Reviews (page 9 of 15)
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
Brabo
Gothic Rock, mir etwas zu dunkel - wie in alten SKA-Zeiten. Schwarze Lippen, grüne Haar .....
Banging
Really Good.
Bit slow and low. Great single in there
I keep trying with the Cure. But just I can't.
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.
Not for me. Well crafted with many beautiful tones and textures, but not enough groove or memorable melodies for me. I understand the mass appeal of this album, but I am not part of its target audience.
I liked this album, I just think this isn't the time of year I'd really enjoy listening to it.
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.
It's a classic but I am not a huge fan
Still a big fan of Robert Smith personally, but I dare say I only like The Cure when they’re at the poppiest. Enjoyed some of this, won’t play it again.
Very solemn, pleasant listen. Such a vibe.
Souvent, avec The Cure, j’aime leurs pièces indépendamment les unes des autres, mais, lorsque j’écoute les albums en entier, je deviens saturée de leurs sons et des émotions (parfois trop plaignardes). Mais cet album-ci m’a paru parfaitement fignolé et cohérent, pas trop appuyé, avec un son à la fois particulier et accessible. J’ai hésité à donner 5
Love The Cure
Great album
Absolutely sublime.
Hmm. Yes.
Moody
Dark and glorious 80's mood.
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.
I have some affection for The Cure but I'll never need a full album of The Cure at one time.
Not a lot of lyrics, if I listened more it’d probably be better. The background music is the same between songs but really interesting, wish the songs were shorter.
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.
there’s something instructive about the way the cure became famous just at the point when they became less interesting
Interesting, enjoyable (partial) listen even if not super my thing. Sounds like the rest of The Cure I've heard.
Good songwriting.
I enjoy the sweeping grand vistas of Robert Smith.
Interested to see what this album sounds like. Lots of respect for this band just not a fan of this type of music.
I didn't know The Cure was chill like this
Very good.
I think the word, "masterpiece," gets thrown around far too casually, yet here we are, collectively considering an actual masterpiece.
Cool vibe to it and enjoyable to listen to
It's a whole dreamy atmosphere to float in.
Really good. Dark and melodic.
I love that The Cure went back to being heavy. The Cure have a unique sound. The downtuned bass drone, echoey tomtom-driven drums, melodic minor key single note guitar picking, Robert Smith's sort of moaning vocals. Moody. Definitely goth. Maybe, for me, a little too introspective, a little too hopeless, too backward looking. Nice job doing that, though! Again, bring me the serious heaviness with a bit less moping. The hookier tunes are the best on here. Sorry Robert Smith didn't like being popular, The Cure's popular stuff is better. "Pictures of You,' "Lovesong," "Lullaby," and "Fascination Street" raise all the other ships, not to say all the others would sink the album. Bit of a downer.
I’ve never been a big fan of The Cure but this album is nice musically. A little bit of a downer but still decent.
as a true Morrissey girl i can’t stand Smith’s whining, whimpering and howling. like for real. still the music sounds cool and strong (thank goodness for long interludes without Smith). BUT “lullaby” song is super cool altogether. 5/5
All time classic
Really beautiful and sorrowful
Great album. Some average tracks, some real standouts. Best stongs: Pictures of You Fascination Street Prayers for Rain
Some amazing songs! The mood is palpable. Some great instrumentals that are just as good as any other song
Tercer y último álbum de The Cure del generador. Me ha gustado menos que los otros dos, en parte por su larga duración, y en parte porque ya no me dice nada nuevo. Con la excepción de dos o tres temas (por ejemplo, el excelente "Fascination Street"), el resto de temas son demasiado melodramáticos para mi gusto. Me gustó más la temática depresiva de los álbumes anteriores que estos temas, más melancólico-románticos. No sé, se me hace demasiado quejica. Creo que, en general, The Cure es un grupo que me entra mejor o peor según mi estado de ánimo, y hoy me encontraba con ganas de algo más animado.
Singles like lovesong are pretty good but most of the album is gloomy filler with Robert Smith whining about turning 30. Don't get me wrong, it's not bad, but I can't listen to it with a straight face.
One of my favorite albums ever, definitely my favorite by The Cure, probably their best album. Lovesong and Lullaby are two longtime favorites.
An excellent goth album; highlights are love song and pictures of you.
The Cure’s best album imo. Great from beginning to end.
Где-то в этом мире есть пластника, купленная на ярмарке в Минске в очень холодный, но почему-то яркий день, который я рад помнить. Изиест 5 оф май лайф. Лучшая песня - Lullaby
An absolute classic
Solid album.
not for meeee 2/5
Aside from a couple of catchy tunes, this is a mess of a record. I just don’t like the lack of melodic content in many tracks, and his vocals aren’t my favorite.
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.
Would have been a four if the longer songs earned their length
best song = Fascination Street
Disintegration is another album which doesn't really go above and beyond but is still a pretty solid album. The album never really did anything that i wasn't expecting from an album like this but it still managed to do it well. The songs (especially towards the end) all had a very relaxing and hypnotic feel to them with many elements contributing to this feel which i quite like. The album however, is very samey which can cause it to get a little bit repetitive but the sound of the songs that generally was playing was still always good sounding so it wasn't something i was too angry about. This album is a decent one, I don't love it but i absolutely don't hate it either. Best Song: Last Dance Worst Song: Untitled
Melodramatic, grand, and full of emotion. There is a sense of scale and fullness (for lack of a better term) that I haven’t heard on previous Cure albums, or many 80’s albums in general for that matter. The low end on “Prayers for Rain” that comes in at about 40 seconds is absolutely insane, it adds so much sonic mass and depth to the song. Then Robert Smith comes in with those echoey, delayed, reverb vocals. Wow! Fantastic production there. Then the vocal crescendos near the end of “Disintigration” really stuck with me too. So full of drama and longing. While it isn’t up my alley, I can’t deny that the cure stuck the landing with this one. Soft 4/5!
Dit soort muziek was al op weg naar de uitgang toen deze plaat uitkwam. Maar al met al is het prettig jarentachtiggeluid zonder ergernissen. Gemummel, drums en keyboards, dus vooruit maar weer.
De Cure kan zo ontzettend saai zijn. Vooral de zang is hierin een factor. Terwijl die zang wel uitstekend samenvakt met de muziek. Het is een uitgewerjt geheel. In die zin voelt veel van de Cure als U2. Onmiskenbaar kwaliteit, maar ik kan er zelf niet van genieten. Wat het verschil maakt zijn de instrumentale nummers. Soms bijna Hybrid-achtig. Daardoor klik ik hier wel het vierde sterretje aan.
"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.
I really liked this! Will check out more
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
The music is not bad and the vocalist not entirely annoying, but his whine is occasionally reminiscent of RadioHead - rather irritating.
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.
Visste inte att depression kunde göras vacker. Svårt att förklara vad som är bra samtidigt som allt låter bra. Outrot på sista låten ”Untitled” summerar känslan väl. Aldrig förstått varför det hatas på U2 men nu inser jag att de är en rumsren, radiovänlig version av The Cure.
Timeless masterpiece. Arguably best alternative rock album of all time
Kinda meh, 2 is too low, 3 is too high. 2.75?
Good background party
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
I didn’t hate it like I did back when it came out, but I still didn’t enjoy it. 2 stars.
Everyone loves this so much that I feel bad not loving it. I strongly like much of it, though. Way better than the last Cure album I got. I wonder if I will come back and give this a higher rating after a few more listens.
"Disintegration is the best album ever!"
Love it
• 4/5 • coherent and cohesive mood throughout and every track is listenable • a couple of standout singles (Lovesong, Fascination Street), but the overall dour mood tempers my enthusiasm
I know people love this one, but I found it a bit of a slog. I seem to give all of their albums a 3, but I'd give The Love Cats at least a 4. Too bad they didn't put it on an album.
Incredible piece of gothic rock that doesn’t quite stick the landing as the last three tracks leave something to be desired.
better than expected.
lots of instrumentals
This was beautiful in a dark and gloomy way. Sonically very interesting with poignant lyrics. Evokes the feeling of staring out a rainy window and yearning for someone in the best way. Plainsong is a really fantastic opener to set the tone with a big sound and big feelings. Each song felt uniquely complex with a kind of depth and musical/lyrical exploration within. I wanted to keep listening. Who knew I like The Cure?!
I was puzzled by the choice of this album, given that it seems like the tail end of the Cure's career (it clearly wasn't, even before they were reborn with a album in 2024, but I think of them as an 80's band). Though after listening to the full disc, I have to say its a decent choice. Its much more polished than their early work, and Smith's voice and guitar are crisp. That said, I prefer the early discs, which had more of a Joy Division feel.
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 don't care for this band but the album was better than I expected. At least it was more guitar rather than synth driven. Still, I can't get past Smith's whiny voice.
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
What can I say, I just don’t like the cure. The guy’s voice has always annoyed me, even when I was a teenager and they were huge. Which is weird, because other whiny Brits’ voices don’t annoy me.
I feel like I should like this, but I don't. Some songs were pleasant, but mostly I was stressed out by how droning and drawn out everything was.
Ziemlich gut. Zumindest beim ersten Hören zieht es sich aber irgendwann und rechtfertigt seine Länge nicht unbedingt. Vier Sterne gehen sich aber immer noch aus.
The Cure was never my personal favorite... but they sure do have a classic sound from that era that I appreciate.
I think ultimately, I just don't really understand this. There are some solid moments and things that I enjoy, but it never really clicks for me. It's music, at least. But I don't think it belongs here. Favorite Song(s): Lullaby
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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.
Great album, really enjoyed it.
I’m not a huge cure fan, but have always been fond of their stuff. Saw them live as well. Put on a great show.
A little meandery, but not bad.
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!
Ah, the legend that is Mr Smith. The Cure were never my absolute stone-cold favourites, but I've never had to "reach for the dial" to turn them off immediately either. Heavy on the bass and soaring keys - "Pictures of You" is the absolute stand out here. Although it does make me want to sit in a basement and drink absinthe and that's not always a good thing.
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.
Simple, persistent, heavy rhythms. Minimal harmonic progressions. Ethereal keyboard backgrounds. I assume this is what fans are drawn to. This is not a negative appraisal of the music. It's just not for me.
I liked it, but I got a little towards the end
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
Bardzo dobry album. Kilka piosenek do zapisania. 4/5
depresson
Way to long and kinda boring
So mid it's bad
It was fine. The whole album had a decent tone and sound but no individual song jumped out at me.
This is like my fifth time listening to this album, and I will say for sure that this really only works as a whole album experience. There's a mood that grows throughout the tracklist, that is hard to just drop into. The back half of this album is pretty prog, and I wasn't really expecting that. I think I like this album more now than I have in the past because I have done a ton of exploring in and around this genre since my first listen. I was prepared to rate this a 3, but when I finally finished it, I am happy to give it a 4. The final 2 songs really tie it all up nicely.
Not enjoyable. Sonically feels like a bad versino of Radiohead or Fontaines.
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.
No one sets a mood , specially an introspective layered and somber mood quite like the cure. Perfectly ragged , polished but raw in the right ways , where other albums get stuck in top of ur mind . Robert smiths disintegration sneaks in the back . Never rushed , it dazzles you slowly by setting a mood and then being beautiful in pieces and being intriguing all the same . a classic, it’s hard to stop listening to it
4.5 - Great
Good working music - some songs I recognised.6/10
10/10. A dark masterpiece. Every song on this album has a unique feel to it. I love its production very much! :)
I’m in The Same Deep Water As You after listening to this little Lullaby.
Disintegration is the best album ever.
I could never be a superfan of the cure bc of their dark, heavy ambience, but I can definitely appreciate the unique style shining through in this album. If anything stands out the most in their work for me, it’s the lyrics. It’s someone’s heart bleeding out on a plate in front of you, and I feel it strongly in “pictures of you” and “homesick”. Solid album for wallowing in bed waiting for them to text back! 👍
magical classic
don't know mixed feelings
En keskittyny tähän, ei nyt huono mutta en varmaan koskaan tartu tähän enää. Mutta nyt tiedän mitä The Cure tekee. Sehän on hyvä.
I liked the sound and I always appreciate a unique style and point of view. But it really dragged on for the last few songs
Meh. A very long album.
I wish that I had listened to this as a mopey teenager.
Yeah. I kinda loved this.
I enjoyed this album a little less compared to the previous ones. Still a good album tho! I would give it 3.5 stars if I could Best song: Lovesong
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.
I want to like The Cure but its all so depressing and Emo.
Another great. The Cure are so well ingrained into my musical scene but have always been once removed. The shoegaze genre has always been bit dour for my taste and the albums were just before my time, but the quality if the hits has always cut through. I enjoyed this a lot even though a whole album can sometimes be a bit much.
already love love loved this album, it's a 5 before i even start listening again. beautiful and emotional and perfect for today
É um bom album, mas nenhuma música se destacou. Me lembrou os albums do U2 do começo dos anos 80.
Das Cure-Album, das man kennen muss. Highlights: Lovesong, Lullaby 5/5
I liked it :) in a haze of super strong cough medicine
Strong 4
Spooky sounds love disintegration
Know this one well. One of my favorite bands because of the musicality they play with and the moody grooves they get the listener in to. The music comes first, no instrument dominates and even without vocals these would be groovy songs. This album is loaded with excellent songs that still get a ton of airplay, are covered by younger bands & have had a lasting impact on music & radio. "Pictures Of You", "Lovesong", "Lullaby" & "Fascination Street" are Cure staples. "Plainsong", a top notch instrumental, kicks the album off and sets the ethereal tone that allows listeners to get a feel for where this album is going to take them and says "relax and enjoy the ride". Even the glue songs like "Closedown", "Last Dance", "Prayers For Rain" & "Untitled" are great songs. I'm not sure if you need to be a Cure fan to enjoy them or not, I've been one since I was a kid so they're part of my musical DNA, but the musicianship is something you have to appreciate even if you don't love Robert Smith's vocals. Worthy of the Top 1001; listenable all the way through with no need to skip a track or two, influential, still has an impact on music & radio today + the musicianship is stellar! 4 stars
10 stars out of 5. Legendary
Ez 4.5
I didn't like this at all. Instrumentals are just a wall of sound with nothing interesting happening. 1.5
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.
I liked it! Some really interesting sounds on here but it just didn't make that big of an impression. Perhaps I'll revisit soon
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 ...
what is this genre of music called? idk if i like this. i keep waiting for these tracks to have more energy. this song is 7m long?? at the same intensity the entire time?? little sad englishman u gotta cut that shit out. okay we finally hit a track that doesnt sound like its the same track as the first 3 tracks. will learning what this genre of music is called prevent me from listening to it by accident. this is the kind of dislike where theres a chance ill listen to this like 5 more times and realize i love it actually but an equally large chance i will never enjoy it. theres some interesting instrumentation but it doesnt feel like its put to the service of any kind of...idk momentum. Point. think the vocalist is really REALLY not doing it for me either. hes like a very poor mans david bowie and i am not really a david bowie fan. okay fascination street is Actually a different track. thats like a little bit interesting. the second half has a diff tone than the 1st half of the album but sadly they do just feel like 2 tracks w an occasional Different Track for like 3m interspersed, not "a collection of distinct tracks that flow into each other harmoniously". omg no this isnt what Emo is as a genre right?? ik emo + goth are music genres but have no idea what they entail. but im sure this is either emo or goth. anyway the same deep water as you is actually also nice...too long but it might make it onto the EHIOF playlist bc its abt water in a creepy way! oh my god id like this album more if u made a different guy sing it and the total length was cut by 20m. homesick: another song i like but can tell its just gonna be too long. yeah the darker 2nd half is way way better than the front half. oh its over. RANKING: i would not buy a physical copy of this album unless like it waz a really Really fancy vinyl or smth. a 2.75/5 kinda beat. better songs: lovesong, fascination street, the same deep water as you, homesick. biggest complaint: album is way too long to feel this directionless
I admittedly don't have a super deep knowledge of The Cure's discography, and I think this was my first time listening to one of their albums straight through. You can definitely hear a lot of 2000s synth-driven pop presaged here, combined with a lot of decidedly 80s choices (especially in the gated reverb drums, and kind of strange vocal delivery). A lot of the songs here strike me as kind of patient explorations of the moods and shapes created by the short chord loops that permeate all of these songs, at their best (as in lovesong and prayers for rain) this can means a lot of interesting non-chord tones and dissonances explored against the shimmering echoey textures. At its worst this leads to songs like Pictures of You where the first 6 minutes is a snoozer vamp between the I and IV chords, with only the pleading prose (which is admittedly quite lovely and moving) to really give much shape or direction to the proceedings. I'm admittedly a harder sell on music that requires a strong engagement with text as one of the primary factors to making it work, and a lot of what makes this album feel like it doesn't quite hit me as hard as it could is related to that. For this to work as an *album* I feel like I need more shape or direction in the song to song textual material and overall tonalities of the music. The sixth song in a row written as a first person recollection of remembered comforts of lost love and it feels less impactful for the lack of real stylistic flexibility in how it communicates in the literal lyrics and from the fact that it's yet another midtempo reverb-drenched ballad with the same modes of interacting with said text. There are, of course, great standouts on this album. Even if it's not breaking any bold new ground in terms of harmonic construction, Lullaby is a great thematic departure from its surrounding moments (and I love how discordant the horrifying lyrics and hushed creepy vocal delivery are from the bouncy assured backing music). The propulsive toms work in Closedown is great, and I loved that the song chose to close on this ambiguous chord without any real resolution to it (making me wish the following song was more of a contrast/response to it). There are a lot of really committed vocal performances here that are almost load-bearing on their own, too ("Disintegration" doesn't need to be half as long as it is, but I love the conviction). I think this'll be an album I have to revisit in the future with fresh ears, there are definitely cool melodic elements sprinkled throughout here that I'm sure my ears were too tired to appreciate fully (especially some of the lovely bass playing operating as a rich counterpoint toward the end of the album). For now though, doesn't rise much beyond "eh, it's fine" for me.
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.
I've only listened to 2 songs by The Cure before listening to this (Just Like Heaven, Friday I'm in Love), but I'm a big fan of all the synth & instrumentals so far! not as big of a fan of Robert Smith's vocals, but I'm just picky w/ singer vocals, and they didn't bother me as much the longer the album went on. the back half of the album kind of drags, but overall a pretty good album! I'd put it on in the background while working but prob won't try actively listening in full again. 3.5/5 rounded down to 3/5
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.
Look I’ve only taken a spin at one full album by The Cure and there’s a reason this one is it. It’s so rich and tremendous in scope while the melodies and tones feel like a fragile flower. And yeah, it’s dated, but not in a way that hurts. “Plainsong” and “Pictures of You” still hold as one of the best 1-2 punches to kick an album off, ever. Whole album is shoegaze before anyone really knew what it was, which also, see The Cure. But still the arrangements going into this are so much deeper than anything they did before or after. Lovesong is still such a sneaky great dark love song. Robert Smith had a way of making love songs or pop songs desperate, sexy and sinister at the same time. Annoying when they play it on the radio all the time but perfectly placed in the album. Lullaby is a masterpiece of gothic horror, bless you Robert, you absolute weirdo. Fascination Street is the closest to metal The Cure ever got but hot damn is it fantastic. One of their best. Also the way that the album just continues to descend into darkness and loneliness and despair - yes there’s some same-iness but there’s a concept here and I dig it. Someone could score a film to this album and it’d be pretty damn good. OK I’ll admit once we hit “Same Deep a water as You” it’s a little samey, things moving a bit slow. Second half drags though Robert is a desperate sad boy. “Homesick” is lovely though. And “Untitled” has its moments. The first half is so solid; the second wanders off instead. But still some of the most lush, intricate arrangements The Cure would ever do.
always find myself completely enthralled by the longer tracks on here, such effective mood-setting that I don't notice the time going by. essential my-mom-core
Absolutely formative album of my teenage years; have always, will always love it.
Dosta dobro, iako su mi neki singlovi izvan ovoga albuma draži nego pjesme sa slušanog
Consistently dark except the one hit Lovesong, but I expect nothing less from The Cure
4.5 stars! Dope AF
I liked this album a lot and I don't really like the Cure normally
I am sorry but I really hate the cure. I’ve always hated the cure. It’s been 30 years since I’ve listened to the cure. I thought maybe something had changed. It has not
Pictures of you is one of my favorite songs of all time, and I love the Cure overall. But this album kind of drones on and on. It's not bad, but as a whole it's nothing spectacular.
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
between a 2 and a 3, hard to get through
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"
8.5/10
I own this. Listened to it lots, back in the day
Listened to this 3 times while doing stuff for uni. didnt really stand out to me but loved the grungy vibe
A fucking classic. Brilliantly dark and introspective.
6/10
I liked the album overall, but didn't get grabbed by any song in particular. It felt repetitive at times, but the vibe never got boring. Good instrumentals and fitting vocal work. I could see myself revisiting this one.
Genius Goth gloomy-tunes
To me this is far and away the best Cure album. Can't quite go 5 stars though.
Synth pop! Yeah!
Pretty cool experience and very good tunes.
Decent but not my cup of tea
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.
meh
Good
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
plainsong - you can def tell it’s an 80s kind of album. i love the drums and guitar, its very smooth. makes my brain feel nice. pictures of you - i love the sparkle effect, but this is so long lol. it’s very pretty though and slow! i also love the lead singer’s voice. the lyrics are also interesting. closedown - i didn’t really like this, it made me feel like i was in some weird disney channel movie lol love song - my fav. makes me think of alex! i also like 311’s cover of this one. it’s the most popular song, but i still like it. last dance - fun guitar lullaby - chill beat fascination street - i really like this one, it’s funky prayers for rain - slow song, i’d dance to this at night prolly the same deep water as you - lowkey sad, it kinda sounds like slowdive a little bit. disintegration - calm homesick - tlou sounding untitled - pretty as freak
“disintegration is the best album ever” - kyle on south park
Another one I've heard people rave about but I've never given it a chance. It sounds good... good enough for multiple listens. The sound is timeless (except for the cheesy 80s bass).
3, goths. Favorite songs: love song, disintegration and pictures of you
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
Man, this one was I don't know how close to being five stars. Well actually, I do know pretty much how close: about 25 minutes away. The atmosphere and emotion in all these tracks is second to none, but it just keeps and keeps going. If this had been the best 50 minutes instead of the entire 75 minutes (that's 33%!!!), it would have been near perfect. As it is, it will have to do with an honorary four stars.
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
Was nice sounding, but so many of the songs are way way too long
I could take or leave the first 3rd of this album, but I really dig the final 2/3. Love that every song has a big intro- feels like goth jam band. Some songs the vocals absolutely hit for me, but the instrumentation & the production take this over the top. If I listened to this album when I was 13 I may have gone through a goth phase.
The best Cure songs but it's still a Cure album and is only superb when it's raining outside and you feel like crap about the world.
I remembered why I don’t listen to full The Cure Albums. Too much whining more me. Needs mood changes. The radio plays are still good songs.
Feels like a mental breakdown
Ehh, the album is a bit slow and depressing, but what do you expect from The Cure. Love Pictures of You & Love Song, but this one isn’t for me. 2.5 Stars.
72 minutes is an audacious run time for this genre. They could have chopped off 3 songs and made it 60 minutes. A lot of it sounds the same. I dig a lot of the bass. Love Song is a classic and Pictures of You was good. If the previous EWF album was a 3, this can't be a 3. Giving it a 2. Maybe setting the bar high too soon, but we got a long way to go.
Great
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
Another enjoyable album from The Cure. Sometimes the melancholy music is just what I need in the morning. I’m glad this list has gotten me to listen to full albums by some of the bands from youth I just knew by singles.
amazing album, loved it throughout
-woww holy shit okay I really like this… it’s expansive and heavy, but doesn’t feel overlong at all. the tracks sort of just fuse together and they’re all really beautiful -the instrumentation is sooo good, especially the really cold guitar tones. will need to listen to this again at some point -Favorites are Plainsong, Lullaby, and Praying For Rain
Lyrics: 3/5 Music: 3/5 Production: 3/5 Cohesiveness: 3/5 Overall: 3/5 Stand out songs: Pictures of you Love song Lullaby The different rythmns between the guitars bass and synths are amazing. They all sit well in their own space in the mix and blend around each other so well. Some parts seem drawn out but at the same time I like the slow build up of the songs and the space and atmosphere created. However after many long songs it does get quite slightly boring. I am however reminded of my belief that the Cures only good album is their greatest hits album. There’s a lot of meh in amongst the great Lullaby is an incredible song.
The Cure has always been a mystery to me. A hole in my pop culture knowledge. This album is moody, lush, gorgeous. It has hits and unexplored depths. This is what makes this project so much fun.
Not as good as their more popular stuff. Kind of boring. 2.5/5 Won’t listen again
Never heard the Cure before, but they sound exactly like what I imagined lmao.
C’est long
Love this!!! every song is so so good will definitely keep listening to this album, it’s a staple
It starts off very nice, but it is all a bit samey. Not bad by any stretch, but that’s it.
A decent group that seemed dedicated to producing largely non-objectionable music. Their sound is definitely memorable, though very few individual songs are.
Fire, already listened
No puedo empatizar fácilmente con la propuesta de White, Cure me trae en constante lucha interna, pero su propuesta no deja de ser interesante
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.
Not bad, not spectacular, but definitely important.
Beautiful, sumptuous, dark. A brilliant album from start to finish.
Moody but catchy. The album balances just on the line for me. I like a few songs but can't really listen through some of the others. I'm conflicted on how to rate this but since I don't think I will listen to the songs again or add them to any playlists I can't give it a high rating.
4.75
Great album.
I've had a lot of folk rock in the last week (which I do like but gets old), so this was a welcome change of genre. And it was interesting to think about how much music developed between the late 60s and the late 80s to lead to genre shifts like this! I've never listened to a full Cure album before, but it was a familiar and easy sound. "Lovesong" is a classic for a reason, and the overall album was very cohesive.
Not as bad as I thought it would be considering how much the Cure annoy me, but still not great
4 - I feel like I’m missing something with the cure, but I’ve been liking their stuff since I listened to their 2024 songs of a lost age album
super sick. loved the vibe of this
First time listening all the way through. Very good album.
smá spooky vibes i like it, soldið 80s, sum lögin alveg geggjuð en sum soldið langdregin að mínu mati Heildar rating 7/10 held ég bara
Besser als erwartet. Hatte befürchtet es wir ne Emo-Parade, aber konnte man sich eigentlich ganz gut anhören, für vier Sterne reicht es aber dennoch nicht
Ganz nett, aber nichts was mich vom Hocker gehauen hat. Songs der Playlist hinzugefügt: Keine
Wow, that was atmospheric! I totally get the appeal
Eh.
GREAT BAND, GREAT ALBUM!!!
Really didn't get the appeal of this, have enjoyed a lot of the Cure's material previously but this album was meandering, hookless and each track was hard to distinguish between with it all being at the same tempo. Maybe I need to be in a very specific mood to appreciate it
I can never love the cure as much as dav but it was good
10 out of 5. This album is legendary.
This is a really nice album. Really nice. I love the guitars and everything. Really really nice.
sparkly af, all of the songs are meandering and cool a fun listen
Love love love the cure. Such a distinct moody sound with very reflective instrumental parts.
I liked the first two tracks but at over an hour in length the album really started to drag towards the end.
I like the textures and sounds in a lot of Cure songs, but have never been on board with Robert Smith’s vocals. This album is too lumbering for me.
Upon it's opening, I was transported to a world of David Lynch and an alternative Twin Peaks-esque universe. So things were looking up, but then I found the sludgy pace, reverb melted drums and the outright dreary nature of it somewhat soul-destroying. Perhaps I should have read the album title more closely. It has cleverly multi-layered moments, Lullaby being the pick of the bunch, but I found it tough going overall.
No too bad for the Cure, there are some good tracks at the start and i've always liked lullaby. Just not my vibe generally though.
Approaches but doesn't succumb to 80s overly dramatic self-importance. While I can appreciate the vocals, I like more the rhythmic droning. Hard to tell one song from the next, but that's a mostly good thing. 5, 6, 7, 8, (9!) minute songs helps. Okay so yeah there is some aimless wanderings but the overall aesthetic holds.
I will always love you!
This is a great album — Robert Smith and company can set a mood and atmosphere and take you somewhere over the course of an album. And while it sounds like I'm gushing, I'm not a massive fan. I mean, I like certain songs, and can dig the mood to a degree, but I don't necessarily connect with what sounds to me like a wash of despair that clouds this work. At least in this stage of their career. Early Cure has a different, more angular bend and I enjoy that more. So... a 4 because it's good music, even if this was never part of my Cure album collection.
I was never really into these guys, but my daughter is a big fan, and she's made me appreciate them more. Anyway, this album is a vibe, and I was there for it.
I get it now
mica male i Cure, stica
Recognized some of the songs, which was kind of nice, but overall this album turned out to be a little bit boring.
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
gorgeous, como dicen los gringos
I don’t know, man. I remember the girls in 8th grade that were listening to this while I was bumping NWA and Public Enemy. A couple of tracks stood out for me — Pictures of You and Fascination Street. Glad to finally give these guys a gig listen, but must admit that I was down a rabbit hole, learning about Ian Curtis and Joy Division, while this (and Lakers/Grizzles with the sound off) played in the background. Oh and “discovered” that Lips Like Sugar was Echo & the Bunnymen. Was aware of the band, but didn’t know any of their stuff. Knew of the song but didn’t know the artist. All in all, an educational evening.
The freaking Cure, man. Hit me at the right time.
Fine. Left no impression
One of the best albums ever. Perfect.
Quite enjoyed this one. There is no mistaking The Cure.
Moody, atmospheric and super depressing. I love it.
Very dull.
This is a really dodgy one for me. They are a band I have wanted to listen to more of for a long time. Close to me is a brilliant track. Unfortunately it's not on here. There are some really good bits to this, but somehow it just doesn't float my boat. It doesn't do it for me. But still worth a 3. Just imagine what it would have got if it did work for me.
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!
Album was all right
Such a great album. Is there a better gloomy, rainy day album to listen to? If there is, I don't know it.
Does the carpet match the drapes? Nay. Came in expecting emo rock, instead received emU2. Really liked the sound, almost like a mix between Cocteau Twins and U2. Did drag on too damn long though, felt like it had already been an hour by the 5th song, and then it actually went on for an hour. Still kinda fire, albeit extremely repetitive
Seems like they took inspiration from my G Leonard Cohen in that their music is so fucking boring that I nearly fell asleep.
Some bops are getting laid on this.
Really good album that I have heard many times. This was the "smart kid" music back in the day. The deep kids would listen to this and think they were smarter than everyone else and that no one understood them. I'm sure the same thing happens these days with different bands. It's a great album that I will listen to many more times and remember how normal and boring of a kid I was.
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
first album lets go!!! start of the album is very chill and mellow - pictures of you is such a delightful song, it feels meaty (vocals are beaut) and properly down to earth - really really nice loving the buildup of drums and synth in closedown as someone whos listened to basically only the cures best hits, this is great. lovesong is already a song i loveee, you make me feel like i am whole again. AAH oops i deleted half the review i think i said i love rain sounds at the start and end of one of the songs, along with it feeling a bit bland up until song 7/8 as it felt repetative. adoring disintegration as a song though, its quite fun, the vocals feel like the singer is almost pleading to be heard, ive not really listened to the lyrics but the vibe is vv good. i cant pick out any songs that really stand out to me because there seems to be a single constant vibe, but its a good vibe!! i did enjoy it. no negative comments, but also no overwhelmingly positive ones
Amazing album
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.
Nice soundscape with synths, bass, drums and guitar. The singers voice wasn't to my liking in the first two songs but as I kept listening it found its place in the sound. Overall nice listening experience.
so beautiful 🥹
Really enjoyed this! Eerie, atmospheric, crushing, but also patient and upbeat at points.
I really don’t understand why people fawn over this band so much. Awful.
I really want to like the Cure as a wannabe goth emo boy but it just doesn't do a great deal for me other than the odd track
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 was my first time really listening to the Cure! I found this dark and dreamy. Pretty cool gothic music.
This is a perfect album
Enkele niet zo, maar heerlijk tijdens leren
Boring drivel. Was expecting so much more!
Ist ja gute Musik aber das Album würde ich mir nie aktiv anhören. Disintegration und Fascination Street haben mir am besten gefallen aber ein Song muss halt gut und enjoyable sein um über 5min lang zu sein und sie sind halt alle so lang und das nicht sehr verdient.
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?
One hit among mediocrity. Music is good but kind of goes nowhere. Would benefit from a better vocalist. Overall not bad
Good music, it changes my routine, a sad album 3,5/5
Timeless album. Robert smith is a genius.
очень длинные интро бесят)) чуть однообразно а так — classy Lovesong в сердечко!
Each song tricks me into thinking that there won’t be any vocals, but I usually didn’t mind they were there.
Awesome