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Late 80s pop goth goodness
Great record from tip to tail.
already heard it some times before, amazing album
The songs on this are so absurdly long but they sound good so I guess it’s okay.
Day 255 Highlights Pictures of You Fascination Street
The Cure's best hands down. It has the stark and moody atmosphere of their first few albums but with the songwriting finesse of their more pop-centric releases that immediately preceded this. Robert Smith reportedly wanted to make a classic album before the age of 30, and as the deadline neared he got to work and succeeded spectacularly. Between the more concise and accessible moments like "Lovesong" or "Lullaby" and the extended Gothic mood pieces like "The Same Deep Water as You" or the title track, the band delivers a perfect mix of everything that makes them great. Key tracks: Plainsong Pictures of You Closedown Lovesong Lullaby Disintegration
why yes x
I love the vibe that brings in every song, i feel it with everything, time, weather, places, or even clothes, so, it's a good album for a band that I never listen before.
Great bar makeout songs
A couple solid songs, the rest were middling.
Love dolly, but not my thing
Nothing to say that hasn't been said. Undeniable masterpiece from a classic band.
4/5
Not just five albums ago I was tasked with reviewing The Cure. I had one word to summarize how I felt: meh. It was a slow, monotonous slog through the not even a 3/4 of an hour, so seeing this clock in at 75 minutes, I was filled with dread. But this album is different. Yea some of the songs are drawn out (I'm down for a 9-minute song but "The Same Deep Water as You" is so utterly repetitive and boring), but there's variety here throughout. It's still not my cup of tea, but I can give credit where credit is due: there are some great songs here.
Fantastisches Album.
Liked a few songs, very nice and easy to listen to 🙏🙏
I quite like several singles off but the experience of the whole album is Not Quite For Me
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
Really enjoyable if songs too long.
This is a very musically sound album, the chords flow wonderfully and the lyrics fit the ambience. This seems like a very relatable album. These instrumentals are amazing especially on closedown. The Hits in Lullaby and the strings I feel help emphasize its meaning. The Same Deep Water might actually be a masterpiece tbh. 9.7/10
I don't know what to say that hasn't already been said. The 1st 30 seconds are life changing 10/5 I'm seeing them in Belfast in June🔥
Disintegration har egentligen bara en betydande skönhetsfläck, det är den överdrivet storslagna produktionen. Många av de här låtarna låter bättre i liveversioner när de får en råare omgiving. Typexemplet är "Fascination street" som âr jättebra redan här men som live är helt fantastisk. Jag kan ha mina invändningar mot Smiths överdrivet metaforiska texter också, jämför t.ex. hur han lyckats skala ner det på senaste albumet som i övrigt har en hel del likheter med Disintegration. Sagorocken på "Lullaby" är det tydligaste exemplet där det blir lite väl. Men nog med skönhetsfläckar, Disintegration är jättebra på det stora hela. Stämningen och tyngden i stort sett rakt igenom imponerar. Den är lång men det gör inte ett skvatt. Andra halvan från nämnda "Fascination street" och hem är magnifik, med titelspåret som höjdpunkt med sin stelopererade rytm och sin tillsynes simpla pianoslinga, Smith sång som blir allt desperatare ju längre låten fortgår. Det som sticker ut annars är hur "Lovesong" bryter av förtjänstfullt och släpper in lite lätthet med en helt annan produktion dessutom, popig och hyfsat tajt. Den fyller sin plats väl. Disintegration når inte riktigt upp till Cures fempoängstriologi från det tidiga 80talet. Men det är bra nära
Disintegration är en helt egen ljudvärld. Det finns inget liknande. Stort, ödsligt, vackert. Men också en hel del värme. I de dystopiska stämningarna finns många snygga melodier. Inte minst i de vandrande ekande gitarrslingorna, som blivit Cures signum, men på ingen annan skiva låter lika distinkta som här. Jag kan aldrig tröttna på att lyssna på Picures of You. Det enda felet är att den är för kort. Fascination street och titelspåret är andra sexpoängare. Kraftfulla maniska låtar som bara maler på, i positiv bemärkelse, och gärna hade fått pågå hur länge som helst. Prayers for rain, otroligt snygga gitarrer. Och den majestätiskt överdådiga inledningen med Plainsong förstås. Det enda som faller ur ramen lite är Lovesong och Lullaby, som jag hade klarat mig utan.
Disintegration är kanske inte världens bästa album, men ett starkt album är det. Detta med betoning på album. Det är en dystopisk stämning som byggs upp, trots att texterna inte alltid är nattsvarta. I fina Lovesong finns ju ett hopp, även om det är något trasigt som kärleken behöver laga. Något motsägelsefullt i albumsnacket står ju sig singlarna från plattan fint. Inte minst nämnda Lovesong och Lullaby. Liksom alltför ofta går det att ifrågasätta skivans längd. Här är jag tudelad. Å ena sidan kan det bli lite väl tungt med 70 minuter mörker, å andra sidan behöver spåren sin uppbyggnad och sitt malande. (Läser nu att de last dance och homesick inte ingick i originalutgåvan). Landar i en relativt stark fyra.
Det är något med ljudbilden, den typiska cure-gitarren och Robert Smiths röst som tilltalar mig. Egentligen är det för långt, både albumet och enskilda låtar. Men helt klart en fin skiva.
Solid
Late comer to the Cure but this is a top notch album
A truly genuine masterpiece. A band at their absolute creative peak making their most important and influential record. I wouldn't even need to listen to this to give it a 5 but as I come towards the end of the list, is this my last 5*? Pictures of You is an epic, lullaby, lovesong, amazing singles But for me its the title track. Outstanding Its just such a beautiful album. The guitar work is some of the best guitar work of the decade, its never showy its just all about melody. The relationship between the piano and guitars seems so locked in at all times and everything is layered perfectly
Oui oui sympa mais pas trop mon truc en ce moment no offense
some of the vocals and lyrics are eye roll worthy, but overall this is an impressive album. i will be retuning to this one
Great record, highly recommend. But it's not for every occasion and works best at night
I like it , it's calm, kind of ambient, with some interesting bass lines. I liked Disintegration song best this time.
Surprisingly cool!
Doesn't do anything for me. Isn't bad.
Favorite Track: Fascination Street
Que pedazo de banda y este álbum lo mejor de lo mejor. Claro que para tener en vinilo
Objectively good, but in the context of 1001 other albums less good.
Esoteric, brings out all the feels. What you'd expect of a Cure album!
Immediately love the guitar and vocal layering. Wasn't expecting the electronicish groovy beats and I really liked those.
3.9/5
I'd never heard this album by The Cure before. It was ok, not my favorite.
i adore the cure but this is not my favorite album by them so i can't give it a 5
i loved it. the musicality in this is stunning. definitely saving this one
Las introducciones de las canciones es mejor q la canción en sí misma
This is an artist firing on all cylinders. Every note fits together like a puzzle piece, creating something beautiful.
One word - atmosphere. It's the main selling point mf the album and is completely inimitable. It's just absolute perfection the way the guitars feel so crushing but at the same time ethereal. You get lost in this deep melancholy and never want to escape. Multiple songs on here are so crushing emotionally that they almost bring tears to my eyes. All of the other elements are also absolutely excellent - the basslines, the vocals, the lyrics. Everything comes together with a power of a thousand storms breaking at once. This record feels like standing outside in the middle of a rainy night, but being too depressed to go anywhere. And that's why I love it so much.
# Album Name: Disintegration # Artist: The Cure # Rating: 5/5 # Comments: Great album. Dark, dense but oddly satisfying. Some great singles on this album. # Top Tunes: Plain song / pictures of you / last dance / pictures of you / # Would I listen to it again? Yes
people are gonna be really upset when i give this a 3... Fav Song: Prayers for Rain Least Fav: Closedown
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
A classic.
I am a huge The Cure fan and this is my favourite album. So no brainer 5 stars and yes I want to listen to it before I die.
Theatraal
"Lovesong" will always be one of my favorite songs. That said, I like the 311 version better. So I thank Robert Smith for coming up with it, but I do not like The Cure. That emo energy just doesn't sit well with me. But I recognize their impact and have rated this with that in mind
The Cure is such a drag.
The Cure, one of the greatest rock acts ever and a personal favorite of mine. Disintegration was already an album I loved and that remains true no matter how many times I spin it. One of the best records to ever release, every single note is perfectly placed for the moody atmosphere. Some the best writing on any album here from Robert. A near perfect album and an easy 5 for me.
I'm liking this more than I expected. As I expected it is that sort of goth but not entirely. Still not quite my cup of tea but I would certainly listen again, but maybe not look for it on Spotify and probably wouldn't purchase the album. Overall I like a lot of the songs but need to be in the right mood to listen to it
now six in a row i own and another album that absolutely deserves the list. The Cure, the godfathers of Emo. this is such a great album. dreamy at points, dark in others......great songs like "pictures of you", "love song" (probably considered their best song), "lullaby", "Fascination Street". again, i probably could sing line by line every song on the album.
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.
Something I glad I had the opportunity to listen to and glad I did but wouldn't normally
Very good album which is right down my alley!
⭐️⭐️
When this came out I had it on heavy rotation for months. Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me may still be my fave Cure release but this would be a close second. And one of my favorite albums period.
Some absolute classics very good 👏
Lame and dreary. Bro should've laid off the drugs. Or at least swapped to stimulants.
The album covers looks so cool but the music is so boring.
This album had some strong vocals and instrumental work, especially good baselines, and good production. Some of the songs near the end really drag on and stay past their welcome, but overall it's a good listen.
The Cure really have a problem getting to the point. When I was listening to Pictures of You, I actually checked to make sure it wasn't an instrumental version. Geesh. A decent producer could easily edit this album down to a 5.
I love, love, love this album. Plainsong and Pictures of You are possibly the two greatest opening tracks on any album ever. In high school, I was caught up in skate punk and thrash and couldn't really understand the music my gothy friends liked (I know, immature). But then this album came out and someone put it on when we were driving around one night late in my junior year and, BAM, it was like someone turned a switch. I finally got what folks were seeing in the Cure, Joy Division, Echo and the Bunnymen, etc. But, even without the hormonal revelations of high school, this album is just so great.
I really like Plainsong and Lovesong. Plenty of other good tracks. This album definitely defines a mood and sticks with it.
This is on the high side for a 3, but that might be my Cure ceiling as I don't like Smith's voice, and about half of the songs on this album (especially the second half) were booooring. But I did like the melodramatic orchestral sound, especially on the punchier tunes.
5/5 - The ultimate rainy day album. It's a masterpiece. The opening chimes of Plainsong and then that beginning 20 seconds later gets me every time. I'd hardly change a thing on this album, and I certainly wouldn't touch the bass on Fascination Street because it's A+.
Its soo fucking looong
Amazing album.
I haven't delved very deep, but every single thing I've heard by The Cure so far has been great. However, I wouldn't be surprised if this was "objectively" their best album (probably no such thing as objectivity with something like this, though).
Disintegration is the perfect name. Listen and just fade away
Me pareció extraño, valoro eso, pero me aburrió mucho. Le faltó una vuelta de tuerca, algo que impacte. No traduje las letras, lo haré.
This Album depresses me.. ich feels like an old relationship.. it's perfect. But I kinda hate it for that. Fav song: Picture of you, Love Song , fascination street, Disintegration
Like it. Sowas was ein artsy Indie boy beim ersten Date auflegt und dazu sagt dass heutzutage einfach keiner mehr so Musik macht.
not my gravy
ONE OF MY FAVE ALBUMS OMFG I HAVE THE CD IN MY COLLECTION I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT
well constructed, not sure if i'd listen to this again or listen to any songs individually, more likely to listen in full than separate i think the drum parts and basslines are incredible, im less interested in the vocals and guitar phenomenal late night drive soundtrack, good music for chilling out and havinf something on in the background - i would play this on vinyl while i hosted composition is good and the ending song is strong so probably like 3.5/5 but i will round up
Tried really hard to see anything in it but everything blended together into one homogenous drone and for the longer songs I was begging them to either do something or just end. The music and the vocals are competing to see which one can be more nothing. Lovesong makes a little playful attempt at being listenable but it can't drag out the one good idea for a whole 3 minute song. You would think the title song would at least be good but when they should be belting out the crescendo of the song the singer just sounds bored and whiny. Pray for the WW2 veterans who were being psychologically tortured by watching their daughters gag over this guy's shitty joker cosplay and had to endure his music on top of it. (He's fine as hell in Lovecats though I love that song)
Love this album, great 80s cure. Could have more variation but a great influential goth classic
Magical af album. Go watch South Park season 1 episode 12 to tell you all you need to know.
His voice is too annoying all at once. Lovesong was the fave. Lullaby was at least different sounding with its whispery 2000s type angst.
Disintegration feels atmospheric and immersive, with a strong focus on mood and repetition. The overall sound is rich and sometimes dramatic. Fascination Street stands out with its memorable bassline, while Pictures of You is more melodic and accessible. I like the album overall, but it’s not always easy to listen to.
nah
Okay, I was definitely put off from the start when I saw the total running time of this album, with over 50% of the songs longer than five minutes in length. That’s a tough sell for your boy! Interestingly, though, I found my mind wandering a little more in the first half of the record (the half with the shorter songs) and I was pulled back in after hitting all the long songs in the second half. They do a good job of keeping everything pretty simple, but making the pieces interesting with this crisp production where you can hear all of the different pieces layered wonderfully. It feels like none of the long songs really build to a crescendo, which normally I can’t stand, but they slowly burn and stay consistent until their eerie vibe pulls you into the abyss. It’s fair to say that I like this more than an hour ago when I hit play. I may not quite agree with Kyle Broflovski on this album, but it was a nice listen and worth my time.
I thought it was very interesting that the lyrics carried so much sadness, regret, etc. but you really didn’t “hear” it in the instrumentals. The music was, in my opinion, too relaxed and often even a little energetic to convey the idea on its own. Despite that, I came away from the album thinking, “wow, that was pretty sad.” My only gripe was that sometimes the songs really felt like they were dragging it out when I already got the message. Maybe that’s the brainrot talking, but I’m going to trust my gut on this one; not long enough to be seriously egregious, but just enough to make me think, “okay, this is taking a while.” That’s probably a part of it, though: maybe sadness takes a little longer than you’d like. Maybe you put on a happy face when the emotions beneath are anything but. Maybe your voice is choking up, but you still need to get something out.
Hermoso album
I think this album was very good I like that if was a bit melancholy
A late 80s masterpiece. Finally glad that I got around to listening to this finally, even if it felt long to listen to in a single sitting and I had to listen in chunks. I just love how long these songs are stretched out and how beautiful it all is. Pictures of You is one of the most beautiful songs ever written also.
My favorite Cure album. It's a great listen, very dark and atmospheric, unlike some of their poppier stuff. This also has Lovesong and Pictures of You, both great singles. I haven't quite worn out this cassette yet, but who knows how many listens I already have on it.
This album sets a moody tone right out of the gate and sticks to it perfectly. The production is clean, and every track delivers. There are clear standouts, like“Pictures of You,” “Lovesong,” and my personal favorite “Lullaby. A great album from start to finish.
Tranquil, not much to say. I like it
Nice
zajebiste chociaz troche smetne
It has its highlights, but I'm just not super in the mood for a slow, vibey, reverb heavy album right now. Especially not one that's over an hour long. I'll relisten someday when I think it will click with me more.
No mi estilo, pero muy bueno y con buena atmósfera (?
-More of a rainy day type album to listen to, very goth rock, not exactly something i'd reach for or listen to often
Este es el segundo album de The Cure en este proyecto so far pero safe to say que soy un fan. Los sonidos experimentales y a la vez familiares de este album were amazing. Genuinamente algunas canciones me transportaron. Faves Fantastic album! 4/5
I wasn't in the right mood for this one but still liked it. Depressing in the best way
Fine
Very beautiful throughout. Good music.
I love this album! There’s plenty of songs I adjust listen to regularly on this album, and a few more that will be added to the rotation. Was nice to finally listen to the whole album!
Like the swing, most of it is super cool, but a few song are a bit unnecessary in my opinion and kind of drag the thing. Great, yes but not a no skip by any mean
idk, i can also be sad and do the same thing repeatedly for seven minutes at a time. their production is way better though, good individual sounds for sure.
Rv
Me gusta mucho, nunca había escuchado The Cure. Tremendo álbum
Not my tipe
Hit and miss, more bad than good
Vibes
In high school, I remember reading that Robert Smith was obsessed with the idea that no one ever made a great album after the age of 30 while making this one. Now, as someone who is almost 30 and has never made a great album, I guess it's too late for me! I didn't particularly care for this one at first aside from "Pictures of You", because it was so long and not particularly tuneful, in a stage of my life where mostly I was listening to 60s pop music. Over the years, I've developed a greater appreciation for the Cure, but I still prefer them at their more poppy, like The Head on the Door or Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me. There's definitely a few songs on here that live up to that standard, but honestly high school me was kinda right? While it has its moments at times, this album really *is* way too long and not particularly tuneful. Unrelatedly, I always get the titles of "The Same Deep Water As You" and Raymond Carver's "So Much Water So Close to Home" mixed up for some reason.
Loved this-inventive, thoughtful, punchy
The album that did temporarily mark their disintegration. The high, or perhaps low, point of the Cure. A classic
A tad overproduced but a gripping way to pass half a train journey to Leeds.
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*.
The pictures are all I can feel... My love for this album grows every listen. A perfect listen from a very cool band.
Not a massive fan of the vocals on the album but I love the music
Es un álbum con música bastante tranquila y para relajarse y bajar un poco está bueno 7/10
Listened to it while studying very good for helping me focus, did make me a little tired at times. Would play again and fully listen to
Very good. The guitar tones are chef's kiss.
Overall a good album. Too dark for my taste, but enjoyable nonetheless. I don't really have too much more to say.
It Feels so good to discover a new band and its actually great ....I absolutely loved it. 4.5/5
Overall a good album
Not a big Cure fan, I don’t know a lot of their stuff. This was ok…found it somewhat boring though.
This was my first concert at 13. August 1989 at the CNE. Amazing show with three encores. The songs can run a little long but it’s a great album.
Found this to be a bit underwhelming to be honest. Other than Pictures of You, found it hard to think of anything memorable.
Likes: lush synth arrangements; droning instrumentals that some work; desolate, moving lyrics; gothrock aesthetic Dislikes: very little; if I’m nitpicking it’s a little long in some songs. But given the songs where the brooding length works well, its hard to complain Overall, it’s very difficult to be objective with this album. It means a lot to me, has gotten me through some very tough times, and is an easy 5.
One of my fav albums to listen to- perfect intro (for me) to goth/alt rock- formative for many of my favorite modern bands as well. This is a no skips album- and a classic for everyone. A MUST listen to
good album if you like that kind of music i guess. for me it's just to monotoneus, they keep "riding" the same chord(s) for way too long, melodies are sometimes catchy/simple/short. But I guess that's the whole appeal to this goth/new wave music. I am more an instrumental guy, but in this case, the singer does help a lot. I actually fell asleep listening to this.
This was an ok album a few songs were good
es un buen album, le deberia dar una segunda escucha porque se me hizo largo al escucharlo por partes. pictures of you me re gusto, hay otras q tambien pero se borro lo q habia escrito
I’ve never listened to Disintegration in its entirety and although some of the drawn-out intros got a bit tiresome I think it was well worth it.
this is freaking good! love: lullaby, fascination street, plainsong
the drama on this album is unbeatable
Wonderfully moody and full. Usually I'm not much of a fan of synths in these contexts but here they add such a great atmosphere that ties everything together so well. Of course there's also plenty of catchy guitar and bass lines to keep the energy up. All in all it makes for a gloominess that's more melodramatic and melancholy than just depressing Fav tracks: Disintegration, Plainsong, Fascination Street
El sonido es impresionante y que hagan el inicio de la cancion mas larga con el sonido que tienen queda perfecto. Muy buen album para empezar. Necesito escucharlo y procesarlo mas para poder dejar otros comentarios.
Dreamy and classic! What’s not to like!
If pop music got very depressed in the eighties, wore eyeliner and started dating gothic rock, this would be the sound. (And I'm wondering why not all pop music can be drenched in the same gloomy, depressive atmosphere as this.) 'Disintegration' is a masterpiece.
Friday I'm in Love was such a great feel-good pop song, I always loved it but had no further interest in The Cure. Last year I walk into a record store and find the owner is an old friend. I ask for recommendations on new music. One is The Cure's 2024 album - "Are you kidding?" "LISTEN to it!" he sez. And I love it. Turns out it sounds a lot like Disintegration, except where in 2024 he's singing about despair for the end of the world, in 1989 he was singing about despair for the end of himself. Huge anthemic sweeping synth and guitar, singer with the carbon copy 80's plaintive belt singing style I get so tired of, and yet somehow to me he's an original. I don't know anything about Robert Smith, the band, or their bios, whether the despair is real or a good shtick, the words say misery but the music says joy, melancholic but hedonistic aching. If this is him I get how the band got its name.
Sorry, fans of The Cure. Maybe I wasn't in the right mood for it, but I don't really see what the hype is about. The bassline on "Disintegration" was pretty cool, but nothing else really stood out to me. Probably one of those albums I'll revisit in the future and enjoy more. For now, totally average.
Im unsure of where I sit for this album. I want to like it, but I dont know if I fully do.. I think theres a drag to this album that kinda carries through everything. The lyrics drag, the beat drags, the lead singer looks like hes in drag? I have this feeling of this album hooking me along by the scruff of my neck and just dredging me along for a ride. It kinda sucks you in at the same time, into this zombie like haze as the melancholic music smuthers you as you go along. The synths though... they take it down a bit for me at times. Overpowering in their 80s glow. Leaves a bitter aftertaste that im not the biggest fan of tbh.
Suena muy bien el disco y tiene algunos himnos tipo Lovesong. Es un toque depre, como lo indica el nombre jaja. Gran album para un domingo de llovizna que te permita caminar por la ciudad
Meh 3*
Never like The Cure, won't even listen to this.
As good as it gets. All time top 5
6 de 10. No es mucho mi onda, demasiado emo por momentos. Algunos temas me gustaron
It’s crazy how fresh and modern and 37 year old album still sounds. I liked this more than I honestly thought I would. I knew the radio hits but all the songs are good
Pour un voyage sur l‘autoroute!
I had never listened to this one before, but I knew the singles. Very entertaining album all the way through.
Basically perfect til the last 4 tracks that drag on for a long time with less compelling melodies. I feel like the album could have been sequenced differently. But that is a minor qualm really cuz this is an awesome album. Just can’t give it a 5 when I’m bored for like 20 min of it.
I’m sure some people probably hate how long and drawn out a lot of the songs are, but the atmosphere is exactly what makes me love this album. Almost feels like I lose track of how far into the album I am, but also don’t really care.
Perfect album. The Cure goated
One of the best albums of all time. It’s lush, it’s emotional and it’s poignant.
brb gotta go tell liz toner i gave it a 5 so she can sleep tonight.
Аорта не разорвалась, но хотя бы немного дезинтегрировалась UPD. Ладно, на самом деле хорошо так дезинтегрировалась
Инструментально один из лучших альбомов эпохи
Как же всегда хочется жить после их музыки. Внатуре cure
Лучшая песня: Lullaby Худшая: Pictures of you Мне больше нравится постпанковый Cure. Многие песни чересчур затянуты
Вся история развития человечества была нужна для того, чтобы роберт смит написал lovesong.
хороший альбом, у него уже стояла у меня раньше оценка 4.5, так и оставим
Даже удивительно, что при всей моей любви к Not in Love от Crystal Castles в свое время не пошла дальше слушать The Cure. Этот альбом точно бы попал в мое тогдашнее настроение. В музыкальном плане впечатлил меня невероятно, ощущение, что есть влияние гитарных проигрышей на моих любимых иксов. Одним словом, если раньше путала The Smiths, The Cure и Joy Division, надеюсь, что этот альбом точно отличу
While it has a very unique dark/meloncohlic sound with some great use of synths and many basslines being the standouts from an instrumental standpoint, it just gets too samey in a lot of areas to become memorable as a whole. His voice is certainly good, but just comes off as too overdramatic the more I listen to it, it certainly works in some songs but in others it just reminds me of a high school theater kid taking his lines too seriously. Songs also often overstay their welcome, with not much happening in these 7+ minutes that they end up in. Standouts would be Pictures of You, Disintegration, and Love song. Lyrically it's creative, but not much I could relate to personally. No song is outright "bad" though. 6/10
Trippy but fun, sounds lush
Despite my normal aversion to this style of male singing, I enjoyed these listens a lot and found myself saving a handful of songs. Not sure where they fit into my library and future listening, but it's a cohesive project and emotive.
ok
Oh yeah! Definitely belongs on the list. Pure emotion from the the alternative gods!
Damn good ass shit brotha
4.5 - OG GOTH. I was in Mexico city with a close friend and we were walking and head Lovesong playing from some rooftop and the most beautifully accurate voice to Robert Smith to the point where we thought it was him and we seeked out the noise and found the building and went and paid a cover charge and then it turns out it was a REALLY GOOD Mexican cover band, but it did solidify this album's place in my heart forever <3 Fav Songs: Plainsong // Pictures of You // Lovesong // Lullaby // Disintegration
Not sure about this. Supposed to be one of their better albums. I have very positive memories of Faith (1981?) but haven’t played it for a long time. This one had some nice moody bits but didn’t grab me. I felt a bit worried for Robert Smith - singing style great for a song or two, but building a career around it? Anyway, I’ll say it’s Not Bad, 6/10.
Dreary
Is it weird that I really liked this?
I like their music, and I would like it even more if every song was about half as long.
For whatever reason, the sensation I have while listening to this is that I am standing in a very long, slowly moving queue.
ti amo bobert
All their songs sound the same kinda.
I feel disintegrated in the best possible way after listening to this album. Spooky, dreamy and sexy all at the same time.
Don’t think I’ve ever listened to this album all the way through - just great!
Not my favorite Cure.
Just not my cup of tea..
Muy buen disco, es dificl elegir la mejor canción. Se merece estar en esta selección. Me gusta The Cure en pequeñas dosis.
It's the Cure. Robert Smiths vocals, guitar riffs, keyboard. Some songs are moodier than others. Good album. It's better to be in a relaxed, unhurried state and listen to the album as a whole.
A situationally perfect album. If, however, you're not feeling particularly depressed on a cold & rainy Sunday afternoon, it's a little less impactful.
This was great. It would probably be a 5 if I was sad.
Moody. Cinematic. 10/10.
It was okay 4/10 not my vibe but got one or two nice chill songs
Really good to be fair
Absolutely beautiful! Melancholy perfection!
Jebus tits. They really put the cholic in melancholic.
Got this album this morning and went "ugh". I finished all 72 minutes of it and thought "not half bad". Some highlights (Pictures of You), but it's not really my musical style. Regardless, tis good, better than their poppy singles.
Some cracking tunes
Loved this. The Cure were better at being U2 than U2 were.
I feel like this is one of those albums like The Dark Side of the Moon or Abbey Road where I can see exactly why everyone loves it but I really struggle to call it an amazing album. It's a great album, one of the better Goth Rock albums of the late 80s, but certainly not one of the best albums of the 80s. The atmosphere on the album is great, though. I love the crazy amounts of reverb on the drumset and the synths give the album a really spacey feel. Really my big thing about it is how much the album trails off the further it goes.
incredible.
Very boring. How did the band who wrote Friday I'm in Love and Love Cats write this.
Pah..... no esperaba que me gustara tanto tbh pero me terminó gustando. Algunos temas por la musicalidad, otros por los lyrics, pero pegó duro. Also good timing, escuchar un disco sobre esar medio en una por cumplir 30, cuando recién cumplí 30. Solo conocía Lovesong y me terminé copando con varias otras. Guardadas on first listen: Pictures of you, Lullaby, Fascination street & Homesick
Not really a fan. Very moody.
I love Robert Smith’s choices in guitar tones.
In one ear and out the other.
No private session used for Spotify. I like The Cure, this album has a couple of Cure classics on it, but this a complete and wonderfully composed piece of work.
The last few songs were the best
It was different from what I usually listen to. But the songs in the album were deep and meaningful, kind of like the feeling you get when you are overthinking about something or someone
It was great
This is one of my favorite albums of all time and forever. Disintegration, the song, is one of my top 10 songs ever.
some songs definitely overstay their welcome, but i enjoyed this.
Prob the best of their albums.
I don’t like it. Grew on me, but I don’t like it. 5.8/10
I am probably on an island here, but this album is great. There are so many great songs and if I was a goth kid in the early 90s, I would have eaten this up. Still my favorite cure album of all time. Best listen if you have some old school headphones. 8.1/10 Favorite song Lovesong But don't sleep on pictures of you or any of the other classics on this album.
A stone cold classic.
Second The Cure album in as many days. I didn't find them all that similar even though apparently this was a return to an earlier era (that the other album should've represented). I dunno this kind of thing just doesnt speak to me. The aesthetic and the sound of "goth" really dont match up, for me.
crazy about this.
Definitely a classic album and one of the better from it's time I feel. Enjoyed it as much now as I did back then. :)
Not my favorite of theirs, but can we even complain?
Not too bad!
Really enjoy the Cure. A better Morissey?
Good
Best album till now
Is this what it was like to be emo before 9/11? Neat.
I like other albums by The Cure much more than this, which is seemingly their most lauded release and obviously my problem. I just find it a bit of a slog. Heard before ✅️ Listened this time ✅️ Revisit 🫳 ★★★☆☆ (6/10) Total reviewed : 254 Already owned : 59 Purchased : 14 To buy list : 2 Nope : 179
I loved the first half of this. The back half drops off and if I'm not paying attention still gives a great atmosphere to just exist within, however, if I AM paying attention, it gets a little slow.
I think this album made me finally understand the Cure, in that this is incredibly sad and dramatic but also compelling. It’s too fucking long but other than that I really enjoyed it
Heard Before? Well, yeah. Notes: - like most Cure albums, it has only one idea, but it's a good one. - production is vague and foggy, and i mostly hate the drum sounds. - arrangements lack all the space that made their early albums so arresting, with lots of (i hate to admit) unnecessary synth pads. - at least we get lots of space (and extra emotional weight) with long instrumental passages and marvelous interplay between parts. - the album is too long. i get the long songs, but it would have more impact with fewer tracks. - that said, this is probably my favorite Cure record. i may get older, but my inner goth-poser sure doesn't. Verdict: Extra fun to sing along to if you replace all the lyrics with "I've got feeeeelings!" Listen Again? Well, yeah. I've got feelings too, you know.
Amazing album. Or I should say, an album with some truly amazing songs, intermixed with some less striking, but still stellar, music. This was close to 5 stars for me, but not quite consistent enough across the deep cuts.
It's The Cure's second-best album after Pornography. It's of course all around brilliant, essential all around. You all know if you should listen to it or not. That's all I got today.
Fun hits, couldn't keep it up for a whole 1.25hrs though. Generously giving this a 3, the length is a big knock on its quality. - My expectations are not aligning with reality... why such a heavy metal name (and album cover!) - This is nice! V chill. Where do they go from this opener though? - Got dull in the middle. Seems like this album has fun hits but limited depth. Also, 1hr 12min is always going to be tough to make it worthwhile! - As expected, didn't bother finishing it because it's too long. 3 stars is generous when you account for that... but that's okay
Amazinggggg !!! A classic is a classic when after more than 10 years it stills hit like it was out yesterday. It lives through time.
Pictures of You
The Cure is a top 20 artist for me and this is Exhibit A (2024's Songs of a Lost World might be Exhibit B and should eventually make its way onto this list). Plainsong-Pictures of You are up there with the greatest 1-2 punches in rock album history.
It's inexplicable that I only started listening to The Cure in the last fiveish years. Everything about this album is extraordinary, and nearly every single track is a hit, as far as I'm concerned. I've listened to this on repeat for several years now and haven't tired of it. What really got me, though, about this band was their performance at Riot Fest a few years back. Robert Smith has been doing this a long time, but he was operating at 100%. Sounded as great as ever and still doing us all a favor and putting on that makeup even after all these years. I hope they stick around for a long time.
My most anticipated album of 1989. I was a massive Cure fan, so I couldn't wait for this to come out. While I loved it, I found it to be a bit of a slog toward the end. I still think it's overlong, but it's also full of some of their best work.
The greatest goth record of them all. Incomparably melancholic, lush and indwelling.
Album 1073 of 1089 Disintegration - The Cure (1989) Rating : 3.5 / 5 This one feels less like an album built around individual songs and more like a mood that stretches across the entire record. It’s dreamy, slow-moving, and very atmospheric. The music kind of drifts along in a way that creates a space rather than constantly trying to grab your attention. It actually made for a pretty relaxing start to the day. The sound is soft, layered, and a little hypnotic at times. It’s easy to just let it play and settle into the background while you sip your morning coffee and ease into the day. The whole thing feels very deliberate in that way. It’s not flashy and it’s not really trying to deliver a bunch of punchy individual tunes. Instead, it leans into creating a certain emotional tone and staying there for the duration of the album. For me personally, that worked well as a listening experience this morning. It was a nice, calm listen and I enjoyed the atmosphere it created. At the same time, it’s probably not the kind of album I’ll find myself reaching for again very often. It feels more like something you visit when you're in a particular mood rather than something you play regularly.
Very good - archetypal stuff.
Я думала я не знаю кто это. Но послушав я поняла что слышала эту музыку часто Не мой жанр, но иногда под настроение послушать прикольно
7/10 the singers voice is good just not my cup of tea the actual sounds of every song were great
So good. It felt dreamlike at times. Gave some smiths vibes too.
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.
If this album had ended on Lullaby, I think I would’ve given it 5 stars. I loved the melodies that dominated each song, and its overall relaxing yet not-boring tone. However, in the second half of the album, it unfortunately did become boring. Such a shame, but I have to dock it some stars for that.
I’ve listened to a couple of albums before that felt similar to this one, but this was probably the best of this sort of “atmospheric rock” thing. I especially liked the effect that the unique drum sound/mixing added. Favorite Track: Closedown
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Album 71 Top 3 favorites off the album: Untitled, Disintegration, Lovesong The nice thing about listening to The Cure is that you get a nice mix of chill and otherwise not-sad sounding instrumentals with lyrics that range from wistful to the type of thing that makes you stare at the wall reliving the lowest of the low moments of love and heartbreak for the entire duration of the song. This is a spring or early fall album; I want my car windows to be open and the days to be cool and longer while I'm listening to it. I already like The Cure, so this is a pretty easy rating for me. I'll try to be fair, though. I didn't like The Same Deep Water As You as much as I hoped to based on the title alone. I don't think it was solid lyrically. I'm the right flavor of sad for Untitled to hit just right. Sound-wise, I think the album flows well. Like I said, I like The Cure, nothing really grated on me. I completely fell off reviewing while travelling to visit grad schools, but now I am back. These will likely be even shorter than usual as I catch up, but I'm okay with that.
One of my favourite albums of all time. Although if I’m listening to The Cure these days, it’s usually Wish era b-sides or In Orange or Pornography. In some respects it’s the first album I knew was Important and that I was obligated to like. I came to Disintegration just at the end of its promo push, so it was still very much alive in the culture, but also a bit distant because this was the MTV era and your only hopes of seeing a video and such was 120 Minutes or someone’s VHS recordings. I, otoh, was huge into Mixed Up, my first real Cure “album.” So the more sombre moments here felt even austere in a way compared to the uptempo/dance remix of that collection. To this day I still have less time for Prayers for Rain, Deep Water, and Homesick, but I can’t imagine the album without them.
lullaby prettiest song on earth
With Disintegration, the Cure invites you to put your headphones on and immerse yourself in their ethereal, sonic world. It's parts sensual, melancholic, and sublime. Plainsong sets this mood so well, but I always go back to Untitled and Lullaby because the production for these songs is so hypnotic. This should've been the sound for TTPD to be honest... (4.5-5)
The Cure make great music. All there is to it
BANGERRRRRRRRRR i love plainsong and lovesong and fascination street all amazing songs and the rest of the albums too were sooo good i love them. sometimes a bit too repetitive but in my eyes just a sign of musical cohesiveness. its a bit darker than their usual stuff like a bit gloomier
Very rarely does a record provide such an apt name for the sound produced within, but the cure has done so masterfully. The have captured the essence of 'disintegration', I can feel myself disintegrating into the sound waves themselves as each song progresses. Some beautiful and experimental sounds but nothing that blew me away.
10/10 08.03.2026
дуже похмуро, подобається, але є кращі альбоми the cure. fav song: the same deep water as you
Had a bit more familiar territory than the last Cure album I heard (Pictures of You and Lovesong were there) and was just as excellent. They really have that dark mood down pat
B A N G E R from one of my favorite bands
This is the best Cure album I've heard so far. It's one of the best albums I've heard so far by any artist. It seems more broody and atmospheric than the dark depression on Pornography. Which makes it easier to listen to if you aren't depressed.
Great chill album which can be listened to in a mellow mood or when you're spiralling.
This is the first listen on this journey. I already knew and loved the singles on it. Still not very hooked to the album as a whole, though. I liked the way in which the keyboards bring a dark and beautiful atmosphere to the songs. Lovesong is my favourite on this one.
The album is full of love, and I'm totally in love with it
I like some of radioheads material but it is not on this album. Too much whiny
Not my favorite Cure record. If you are going to rank Cure records, and for giggles I will, this is middle of the pack. So, in my mind here are the records that are better than this one by the Cure: 1. 17 Seconds 2. Pornography 3. 3 Imaginary Boys 4. Faith 5. Songs of a Lost World 6. Bloodflowers 7. Disintegration If we look at Disintegration in isolation from the rest of the cure catalog, it is obvious that this is a record of 2 halves - The full on pop leaning stadium rocking first half with Lovesong, Pictures of You, and Lullaby and then the funeral dirge that is the 2nd half beginning with Fascination Street which signals the beginning of the long doom slide to the end of the record finishing with Homesick. Untitled should remain do. It really is an appendage to the album. I get that momentum for the band was gaining and that this record was a commercial peak, but it was an artistic failure as the second half comes off as overly long and meandering casting a shadow on the entire project and the excellent writing in the first half. I’m not a fan of pop Cure, but for the songs released as singles they all had the immediacy of the early singles - just poppier. So, this record should not have made this list. It’s an average mid-period record by a pretty awesome band 3/5
Ein verregneter Nachmittag im April 2026 Fensterplatz im Bus, melancholisch in die Ferne schauen.
Donnerstag 26.03.2026 In der U3 aufm Weg zur Uni, im Aufenthaltsraum der Campusbib der FU Berlin, in der Mensa an den runden Tischem beim Ausgang
This plays well into The Cure phase I’m currently going through
Simply brilliant and every bit as melancholic as I anticipated.
Return to dark and gloomy, of course I like it Pictures of you Lovesong
Beautiful album, had only heard about 1/2 of good album before - better than I expected for sure
5/5
slay
didn’t like it
Amazing record.
really liked it
Я слушала это альбом. Он есть у меня в Плейлисте. Невероятный Роберт Смит и мой любимый альбом 100%
Came in hot, but lost some steam in the saggy middle. Still great atmospheric shit!
Nice chill oldschool vibe
Softer rock than I thought it would be. Understated grunge guitar, with a rhythm guitar always carrying the beat, little bit of synth in the back, but it is less flowy and more choppy. Sounds like 80s vocals on 90s grunge music. Kind of a crossover between the two eras.
From my initial opinions of the little I had heard of the cure I really expected this album to be much much darker. I did not remotely expect the theme throughout the first half of this record. While some descriptions of this album describe the openings tracks as “synth heavy funeral marches”, I could not agree less. The first half of the album contained some of the most HOPEFUL and audibly mesmerising chord progressions I’ve heard. The second half of the record definitely took a bit of a turn towards something I would have expected a bit more from The Cure, taking a much darker tone. There’s 3 real contenders for the best track here, somewhere between the opening two tracks, Plainsong, Pictures of You, and then later in the record, Lullaby. I was really shocked by this record, one of the few 4 stars I’ve given out. I really enjoyed this.
En las primeras canciones, la voz del twink sufriente y la onda cursi me pueden. Ya para el final me empalaga.
Muito do bom! Conhecia só #2 e #4.. O álbum inteiro tem essa mesma vibe, adorei.. especialmente 7, 8 e 11!
Done
Listening session: february 28th, while getting ready in the morning Listened to before: listened to some songs before Thoughts: I’ve always been into moody and depressed music so naturally I like The Cure. I didn’t know this whole album but was pleasantly suprised Favourite tracks: Lovesong, Fascination Street & Untitled
One of those legendary albums that you only hear good things about. And for good reason. Disintegration is pretty darn great. The atmosphere is thick with emotion, presence, drama. It’s not so different from what an ideal late-stage Pink Floyd might have been if the band hadn’t gone all-in on horrific 80s production after Roger Waters’s departure. Add in a heavy dose of the Smiths (or the Britpop genre in general – it’s all the same) and you arrive at this moody, synth-laden nightmarescape. Plainsong is a great introduction into the Cure’s quasi-depressive symphony – almost musical-like with its ringing bells and swooping synths – that leads into the more radio-friendly Pictures Of You. This second track focuses more on melody, and it does it well. The guitar notes flicker around your ears in that distinctive Britpoppy 80s manner, and though I’d like to hear a more interesting/satisfying guitar sound, I have to respect it being a product of its time. Experimental, distorted guitars had gone out of fashion (temporarily) by this point in time, though they’d return in earnest with the grunge movement. After Closedown, a solid track that takes half its length to reach the first lyric, we get another radio hit with the simple, pretty Lovesong. Lullaby is also notable, mainly for its mumbled vocal and nice string arrangement (the pizzicato is especially good). The Same Deep Water As You takes a while to really get going. But once you recognise it’s very much a slow-burn song, it gets a lot more digestible. The strings in the second half are breathtaking. At the end of the record, Homesick’s piano and filtered guitar sparkle through the mix, making the track a big standout. I’d forgotten that the Cure’s vocals are kind of weak. What is it with British singing after the (well-meaning) disaster that was the punk movement? It’s like bands just started hiring bogans off the street, slapping a cheap mic on their chest, and calling it a lovely English day. Luckily, this band somewhat disguises the bad vocals with excellent atmospheric instrumental work. And hefty track lengths. You end up being just barely annoyed enough at the eight-minute runtimes to forget the David Byrne ah post-punk vocals. The strongest it gets is pretty late in the album, in the title track. The guy’s positively belting here. And it’s for the better. He sounds one-of-a-kind, as well as extremely upset. I guess if my world were “breaking apart like I’m made up of glass again”, I’d be upset too. 4/5 Key tracks: Plainsong, Lovesong, Homesick
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
Great album, despite Robert Smith 🙈
a boring listen even now. Nothing fun about the title and nothing fun in the album itself.
There's some pretty stellar music here at times, but it as a whole lacks some impact that I would have expected from a band I've heard so much about, and I'm not a fan of the vocals.
3.6
Moody, but I like it
Gran album, ya lo tenía. Me encanta su sonido gótico y melancólico, así como la profundidad de las canciones.
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.
Fantastic album. Not my favorite Cure, but it’s up there #johnsvinyl
Album #46: Disintegration - The Cure Genre (W): Gothic rock, dream pop, post-punk, alternative rock Singles: Lullaby, Fascination Street, Lovesong, Pictures of You I have listened to this album once before. Thoughts: This album is so beautiful to listen to. I love the keyboards and how dark the music is, truly one of the best gothic albums ever made! Plainsong is a magnificent intro, and Lovesong is one of the greatest love songs ever written! Favorite songs: All of it!!
Wraps up The Cure on this list for me. I'd put this right between Seventeen Seconds and Pornography. Gloomy doomy, some nice strings.
Felt kind if samey but I appreciated it for what it is I guess. The second song had some good lyrics.
Man. What an album. It was exactly what I needed today. Painsong totally caught me off guard and set me up for what to expect from the rest of the album and it didn’t let me down! The instrumentation was incredible. I truly had no idea the Cure made music like this.
Ok - all the songs were so similar.
One of the best albums of all time
Very easy listening, but nothing stood out.
I love this album. I had never heard it before, and I liked it instantly. It's only gotten better the more I'm listening to it. It's dreamy, dark, romantic (goth/ic?). I guess it just has it's own atmosphere that it lives in and you can pop it on when you want to be in that atmosphere and that's what I love about it. Great songs, great ideas, it's one of my favorite albums so far. 5/5
“Lovesong” is great. Can’t say the same for the rest of this album.
I have 34 "liked" songs by The Cure on Spotify - including every song on this album. So this one is already on my perfect album list. In the early part of The Cure's career I was only peripherally aware of them and some of the songs by them that had broken through to my awareness I didn't really like that much - with "poppy" songs such as "The Love Cats". I will admit I was also not interested in their "look" and their videos that I saw turned me off. Once I just sat and listened to them and forgot about their video image it was much better. Side note - this is one thing I don't like about music videos - they distract you from actually just listening. I think my gateway to the Cure was the compilation album called "Staring at the Sea". I can't even remember what caused me to get that one - but once I did I started really liking most of those songs - especially the early songs such as "Killing An Arab", "A Forest", and "Primary". And I was thinking "hey these guys are pretty good, I should check out their other stuff". And then after this album came out with songs like "Pictures of You" - with the long instrumental section - I started liking them even more. This album has 8 of 12 songs that are over 5 minutes long and all have a sort of hypnotic effect - starting with the first song "Plainsong" which starts with over 2.5 minutes of lush music before the lyrics kick in and really sets the mood for the album. The last 4 songs on the album (which look like the least popular on Spotify, except for "Disintegration") are actually all really good. They are also all very long (from 6.5 to 9.5 minutes) so they stretch out establishing a definite mood. The poppiest song on this album "Lovesong" is still actually very good and fits with the album. Most of the songs don't follow the typical verse/chorus/verse standard of pop music - which makes them more interesting. This album could be nearly as good even without words since the music grabs you so much. I just noticed they have various instrumental versions of most of these on the "Deluxe Edition" on Spotify - so I may have to check those out. Listen to this album 3 times in a row and see how it pulls you in. Good stuff! Liked songs on Spotify: 12/12 (Perfect Album) Rating: 5/5