Disintegration

SUch a coherent, beautifully sad album. This isn't my favorite The Cure album but there's no denying this is their masterpiece

This cured everything except my depression.

A true masterpiece of darkness that captures the soul from the start to finish. Disintegration kind of gets you in a hypnotic, cold, atmospheric and introspective mood like nothing else.

Amazing!

I love the cure, and this album has some of my favourite cure songs on it

I actually am still floored by this album even though I haven't heard it in about 35 years. I think a lot of it has to do with the keyboard landscapes of the album (not sure if they are Smith's or O'Donnell's or the combo). But they kind of remind me of some of Tony Carey's work on his Planet P Project albums. Almost like a somber backdrop, that helps accentuate the guitar and vocals. I have long considered this the one Cure album I actually like, though I have warmed up to them over the years, especially recently going through the other two albums on the 1001. In some ways after listening to those albums and this one I'm not 100% sure why this one overtly sticks out because there is still the same gothy dark feeling of Pornography and Seventeen Seconds. Though they went through two album where they more poppy, so it might be that on this album he was able to put those worlds together and make a really strong accessible sound of the dark landscapes of their early albums. Either way, I think this is a monumentous album 9.70/10★★★★½ But Honestly, the two tracks that were omitted for the Ip were my least favorite of the album. I have a feeling if they were not part of the album that may even be up to a 9.85/10 (still 4½s) but I will give it ★★★★★ on the app.

This is a classic. A lot of what I love about this album is what I love about Pink Floyd's classic run in the 70s -- the production is immaculate and the songs, while long and spacious, are still very tuneful and catchy. "Plainsong", "Pictures of You", "Lovesong", "Lullaby", and "Fascination Street" are among the many great songs here. 5 Stars.

9/10. I think listening to albums like this makes me realise that my mum's generation were correct and this stuff actually slaps. This album is great, I love the song writing, the vocals and the all round delivery. The lyrics are great and there is a fantastic emotional feel to every single track. It is super consistent with brilliant melodies throughout (although mayyyybe slightly tapers off towards the end imo). Anyway not enough to ruin this albums 5 star rating and if a certain other couple of The Cure songs appeared here instead we could've been close to our first 10.

Wow just amazing, such a perfectly constructed dark atmosphere executed brilliantly, just a great listen. 5 stars

Robert Smith is for lovers and longing. A wordsmith that is unmatched and a soundscape perfect for a long distance relationship

great songs from a great band

Disintegration is the greatest album of all time

Sorrowful, haunting, beautiful, ethereal... I have so many memories with this album and the year it came out. It's hard to listen to sometimes, but it's my favorite Cure album, and maybe my favorite album ever. Words fall short in describing my love for Robert Smith, The Cure and this album.

Simply put, this is one of the best albums ever made. The length makes it seem daunting at first, but each song goes on for exactly how long it should. Every instrument makes an amazing contribution and they are all at the top of their game for pretty much the entire runtime of the album.

What a journey, what a ride. What an experience. I want to relisten in its entirety just alone in a dark room and nothing else distracting me. Now that would be an experience.

Dark and brooding goth vibes but so very accessible, banger songs like "Plainsong", "Pictures Of You", "Lovesong", and "Lullaby"... Probably the peak of The Cure powers as this album cured (pause for irony) Ray's overly sarcastic tone and spontaneously made him speak perfect Flemish. But a chance meeting with Robert Smith lead to another personal disaster... 2025 and I'm still quoting Mary Whitehouse Experience sketches from 33 years ago...

One good song on it.

Heard a million times, one of the greatest albums ever, frankly

Now we're talkin! Following a masterpiece with a masterpiece, 1989's Disintegration was a return to form for The Cure, after 1987's overtly pop flavored Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me won them wider popularity with the help of MTV favorite Just Like Heaven, a perfect song if ever there was one. Disintegration was The Cure's peak. Their Black Album without the sellout aspect. Great stuff. 5

I have always thought this was their best complete album. They have some happier songs in this album compared to some of the earlier albums as well. I will say the concert for this tour was great.

I was leaning towards just a 4 but then "Fascination Street" and "Prayers for Rain" came on and I was like wow this is really good. Love the ethereal, chorusy guitar, really floats along in the background. The bass is superb, doesn't try to do too much, but does an excellent job of pushing the songs along and driving them, otherwise things could really drag. Smith's voice is great and really helps tie the whole album together and give it a cohesive feeling.

OMFG I LOVE ROBERT SMITH LOVE THE CURE

Twinkle twinkle

This is the best album that's come across my feed to date, both an objective masterpiece and a record that has felt extraordinarily meaningfully to me personally. I can remember listening to Pictures of You in junior high, feeling shattered, and it's a very easy memory to conjure a decade later because the song still makes me feel the same way. And Untitled is an even more visceral attack: "Now the time has gone." This is both an album that I've played as a comfort when falling asleep, and one that I've found too haunting to have on while trying to sleep. The insinuation from the top review — that someone who loves this will consequently love the films of Tim Burton?! — is deeply insulting. You could credibly argue it's the greatest album ever written.

Glorious. I've always found the cure to be a band I liked rather than loved, but this summarises their work perfectly. Heartfelt, morose, atmospheric, and with enough variety for each song to feel different while still very much being 'them'.

Ребят, ну это база. Это основа. Это надо знать всем и всем послушать обязательно. Это такие вайбовые вайбы, это такое влияние на поколения людей, в том числе и на моё. Отсюда корни и шугейза, и кино, и буерака. Это очень мечтательный и нежный, уже очень мелодичный и лиричный альбом. Повторюсь, это база, обязательно для прослушивания всем.

Quite literally a life changing album best discovered during formative years if possible. Absolute perfection in every sense of the word.

Malditos emos

This is one of those albums that’s hard to get super excited about in a deep-review kind of way, mostly because I discovered it at such a young age. That said, I do have to give it credit—it’s stayed relevant through the decades and across different generations. The whole album is consistent from start to finish, and all the tracks work well together to create a unified sound and feel.

Exceptional in every way. A broody, moody, and groovy masterpiece.

One of the best records that has ever, and will ever, be made. This is where everything came together for Robert Smith and the lads. It has the perfect opener, "Plainsong", a song that immediately piques our interest-- what are these quiet little chimes all about? Then we're hit with the wall of sound, and our journey begins. There are so many amazing songs on this album. "Pictures of You" is one of the loveliest, most sentimental love songs ever, "Lovesong" followed by the raw honesty and yearning of "Lovesong". "Lullaby" is delightfully creepy, inviting the spider man in to have us for dinner tonight. "Fascination Street" is a punky rager in a raucous back-alley venue, reminding us that The Cure will always be a post-punk band. "Prayers for Rain" and "Same Deep Water as You" flow into each other like an English rainstorm. "Untitled" is an optimistic tune paired with devastating lyrics, a perfect closer to a perfect record.

About time. I've listened to 150 or more album on this generator and finally here comes The Cure. The Cure is - if not the only one - my favorite band. They are objectively outstanding and subjectively perfection to me. This is, again, a masterpiece. You just can't find any track that is not attractive and well written. From the dark, moody ones like "plainsong", "closedown", to even more grand, almost disturbing "Fascination Street " and "Prayers For Rain", to gothic fairy tale "lullaby", then there exist a cheerful and delightful one -"lovesong"? And then, "disintengration" and "homesick"?? Need we talk about those two? They are certainly two of my favorite The Cure songs. The album surely manifest how fantastic The Cure is as a Goth Rock band (I use this category only because it's convenient). I don't even have one slight idea how Robert Smith managed to achieve that. Oh yes, and speaking of Robert Smith, isn't he fascinating? I mean especially in this highly commercialized, phoney and sometimes just toxic rock n roll culture? He's not just a master songwriter, but also a brilliant human being? How wonderous, and is such a bless. I'm glad that the world at least has The Cure. There is no option other than giving it a 5/5 and an album long salutation.

Another banger

The 80s goth epic

At the end of an already terrible week, this album took me to the Sunshine Coast in the pouring rain to then help my Dad move furniture in the pouring rain. Prayers for Rain played as I hit a pothole and had some locals help me change it in the rain. Thus, I needed to give this album time before listening again so I could detach this annoying experience from it. It’s a great record. Production/Instrumentation wise it’s consistent to a fault, with a hazy, gritty texture to all of the synths and leads, interrupted by some pretty clean drums, Korg synths and bright piano. This all feels very deliberate - this is an album you SHOULD do Heroin to. Robert Smith’s songwriting dwells largely in despair and yearning, which… fits the instrumentation perfectly. Even Lovesong, which has a fair bit of groove to it, is definitely sad guy rock to some degree. Look, I personally am not going to chuck this album on back to front too often, but it sets out to do exactly what The Cure intended: produce something to last the decades after singles-driven success and escape the nomenclature of “stadium band” (I mean, shit, I’d go see Fascination Street at Suncorp). Depressed friends I have will still enjoy this just as much. 9/10 Fav Tracks: Lovesong, Fascination Street, Homesick Least Fav: Prayers For Rain (fuck you, Steve Irwin Way)

This was my first listen from end to end of this album. I love The Cure, so I wasn't disappointed in listening to this one. I must say, I was expecting more 'hits' from this record, as there really were none to find on here; not saying that's a bad thing, but given I only really know The Cure's hits, it was surprising. This is not an album to listen to in bits and pieces, so I've discovered. It's such a thorough and enjoyable experience, that a 75 minute runtime really doesn't feel all that bad. Listening to this record is like watching a movie, rather than enjoying an album. Anyways, enough waffle, this album is fantastic. I'm still yet to listen to a song by The Cure that I don't enjoy. Easy 5.

This one's a real beauty in spite of the mopey nature. On top of just being a good listen this album really exceeds in pulling you into its gloomy atmosphere and manages to feel fairly varied in the arrangement of its tracks. Given how much I like to rag on certain vocalists as I feel a good/bad singer can make or break album. I do feel a least slightly hypocritical or biased in liking of Robert Smiths vocals. Some of the imperfections and cracks that come through here and there sell the earnestness and contributes to the groups vibe.

Shit reviews for a little bit cause I'm playing catchup Near perfect album, prayers for rain is unreal. 10/10

What a great album to listen to make yourself sad on purpose. A very pointed and purposeful album, I'll admit I am not a massive fan of Robert Smith's vocals but it doesn't take anything away from this album. My main criticism that I can level towards this album is that it's sort of front loaded and the second half does begin to blend together. Repeat listens didn't reveal anything except for the final track Untitled which I found myself enjoying a lot more on repeats. The highs on here more than make up for the lows, and the lows themselves if they were an album by themselves would still be a very solid 7/10. I began writing this at the end of a repeat listen and was tossing up a 4 and a 5 when writing this when the album looped back onto Plainsong. The soundscape and arrangement reminded me just how lush and dreamy this album can be. It has to be a 5 this is an absolute joy (irony) to listen to. Overall, a phenomenal album for people who stand around at parties waiting for people to talk to them while they feel sorry for themselves. Highlights: Plainsong, Pictures of You, Lullaby, Fascination Street, Untitled

This is an all timer for me. I know that this list will make me tired of 80s English bands and synthesizers but this album is so good. Even if there were no lyrics I'd rate this a 5 for the music and the bass lines. 5/5

I dont know, shit, its an exceptional record from start to finish; the end.

A big long sprawling album such as this has many opportunities to drag or become self-indulgent, or worse, just filled with mediocre pap. Disintegration is as good as Faith, Seventeen Seconds, or Pornography. In some ways, it's better because of it's length and Robert Smith's growth as a songwriter.

This is definitely the essential Cure album for anyone who hasn’t really jumped in yet. Having seen them live a couple times I remember seeming them open with “Plainsong” which made me appreciate that one more than the album version did at first. Really there’s no skips for me on Disintegration and I’d put it up there with Pornography, Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me, Wish and their newest one Songs Of A Lost World as my personal favorites.

Shimmering, sparkling, soaring, swelling, bursting open with delicate beauty and intense emotion, then falling gently back to earth like petals on a breeze. Moody atmosphere, layers and textures galore, synth washes over driving drums, yearning melodies, plaintive vocals. Songs for romantics who love love, beauty, dreams, memories, fragility, poetry, darkness, kissing, and emoting in general. This is a gorgeous, gloomy masterpiece. Kyle Broflovski to Robert Smith: "Disintegration is the best album EVER!"

I couldn't listen to this album for a long time because of the memories associated with the first time I heard it. This is the first time I've properly listened to Disintegration as a whole, and it deserves all the love and hype it still gets to this day. I'm so happy. Dark room, stress gummies, headphones, candle, cozy blankets, relaxed and absorbed into the atmosphere of this album - it was a perfect listening experience for a masterpiece of a record.

PEDRADAÇA! eu sempre fico embasbacado em como esse album flui bem. super bem produzido, vai se fuder, lindo demais. dito isso, 100% life changing escutar esse aqui qdo adolescente (pro bem ou pro mal depende do adolescente). se um dia eu usei delineador e lapis de olho, eu agradeço a eles.

masterpiece

I never realised how good the Cure were until this album. Atmospheric, dark, long intros with minimal outros. Close to flawless 4.75/5

Nice :)

classic

perfect album that gets more perfect the more you listen to it. did i say it’s perfect? so perfect i grew up on it and still want to listen to it lol

Almost flawless album - never tire of listening to it and some of the best songs they ever produced

An absolute classic from one of the greatest bands of all time, which still sounds amazing over 35 years later. The fact that a lot of these songs still appear on their live set lists just shows how great they are (and they sound even better live). I still get goosebumps listening to Pictures Of You.

So gloomy, so grandiose, so self-assured. This is one of the easiest 5-star ratings I've given out and it's must-listen #94.

Classic

Dark, atmospheric, different any other parts of the cure’s music. Amazing album.

Glacial innit?

I was obsessed with this album in college and it hasn't lost any of its power. As close to perfect as you can get. Favorites: Plainsong, Pictures of You, Closedown, Lovesong, Lullaby, Fascination Street, Disintegration Would I listen to it again: Yes

Think I’m largely too happy for this

I love it!

My second Cure album this week, and this one is a longtime favorite. Disintegration is a stark contrast to Pornography, yet just as powerful in its own way. From the very first notes of Plainsong, the album pulls you into its world. It’s an incredible opening track—lush, melancholic, and absolutely mesmerizing. And what follows is nothing short of perfection: a collection of deeply emotional, orchestral, and immersive songs that feel timeless. The atmosphere throughout is dark yet beautiful, haunting yet inviting. It’s an album you can play over and over again, always finding something new to appreciate. Favorite songs: Plainsong, Lullaby, Lovesong—though honestly, I could name them all. Least favorite song: There isn’t a single weak track. Album artwork: Absolutely iconic.

Love the cure great choice

Really Good.

Phenomenal, PHENOMENAL album. Maybe the best I’ve had so far. The word masterpiece gets thrown around all too casually but I think it’s entirely appropriate for this one.

I've only known "Friday I'm in love" from The Cure until this album, which is a song that I'm not too keen about. Disintegration was such a joy to listen to!

I think that this album is one of the best out of the 80's. While I have played this a thousand times it never gets old. It does, however, get a bit almost depressing taken in all at once. But, this does not distract from the brilliance of whatever this genre is. I still have not really pinpointed that. The Cure IS one of my favorite bands of all time precisely because they are so different than anyone else. The music is timeless. I don't even think it can be dated. Outside its EMO level depression, this could be a regular on my playlist (and I own all their stuff anyhow). So for now, I would caution one to take this in small bites as (February 2025) is rather a depressing time for humanity, we might look for something a bit more cheerful. Otherwise this is a stellar album that is absolutely one of the best of all time.

An interesting change back to the original sound of the Cure but with more polish. I was never a Goth in the day but had a soft spot for The Cure and I think this album explains why.

Love The Cure

Absolutely sublime.

Moody

Long, warm, lush, and veering on melodramatic even for the Cure, but still a great record. It's one of their earlier ones that I don't own, however. Stick to the singles. Lovesong makes me cry.

Never would have made it through my 20s without this album. Equal parts morose and jangly, sarcastic and sincere, and wholly amazing to listen to.

Frábær drungi. Óx emo toppur eftir hlustun 5.

Algjört meistaraverk. Besta plata Cure og Pictures of you besta lagið. Mynd af konunni sem hann er búinn að vera með frá því þau voru 14. Barnlaus, en South Park bætti úr því.

I think the word, "masterpiece," gets thrown around far too casually, yet here we are, collectively considering an actual masterpiece.

It's a whole dreamy atmosphere to float in.

All time classic

Really beautiful and sorrowful

Some amazing songs! The mood is palpable. Some great instrumentals that are just as good as any other song

This is one of the greatest albums ever. Probably in my personal top ten. This is the pinnacle of The Cure’s style. Waves of sound, beautiful melodies, sweet and sad. The rhythms can go from flowing to claustrophobic. It’s just perfect.

"Ongekend sfeervol", aldus een medebeoordelaar van deze snoblijst. En dat somt eigenlijk dit hele album op. Een pulserende bas (vaak gaat dat bij mij gepaard met een hoog cijfer als ik deze omschrijving gebruik), goed ingezette synths die sfeerverhogend werken, een zenuwachtig pielend gitaartje. Alles met een goeie galm eroverheen. Het is ergens iets theatraal, maar precies genoeg om het niet over het randje te duwen. Dit vond ik in de 90s waarschijnlijk wel over het randje, maar inmiddels zijn we ouder en wijzer geworden (denken we), of milder (denken we) en kunnen we deze uitgekristalliseerde 80s new wave/postpunk beter plaatsen. En ik kan het dus buitengewoon waarderen inmiddels. Wissel die sfeervolle composities af met kleine new wave hitjes als Lovesong of Lullaby, en je hebt voor mij een absolute topplaat. Met een machtig nummer als Pictures of You als hoogtepunt aan het begin en het wonderschone Untitled als slotnummer. Naar eigen zeggen was Robert Smith vooraf aan deze plaat eigenlijk geminderd met (hallucinerende) drugs, maar de band had weer een goed album nodig, dus was hij weer begonnen. Dan levert die troep toch nog wat goeds op. Wat een weelde, wat een geniale plaat. Easy 5 sterren.

The is not my favourite by the cure but it’s still a great record. But not a perfect one so it’s only 4.5/5. But since it’s the cure I’ll give 5 stars.

Overall: 10/10 Oh boy, this is stupid good. I love how moody and doomy this album gets while still having some hard rockers here and there. Robert Smith is an insanely good vocalist who makes everything sound effortless and soooooo gothic. I surprisingly really enjoy the keyboard contributiond as well, I feel like they add a lot to the atmosphere of the music. This is easily my favourite album I've generated from the 80s so far and I feel I'll only grow to love it even more. Fav Song: Lullaby Least Fav Song: Closedown

Back in the 1980’s I really liked The Cure who to my mind were one of the best ‘new wave’ bands. Primarily because they were playing traditional instruments in the main rather than electronic ones which were becoming the vogue. Robert Smith is also a brilliant tunesmith responsible for some of the best 80’s songs. As time went on and as it turned out, to my loss, I forgot about The Cure. It wasn’t until very recently that they came back onto my radar. This was as a result of a Steven Wilson and Tim Bowness podcast ‘The Album Years’ They were waxing lyrical about another Cure album Pornography and this caused me to give that a listen. I was hooked once more. Even better, this coincided with the release of their 2024 album Songs of a Lost World. This is my favourite album of 2024 and if that does not make this list at a future date something is wrong. It is a masterpiece and if another album of seismic proportions is not released in the meantime Songs of a Lost World will be my choice as an album to be added to the list when I finish. But I digress, discovery of this album came about as a result of reading reviews of Songs of a Lost World. Many saw similarities between both so I immediately became acquainted with it. It is true that Disintegration could be the mother of SOALW. Both share the darkness of the songs and the long instrumental intros which build and build largely driven by Simon Gallup’s bass. As a record on its own Disintegration is a classic which for not a series of lucky coincidences and following the 1001 list I would have missed. I would have been much the poorer for that. 5/5 3/2/25

Ledsna kärlekslåtar till känslor av eufori skapade av melodier som jag aldrig hört förut. The Cure var verkligen något speciellt. Melodierna kändes så äkta och unika. Helt perfekta.

Timeless masterpiece. Arguably best alternative rock album of all time

I'm not sure what I like more - the incredible opening three tracks, or the insane second half of this album. One of two ridiculous highlights of 1989.

I love this album, I own it from a long time ago. It's not my favorite Cure album but I really love the doomy vibe I get from the 2nd half of this. 5 star

"Disintegration is the best album ever!"

Love it

I’m not able to hear this without thinking of the South Park ep where Robert Smith guest stars and at the end Kyle yells that Disintegration is the best album ever. I wouldn’t go that far but it is great. Plainsong and Pictures of You are a fantastic opening gambit. Love Song and the title track are other standouts and the rest contribute strongly to the overall vibe of dream and anguish. I’m sure a lot of Cure fans find this one too poppy but I need some brightness compared to their more goth stuff. It’s a 5.

I liked this a whole lot more than I expected to. Maybe it's just the general malaise in the air right now but this hit. These are good songs to get lost in with their intricate layers and long run times. I actually knew Lovesong first from the Adele cover!

Fav: untitled

Hard to excel

my favourite album of ALL time already listened too many times my favourite song right now is probably prayers for rain right now but i feel like it changes every day MASTERPIECE

Absolutely stunning album. Lush, hypnotic music. The guitar especially sounds great.

Disintegration has to be The Cure's magnum opus. It is so sprawling and well-put-together that it is hard to dislike any of it. Best Songs: Pictures of You, Lovesong, Lullaby, Fascination Street Worst Songs: NA

Perfection

An epic album, one to be properly listened to as a whole cohesive album. More variety than expected and not just all slow and depressing!

Aqui estamos diante de um disco bem melancólico, mas que, de forma alguma, foi um peso escutar. Um disco cheio de ambiência e muitos, mas MUITOS MESMO, uso de de sintetizadores. Meu resumo é: melancolia com longas introduções e riffs deliciosos de baixo. Não é preciso se esforçar muito para perceber que eles são uma banda britânica. Também dá pra sentir o lado gótico da vida falando forte em como as melodias são executadas. Não me lembro de nenhuma música mais "alegre". Infelizmente não consegui ouvir com a atenção que gostaria, então minhas percepções são de alguém que estava realizando outra atividade enquanto escutava o disco. Esse disco me surpreendeu com a quantidade de músicas com introduções que passavam dos 1m30 de música. Algumas passando até os 2 minutos! Sem contar algumas surpresas instrumentais que apareciam para trazer peso ou nova dinâmica. "Lovesong" abre o disco mostrando que eles estão aqui para serem melancólicos. Apesar disso, há uma beleza diferente no ar. A presença dos sintetizadores, assim como no disco todo, mostra que existem vários possíveis sons. Apenas o tom da guitarra que não me agradou muito nessa música. Agora, o acorde dissonante no final foi de arrepiar. "Pictures of You" traz uma introdução com dois momentos. É muito legal como guitarras e baixo fazem coisas diferentes, mas como elas se combinam. Achei bem curioso que essa música teve poucas variações na sua execução e, apesar disso, foi uma música que me agradou bastante. Ali perto da casa dos 6 minutos há uma nova progressão, trazendo nova vida. O final dessa música também foi algo meio "seco", e esse susto me agradou. "Closedown" não me chamou tanta atenção, apesar de ser uma música com uma dinâmica diferente na bateria, sendo levada praticamente em modo "tribal" em sua totalidade. "Lovesong" foi uma das poucas músicas que ficou abaixo dos 1m30 de introdução. Mais uma vez as guitarras fazem coisas diferentes que se complementam. O riff de baixo conduzindo a música enquanto o sintetizador fazia a cama me fez instantaneamente gostar dessa música. Tem uma passagem instrumental com sintetizador/cordas que me tirou um sorriso e, após essa passagem, vem um refrão (?) com nova dinâmica tanto no vocal quanto no instrumental, que me pareceu ter mais elementos presentes. "Last Dance" em um primeiro momento achei estranho apenas a bateria e o sintetizador. Parecia que não havia peso, até que veio o preenchimento com baixo e guitarra. Durante o refrão, acredito, o baixo faz uma nota que traz uma dissonância aos acordes tocados e foi um pequeno elemento que chamou atenção. Foi a música mais fraca do álbum na minha opinião. "Lullaby" já trouxe um novo respiro, iniciando a música com o violão. É uma música que quase achei longa a introdução. A voz vindo em forma de sussurro e sem efeitos maiores me fez até parar um pouco minha atividade. A combinação do riff do baixo com a guitarra e um sintetizador/cordas, tornou a música perfeita. Na segunda estrofe a voz vem com mais força e mais presente. E, outra vez, temos um final "seco" que te pega desprevenido. "Fascination Street" iniciando com um white noise e o baixo foi bem interessante. E, novamente, uma introdução com duas dinâmicas. A agressividade que Robert Smith coloca em sua voz no refrão foi lindamente assustador. O sintetizador, mais uma vez, trazendo sons diferenciados. Desta vez a harpa (?) em uma passagem instrumental. Bem curiosa a exploração de sons. "Prayer for Rain" os sons reversos acompanhados de um riff na guitarra foram bem interessantes. Eles sabem brincar com as emoções. E quando a bateria entra na segunda dinâmica da introdução, somos surpreendidos por uma nova levada, algo que não passava pela minha cabeça. O refrão traz vários sons que tornam ele bem cacofônico e contribuem para o tom hipnótico da música. "The Same Deep Water as You" o som de chuvas conquistou hahaha. O baixo vem de uma forma mais simples do que foi executado até então. O sintetizador acompanhando o que o vocal canta foi um charme só. Apesar disso, uma música que tinha mais potencial em um álbum tão completo. "Disintegration" trouxe um ar mais alegre com um riff de baixo acompanhado da bateria. E, para a surpresa de ninguém nesta altura, temos uma segunda dinâmica com outros instrumentos. Alguns detalhes nessa música que me chamaram atenção foram algumas vozes de fundo no refrão (?), e o sintetizador trazendo um som que lembra instrumentos orientais. Robert Smith também se emociona vocalmente conforme a música vai progredindo. "Homesick" MEU DEUS ELES COMEÇARAM COM UM PIANO! E então vem um white noise, guitarra... até o baixo vir com apenas uma nota e fazer tudo se conectar. De todas as músicas, essa foi a que senti maior tristeza na voz. É legal que ela tem uma dinâmica de crescimento, onde os instrumentos vão ficando altos e cacofônicos, até chegar em um final mais sutil. "Untitled" é a que encerra e também tem uma certa felicidade. Me fez lembrar a personagem 'Tristeza' dos Divertidamente, quando ela tenta sorrir e animar os outros. Para o fechamento, o fade trazendo um outro instrumento foi algo que me fez sorrir. Uma música bem gostosinha e também bem hipnótica. É um álbum que certamente voltarei para ouvir com bem mais atenção, mas o pouco que consegui ver, é 5 estrelas na certa. Quero ver se as letras acompanham o sentimento dos instrumentos. Favoritas: Pictures of You, Lovesong, Lullaby, Fascination Street, Disintegration, Homesick.

5/5, holy fucking shit, what a journey. I had never heard a single song by The Cure other than Boys Don't Cry and Friday I'm in love, and I think I found this album (or has it found me?) at exactly the right moment. It's like every single song is translating something about how I feel. It really brings out this intangible property of art which is making us feel; I love it. The couple of tracks that I didn't particularly enjoy aren't enough to bring the overall score down. ♡ Plainsong - The intro is so good! It feels like longing, but also like hopelessness. Then the voice comes in and wow, holy fucking shit, what is this song, damn it, love it. The fact that the lyrics are sandwiched between a long intro and outro makes the whole story feel like a short whisper in a much bigger picture. I really liked it. ♡ Pictures Of You - This song sucks you in, completely. The way the vocals deliver the message of love in a way that is impossible to move away from. Mesmerizing. It's funny how this album makes me feel so much that I ignore the actual music theory and focus on how the music is making me feel; this band is great. ♡ Closedown - Everything about this song resonates lovelessness. What a powerful song. The constant drums adding pressure. The lower range, the guitar solo, everything is so tight. I'm so happy to have found this band now. ♡ Lovesong - Really liked the song, even if it feels a bit cheesy at times lol. This is like the credits song of a couple that started dating in the 80s Last Dance - This one didn't really capture me. Can't tell why. I really like the vocals, but the song feels a tad repetitive. ♡ Lullaby - Amazing arrangement. The higher pitch guitar just before the vocals enter are so good! All modulation is applied so consciously and tastefully that it really enhances the whole thing. Robert Smith's voice is also so versatile; I feel like he's doing something completely different every song. The song being called lullaby is the cherry on top. What a great song! ♡ Fascination Street - The opening bass riff on its own is enough to give this song a heart; I'm a sucker for long intros and this album is an all you can eat buffet of those. As mentioned in the previous song, I feel like the vocals are doing something completely different on every song. This is the first song in the album that makes me wanna sing along at the top of my lungs! Prayers For Rain - The layers being slowly added during the intro are done so masterfully! When you think the strings are the Apex, that's when the vocals come in and wow! I'm constantly expecting the vocals to destroy the whole ambientation, but they never do. The Same Deep Water As You - What a sad song, damn. I feel like it could be a tad shorter though. It feels a bit dragged, specially with how surgically precise every other song on the album feels. Disintegration - Another song that feels a bit repetitive because of how long it is; not a bad song per se, just that the beginning of the album prepared me for something else altogether. Funny that the title piece doesn't feel like the epitome of the album to me. ♡ Homesick - Love the more stripped down vibe of the beginning and the fact that it builds up into something else entirely over time with the drums and the guitar joining at just the right time is amazing. The lyrics are amazing. The fact that the piano takes the stage back during the vocal part is the cherry on top. What an amazing piece of music. Untitled - I didn't particularly enjoyed this one. The guitar part, while interesting, felt too repetitive. The long outro does something pretty cool with changing the riffs and adding some texture to the end of the song and serves to wrap up the song and the album as a whole.

An almost perfect album, save for “Lullaby” which I’ve just never enjoyed no matter how many listens. This was my most played album of the last like 4 months (with “Prayers for Rain” my most played of the year lol), and will continue to be in heavy rotation for the foreseeable future. The mood, instrumentation, lyrics…ough

Atmospheric, beautiful and melancholy. I love The Cure.

The cure is one of my all time favorite bands so I'm extremely familiar with this record, it's nothing short of absolute perfection.

4.5 - Great

10/10. A dark masterpiece. Every song on this album has a unique feel to it. I love its production very much! :)

Disintegration is the best album ever.

magical classic

This is, without question, my favorite Cure album. It's one of those records that feels completely otherworldly, like it exists on its own plane. Listening to it on headphones is an experience—every sound is so intricate, so perfectly placed, it’s almost intoxicating. The opening is incredible: the shimmering, panned chimes that seem to dance around you, followed by the deep, grounding thud of bass and synth—it’s like a one-two punch that takes your breath away. The first two tracks are pure magic, the way they complement each other, like two parts of the same thought. The reverb, the delay, the EQ—it’s all done with such precision, creating this hypnotic effect that pulls you in completely. I find myself wanting to shut everything else out, just sit in the dark and let this album take over. It’s like drifting in and out of consciousness, somewhere between dreaming and waking, and honestly, I could stay there forever. What really gets me is the contrast. The way it moves between delicate, almost fragile moments and these saturated, intense bursts of sound. It’s dramatic in the most perfect way—gripping, emotional, but never forced. It’s not just an album; it’s a world you step into, and every time I listen, I never want to leave. A true masterpiece.

already love love loved this album, it's a 5 before i even start listening again. beautiful and emotional and perfect for today

Das Cure-Album, das man kennen muss. Highlights: Lovesong, Lullaby 5/5

Spooky sounds love disintegration

10 stars out of 5. Legendary

I had just listened to this days ago - I'm working through the Cure's discography these days - and it's just as incredible as it's ever been. Every song incredible. Pictures of You was an early fav song of mine, I just remember being so taken with its instrumentals that when the vocals chime in - at the perfect time - I was just pierced by it. Have long loved Robert Smith's voice (since hearing his feature on blink-182's self-titled album when I was a kid) and this album is just completely unbeatable.

Just one of the most impressive albums of all time... I always wonder how grown adults are so able to capture that feeling of crushing despair that I associate with being 12 years old (Maybe some just never grow out of it?...) anyways, its a remarkable achievement and the best album by one of the best and most consistent bands of all time ...

Remember when music was made to enhance big public spaces that people wanted to exist in and not drown out the sound of all the other people crowded in the modernist polygon with shit acoustics? I can't help but think of the mall near me. It used to have multiple koi ponds. Now the only thing there still doing business is the pretzel stand because the profit margin on a soft pretzel is still next to infinite. Where am I supposed to meet my stacked goth if our natural habitats have all been wiped out? The Internet? Where everyone also exists in the six remaining places screaming over each other for attention as the meaning behind life becomes more and more austere. This is such a beautiful album and I want to exist in the world that it was made for.

5 ⭐️ Obviously some of their bigger songs come from this record (Lovesong, Pictures of You, Lullaby), but this one has always held a place in my heart. It always seems like their best blend between their darker side and their pop side. The guitar tones are so spacy and futuristic and Robert Smith’s vocals just perfectly compliment them. The echoes and hush sounds play off of each other in a manner that few others could ever match.

Absolutely formative album of my teenage years; have always, will always love it.

After enjoying Seventeen Seconds on this journey, I checked out one of the arguably best Cure records they've made. Despite the successful string of pop ventures as the 1980s went on, the band was going through a series of mounting tensions including Lol Tolhurst's alcoholism and Robert Smith's anguish at the realization that he was about to turn thirty years old and death loomed near amidst the fame. The result was the former getting ejected from the band for his alcohol-induced erratic behavior, and the latter secluded himself during the writing of the next album and captured the dismay and depression he went through at the time. Thus, Disintegration is a return to the gloomy aesthetic from early in the band's career, while continuing the refined sense of production courtesy of David M. Allen. What we have here is a beautifully atmospheric record, where every band member shines in the ethereal darkness - Simon Gallup's impeccably plucky basslines, Porl Thompson's guitarwork made more delectable by the drone and delayed effects, Boris Williams's commanding percussion, Roger O'Donnell's glistening synth keyboards, and Robert Smith's melancholic vocals. All along the way, Rob maintained a lyrical balance between seeking affection on cuts like "Lovesong", "Pictures of You" and "Lullaby", to somber introspection on "Untitled" and "Plainsong", to full-brimmed anguish on the likes of "Prayers for Rain", "The Same Deep Water As You" and the title track. I consider every song on this album to be a worthwhile inclusion, where each has a natural buildup of the composition before Robert sings. While this album is long due to this slow buildup approach, it never felt like a second was wasted. What more can I say about Disintegration; this album is an absolute delight in that the band channeled their demons into a haunting yet serene experience.

yippee! another cure album Just as pretty much anyone else who has heard this album, I love it. So going into this listen I already knew what I was going to hear; but that doesn't take away from the wonder. It feels as though every single track is as the height of its potential beauty, crafted to perfection, creating an incredibly cohesive and immersive experience. And I call it an experience rather than a listen because you're truly feeling Robert's emotion as he presents them. The despair and longing permeates each track through to the end, culminating in this very potent devastation as the final track fades to silence. I adore the way this album transitions into its final form throughout, that feeling of depression creeping in through the edges of each track. I could go on about every single one, but I'll spare myself the time. Plainsong opening this album feels deceptively positive. To me this song sounds like marveling at the wonder of experiencing life, being able to love, how magical it can feel to be in awe. Lovesong is, of course, the ultimate love song. There is something amazing about the way Robert captures love... he gives true meaning to it. The repetition of 'I will always love you' just hits the nail on the head. Fascination Street sees this album truly take a turn to the dark... it feels the last hints of playfulness die, and something more foreboding takes its place. With Prayers for Rain and The Same Deep Water As You, we sink deeper and deeper. This feels like a point of no return, a sadness that just may never lift. A lack of hope for the future. I adore the imagery and symbolism related to water that link these two tracks, talking of a longing for love and then the despair when it becomes overwhelming. Eventually we end up at Untitled, the sickeningly crushing final track overwhelmed with the prospect of having given up. The defeat felt in this is almost too much to bear. I'm unsure I've ever heard something so depressing. "I'll never lose this pain Never dream of you again" I have to sit and wallow in all these overwhelming feelings each time I finish this album. It doesn't feel right to just resume life without pondering over this emotional journey. Favourite tracks: ALL OF THEM!

one of my top 10 records. i love this band

I've heard a lot of great things about this album, and I think it lives up to the hype: dark, striking, hallucinogenic. It transcends its moment. By the end, I was utterly enraptured and didn't want to leave this misty, alluring atmosphere. Favorite track: "Lovesong"

A fucking classic. Brilliantly dark and introspective.

Genius Goth gloomy-tunes

Pretty cool experience and very good tunes.

Album immense, évidemment génial dès les premières minutes. Il est tellement riche et dense qu’il va falloir beaucoup de temps pour l’apprivoiser mais c’est évidemment au-dessus de la mélée. Il m’aura fallu du temps pour apprécier The Cure, mais je commence à voir le délire. Ces orchestrations (beaucoup moins eighties que redouté), l’atmosphère des chansons, la voix de Robert Smith… C’est immédiatement envoûtant et touchant. Coeur avec les mains.

All normal humans at some point in their lives experience heartache, loss, despair, loneliness, isolation and sadness. This album is for (and about) those times. This ranks alongside "The Head On the Door" as the best Cure album. High spots are Last Dance, Prayers For Rain and The Same Deep Water As You. 6 out of 5.

Loved it. Category: Great for family car ride

“disintegration is the best album ever” - kyle on south park

Didn't need another listen to know I love this, but I don't mind having a reason to give this treasure a listen.

Perfection.

Lovely album 5/5

One of my favorite albums! Easy listen. So much emotion.

Beautiful album, Nice ambiance, really gloomy but catchy at the same time! Il loved it

Perfect

Have been enjoying this a lot over the past few days. Very atmospheric and very 80's production esp the drums. It starts really well with great opening 6 tracks but its a bit overlong and looses steam and momentum towards the end. Just sneaks in as 5. Fav track: Plain Song

amazing album, loved it throughout

Love this!!! every song is so so good will definitely keep listening to this album, it’s a staple

This is one of those albums/bands that are basically a person. Rating/reviewing a person is silly. This is a beautiful person. I am grateful for anyone sharing this much.

4.75

Wow, that was atmospheric! I totally get the appeal

10 out of 5. This album is legendary.

I will always love you!

I get it now

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOO plainsong- 8 pictures of you- 9 or 10. i dont know what it is about this song but it appeals to some part of my soul. it makes me want to sob. probably my favorite cure song. closedown- 6 lovesong- 8 or 9. if im not wrong, i believe this is just a sweet song to his wife. was not meant to be released but she thought it was so good that it should be last dance- 6 lullaby- 8 or 9 fascination street- 6 or 7 prayers for rain- 6 the same deep water as you- 6 disintegration- 6 or 7 homesick- 6 untitled- 7

One of the best albums ever. Perfect.

Moody, atmospheric and super depressing. I love it.

An all time classic album. Dark, beautiful, introspective, atmospheric and emotional. Too many highlights to call out individual tracks, but collectively this is the best Cure album for me.

One of the best albums ever made and it's not even my favourite by the Cure! When I first heard 'Swimming The Same Deep Water As You', which had been preceded by so many masterful songs... words failed me. With this album, they deserved to be one of the biggest bands in the world at that time, there are no fillers. I still find 'Lullaby' the weakest track in the album, but everyone loved it. The Cure probably wouldn't have had the year they had if they had released a 9 minute single though!

Such a great album. Is there a better gloomy, rainy day album to listen to? If there is, I don't know it.

Fav song: Pictures of You AMAZING album with fantastic sounding guitars and synths the whole time. Some of my favourite work from Robert Smith.

Medicinal

I really enjoyed this album and I’m shocked by it. I’ve heard of The Cure but I’ve never had the desire to listen to their music. I’ll probably run this album back a few times especially the chunk of songs I loved. Further cements to me that I was born in the wrong decade.

so beautiful 🥹

Really enjoyed this! Eerie, atmospheric, crushing, but also patient and upbeat at points.

First thing first. A song that I have heard a couple of times and didnt realize it was a cover. Secondly, at least twice I listened to this album and heard a riff that made me think of a riff I had heard somewhere else. Third, the bass. It is phenominal.

This is a perfect album

Later on October 25 Anyone remember Omegle? I had a music-related conversation with an anonymous Finnish person on there years ago, who said this album was a comfort listen in the face of recent tragedy. Whoever that was, hope they’re doing alright. Having heard this album before all the rest (aka Seventeen Seconds, Faith, Pornography), I have my doubts that it’s the best introduction to the Cure; The way the tracks sprawl and crawl may turn off people who have only heard “Just Like Heaven” and “Friday I’m In Love”. But I’d have to go with the general consensus that this is their masterpiece 🖼️ “Plainsong” is up there with the all-time great openers. I adore “Lovesong” now but it took me some time; when I first heard it I thought it was too dirge-like. “Lullaby”* and “The Same Deep Water As You” felt like 1st listens (it has been a while since I heard Disintegration whole). The former brings out the playfulness and sense of the macabre that could pin down the genre of gothic rock. The latter’s heavy atmosphere and emotion fits the album no less than the former. *Robert Smith and I differ on Spider-Man’s character. I happen to think he’s an outstanding lad who saves people

One of the greatest albums ever made, the title track being a bombastic overwhelming joy

This is not my favorite Cure album - it is so immense and devastating that I go back to the others more often - but it is almost certainly their greatest work. I don't even know what else to say about it.

Man, the goths were on to something, huh?

Timeless album. Robert smith is a genius.

Awesome

somehow hadn't listened to any albums by The Cure until now but this is about to become my personality for /at least/ the next week

A classic that has stood the test of time. Still great.

I've heard this album five billion times, I love The Cure. Pictures of you is a classic. The soundscapes they managed on this album are beautiful

The gothic holy grail. Well crafted walls of sound and atmosphere, and I love Robert Smith's voice. This is a 5, but I gotta say it was fucking painful suffering through the ringing on "Closedown" and "Lovesong"

Incredible

I've always loved The Head on The Door because it's just hit after hit, but this album is much different. It's got so much cool ambience/orchestral style pieces. Much more of like a need to listen all the way through type of album.

Have listened to this one before and love it. Cool sound, atmospheric and I love the vocals. Only thing holding it back from a 10 for me is the long instrumental intros, lots of songs could be trimmed. Favorite songs are: 2. Pictures of You 4. Lovesong 7. Lullaby 9/10

fire

The Cure is great. I love this album and remember it fondly back in the day, I searched my record collection and could not find it so I must have lent it out and never got it back.

I love this album. I know it should be 5 stars but I’m giving it 5-stars anyway.

This was one of the few albums I remember hearing on vinyl before cassette as a kid. My sister loved this record and eventually added the cassette of it to the mix. Lovesong is a classic that has been covered by so many people. My favorite, Pictures of You, features the often forgotten bass work of Simon Gallup. But what I loved most about this Goth Rock Masterpiece were the lesser know tracks like The Same Deep Water as You and Prayers for Rain, which are teleportive in their affect. To steal a quote from “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, “why are they called the Cure, they should be called the Cause!”

Wow! Why did someone not tell my 12-year-old self to check out the Cure? It probably would not have landed like it does at 47. Why was I sleeping on this all these years? Of course I knew Lovesong but outside of that I barely knew the other hits had never listened to the rest of the album. This is an awesome album. I should have been getting sad to the Cure long before now. This is definitely going into my heavy rotation. That baseline along on Fascination Street is so driving and addictive. Great album!

Possibly the greatest gothic rock album ever made

An album so personally meaningful, emotionally resonant and musically immersive that it's one of the few that one insists on listening to only in its entirety and only when one can concentrate fully (or near fully). In other words, this is to be taken with great seriousness.

Masterpiece of alternative rock and eternal inspiration for bands. 5/5 👍

I mean, obviously.

Classic album

What a beautiful album

One of the greatest albums of all time, and one of the few albums I would call a masterpiece. There is just such strong song writing, lyrics, vocals, production and a great sense of nostalgia and melancholy. This album is the reason why The Cure are huge, if they never released this album I don't think they would still be as half as popular as they are now. First off, Plainsong is one of the greatest openers ever. It just sounds out of this world. And then there is all of the hits: Love Song, Pictures of You, Lullaby, and my person favorite Fascination Street. The bass part in Fascination Street is just too good. Another thing I love about this album is that the vocals usually don't come in until you are 1 or 2 minutes into the song and it really lets you appreciate just how good all the instrumental parts are. Did I mention how good the lyrics are?!?! And everything is so much fun to sing along too. Also that synth melody in Lullaby is great, and I love the way he whispers the lyrics. High 5!

What an amazing piece of work from start to finish.

One of the great one-paced albums of all time. Some are ever so slightly upbeat, some even slower than seems possible, but they all flow in the same tempo like some great goth rive. They're all fabulously epic, stuffed full of melody and beautifully played. Five stars.

It’s perfect.

Great album, great atmosphere. Strong emotion and really nailed a feeling.

There are few albums out there that are as ubiquitously loved as 'Disintegration' by The Cure - be it critically or commercially, and spanning across many generations. At times it feels like the band itself is cheating just 'cause of how effectively the members draw up these ear-candy melodies and vibrant soundscapes. It's ecstasy. I think the best way to describe this record is "aggressively beautiful" - as the band uses every trick in the book to ensure your ears are constantly enveloped in these barrages of textured bliss. The idea of drowning in warm paint sounds painful, but if it wasn't, this is what it must feel like. It's really those '80s synths that make me feel this way, they're so thick but still spacious enough to house the underlying guitar that pierces through the mix with its complementary melodies. 'Closedown' perfectly exemplifies this natural balance. On the other hand, a song like 'Plainsong' exerts its beauty through the sole strength of those synth waves that are almost suffocating Robert's whispered vocals. 'Pictures of You' is primarily guitar-driven, while I'd argue the impeccably melodic bassline of 'Lovesong' drives that particular song. No song, however, strikes a better balance between all these elements than 'Lullaby', which plays out like a choreographed dance between the instruments, frequently switching out the sound at center stage. It's a harmonious song that feels like a bunch of colorful little characters dancing in a universe that exists solely within the confines of this one instrumental. My two favorite songs have to be 'Fascination Street' and 'Disintegration'. For the former, the guitars coming back with that newly established layer of keys after the first breakdown is one of those "how can it be this good" moments in music. The song builds alongside Robert's vocals in the verses, with a subtle dance groove established with that aggressively picked and distorted Simon Gallup bassline. It's a song that captures just how many layers these instrumentals can have without ever coming close to cluttering the mix. Then there's 'Disintegration'. I've neglected to mention Robert's lyrics on this album because I just get so excited about the music here, but at times, they're just as perfect as the music. Be it the nostalgic tragedy of a song like 'Pictures of You', the hopelessness of 'Prayers for Rain', the disturbing fever dream imagery of 'Lullaby', or the simplistic yet effective love-ode to his wife 'Lovesong', Robert's always coming through with words that are so tightly interwoven with the sonic themes that they so heavily build upon. The title track though, really feels like a tragedy unfolding before your eyes (ears?) over its 8-minute runtime - a falling-out between two lovers that's littered with lies, deceit, betrayal, and regret. It's another one of those moments where Robert's lyrics build with the music itself in a climactic fashion. It's one of the most poignantly written songs ever - and a testament to Robert Smiths' lyricism. There are some other great moments, like when the drums kick in and how that violin hovers over that sorrowful driving melody on 'Homesick' or how the album sends itself off with those haunting horn-sounding synth leads. It's an album, that even in the modern era of music production and composition, still sounds like nothing else out there. It feels like wandering around a large, vacant castle under a full moon. It's a comfort album if there ever was one, a nocturnal masterpiece, and one of my favorite albums of all time.

A grooving drama, Full with life, ensuing gloom, Sad happy dancing An eerie aura Emotional instruments Nightmare serenade

Another really, really fantastic album. "Disintegration" wasn't an overrated record like I thought it was. It turns out that I love goth rock a lot. "Plainsong" and "Homesick" are my favourites. You probably couldn't tell if a track's a single or not, the album's that good. 5 stars for "Disintegration".

Stellar goth rock album. Hilariously melodramatic and catchy, the guitars shimmer. The drumming on this is also impeccable stuff. Not the biggest fan of The Cure in general, besides this and Pornography but it’s hard to deny this.

Jævlig bra

not sure why i wouldnt have already listened to this. am i stupid?

Heard it before knew it was a 9/10 album. Any excuse to listen to it again. Marvelous.

Rating: 10/10 One of the greatest albums of all time. The atmosphere created on this album is truly one-of-a-kind, simultaneously haunting and gorgeous. The instrumentation is lush and beautiful, the production is incredible, and Robert Smith's voice matches perfectly with everything else. A timeless classic. Favorite songs: pretty much all of them. Least favorite song: Closedown.

Maybe it's the rain, but this album is an immersion that lays the foundation for melancholic self reflections. It slows time and asks me to put down the oars... I love the cure's moody soundscapes. They create mood rather than music. They give me permission to mourn. I've always loved their name as well....if they are the cure, then what's the disease? I remember them as a soundtrack to the emotions we weren't supposed to have in the 80s . Amidst the headlong rush of ego-fuelled parties and self-important ambition and greed, they sighed in the shadows....

Mesmerising

Awesome

So incredible

The peak of all peaks. It’s soooo good. Easy 9/10

Based on the score from this site, what I'm about to say is uncontroversial, but if you don't enjoy this record, I just can't fuck with you. The guitar tones are gorgeous, they sound like they're glass, ready to break at any moment. When this album gets dark, it gets dark, but when it's a little lighter, it's almost wistfully romantic. It's just beautiful, really. Favorite tracks: "Pictures Of You", "Lovesong", "Lullaby", "Fascination Street"

One of the best records of all time

Exceptional album.

I am a huuuge Cure fan and I know this album well, but it's not often the one I turn to as it's so intense. Funnily enough, the album that got me into them and the first album I ever bought was the Best of / Remix album they released after this, "Mixed Up". My favourite Cure album is "Head On The Door" and I would recommend that as a starting point for anyone new to the Cure. "Disintegration" is so intense and sad and cold sounding... and yet it has some great pop songs, and some of their greatest hits nestled in there: "Pictures of You," "Lovesong," and "Lullaby," are great songs, and possibly this is the height of what they are known for since the punkier early days or the self-consciously happy "Friday I'm in love" off the next proper album, "Wish." But those get a little lost in the rather bombastic tunes like "Plainsong," "Closedown," and "The Same Deep Water as You." Having said all that if you are a moody teenager in the early 1990s, perhaps that is exactly what you want. And for that reason I'll never have anything but respect and love for this album, it's just not so often that I'm feeling like I need to drown in sadness these days, thankfully. I've always thought that if I won a significant award I'd dedicate it to Robert Smith for meaning so much to teenage me. Unfortunately I've never won anything significant. That makes me sad. I'd better stick Disintegration on again.

It was a whole experience

(4.5 rounded up) bro the intros to these songs r WAY too long. we must acknowledge this highlights: lovesong, lullaby, prayers for rain, untitled (feb 6 2024)

I was a teenager when this album came out, but because of the circles I traveled in, that it was before the Internet, and that the The Cure did not get much radio play over here, I did not discover DISINTEGRATION properly until the mid-1990s. I am embarrassed to admit that as a major Spider-man fan I was honestly drawn into the album by his appearance in the lyrics of "Lullaby" when I finally did discover this album. I don't fit the stereotypes that people tend to ascribe to fans of The Cure. While I did have a penchant for black clothing I was not a huge fan of Tim Burton films and I've never smoked, much less clove cigarettes. I don't drink and I've never dabbled in hallucinogenic drugs. Despite that, as the years have passed on this album just keeps growing on me. I've come to understand the songs in new and profound ways that were previously unknown to me when I was younger, which is the best thing you can say about any music album in your collection. One of the best albums to chart self existential isolationism. A person literally coming apart at the seams, untethered from everything and everyone they ever believed in. "Lovesong", I think, with no hyperbole, might be one of the most beautiful and poignant love ballads ever written, IN ANY GENRE. So many classic great songs that have stood the test of time: "Plainsong", "Pictures of You", "Lovesong", "Lullaby", "Fascination Street", and of course "Disintegration". Hard to believe the album is 72 minutes long. Among the easiest 72 minutes I've ever experienced. It has inspired and continues to inspire millions of musicians in terms of its lyrcism, musicianship, sound, and production. The romanticism revisitation of musical motifs throughout the album were unusual for the time this album came out and has been mimicked numerous times since. It really is the magnum opus of the band. A fucking classic!

Fabulous album

Trippy and weird and beautiful, and even though it's not my favorite (that honor goes to "Pornography"), probably the front to back best piece of work of the Cure's career

I've been hooked on this album since I tried Seventeen Seconds earlier this year. That album was just alright, had some great tracks but a lot that didn't stick with me. This one though? Front to back, larger-than-life magic. Pictures of You is one of the most cinematic songs of the 20th century, Lullaby is straight up one of my favorite songs, and even some of the deeper cuts (Untitled, Fascination Street, Closedown, Prayers for Rain) hit like a fucking truck in the right place and time. Disintegration is one of my favorite albums I heard this year. Some albums are placed on a pedestal, but this one strutted in to sit on the throne. Robert Smith and company are some of the only people who can make me believe in such grandiose.

I love this album

One finds it difficult to be objective about this record, which has served as a best-friend / therapist / rabbi sort of record for a very long time indeed. One was 22 when it came out, and one thought it sounded like the seriousness of adult life ahead, of the oceanic sense of disappointment / disillusionment one had already had a taste of. And, though it took a few years for one to embrace it fully, to recognize it as one of the essential soundtracks of one’s life, 35 years later, one can't say one’s initial impressions were wrong in; one’s adulthood has often felt like this record sounds, simultaneously sad-deep-rich and beautifully evanescent, near-overwhelming and demanding to be processed, requiring deep reflection – all of it animated by deep yearning and an organic ache for resolution in the face of loss and other emotionally substantive experience. Disintegration has amplified/intensified connections with lovers (people who love this record would seem capable of feeling and processing emotion at levels both higher and deeper than average – which is both an asset and a liability in relationships, one has found); it’s also offered deep solace in the aftermath of relationship breakage and/or failure. What to say of the music and the record’s many overall strengths? The mood and evocation of pure vulnerability, the elevation of personal sentience and suffering through exquisite layering (what integration of strings and synths and other effects on guitar and bass!). The rhythmic foundation feels like classic architecture in its sturdy and lapidary presence, but then shifts and flows subtly across long songs to steadily build awe and elicit powerful effect at different points in songs. The way the songs blend to subtly modulate the mood of rich, contemplative gloom (see especially "Pictures Of You" > "Closedown" > "Love Song"). Note the similar wind-chimey effects in the very beginning of “Plainsong” and then in the lovely, stage-setting phase of “Pictures of You.” The grace notes are innumerable, as becomes clear on repeat listens. The barely audible, sub-lyrical whoop/howl quite late (roughly 6-minute mark) on “Pictures of You,” (amidst the couple the doo-doo-to-doo” vamping bits). A similar yelp comes at beginning of the title cut. Is there a record with a more perfect collection of beginnings and endings? The heavier/more funereal cuts (“Plainsong,” “Pictures,” “Untitled”) get expansive, unhurried, multi-minute preludes to raise the emotional stakes and land with resolutions that are elegant and note-appropriate in terms of pace (the echoing bass notes on “Pictures” making the 7+ minutes seem to end too soon), and gently wrapped in a mini-crescendo that seems to rise even as it falls away – so satisfying without being anything like sweet or cloying, which one would expect with lesser artists. More rich chimings and resonant washes conclude “Closedown” and the accordion wrapping up the closer ….what can one say? – it brings me near to weeping every time. Contrast these with the harder, tighter openings (vocals starting sooner, generally) and the prompt/punchy endings of the riffier cuts (“Lovesong,” “Lullaby,” “Fascination Street”). The relentlessness of the title cut, with the juddering/echoing effect on the guitars intensifying the finality of the repeated lyric (“how the end always is”). And for layerings, in “Lullaby,” note the play between the gentle, yet insistent guitar and bass prodding on the bed sumptuous bed of strings, with pizzicato figures upping the tension and infectiousness, phrases repeated and varied throughout the song – brilliant! And on the closer (of which more in a moment) hear the way the guitars and key pulsings, near metronomic throughout, break up, fractalizing apart as if blown by the wind or carried away on the tides (similar effect at end of “Disintegration” – that’s what ups the emotional state, makes the song last in memory. There are utterly unforgettable hooks all over the place (“Pictures,” “Lovesong,” “Lullaby,” “Fascination Street”– and in multiple tempos and hues, too, from the irresistibly ominous yet sexy as hell ("Lullaby"), to the abjectly driving ("Fascination Street") and purely poppy-bouncy ("Lovesong"), to the utterly beautiful and heartbreakingly melodic ("Pictures of You"). The untitled closer – as strong a final cut as one has ever heard – sets it all right (substantially better than right), with a fitting coda. Beautifully balanced, bitterly melancholic (again heartbreakingly so), but also suggestive of a brave carrying on (something about the insistently yet still gently rolling drums and the elegant chording/tolling of the guitar to prod us onward – on and hope for triumph, with the authentic melancholy accordion (intelligently reprised from the opening of the song) resolving the end with as something as close to satori as one has ever experienced, just a transcendent form of solace. The 30-year-old Robert Smith apparently felt pressure to create a masterpiece. Job fucking done. And then some.

One of my favourite The Cure albums. This is just beautiful

This album is phenomenal. The Cure's masterpiece.

How about a 5? Yeah, 5 sounds good.

One of my favourite ever albums. It's a timeless masterpiece.

Greetings to Nobbi!

I love The Cure so much, but lately I haven't been as interested in them. This album was the perfect medicine (or should I say cure 😉).

Masterpiece. No album fully immerses me in an aura from front to back like Disintegration.

May be my favourite album from the Cure, it features the best features of the band: captivating melodies, dark and lyrical moods, and Robert Smith's immediately recognizable vocals. "Pictures of You" is a standout that slips softly through the album, and "Lovesong" evokes immediate memories of time and place. Gorgeous tempos underpinned by synths, guitar, and drums take me away to a dark garden. Disintegration is a quiet masterpiece.

This record is unreal. An absolute masterclass in creating an atmosphere and keeping you invested in it the whole way through. This record is its own world and I was completely sucked in. The second half in particular, from Fascination Street onwards is just unbeatable.

Liked this one a lot! The Cure have such a cool vibe.

I'm shamelessly copying this review from somebody else because they just put it so well. The album sustains an atmosphere that is gloomy, yet thoroughly gorgeous. It somehow manages to feel both claustrophobic and seductive. Really remarkable album.

Another great album by Robert and gang. Loved this band since the first time I'd heard Boys Don't Cry on college radio. Fave songs: Pictures of you, fascination street, lovesong & lullaby

I’m a little too young to have experienced The Cure in their prime, but so many of the bands I grew up listening to cite them as influences. I have always known the hits, but never went deeper into their catalog until recently. Other albums of theirs took a few listens to sink in. Pornography, in particular, took some time before I “got” it. This album, however, was love at first listen. And now, listening to it critically again, I love it even more than I did on first listen. It has a way of balancing moody and brooding with optimistic and airy. Absolutely fantastic album that has secured a spot among my all time favorites.

One of the peaks of the genre, not just for its era. Really love this record.

Well that was a dreamy experience. I'm in love, carried off on the waves of Robert Smith's vulnerable vocals.

I wish I'd leaned into the Cure so much more when I was in high school. I always feel like my goth phase is still to come.

Loooooong time Cure fan, but for whatever reason I never listened to Disintegration until almost 10 years after its release. No clue why. Even after listening to Wish / Show a bazillion times, never felt inclined to go back and listen to this. Knew all the singles of course, but not the album. The one day in 98 I was driving around Sydney as a sales rep, decided to finally listen to this, had it on in the car. I think finally 3-4 songs in and my brain just flipped on to what I had been casually listening to. I think I sat in the carpark of the Macquarie centre for another 30 mins just listening while I waited for my appointment inside. Probably one of my all time favourites - but I will love Wish, Bloodflowers, and Songs of a Lost World. But also - see Show if you can.

Already have this and heard many times! Wonderful Cure album and probably my favorite of theirs.

one of my all-time favs

11111/10

A top 10 album. Perfect.

It pretty much impossible to come this album with a fresh set of ears. I was a fan of the Cure - especially the previous two releases. I bought it the week it came out. And - to be honest - I didn't get it on first listen. So many songs that seemed to be one forever. I liked ethereal music but what I was looking for in the Cure was the sharp edges and manic energy of the previous album - with the occasional shift in pace. But here - 72 minutes of dirge. It took me a few weeks to really appreciate that. And slowly this became a personal favorite. So coming to his album 35 year later and listening to it start to finish for the first time in probably a quarter century - its pretty much perfect. The album clearly states it's intentions from the opening notes of Plainsong. Picture of You is about as magical a single as me Smith and Co ever created. Lullaby and Lovesong both ubiquitous back in the day sound especially after not hearing them with such regularly. The groove of Fascination Street. My all time fave cure song - Disintegration - still scintillates even as it never swerves during it 8 min runtime. Feeling the bass on Prayers for Rain (this is a song much better heard on speakers.). And finishing the Untitled - I like to think of the as trending positive in acceptance rather than regret with a long outro to ponder... My big takeaways: it's 72 min runtime is one of the first albums I remember really using the enhanced CD runtime to its benefit. The bass on the album and the way it is produced are a revelation. These songs have real heft without sounding muddy. The rhythm section is really the star of this album. Songwriting songwriting and songwriting. Some of the mans best. I remember reviews for this tour - never have some many people had such a good time having so little fun... I believe that stands for the album as well.

incredible. a real fully formed work. like souvlaki. "You're only just now learning The Cure is awesome? Man you're unemployed" --Taylor

best possible follow up to a bit of a letdown. renewed my interest in completing this project

Don't need to listen to this one right now during a rare Irish summers day. But this is on heavy Autumn/Winter rotation in my house. One of the best albums ever. Top 10 for me. When that bass hits in Plainsong, my god! The rest of the album just flows from there. I see a lot of reviews saying this album is depressing. This album is a lot of things, shimmering, sad, euphoric, melancholic but depressing it aint. Now Pornography, there's a Cure album that is pure drudging depression. I'll give this another whirl once the rain starts. I'm sure that'll be by the end of the week.

A masterpiece. This album is euphoric. It is also melancholy, but the main feeling I get from it is pure bliss. Just sit back with a nice pair of headphones turn this on and let it wash over you.

If you are feeling sad and melancholy and WANT to feel sad and melancholy, there are few better records. In the midst of late 80s rock turning into early 90s grunge, The Cure one of the most brooding Goth/Emo rock records of all time and arguably their most popular one. After the 'cheerier' outings of Head On The Door and Kiss Me, Kiss, Me Kiss Me, Disintegration is a return the comfortable gloom that you can wrap yourself up in. Heavy with synths and slow moving changes, Disintegration was an album that...I can't saw it blew them away but it definitely made millions of teens FEEL. Its' production and construction hold up today. Disintegration may have hit the age that it is probably more well known for the use of its' singles in movies, tv, and commercials, but it is an album that stood alone in its' time.

Made me want to grow my fringe and invest in long sleeved black knitwear

Begynder med et brag og holder bare niveauet hele vejen igennem. Klassiker

Fantastisk album! pisselangt, ville ønske det var længere, havde kun været bedre hvis de der 3-4 minutters sange også var 7-8 minutter

Perfect from front to back even with the additions of Homesick and Last Dance. Despite being an album that is over an hour long, it is still perfect and it blows my mind at how well put together these songs are. Robert Smith is a master at making long tracks feel shorter than they are because the melodies and instrumentation is so well fleshed out so it never feels repetitive, it never feels boring. Plainsong is ambient genius. Pictures of You, Prayers for Rain, Same Deep Water and Disintegration are pain and grief in their purest form lyrically. Untitled is like the acceptance and ability to "move on" so to speak. These songs are then interspersed with Lovesong and Fascination Street which bring a bit more energy to the album which also proves to help the album along. There is no way this can get anything less than a perfect rating from me. It's the best album ever made.

Gid

One of the greatest of all time

One of the greatest. Play it loud and play it often.

Near perfect album.

arguably the greatest album that robert smith has ever put out in the cure's history. the lush and divine soundscapes transport every listener to a foggy garden behind a rickety house, full of wilted flowers. it's so utterly gloomy, but it's a picturesque sort of gloomy that resonates with a lot of people including myself. a truly artistic and impactful album.

The singles may be the catchiest tracks but there's so much other good stuff here. In an album full of haunting atmospheres, The Same Deep Water as You is a 9 minute track that really leans into the brooding, mournful theme. The title track is another entrancing piece that doesn't feel as long as it is, Homesick too. The album can be divided in two halves - the shorter or more radio friendly songs and then the deeper, longer songs. I questioned the runtime of this initially, but somehow it works, even feels essential. Probably their crowning achievement?

The Cure had to grow up on me. Now it feels amazing.

Pictures of You alone is worth 6 stars and other songs are almost as good too

Peak synth pop.

no wonder goths are sad

My favorite album ever.

classic

best album aot

The album came out my freshman year of high school and it definitely soundtracked that period of my life. It remains one of my all time favorite albums. It is both haunting and beautiful. Robert Smith’s voice gives me chills on “Lullaby” and “Prayers for Rain”. “Pictures of You” is my favorite song from the band. Lyrically brilliant and musically engrossing.

An absolute masterpiece. If you would have told me, "here's an album with minimal chord presence, simple melodies, average song length over 5 min, where a goth sings about spiderman, and you will love it" I wouldn't have believed you. Disintegration achieves this simplicity with absolutely ecstatic, grand, melancholic synthesizers, hooky strings, one-note-at-a-time guitar work, and twinkly sound effects. His words are like the newspaper print in the instrumental fire, each throw eliciting the pain of the pages of his life. It is so unlike anything I've ever heard before and since. Robert Smith apparently got really into psychedelics for making this one, and it really shows itself in a different way compared to the typical psychedelic music context. He opts to represent the feeling of bursting up from a cold serene river on a hot day, you're eyes are still closed, but you are breathing, maybe even gasping from the chill, water droplets resting on your eyelids, and you feel reborn in the day. Acid can make you laughy and silly sure, but one can also feel this intense, slow motion refreshment, where you are fully aware of the words that describe your life, but all you feel is what your body is right now. Disintegration taps into this feeling so strongly it gives me flashbacks sometimes. The first time I listened to this album, I was working at a soil factory. While forklifting pallets of dried coco bricks back and forth amongst a hive of beeps, groans, clacks, and a shitty amp playing System of a Down, this album shined through and struck me. It has this weird effect of really reminding me of where I am in my life in the exact moment I hear it. I refuse to describe this album in terms more concrete than what I've said. Unless you have a hate boner for goths or something, this album will set itself apart incredibly. Of course it might not be your cup of tea, but I would fight anyone who says this doesn't break the mold.

Pictures of you is worth giving this album 5 stars on its own, but the whole album is amazing. It’s dark and moody while also hopeful at the same time. I guess I’m goth now?

The Cure is great. Owned all of their albums and saw them live. This album was a continuation of their greatness.

Gloomy feeling. For real this album is one of the gOATh.

Solid entry! Lullyby, pictures of you, and Love Song are all great. 4.5 stars... rounding up mostly because of all the junk that litters this list.

This album made me the happiest saddest possible. Everything fits together start to finish, romantic and hopeless.

PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK one of the absolute best albums ever. six out of five stars (and that might not even be enough). i love it so so so so much.

Very good album. It creates a slightly gloomy atmosphere but, to borrow someone else's words, also feels seductive. It hits the spot. Probably my favourite album from The Cure.

I feel ethereal listening to this. An incredible experience every time

Uno de mis favoritos de The Cure, banda que pude ver dos veces y que siempre me emociona: me invita a bailar, a ponerme nostálgico y a reflexionar. Gran gran trabajo, con muchos matices sonoros y vocales, más etéreos y experimentales.

I’ve never known such despairing joy as this album. It is the zenith of goth music. It might not be my favourite album of all time but it’s easily in the top 10.

Thoughts before listening: I own this one...and its awesome. I am a bit of a recent convert to the Cure despite enjoying a number of their hits for years. It just always seemed like there was a lot to unpack with the band, and I never took the time to dig in. Perhaps I felt they were too dark and goth for me, despite their extremely catchy pop hits I was drawn to. I am glad I finally gave them a chance however since they truly put out some of the most interesting albums of the 80s, least of not which is this album that consistently ranks as their best from critics and fans. Review: This album is definitely a mood with dark, droney sounds throughout. I am not always a fan of this sound, but it just works here. I especially love that the dark is often broken up with perfect pop songs like \"Pictures of You\", \"Lovesong\", and \"Fascination Street\". This is a long album that awards patience as songs can take a while to get to the point, but when they do, there is a lot of memorable vocal melodies, guitar lines, and lyrics to be found. 5-stars

What a great album! I'm late to The Cure (apart from having heard their hits) I had only listened to Seventeen Seconds as part of this challenge - I loved that album too and they've grown on me even more after this album, I had it on repeat all day! Moody, layered, eclectic, mercurial and scruffy hair - the best! Fave Track: Lovesong

Da best band of all time

This is a strange album to classify as a magnum opus. This is the most “The Cure” that The Cure ever gets. If you like what The Cure has to offer – aka moody, washed out guitars, gothy grooves, and depressed lyrics moaned gently into the mic – you’re in luck, because there’s even more of it here! Quite literally, the songs drone on; not in a negative way, because they need the space, but these are the most spacious tracks in the band’s discography. There’s still an ear for pop hooks, but Robert Smith does his absolute best to subvert it. Still, they’re all over this record, and some of those hooks on the non-single tracks are standouts of the band’s entire discography. Now, if you don’t like The Cure and you haven’t up to this point, welp, bad new bears, you’re going to hate this album. This is the most “The Cure” that The Cure ever gets, and there’s even more of it here! Quite literally. I get why people hate this album, because I get how and why someone could possibly hate The Cure. I, however, absolutely ADORE The Cure. I could’ve had at least 2 more albums on this list (The Head on the Door and Boys Don’t Cry, but I’d also take Kiss Me… and/or Wish). I’m not going to convince you today to love The Cure, and therefore I’m definitely not going to convince you to love Disintegration. Now, if you argue they’re a Greatest Hits™️ band, the singles do rise above the rest, so I get it. But I’d argue the real beauty of this album is found in the songs that aren’t singles, especially on the back half, where they really dig into a vision for the band that is excessive – in length, in tone, in mood. And I’d urge you to listen to “Untitled” and “Disintegration” and try to argue that they are not on par with the singles on this album, despite their length. Disintegration isn’t going to convince anyone to like The Cure, but if you’re already a fan, it will be one of the greatest, most interesting albums you’ve ever heard. And I fucking adore The Cure 🖤⛓️🥀🖤

So sad and depressive but yet so melodical. Great album!

Memories 😁

Endå eit bra album frå The Cure. Var på konserten for Disintegration tour i Drammenshallen, samme dag som albumet ble sluppet i norge.

I just absolutely love this album! Fantastic through and through! I love when I get to listen to albums from here on vinyl instead of Spotify! Great listen!

The Cure's magnum opus. A masterpiece of an album, and easily my favorite work from one of my long time favorite bands.

Yep. Love The Cure and this one is likely their best. The longer intros and interludes are especially hitting right with my new headphones. Love the drums and bass driving through. Half this album are my favorites songs. The rest serves to connect them together. That intro to Fascination Street was super important to me in high school as weird as that sounds. Even like the extended Mixed Up one, though I’m a bit of a Mixed Up apologist. It’s the CD I had in high school.

Great album. There is some bloat on the track lengths, but the lush arrangements have a deep transportative effect. There's something transfixing in the gloomy, dark, dreamy atmosphere (and I didn't mind hanging out there even for some of the longer songs). The whole is better than the sum of the individual tracks (but those are mostly good too). I've been familiar with The Cure--mostly individual tracks (and the poppier ones at that)--but I really enjoyed this album. I'm excited to hear some more. Standout tracks were "Plainsong" (stellar opener to set the tone), "Pictures of You," "Lovesong," "The Same Deep Water As You," and "Untitled." ****

I agree that this is an album that everyone should hear. 5/5

Incredibly cinematic - what a trip!

Perfection.

Shows you your ailment and gives you The Cure. 'Lullaby' is a perfect song.

This album has me in my feels on a Friday morning. This is a desert island album for me. I had a friend growing who loved this type of goth/new wave. I miss her and wish she was still here.

Se nota cuando un álbum es diferente a los demás. Solo con la primera canción

pffffff increíbleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Facile.

I really enjoy this album! There are some famous songs on this that I’ve heard before, and I already liked. There were also many others that really filled out the feeling of the album and this album sounded great. Five out of five.

Exelent!!!

So many good jams. melodies be poppin off,

Sombre, mystérieux, poétique... Disintegration vous enveloppe instantanément de nappes musicales éthérées et envoûtantes pour vous immerger dans une sorte de songe mélancolique dont on émerge sans vraiment en avoir envie après plus d'une heure. Un très grand album !

Fempoängarna lyser med sin frånvaro men äntligen kom det en. Knappt ett svagt spår.

Brilliant stuff

Disintegration is the archetypal Cure sound for me - listening to this makes their poppier hits like Friday I'm in Love and Lovecats sound like an exception. It's such a cohesive record, very much giving the feel of a singular vision and a real album, as opposed to a collection of songs. Disintegration has such a strongly overbearing and atmospheric vibe, it's a real experience to listen to, and some fantastic stand-out tracks like Lovesong and Lullaby I'm probably a 4.5 on this but I'll just lean to a to a 4 because I don't think I'd listen to this repeatedly given a few tracks outstay their welcome. Nearly a 5 for me though

Einfach gut. #4 am besten. Warum habe ich vorher nicht so etwas gehört? Vorreiter für viele spätere Sounds.

крутой альбомчик

piękne smutki

Not a huge fan of the Cure, but this album was an easy listen.

Love The Cure!

Seem to be giving a lot of 5s out recently but that's the nature of the beast I can't not give this masterpiece full marks, most certainly goes down as one of my favourite ever records Atmospheric eerie vocals, gothic instrumentals, probably top of my hitlist to see live

An absolute piece of art. One of the greatest bands to every do it and this is their finest work. Probably the band I’d most like to see live out of everyone - being in the presence of Robert smith would be some experience. 5/5