Disintegration

Very nice and moody album. Not as 80s sounding as I feared. Nice mix of guitar and synths with cool driving bass as well. Very atmospheric soundscapes/instrumental parts in most of the songs. A good coherent package.

A little too mellow for my taste

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

Good, sad

Dark, ethereal - interesting backstory.

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

A one of The Cure’s best albums.

Usually 80s music sounded terrible. The production was awful drum sounded like they were being recorded in an airplane hanger just terrible and the bands and the musicians from the 60s and 70s did not know how to use it proper. Everyone sounded awkward and ugly. But there are some band like the cure who is able to use that 80 sound like a sharp knife. This is the height of 80s music done very very well.

Brilliant. First time listening to this album and already in love.

El mejor álbum The Cure. Parte bien etéreo y melancólico. Lovesong es la más optimista, cuando se vuelve a Last Dance se nota un tono más sobrio

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

Espectacular. Oscuro, depre, triste, pero fascinante. Solo ellos transmiten todo eso. 1:12 hs. dura el álbum. Y generan el clima perfecto siempre. Algunos temas se vuelven algo redundantes y solo por eso no es un 10 total. Pero es espectacular. 9/10

nice

This album comes out the gate strong and is sold throughout. I might just be a Cure fan

supongo que en algun nomento no me importaría escuchar esto

An absolutely stunning album

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

im torn between 3.75/5 and 4/5, which may seem too specific but that's where im at lol. i was thinking more like 3.5/5 but then i got to the last 3 tracks and they really blew my mind. those and lovesong were the standouts for me. all of it was really well arranged and produced, and if this was my all time favourite genre i would definitely have it rated higher, but personal taste wise i don't feel like anything more than 4/5 is accurate for me. i think as of right now i see it as 3.75/5 but i can confidently say that in another headspace i could definitely enjoy it more and feel like it's more of a 4/5.

A fantastic album sonically but honestly, it becomes a snoozefest at times. The transitions are great with a few standout tracks.

A beautiful album. Love everything about this one.

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

Original “nobody understands me” music

I felt a rare case of happy sad. Felt like looking at a pretty corpse

Hook club pick. Love all the super long songs and long intros before vocals

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

A legendary pull imo, really appreciated the chance to dig into this album further than "Pictures of You" and "Lovesong", both of which I've loved for a long time I love the way they build their songs on this, often taking minutes before any vocals come in, but in the meantime creating wistful moody soundscapes that draw you in with their repetition, but allowing for some quite catchy melodies throughout. Second half doesn't leave much to cling to by comparison, but not to the point where I'm unwilling to 5* this

Had pretty high expectations for this going in as it was quite high on my backlog and I had heard a few people hyping it up. Didn’t disappoint at all, a lot of the songs sound really similar but not in a bad way more that it just flows really well together 5

I got this album at the urging of my friend who was full on goth when it was released. Loved it then and it still holds up! It’s not a 5 in my book but a solid 4!

enjoyed this a lot i loved the dreamy feel and absolutely loved fascination street

Fav tracks: plainsong, closedown, the same deep water as you, homesick Obviously this album is incredible. The way these artists capture depressing mystical sensations is unfortunately top tier for how much of a cliche it is to adore this group. They’re so good tho

I do like Disintegration, but I'm not often in the mood to listen to it. The Head on the Door, Boys Don't Cry and even Faith give a faster reward.

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

I think i'm becoming a Cure fan....this album was their return to the gothic style of music that they made before becoming pop sensations in the 80's, and I prefer it. Their pop hits were great, but I could listen to this version of them a lot more, and their pop hits just kinda blend in with "80's music." I like the tracks that aren't super vocal heavy as that's kind of my preference anyway, but I like that they went back to the unique "gothic sound". I mean, it's basically pop goth, but still. I'm not a super fan of emo, but it's basically emo, 15 years before emo.

Yea this rips

A great album but way too long

Fantastic

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

EGGSELLENT

Today I learned that Robert Smith has been married for 36 years.

Album 107. Disintegration (https://open.spotify.com/album/6DZNOsLXIU2zOQfQDwDpIS?si=uwq_EsD6Tqmr98wsTUrGzA) — The Cure (1989) First thought — why does this album cover have so familiar vibes to Mulholland Drive movie, omg. Surrealism is everywhere. When I opened the tracklist, I got it — it will be a great and tough listen today. I know a lot of songs and have them in my playlist. Not tough because I've listened to some songs, but because I know what kind of songs they are. It’s a masterpiece. Dark, heavy, claustrophobic, goth album, killing atmosphere. The album is a long trance into ethereal sounds, the beauty of music and melancholy. This album is so painful and deeply itchy. That’s the kind of album that makes it hard to breathe. It’s so good, that I can’t listen to it. It’s too hard. It’s pure experience, absolute beauty. 5/5 Liked songs: — Pictures Of You — Closedown — Lovesong — Lullaby — Fascination Street — Disintegration — Untitled

Lovesong é uma musica romântica perdida no meio dessa calamidade de melancolia e tristeza. Lullaby também descontrai um pouco e é minha preferida. Soube que o Roberth Smith se drogou porque não estava sabendo lidar com o sucesso da banda em 89, o que é curioso… A fonte de inspiração da maioria dos artistas é o próprio espelho. Falando nisso, a letra de Desintegration é muito específica e foi a que mais me chamou atenção (inclusive pesquisei o significado para ver outras opinões). Acho que esse disco tem uma música para cada tipo de decepção ou tristeza que existe.

Nice

The Cure's magnum opus. This album is a masterpiece. It announces its grandeur from the opening notes. Plainsong is a sweeping, elegiac symphony of sound. Robert Smith's vocals and lyrics are at the achingly and most profound height of his prowess. There isn't a song on this album that isn't great. Any bow to indulging in creating a pop song was dismissed. There were popular hits in Lullaby and Lovesong to be certain, but they weren't crafted as pop songs, and they aren't compositionally. Which is what one can say about this album. It was composed. It is symphonic and orchestral in the resplendent hues of its gothic magnificence. An absolute triumph. Definitely among my picks for greatest albums of all time.

Not really what I expected, but I'm really liking it. I might just put it in a fitting playlist!

Great ambiance of a record. The Cure always has great songs on their albums, but they also are so aggrandizing that they start to get repetitive.

Stunning

When did goth music get the reputation for being overly dark and scary. The best of the genre was always the stuff you could dance to. Maybe you avoid eye contact with everyone and stare at the ground but that's fine. It's want makes The Cure such a great band, even now. It's about more than just depression. There's a longing to feel something more but an extreme discomfort in expressing happiness. So when The Cure flirted with pop singles and sold out stadiums worldwide, Robert Smith knew that something wasn't right. Returning to moody roots, the band composed "Disintegration", probably their best album. It's beautiful and anchored in what made the band great, but it's balanced out by some strong and highly accessible singles. "Lovesong" even manages to be a genuine love song as the title implies. It's growth in baby steps but it's sincere and it's perfectly produced. There's no bad track here.

10/10 all time great album

Plainsong - 4 Pictures of you - 4 Closedown - 3 Lovesong - 5 Last dance - 3 Lullaby - 4 Fascination street - 4 Prayers for rain - 4 The same deep water as you - 3 Disintegration - 4 Homesick - 4 Untitled - 3

Classic Cure album. With Pictures Of You, Lovesong, Fascination Street and Lullaby. Fantastic!!

Did not expect to like this album so much. It has Lovesong which I hear all the time at work and there’s other bangers which make it a great listen

This is widely considered the best Cure record, though I was always partial to its predecessor Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me for sentimental reasons. For a long time I kinda didn't love this record, obviously a lot of classic tracks but on the whole I found it to be a bit too much of the same color. In retrospect, I was wildly wrong. This is their best album and there isn't a weak or even mediocre track. This is their best album, the pinnacle of Robert’s songwriting and great performances start to finish

Better than Coldplay

hooray an album that i don't have to listen to in private session. also Lullaby is one of my favorite songs ever

It was my first cure album but pretty much what I expected from them

This is such a great album. It is an ethereal experience. All songs are thematically and musically connected to build this feeling of disembodiment. When you listen to this album, it's like life goes on slow motion and nothing matters but this moment. It is a soundtrack for hopeful depression, while microdosing on morphine. Bliss.

Pretty sure I'm very much the wrong age to appreciate an album like this, but it was gorgeous. And so well constructed.

I had forgotten how comfortable this album is. Dark, moody, swirling, it's the Cure at their most polished. "Lovesong" was the hit from this LP but "Fascination Street", "Pictures of You" and "lullaby" are the standouts. Near perfect for a Cure record.

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

Pretty good, I liked the vibe

banging but went on for a while

Dark, gloomy, brooding. That's what I thought this would be, and it is. Probably didn't need to be so long though.

Enjoyed this one. The tone shifts on this album caught me off guard a couple of guard a couple of times. It can go from super dark on one track to cheerful on the next. But it works.

One of my top 10 albums of all time. 12 incredible songs. Each 5 stars individually. Put together as an album elevates it to something else entirely.

Today I listened to Disintegration by The Cure, and I must confess: I was genuinely taken aback by how much I enjoyed it. It matched my mood perfectly, and I was honestly impressed. I barely knew anything about the band beyond “Friday I’m in Love,” which I adore, so I didn’t really know what to expect. Then I opened the album on Spotify, saw the duration, and thought, “Okay, another 80-minute album. We’re either going to suffer or fall in love.” I’m starting to notice a pattern: music from the past used to be long, immersive, almost excessive, while today everything feels shorter — maybe a symptom of the TikTokification of music. But anyway. From the very beginning, I had the feeling that this was a breakup album, and I kind of loved that. Actually, I really loved it. The opening track is stunning. I saved a bunch of songs — I think I only disliked two — and the overall experience felt unexpectedly moving. “Plainsong,” “Pictures of You,” “Lovesong,” and “Disintegration” are the clear standouts for me, each one carrying a different shade of melancholy and emotional intensity. I’m so happy that I listened to this album today, of all days — it felt almost too perfectly timed. It was a pleasant surprise. I wasn’t expecting to like it this much, but I did. A lot. Four stars. And yes, it was really special. Beautiful, even.

Best of far 2026

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

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

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

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

Great songs on this album. Plainsong is among my favorite songs, probably.

3/5

6/5, likely my favourite.

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

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

One of the best

Even though it's a slow ish 80s album, I still really enjoyed it. Kinda dark and edgy in a way. Disintegration was my favorite.

kind of interesting. i'd written myself off as "not really a The Cure fan" but this one brought me back for sure. there were definitely times where the album annoyed me a little bit, but by and large there were enough cool sounds and cool moments to more than justify any negatives. it's a big chunky album of big chunky songs, and it drags, but when it's dragging in one of those cool moments it's sick, and you get a nine minute song that doesn't feel like it at all. Plainsong is a great opener, but Disintegration really got stuck in my head that's gotta be my favorite. like a soft 4

Rating: 10/10 Not a bad middle of the winter album but really serves best as one for autumn or spring on a dreary, rainy day. One immediate thing I feel about Disintegration is that it evokes so many bittersweet emotions, as it can be romantic, loving, longing, melancholic, lonely, cold and sad throughout. It’s not just a depressing album. One thing that’s actually awesome is Robert writing Lovesong for his fiancé/wife who he is still with 4 decades later and will die with. The beautiful, lush, dreamy and rainy atmosphere this album creates is pretty much unmatched. It’s pretty long, yes, but it really takes its time in establishing this tone and then building it up, which works nicely when the first part of the album is filled with some really melodic poppier moments, and then the latter half has these sprawling tracks filled with amazing bassy grooves. Lullaby, Fascination Street, Prayers for Rain, Disintegration, Untitled are just flawless and keep continuing to bask in unmatched atmosphere. The band really capped off the 1980’s by releasing the pinnacle of Gothic Rock paving the way to a dream pop future, and it’s easily a front running contender for the best album of the decade. It is to me. It’s not my favorite album of all time but it’s definitely top 5.

Really nice. Builds a great mood and sticks with it the whole way through. It was wispy and vibey, not too much to get boring but also enough to build the ambience. Sprinkle in some classics (felt like Kirill going "damn these are all on the same album huh") and you've got a great album 7.9/10

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

Long but good

Beautifully immersive

That was fucking unreal. That 80s brooding synth just gets me in the giblets

phenomenal album, haven't heard it in ages

10/10 already love this album

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

Their best album? It’s either this one or Kiss Me x 3. Kiss is a full rock opera with epic waves of sound and orchestration; Disintegration returns to more of the ‘classic’ Cure sound, though lusher and wider in scope now. The first half is impeccable, with “Pictures of You” being the ür-lost-love song. You can imagine Robert wailing this lament atop a dark windswept cliff. Then “Lovesong” captures an almost bare-bones need and tenderness in its swirling melody. “Lullaby” is so gothically creepy it’s pretty much camp, and I adore it for that. The remainder is less memorable, diving into longer, contemplative songs that don’t match the nerve of the first tracks. But it’s still endlessly replayable, with that unique Cure sound sending me on a journey deep with Robert’s singular mind.

Wat een album.

Ik heb tov de rest van de groep sws het minst The Cure geluisterd. Ik wist sowieso dat het vet was, maar nooit volledige albums gedraaid. Maar wow, dit is echt zo tijdloos en goed. Toch nog beetje verbaasd

5/5 Een van mn comfort albums Plainsong een van de mooiste opening tracks ooit en diezelfde sfeer wordt delicaat uitgesmeerd over de rest van het album als een stukje toast

Albums van ruim 80 minuten staan voor mij bij voorbaat 3-0 achter. Disintegration, daarintegen, zou prima 3 uur mogen duren. Beste album van een van de beste bands ooit. Een gecertificeerde knaller van buitengewoon formaat.

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

Lotta lonnnnnng intros… but I enjoyed

A Golden Gloomy Goth Great, according to the lore - and that is exactly what it is

Do we like The Cure’s big breakthrough? It made a lot more sense for this list than that last Cure nonsense.

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

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

Dost dobar album nema sta, slusa san vec prije al i dalje su mi iste pisme dobre. Vibe na nekim pismama vrlo unikatan (npr. the Forest) zbog sinergije između vokala Roberta Smitha i ritma na baŠČodi. 8/10 Najbolja pisma: Pictures of you

Masterpiece and one of the most moving albums of all times.

I really like the Cure so I have no justification for not listening to more of their full albums. They have such a unique sound, there's a lot going on in every song but it's balanced so well against the lyrics. Teen me was right for being really into them.

Awesome album, lived up to the height. Really weird creepy lyrics at times, but you had to really listen, because otherwise they sort of just washed over you. This website has definitely boosted my rating of The Cure a lot. For some reason, Spotify kept trying to skip songs, which was really annoying.

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

𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 feels less like a collection of songs and more like an entire emotional climate. The Cure stretch everything — melody, texture, time itself — until the music becomes a glowing, slow-motion world you can fall into. What I hear here isn’t really goth rock; it’s unmistakably dream pop, built from vast synth beds, drifting guitar lines, and that weightless sense of melancholy only The Cure seem able to summon. The album moves with a kind of tragic grace, each track deepening the mood rather than breaking it. It’s one of the most fully realized visions of the 80s, and a record that earns its reputation the moment you sink into it.

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

Har man hørt 1 nummer har man hørt dem alle

yes

oh shit!! This is an amazing album. I think I've listened to it once all the way through. This is just what I needed this afternoon. It's been a hectic meeting full day and these mellow vibes are hitting just right.

Amazing !

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

Love this with my whole heart. Some of the most iconic sounds. Encapsulates total heartbreak. No other album with similar themes even comes close.

In theory, I should really love The Cure, but, honestly, they haven't exploited in me, they haven't hit me yet. I'm still searching for that album of them that will make me a fan, or make me say "yes, yes, yes!". I'm still. For now, this Disintegration is very good, such a kind of gothic-atmospheric album with some experimentation. I value them a lot, I do, and maybe that's what hurts me when I don't really get to love the record, but, instead, like it, I value it, but not at the extent to make it a part of my life. Maybe they are not a band that sonically really makes me feel something, maybe I need another direction. I can't deny the potential, the greatness behind them, and I truly liked the album. But just that, I liked it. So, for now, I'll continue my journey. And maybe I will love their next album to pop-up.

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

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

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

beautiful amazing goof fabulous bodacious

I can think of few albums that take me away like this one can. I bought this record a few years ago and was so thrilled to pull it out again. I get so lost in the deep sounds of this album I forget to turn the record over. Robert Smith is incredible!

Magical from start to finish

When you put this album on, it's raining, even if it's not.

the delight i felt when this came up as my album for today! god fuck i love this album so much. so sonically rich, beautiful and thought out, so stylishly dark and moody, sets very few feet wrong in my eyes. just a gorgeous listening experience every single time

Very 80s whiny.

Loved it, but I feel like it doesn’t stand out enough for 5 stars

Beautiful album, a pinnacle.

I enjoyed the ride but I can't see myself ever going for this again.

I found this boring.

Enjoyed this

One of the best Cure albums, it’s atmospheric, it sets the mood and runs with it, it’s beautiful. Pictures Of You is so so so so good. 5.0/5.0 Best Song: Pictures Of You

Massive Riffs, massive emotions, its such a good album the first 5 songs are just bang bang bang bang bang. A phenomenal band, and this is their best album. Best Track: Pictures of you

Absolutely one of the best albums on this list, best album by the Cure, one of the best albums ever. Fight me! There's not a bad 9 seconds on this recording. It's a total vibe. Even the more upbeat songs fit in as intended. Even sad people fall in love, often unrequited, but sometimes.. requited, I guess. ** This is one of those albums that is about 4 times better if you listen to it through headphones. Fairly loudly. Robert Smith's voice isn't for everyone, I get it. But it couldn't be better for the songs he writes. It fits! The breathless whispers, the heavy breathing parts, the angst and the longing he can bring are astounding. "Lullaby" is one of my favorite creepy songs ever. Every lyric here is grabby, but I especially love "I feel like I'm being eaten By a thousand million shivering furry holes" EEeeEEE! Love Love Love this album!! 5 out 5

Classic album, so many fantastic songs. Pictures of you, Lovesong, Plainsong, and Disintegration.

Liked some of the songs, of course not all of them. Fascination street fascinates me a lot. 4/5.

At last. Meer checken!

Awesome album, one of the best from The Cure. Such a distinct sound, kind of melancholy with the guitar and bass.

Gothic rock, dream pop, post-punk, alternative rock. Worth a revisit.

some great classics

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

"Plainsong" alone is worth the album. They never quite achieved this again - the lenghty gothic doomscapes intersped with killer singles.

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

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

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

Awesome, I haven't listened to much of their slower stuff like this but this is the type of sound so many shoegaze bands try to emulate.

This album has made me rethink what Goth Rock sounds like. Sure it's moody, but it's so pretty too.

I know this band, the album was alright

d e p r e s s i o. Leave it to The Cure to make 80's goth sad music enjoyable. Its definitely moody so your mileage may vary, as someone who spent an inordinate amount of time in highschool listening to emo, this hits all those familiar hallmarks. It just sounds good, the production is crafted well, my issue with other groups that attempt this kind of music tend to muddy it up, or something gets lost in the shuffle, maybe too much distortion, quiet monotone vocals, etc. Here everything is pretty clear and mixed well. If I had to pick a track that nails this particular sound it would be Lovesong, great tempo, downer lyrics, a string section! Never felt so good to be sad. 4.5 if I could!

This might just be sad Brit boy music but it hit just right today. I was definitely in the mood to be moody

Quite slow and atmospheric. Probably needs the listener to be in the right mood. Lovesong on two suggested albums in 4 days!

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

Listens: 3 Standout Tracks: Lovesong, Lullaby, Prayers For Rain I enjoyed this much more than Seventeen Seconds. Interesting melodies and powerful vocals. I can definitely hear the hallucinogenic influences. This album sounds awesome at full blast with good headphones on. Edit: Retroactively bumping this up to a 5. The entire album has entered into my rotate these last four or so months since hearing it.

Very dreamlike and atmospheric. I've never listened to The Cure before other than Boys Dont Cry, so I wasnt expecting this but it was a nice surprise.Fascination Street and Prayer for Rain or wtv its called were my standouts. Pretty enjoyable album but what tf is Lullaby talking abt lol. 7.4/10

It's a perfect dream sludge and I mean that with love.

Promised “cure” but still sick? Please advise. P.S. Loved the wind chimes.

As one of the previous reviewers intimidated, Disintegration pulls together all the sometimes incongruous strands of the Cure's previous work to pull off something majestic, sweeping and still needling, something unashamedly emotional that somehow gets better with age, no embarrassingly juvenile, but still capturing the wonderful awfulness of being human and sad in a big impassioned rush of Big Feelings. On an album full of gold, I'd forgotten about the title track, so impossibly good and buried deep in the album.

Time to get sad ( • ̀ω•́ )✧

I hate that anyone that loves the any album from The Cure automatically gets labeled "Goth". Dude - I listened to them fresh in College back in the day (yes I am old) which was Pre-Goth. Anyway.... this is a great album especially for anyone not familiar with the band. For some reason, Apple made it a triple album which was cool...

Repetitive sounds, good

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

Disappointing album. I always enjoyed the music at the beginning of each track, but it would outstanding it's welcome and the vocals never dit it for me. Probably 1.5.

feeling like a monster

I already know I love this album

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

every song sounds the same with those vocals and that punchy snare that has a lot of space or whatever but i liked it and idk what makes a 5

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

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

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

Just a joy. Beautiful, joyful, melancholic. Great atmospheres. Always amazed too at how long the Cure can run a song before the lyrics come in. Not a weak song on it despite most of them running for over 5 minutes.

this is just a masterpiece

This is tremendous. The atmosphere it creates is glorious, the songs are brilliant. I've listened a bunch of times of the years and I really enjoy it, but as well as that I always leave it with the confidence that I'm sure I'm going to enjoy it even more the next time I listen to it.

Good album, nothing crazy. 5.7/10

This album set it stall out early. It is going to be melancholic, grand and have a synth 80s feel. I love all of this. I have to admit I am a The Cure fan and this has one of my all time favourite The Cure songs on it Lullaby. It has the perfect mix of sexy and creepy that puts me on edge. It is a fantastic song. The overall feeling from this album is a wistful longing for things that have past. It will be going onto my heavy rotation. (4.850)

Lovestory & Friday I’m in Love are so romantically goth. Positive despite the cold. Masterful goth!

10/10 ⭐️pictures of you

I actually enjoyed this a lot. The production is fantastic, and even though I generally hate songs that have like a 3 minute instrumental intro, the music was really good here.

Bleak, excellent

one of the more memorable "music can do THAT??" records of my life. the cure's big idea to balm robert smith's anxiety that he's getting old and selling out was not to jettison their newfound pop muscle, but to melt it into glacial majesty. most of the songs take forever to "get going", and when they do theyre in no hurry to pummel or surprise you...and smith himself is swallowed up almost entirely by the vast soundscapes, he barely feels like the protagonist. and after all that seeming obfuscation, its still its own kind of great populist masterpiece...its just truly impossible not to pay attention to. plenty of space for the listener , yet all the musical information is so clear and impactful and impossible to miss because it doesn't rush past you. i havent revisited this in a long loooong time but i almost didnt have to...i see echos of it in just about every era of my taste, and i feel like im always tryna find stuff that hits at least Part of the ways in which this pleases my autism by completely filling my ears without overwhelming or disorienting. still, was very powerful to be reminded of how Uniquely Good it is at all of this. i usually listen to my daily album out on my walk but this had to be a lay in bed listen...whenever i finally have my the cure discog period the world will reset

As I listened to this long album, so awash in gloom and reverb, I was plagued with one question: Why is this album great? I didn’t mean it like, “This album is great! How’s they manage it?” What I meant was that everyone thinks this is one of the greatest albums ever made, and I couldn’t really see why. Like, it was fine. It kind of sounded cool, and there were moments that really captured a feeling, and layers I’d notice tucked under a blanket of sound. But I couldn’t stop thinking that it was overindulgent, vacuous, and too 80s for 1989. I was preparing to give this a 3. And then, somehow, as I listened to the last three songs (each of which was too long, on paper anyway), something changed within me. The album won me over. I got it. I wanted to listen again. I had to meet it at its level, not expect it to be something it wasn’t. Suddenly, I asked the same question as before, but with the originally false meaning: Why is this album great?

I was confused by the first track, which, if I’m not mistaken was an instrumental, or very nearly so. I had no idea. This album sounds like the 80s. I was also taken by the fact that this didn’t seem as sad, as angst-filled, as I think of The Cure being. Gets my stamp of approval, I added it.

Intros too long

✅️

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

Have this album in my collection and like all the others did not skip but enjoyed for the billionth time listening to this opus. With the first strains of Plainsong I had tears in my eyes. What a beautiful album.

this album is really good. i got a litttttllleee bored towards the end just bc all the songs start to sound the same but overall i really enjoyed it. lullaby is a really cool track. everyone loves the cure

Some bangers for sure, but not their best work imo

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

What an absolutely amazing album this is. Where has this album been hiding in my life. 54 years old and only just discovering The Cure.

Wonderful album

love it. This whole album feels like a series of memories that haunts you and despite trying to move on, you simply cant.

Hört sich irgendwie alles gleich an haha

OUTSTANDING. No skips.

Ah the Cure, it’s for what ails ya!

Very obscure and it's giving cocteau twins. loved it, but probs not my fav cure album.

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

PICTURES OF YOU <3

Big fan. Maybe even 4.5

solid 4

my first the cure album and i understand 🙂‍↕️.

Genre: Gothic Rock One of the decade's biggest albums comes right towards the end of it, and it proved to be a mighty springboard into the 90s. The Cure did a very nice job both highlighting what makes 80s music enjoyable, as well as forecasting what some Dream Pop/Alt Rock records would sound like in the early-mid 90s. Awesome production, and some genuinely beautiful rock songs, but some tracks really overstay their welcome. This album could've cut maybe 5-10 minutes overall and been even more enjoyable. Great record, though! Definitely feels essential and necessary. 4/5

I love The Cure

I loved the dramatic intro to this album, how fresh it felt. It felt classic. Favourite track: Lovesong

When I clicked on the apple music link... 3 hours 36 minutes. Nah... not going there. Might cure my insomnia.

My favorite album by the Cure. This should be everyone's favorite Cure album. Many of these songs could (and were) trimmed down to a "singles version" where the instrumentation is removed and the focus is more of the verse-chorus-verse but where is the fun in that. Plainsong is better with the 2 and a half minute synth opening. Listening to Disintegration again reminds me the Cure's latest album shares a lot of characteristics with this one. As a later in life Cure fan, there are songs on here that a greatest hits collection would just miss. If you like dreary goth rock with a slight pop-ish feel at times, then the Cure is the cure for your wants. Great album and I haven't used the word a lot here (because I find it is overused) but probably a masterpiece.

It blew them up so big. Lots of great songs here.

Smooth, sultry sounds all around, a real vocal showcase for Ella Fitzgerald. And the pianist pulls through so well. something about the 50,s and simplicity in love songs that really sells me, great evening listening

A classic Cure album with some awesome hits. It just so happened I was in a British melancholy pop groove when this was suggested!

Really like this. A few all time classics. I used to listen to this all the time. Every song is drawn out. In my opinion cutting just a couple of them to be tighter would make the long drawn out songs feel more emotionally powerful and would make the while album better. Maybe I just got too drained by the end, maybe I'm just too jaded to handle so much Cure. Love - Pictures of You (one of my 100 desert island songs), Lullaby Strong 4 stars

There are so many great songs on this album; Fascination Street stood out to me as an underrated classic, and it's clear The Cure isn't shy from letting the music carry you through as much as 2 minutes of a song before Robert Smith's yearning voice breaks through. Each song feels both unique and cohesive in a fabulous way. The album is presented and released calmly, with the intro and outro tracks, and overall, this is very well done. Incredibly, these guys have been doing this since the 1970s. Smith's voice is filled with pain and yearning, and it is emotion that drives this. Although maybe it wasn't pain, but the fact that he relapsed on LSD during the album's production.

Loved the album, Nate it’s not punk rock get your facts straight

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

Solid. A bit whining and depressing

Not going to talk too much about this classic itself, as everyone else has covered the dark vocals, the synth, and that bass. But I often take long runs while listening to albums, and hit a new personal best today while listening to Disintegration. The tracks completely absorbed me to the extend that I didn't notice the pain and wanted to keep running to finish the album right away even though I had hit my targeted distance. Hard to put into words, but everything worked for me. This gets my (rare) second 5 star rating, and I will absolutely listen to this again. Also intend to listen to more by The Cure.

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

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

The pinnacle soundrack for the emo adolescent. It has all the feels, and is just poppy enough to be widely appealing. When I was just a young boy, I hated this because my teenage older brother and sister loved it. Turns out I just hated my siblings, but when I became a teenager, I got it. Now I love this album, and I even like my siblings.

Very good. The opening track will make you transcend.

saw it was by the cure and knew id like it. solid 4/5 because a couple of the songs i found boring but other than that a good album

I just love the cure ok?

The length had me scared that this was going be awful. I just can't do long albums, and this is 72 min. It's far from awful; while some songs are too long, the album creates an atmosphere that is excellently crafted and engrossing. It feels rich and darkly theatrical, exactly as you'd expect from a goth rock album. It's essentially a darker, more atmospheric cousin of the new wave albums that permeate this list, and is better than all of them.

Almost a 5!

I can't bear their hits at all, but this is great.

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

There's a fine line between loveliness and tedium when you produce an album full of long, slow songs. The Cure mostly fall on the right side of that line on Disintegration.

Another great Cure album. Great production and songwriting. Really enjoyed the extended intros to all the songs. Will definitely come back to this one. Pictures of you was probably my favourite

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

Eu curti bastante, as músicas são longas mas isso não me estressou! Deu uma acalmada inclusive, já que maior parte delas são apenas instrumental e eu curto muito isso. Eu gostei mais das primeiras, as duas primeiras especificamente. Foi um ótimo álbum pra começar minha jornada de descobertas. Sobre a banda eu só conhecia boys don't cry e friday i'm in love. Eles são bons, gostei!

Love it!

C:

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

This album has inspired my music taste a lot, and was a record which my father would listen to on repeat in the car. Robert smith has a voice which does sings to me a different way. A lot of people don’t like the dragged out instrumentals but I think it gives the record so much character. Love it

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

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

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

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

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

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

I was fairly ambivalent to The Cure in high school - didn't love them, didn't hate them, enjoyed a few of their poppier hits. When I went to college and my high school girlfriend (with whom I was attempting to maintain a long-distance relationship) quickly broke up with me, I purchased this album and listened to it non-stop. It was absolutely perfect for my personal melodrama.

What a slog. The songs are all half light and airy instrumental and half with dull uninspired vocals. I don't even know if I can tell the difference between the tracks. And why are these tracks so damn long? 7, 8, 9 minutes? You could condense them all down to 2 and still lose nothing. I'd heard Friday I'm In Love and Tainted Love before, so I was curious to hear their other songs. Well, not anymore. Best song: Prayers For Rain

Will someone give me the cure to this sadness

A couple songs in the middle drag for me but for the most part I'm surprised to say I absolutely loved this album

Meh

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

Did not want to listen to this. Track 1 - Plainsong - not bad, still not absolutely gripping me Track 2 - I hate this type of singing, perhaps hate is too strong a word but I just dont find any of these kinds of songs interesting. It is not bad per se but not my liking Track 7 - Fascination Street - better than the rest so far I still maintain I am the type to like ALL music, all genres and everything but this for me is not a MUST listen to. It is fine. That is how I see it.

вайбік

It’s good. Better than 17 seconds

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

The end of robert smiths attempts of writing pop music, after kiss me and head on the door. All three albums are amazing. Some pretty bangers - plainsong, pictures of you, lovesong are the best 3 openers ever. Lullaby is a classic. Does tail off near the end. I prefer his more depressing earlier stuff like

After many more listens. I love this album. Great songs like pictures of you, love song, lullaby

woah. This was definitely not what I expected, I knew of the Cure but definitely not their entire discography. It’s so cool to hear a different side of the music since i’m so used to hearing the more pop-esqe side of them. Especially since the sounds in this album are almost evangelical. Fire way to start the year.

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

7.5

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

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

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

10/10 one of the greatest albums ever made

First listen to a complete The Cure album. A bit dark lyric wise but excellent musician ship and vocals.

Good. But no for me

I really enjoyed this one! There were a lot of beautiful melodies, and this just had a nice feel to it and overall album flow. I knew some of the songs but not the whole album- a nice discovery!

Fun listen, so many great tracks.

Was quite worried when I saw "The Cure" pop up, since I've already been given Pornography, and that album wasn't that good. However, this was actually a lot more pleasing to listen to.

I woke up on a terrible hair day. That explains why The Cure showed up here. Lovesong is probably the best Goth Rock song of all time.

I've been meaning to listen to this for awhile. And yeah it was absolutely everything I wanted it to be 5*

Disintegration is a cavernous soundscape of gothic grandeur yet, in some ways, disarmingly simple. It's The Cure stretching their indelible sound skyward. Probably a touch too long but I don't care—it’s one of the greatest alternative records of all time.

There truly is no other album like this one. Everything is just so thoughtfully and beautifully constructed; the synth tones, guitar melodies and counterpoints, and plodding bass all layer together to form a deep, inky mist. A murky snare pokes through the miasma constantly and steadily. The spirit apparition that is Robert Smith’s voice entice the listener to step into this foggy world where everything is gloriously dark and effulgently tragic. It is an enigmatic and inimitable blend of dream pop, post punk, new wave, and goth. I think it’s the Cure’s greatest work and one of the greatest to come out of the 80s.

A warm blanket made of sadness

7/10

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

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

‘Fascination Street’ makes me want to eat people. In a good way.

listened to this album on repeat while studying for my finals and i was so focused on the songs i started writing the lyrics instead of my notes. anyway five stars obviously

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

😍😍😍

Fejlfrit album, wow

I love The Cure, not sure this would be my favorite album but I still like it quite a bit. Has some really good songs on it.

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

I’ve been patiently waiting for this album to pop up for me, and honestly, I’m kind of glad that I’m still getting albums I’m excited for this late into the project. I came into this project knowing a fair number of songs by The Cure, but I didn’t know any of the songs off of Pornography or Seventeen Seconds (four and three-star ratings from me, respectively). However, I’m familiar with a few songs on this album, and I think they’re all great, so I fully expect to really love this album. I really enjoyed Disintegration, and of the albums I’ve listened to by The Cure over the course of this project, this has easily been my favorite one. I love the dark mood and atmosphere that permeate this album, and it really feels like a cinematic experience to listen to it from start to finish. I love listening to keyboards, and The Cure composed some fantastic keyboard playing on this album. The lead and bass guitar playing were fantastic too, and I loved how those two elements worked in such perfect harmony to craft this album’s sound. As I went through this album, I just typed out my reactions, which I have listed below: I love the way the album starts off with “Plainsong.” The synths and bass are in perfect harmony, creating a really beautiful sound. The segue into “Pictures of You” is absolutely perfect. The guitar and bass blend together perfectly, and the keyboards are fantastic too. It’s so dreamy. I love the guitar riff at the end of the chorus. It’s somehow bright and dark at the same time. I can’t believe this song is over seven minutes long. It goes by so quickly. The outro is incredible too. Love that opening drumming on “Closedown,” and those keyboards are fantastic too. I love how each song so far feels so connected to the whole album, but it evolves as it goes along. Brilliant stuff. I used to get so disappointed when I heard “Lovesong” when I was a teenager, because I wanted to hear “Just Like Heaven,” but now, I almost like “Lovesong” more. The keyboards are absolutely fantastic on this song, and Smith is at his peak when it comes to his vocals. I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that this is some of the best keyboard playing of the entire decade. The lead and bass guitars are incredible too. The mood here is so dense, you could cut it with a knife, and I love it. “Last Dance” is great too. The keyboards are fantastic so far on this album, but the guitar and bass round out each song perfectly. The verse on “Lullaby” has always made me feel so uneasy, but I love how the chorus is so peaceful and beautiful. This isn’t a song that I particularly like, but it’s effective, and the keyboard and guitar playing are once again exceptional. I like how “Fascination Street” picks up right where “Lullaby” leaves off, in terms of its mood and sounds. The guitars are fantastic on this song, but there’s some really subtle but excellent keyboard work here too. The keyboards on “Prayers for Rain” are fantastic. I’m constantly amazed that these songs are so long, but none of them feel as long as their actual runtimes. The same goes for “The Same Deep Water as You.” I really love the guitar playing on “Disintegration.” The longer this album goes on, the more I’m amazed at how each song is so unique, but the album is incredibly cohesive. And it’s not just keyboards or guitars driving the overall sound, they’re both working in harmony to create this beautiful album. Back to “Disintegration” though, I love the drumming on this song too. It’s repetitive, but it fills in its place in the overall sound so well, and it’s incredibly hypnotic. I really like this stripped-down sound of “Homesick.” The piano playing is great, and as much as I love the keyboards on this album, this shift is really nice. I like how “Untitled” is more uplifting and lighter in its sound, taking the album back to how it started with something not as gloomy. Disintegration is a fantastic album from start to finish. I was really worried that I’d get bored with this album due to its runtime, but I was really engaged with it the entire time I listened to it. This is easily one of the best albums from the late eighties that I’ve reviewed, and I understand why it’s so beloved.

I was surprised not to know any of the songs. And not very fond of what I heard. Not for me.

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

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

Disintegration is een album dat vraagt om aandacht en past bij de donkere maanden van het jaar. Melancholisch en intens, maar nooit verstikkend: de melodieën geven ruimte en adem. Het nodigt uit tot rustig, bewust luisteren en werkt eerder troostend dan zwaar, ver weg van zomerse lichtheid. Een album dat ik opnieuw wil draaien, juist als ik de tijd neem om echt te luisteren.

Brilliant and beautiful

All instrumental. Not my thing. All songs were so long

I love this album

The atmosphere in this album is masterful. And Pictures of You has this Bowie-esque quality that’s also in Heros that I classically love so much. The first 10 seconds aren’t hooks, but they establish the tone of the song so well that I want to stay and listen to the whole thing as soon as it’s started. There’s such a strong orchestral feeling to the whole album to the point where I think I’m recognizing motifs from other songs in the instrumental sections. And there are a lot of long instrumental sections.

Foreward: Aside from knowing the hit singles, I only heard Pornography from The Cure, earlier on in this challenge like two or three months ago. Excited to check out what Kyle Brolofski would call, "the greatest album ever". I would prefer Pornography over Disintegration but I like hearing more of that same sound than the mid 80s poppy The Cure. My only complaint is that Lovesong is kind of boring thanks to overexposure (probably helped by being one of the few pop-sounding songs for radio on the album). Solid band, terrific albums.

The first minute 😩

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

I love The Cure but I hadn't heard this one. I didn't recognize the tracks, but I really enjoyed listening though this. It's slow with a light, airy feel to it

Favorite Track: Lovesong

This album was good. I liked it. It was very ethereal very desolate very dystopian, but in a 80s glam sort of the way it’s kinda like looking at a dystopian version of the future that doesn’t exist in someway. I really enjoyed. I felt like the songs were you know clear, but had some sort of emotional Centre that I thought I could connect to and yeah, generally it did drag a bit I won’t drag a bit in the middle for me, but I kind it made me appreciate the songs where I felt really engaged I would say.

I didn't listen to the whole album (lack of time) but the songs i did give a listen to, were nice! I only knew the cure from 'boys don't cry' and 'friday im in love' Would defenitely listen to the album again to form a better opinion and some songs have the potential to end up in my playlist after a few listens! Again, i feek like this would be more of a background music for a saturday evening

Duh, its a classic. Would highly recommend yearning to this album lying down in bed with your eyes closed. Plainsong one of the top ten album openers of all time imo

Peaks with Prayers for Rain, the couple songs immediately before and after are great, everything else good

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

I alr know this album and i hate it. I hate songs like this that are now used to perform some sort of personal autenticity by people that lack it.

forgot how good "pictures of you" is as a song, really don't listen to the album as a whole because "plainsong" is such a good intro to "pictures of you" Robert Smith has such a great voice. the album starts out with radio bangers and sneaks the goth in steadily. singles are great but this reminds me why albums exist yeah, need to listen to more albums as a complete thing. this is my first suggested album for this project so i've yet to establish good absolute and relative ratings scales but this is a 4/5, maybe even 5/5.

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

I know and love this album as The Cure is one of my all time favorite bands! Their music touches my soul and Robert Smith is a god.

I enjoy The Cure’s style and am familiar with several of their hits that are on this album, but this full listen through was a first for me. Last Dance was a stand out, and I’m not sure I’d ever heard Lullaby before, even though I see it is credited as the first single from this record. Overall this was a pleasant listen and exposed me to some more songs by them I enjoy.

Thoroughly enjoyed this album. Has a dreamy feel to it with the instrumentals and voice. Has an older sound to it but holds up really well to todays standards.

20/12/2025 Although I knew of The Cure, I've never listened to them. Great discovery. Spotify listeners: 20.1 million

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7/10, classics that i love like pictures of you, lullaby, and love song. Very atmospheric and ethereal for me, very coherent album but i think some of the songs are very similar, i like something a bit more diverse. all in all great stuff, love the cure!