of them - always on top, as the mixing is consistent even as the instrumentation morphs - come modified pop songs. The modifications are not all the same, but the best ones slow down the production to pain while Smith vocalizes normally and melodies swirl. This listen, the melodies are what drew my ear: The best ones are always a little buried, it's neat. There's a strange call to dance, which makes the album less abject than the surface suggests.

I like the Cure's songs and their music but I don't really like their vocals. Every time I listen to them, after a few songs I've usually had enough. I get why other people like them though. I have a lot of respect for their sound.

3.5

Classic 90s rock before the 90s had begun. Was expecting to really love it but ultimately ended in the good not great tier.

Слабовато, но неплохая мелодика.

This album is so relaxing, I just wanted to lie down and drift off to sleep listening to it

I find it hard to listen to Robert Smith for long periods of time - he's just too overwrought for me. Still, this was an undoubtedly excellent collection of music.

Not really our thing, but we can see how this could be mind-blowing if it hit you during the right angsty teenage part of your life. Kind of a downer!

Some cool hits on here, but a bit too long which makes me have to drop it down to 3. Still one of the better 80s albums.

Like many others said, this album is objectively good! It's just a little hard to get into as an adult. Definitely a little on the slow/depressing side which can be done well - and they do mostly, but not my favorite genre I suppose! I really think there might also be a generational gap on this one.

Not my favourite Cure album … a little bit all in the same place … Pictures of you my favourite track

Very 90’s dreamy electronic pop rock. Not bad, not amazing either. Got kinda bored with it

Unexpected modern sounds

Hmm. I think it wasn't necessarily for me, but I really liked some of the melodies that were being played. My main issue was with the vocal mixing being so at the back that I (hearing issues) rarely cared for what they were saying.

This is like a 3.5, not quite a 4

Jess likes em, Ian meh. Splitting the difference.

7/10. It has good bits but it's overlong and wears me down.

Hallucinogenic melodies - who hurt you?

Surprisingly did not hate

lovely and melancholy.

pretty good for chillaxing but not hype or replayable in any way

It was ok. Not my favorite

Good stuff here… enjoyed their talents

Bleak, sombre... the list of near synonyms could go on. Almost no change of pace throughout the album. Perfect for the right mood and/or setting.

This is a dark album and lightyears away from being formulaic. I didn't have a chance to really listen to the lyrics but the tone of the music says in no uncertain terms that if you're looking for uplifting you got off at the wrong stop. I'm guessing which songs were the singles based on the Spotify stats on number of listens. Unlike their earlier singles, none of these will inadvertently make you smile. That part of it sits well with me. I like hits as much as the next guy (more accurately, say, half as much as the next guy) but also appreciate talented musicians choosing to make music without regard for how well the singles will do. Remember that I'm the one who liked the Butthole Surfers.

Buen album

Classic Cure. Really enjoyed it.......3* or 4* ?

I prefer pop cure to goth cure

I like the Cure. I like this. Rides the middle ground between the two sides of the Band. Prefer it to the 'Pornography' album, also on this list. First half a 4, second half a 3.

Moody. Lush production and not as sparse as our last offering, Seventeen Seconds, which you'd expect since there was almost a decade in between them. The songs are more layered and the two keyboard players are a plus. The "hits" and title track are a bit more driving but the gloom never goes away.

I love the cure, but this album was just fine. Great melodies. I like the longer tracks allowing the band to just vibe and jam for a while. I miss the punchy drums and lyrics. Boys Don't Cry over Disintegration any day.

TLDR: This album is like watching golf for me. Kinda interesting, but will lull me to sleep. I liked this Cure album a lot more than Pornography but The Cure has this way of just lulling me to sleep. It’s slower, repetitive, and kinda ambient, and for whatever reason that just relaxes me and makes me want to sleep. I think there were some really good ideas on this album and I’m sure if I listened closer to the lyrics I’d be more invested in each song. Favorite Tracks: “Lovesong,” Fascination Street,” and “Prayers For Rain”

Having listened to now two albums by the cure, I think I can safely say that I’m not a huge fan

Pop/Rock gótico. Lento, sombrío.

OK

Not my thing.

A little bit too soft indie for me

Bit depressing, but very hypnotic

As I get older this genre has really grown on me. I still however do not love The Cure, there is something about the singers voice that just causes me to tune out. Great band however otherwise. This was not bad.

Iconic, but very slow paced at times

Why do I suddenly feel like my black nail polish collection is lacking?

dope musik för shüre

It's ok

Solid album with a distinct 80s vibe. The sound gets wandering/meandering toward the end of the album, which is not necessarily a bad thing.

Not quite my style but a few enjoyable tracks and solid production.

Fav Song: Lovesong

80’s rhythmic alt pop at its finest, this album has some absolute stunners. It was a joy to listen to and just bop along with

A bit warbling and not my cup of tea

Not heard this which is a surprise to me. I love the cure but i wouldn't put this a the top of my go to list

Low key electronic without being annoying. Easy background music while working.

Not really my sound. There were a hits that I enjoyed listening to again. I wouldn't mind having this on in the background but probably won't actively seek out the opportunity to listen to the album from start to finish.

Sad boy album. Listened to it in highschool and thought it was cool. Good sound still, but not too hot about it. Title song is the "popy-est". That one kinda misses it after a while too though.

Enjoyed: Lovesong Lullaby Fascination Street The Same Deep Water As You

Drive is a classic but this was a bit lackluster

This is the Sonic that made me stop listening to The Cure. Not a bad record, just something (the production maybe?) wears me out or something.

Introspektivt, gothisk, rock, svævende

A welcome relisten. Big sound like The Cult guitars, PS2-ass, 90’s tone.

Seems repetitive at times but there are some great tunes on here

1989. Key Songs: Lullaby, Lovesong, Pictures of You

Very ambient music.

I knew I would hate Kyle when he said this was the best album ever. 2/5

Музыка иногда более-менее, но плачущий голос крайне унылый

Not my thing

Listening to this album is like listening to The Cure do a parody of themselves. They're talented, songs are good, musicianship is good, production is good. At the end of the day I just can't shake that it sounds like a bunch of goth kids being sad about being sad.

Forgor

I did not care for this at all. Prayers for Rain might have been the best but it was a chore to listen through.

In general, to long intros. To static songs. But stil a nice uniqe fragile atmosfere.

Late 80s album with an early 80s sensibility. Is there another band who can give you an inspiring sense of lightness and hope and then in the next phrase even make you think of slitting your wrists? This album offers that on steriods. The swirling guitars, atmospheric backdrop to the angsty lyrics. Sometimes nice. A whole album bores me. This is a ‘thought i was a fan of, turns out i am a fannof the best of’ album for me.

Did not really enjoy the songs however there was a few good songs

Jæja... Ansi leiðinleg lög, nuff said.

Needed more distinction between tracks. Droned on. Objectively a good album but just not for me at all

Best Track - "Lullaby"

good but for me personally this genere reached it´s zenith with new orders "movement".

I didn't really connect with this one

Kinda had to speed run through this album but I got the overall vibe. Overall vibe is a bit unsettling and strange. Some of the lyrics are beautiful poetry though. My favorite song is probably Lovesong.

Really wanted this to blow me away but was kinda wishy washy. Mid

Bad, but not the worst I've heard. 90% instruments, 5% nonsensical mumbling, 5% actual lyrics.

a couple of nice singles that are classic and very neat guitar work the rest boring and repetitive

Ah, dunno if it's the overblown sound thing or just the singing but I do not get these guys 🤷🏻‍♂️

I only really liked one song on the album called Prayers for Rain. This one album was much more instrumental than I liked.

Not my sound

2.5

Moody, dark, but enjoyable album. It's gloomy and introspective without getting tiring or annoying or too inaccessible.

The first triumphal notes of Plainsong were perfect. We had done it, Shivkumar Sharma had been banished to the dusty tomes of history and it was a new day. However, even by the end of Plainsong, I had lost all interest in the plodding, unadorned chord progressions that are all over this album.

Kasari proge rokkia. Vähä outoa kasarifiilistelyä. Ei oo mun juttu. En tykkää laulajasta.

Didn't really like it.

Two timeless songs, good shoegaze overall

Boring

I can sort of understand why people like the cure. This album sounded well put together. But I’m just not a fan

1 hour 12 minutes really? So repetitive and long

First two tracks were okay 👍I appreciate the mood. Not a big fan of the vocals, I think the songs are actually better without them. This just was not for me and that's okay. I was very bored. This type of music seems popular with cool people, so I'm happy I got a peek into their world 🙂 Thanks 💗💗

Mmm no

slitsomt

So boring and dreary with flat vocals.

Não terminei achei meio bleh

Meh

The Cure…for insomnia.

La primera canción es horrible, son como 3 minutos de intro y despues cuando canta pusieron un efecto eco que no me gustó. Intros y canciones inecesariamente largas. La voz del cantante es hermosa y queda muy bien con los ritmos.

I really liked the vibe of eath and grownd. There is always the caratteristic guitar and the drums. The voice is very dramatic. But overall there wasnt a song I liked particulary. 2 stars

I'd never heard this album by The Cure before. It was ok, not my favorite.

Not terrible, but a little boring and some of the songs started to sound the same. Honestly, I didn't finish it.

Great band, but not really my type of music

The Cure is such a drag.

This isn't for me. I understand the talent and why people like it, with the atmospheric sounds and textures and meloncholy lullaby sounds, but I can't get into it.

⭐️⭐️

Lame and dreary. Bro should've laid off the drugs. Or at least swapped to stimulants.

not my gravy

-More of a rainy day type album to listen to, very goth rock, not exactly something i'd reach for or listen to often

Fine

Hit and miss, more bad than good

Despite being a Yorkshireman this is just too dark and miserable for me. Lullaby was a rare ray of light, and even that's relative. Maybe I'm just a fairweather Cure fan. Or maybe I should have been ripped to the tits on halucinogens when I gave it a spin. But either way this is just hard work. 2*.

Dreary

All their songs sound the same kinda.

Not my favorite Cure.

Just not my cup of tea..

It was okay 4/10 not my vibe but got one or two nice chill songs

Jebus tits. They really put the cholic in melancholic.

Very boring. How did the band who wrote Friday I'm in Love and Love Cats write this.

In one ear and out the other.

I don’t like it. Grew on me, but I don’t like it. 5.8/10

I do not understand the appeal or the praise this album has. It's melodramatic, trying way to hard to be soulful, and just did not interest me in the slightest. I knew there was going to be an album like this eventually where everyone gives it such high praise, but I just cannot find enjoyment in this album. 4/10 I must have been vaccinated because I don't need The Cure.

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didn’t like it

The only songs that are really good are Lovesong and Untitled. Otherwise it drags on terribly, it's long and they start singing after three minutes of melancholic playing of the strings

a boring listen even now. Nothing fun about the title and nothing fun in the album itself.

Like the Cure’s hits. But this was a slog. Could not complete.

Literally panic attack inducing. Not my moment. No thanks. The music is high quality ish tho so.

Ok - all the songs were so similar.

Not my taste. I want to like the Cure. But I can’t get into it.

I was excited to listen to this when I saw it ranked among the 100 best albums on Rolling Stone and Apple Music’s lists. The first song sounded like nothing I’d ever heard before; it was cinematic right from the start. At times, though, the instrumental breaks felt too long and not engaging enough to really hold my attention. I honestly think if I forced myself to sit with it more, I could possibly grow to like it, but right now, there isn’t much about the album that truly grabs me. That said, it has aged well as it doesn't sound like it was from the 80s. I'm conflicted on how to rate this album as I don't see myself going back to it, but it's not bad......

An album I've never understood the hype for honestly. Definitely sounds like the cure, and most of their albums sound pretty similar. Just not my style.

Not for me. I can respect the artistry but I just found it pretty dull and repetitive to be honest. Fascination Street was probably the best track for me but yeah, kind of zoned most of it out. (2.5 stars)

I listened to this on the plane, which normally enhances music because I have no other distractions and can really focus on enjoying it. And yet, 7 hours later and I cannot remember a damn thing about it except some very middling guitar and singing.

Lots of patience for a pop album. I’ve always like Pictures of You and know it has a long intro. I didn’t know that longer intros were their “thing”, or at least was for this album. I don’t love this album but appreciate it in its appropriate context. The mellow dramatic synth pop songs were popular at the time but from what I understand, The Clash were pioneers of that sound. I’m sure it would be much more relatable, had I been older and more aware of social and political issues of the time. While I hate to say it because sometimes a band’s sound is mistaken as “repetitive” or overdone. That being said, there is just way too much similarity from song to song.

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Wasn’t my favourite. Found it quite unexciting. Just not a huge fan of the sound.

I found this boring.

Pretty boring. The layers sound great but couldn't bear it past the first. tracks

Me gusta Love song y Lullaby, el resto no. Se nota que está bien elaborado, con tonos y texturas bonitas por momentos, pero no tiene suficiente ritmo ni melodías memorables.

It's sad and angsty. Just not my kind of sad and angsty. I can understand the appeal though.

Not really for me. I appreciate the influence The Cure has had on the music I like, the gothic pop rock vibes. But I think I like songs by The Cure better when they’re sung by someone else.

Genuinely wasn’t bad just I didn’t like it. Couldn’t find something that was wrong just didn’t fit my vibe. Also the lead sounds like he can’t floss.

Too slow for me honestly and it is more instrumental than singing. The songs are also sooooooo long😭 Its not bad at all but not for me

Good. But no for me

Wasn’t a fan when I was younger but can appreciate them now that I’m older. As with other bands I like the hits instead of the entire album.

Maybe not being fair with this rating because I didn’t make it all the way through. I was tired and it did help me fall asleep. 💤

Way to dramatic for my blood

Quite good. The textures and soundscape is strong. Doesn’t excite me sorry. 2.5

She's okay :( not bad but not my style

Harta de hombres e inglés. El álbum, independientemente, no me ha gustado demasiado, me cansaba.

Harta de hombres e inglés. El álbum, independientemente, me ha cansado, no me ha gustado demasiado.

Long and drawn out songs, would’ve enjoyed it a lot more if it was a shorter album

This album has pretty much all the cure songs that I like, but the album is twice as long as it needs to be. Songs are too long and they easily could have collapsed 8 of them into four with multiple parts. It's understandable how polarizing they are. 2.5 rounded down because the last track was too long, unnecessary, and then they didn't even bother to title it.

maybe this is really bad but I found it kind of eh I thought parts were really good but I think it's not my vibe or I wasn't in the right mood?

I like The Cure. Robert Smith seems like a decent guy - he comes across as witty and charming in interviews - sharp, to-the-point but humble with it. I don't know too much about the rest of the band, but they make an interesting sound, one that is instantly recognisable but often surprisingly varied and textured within the boundaries of what they do. Possibly more than any other band of their stature, they have remained relevant for the best part of 50 years without compromising their own singular vision one iota - beating a unique path through alternative music and the mainstream while showing scant consideration for trends or commercial concerns, in fact it is often impossible to pick out any obvious influence at all within their music at all. The Cure are a great band, and the world is much better for having them. The problem is, I don't really like many of their songs. Which is a bit of a sticking point. Don't get me wrong, they have done some fantastic songs, and I wouldn't dream of pegging them as merely a singles act, but Disintegration - seemingly one of their most fondly regarded LPs - doesn't really do it for me. A bit overlong, a bit meandering, a bit repetitive and (sorry) just a bit unexciting so far as I am concerned - there are Cure albums I certainly prefer over this. But, like I said, it's a great sound, just not enough great songs here for me to justify the sound.

Dette syntes jeg var svært kjedelig. Var forsiktig optimistisk i starten, men så ble sangene veldig like hverandre etter hvert 🤷

This is an objectively good album and i understand why people enjoy it. But it just wasn’t for me. I thought the instrumentals were very good, but I did not particularly like the singer. I would give this a 2.5 if it was an option. Prayers for Rain and the Same Deep Water As You were the best tracks on this album but i probably won’t find myself listening to this again

2.5

Peak wallflower energy

Honestly, pretty boring. There are a couple of good songs but after a while the singers voice really grates on my nerves.

if every song they made was like Lovesong they would a) just be The Mission* b) maybe I would like them but instead they were the band that taught me not every cool influential goth thing people talked about was good and sometimes waiting for a song to download on limewire ended in disappointment not adding to collection * this is my official petition to add Masque to this list instead of Disintegration. thank you.

Nah this is not it

Honestly found it a bit boring

i guess i dont like the cure

11/1001 First listen. Eleventh album in and it’s my second from The Cure. Is this a weekly thing around here? In spite of the high praise from critics, I’ve never heard a note of this before. So, same as my earlier review. There doesn’t seem to be anything here for me. Maybe if I spent more than a day on it. Nothing to hook me in though. Still, not a bad album.

A lot of musos like cure or the idea of the cure. Its whiny navel gazing twee ribaldry at its best. There is a lack of excitement even in the typing of this. If the cure is the answer then maybe disease is a fine option.

Very boring

Better than Bob Dylan I guess

A couple memorable songs (Irene's fault?), but I wanted to skip most of them halfway through

De type chiant.

Whiny 90s music. It can stay there.

Not very interesting.

plainsong 5 pictures of you 6 closedown 5 lovesong 7 last dance 5 lullaby 5 the rest 5

The hair is difffffferent. My heart wasn't fully in it today. Bit of a slack listen/review/attention span etc etc. This was a bit sad/slow for moi

meh

This was fine, but I feel sometimes these songs just drone on and on and could definitely be shorter. Overall this wasn't bad, but definitely wasn't great. Their vocalist is just not my style at all. The band isn't bad tho. Liked Songs: "Pictures of You" , "Closedown" , "Last Dance" , "Fascination Street" , "Homesick"

All the songs have the same feel and unfortunately this feel did not vibe with me

More emo pop jeeeesuuuus!

The Cure grow on me the more I listen to them, guessing a greatest hits album of them could reach four stars for me.

I want to like the cure, I really do.

The sound is dark and rich. I like this much more than the Smiths, but it suffers from the same problem — whiny, complaining lyrics sung in a holier-than-thou British accent. The vocals range between bad and really really bad (eg, the title track). Too bad — because the band has a really lush brooding dark sound. A 2.

Not for me. dark gothic ambient sounding music that didn’t hit home. Better than Seventeen seconds tho.

It's pretty melancholic, and I don't think I was in the mood for that today.

The Cure é uma banda que não me empolga. Tem seus bons momentos, mas a sonoridade, em geral, não acho nada demais, comum até. Este disco em particular me soa sombrio demais. Sobram teclados e guitarras etéreas, o que normalmente não me incomodaria, mas aqui sinto falta de "pulsação". Disco Regular para Mediano.

Very 80s, but not quite my thing, not as catchy

This is fine. It's not for me. Listened before? N Saved to library? N Favorite track(s): N/A My ratings are kind of based on general vibes and how many tracks I save to my Deezer profile -- ⭐⭐: Didn't like it, didn't hate it. Saved no tracks.

If it isn't Friday I'm in Love, then get it out of here.

Not actively painful to listen to, but just a plodding slog to get through.

Whatever breakup this guy went through, he needs to get over it. “Here’s a six minutes song about how sad I am, and here’s another!”

ugh. I don't like The Cure. There are a bunch of other musicians I do like who have done covers of songs by The Cure. Invariably, I find the cover to be so much better than the original. A bunch of those songs which have been covered by other artists are on this album in particular.

Yes there are some good songs, but the album could've been better.

Like any child of the 90s, Lovesong is super nostalgic and I love it. But the rest of the album is so dull by comparison. So many overly drawn-out intros.

Meh so boring

This wasn't for me. Too moody - 2

Mouais

I was 26 when this came out. The few songs that registered, like “Pictures of You”, never made me seek out more by The Cure. Too low-key, repetitive and bland. I’m sure I know people my age who loved this album.

If you're an angsty teenager or 20-something going through a phase, I bet this album hits like crack. If you have more mainstream tastes, this probably doesn't mean much. The sound mixing was good, and I liked a couple songs, but listening to this entire album was a bit of a slog. I can appreciate it for what it is, but to a guy like me it's just average. 2.5/5

All the songs sound the same, and he sounds like he's just short of breaking into a crying fit on every song. I know it's proto-goth and all, but... I couldn't get into it.

Pomalo naporno za slušati u cijelosti. Ima mi nekih dobrih dijelova, ali ovo bubnjevi bodu uši. Imaju oni i boljih albuma. 2/5, 3/10.

Lush instrumentation but a bit sandy same for me and doesn’t do a lot (I’ve never really gotten into the cure). Dig some of the guitar work on “pictures of you” but nothing something I’d rush to go back to.

Ahh the 80's, kinda.The soundtrack to my younger years. I didn't understand the pull of The Cure then, and I don't now. There are a few good songs on here, sadly all of the rest sounds alike. I like to think of this sound as proto-emo. It's all slightly whiny and if you're not in the head space for it....Well it falls flat. I listened to it again and it's just not there. I see all the 5 star reviews and wonder if it's a nostalgia thing and I just missed that boat when I was younger....

Remarkable... Remarkably boring. This album did basically nothing for me. Maybe 2 is a bit harsh. IDK It just didn't do anything for me

i like the cure but this album didn't do it for me

I didn’t have the time or energy to truly focus on this one, and the album didn’t have the strength to pull me out of my hectic state of mind. The sound doesn’t appeal to me either, it feels like it’s trying too hard to be something it’s not. So this time, no more stars than that.

Goth pop has never been my go to, I do love me some Sisters of Mercy, Fields of the Nephilim or Joy Division on occasion. I find this somehow too resigned, disinterested even in their own doings and that ruins the interesting dreamy vibes for me. The album sounds great, whoever recorded and engineered this did a fine job or adding space between instruments. The soundstage is wide and airy. It's just that the music is... weak. Lethargic. Whatever it is, it is not to my taste.

I love The Cure but the album was mostly filler

Two Cure albums in four days is too much.

This wasn't bad, but I actually enjoyed the other Cure album, Seventeen Seconds, a little more. First few songs were decent then it kind of sounded all the same. Not terrible, just not very interesting.

more cure :/

It was a lot slower than I thought I would be