Seventeen Seconds

I have to say I preferred the previous Cure album more than this one (Disintegration), but it was still enjoyable. More downbeat I guess. Perhaps I need to listen again I am aware there's classics on here

3.5 - classic broody Cure vibes. Love the heavy bass and the soundscape that makes me feel like I’m in the middle of my own movie montage. “A Forest” was a classic - loved the bass licks in that one.

Not bad, grew a little appreciation for the group, still not my thing

Not as fun funky fresh as other cure stuff

"It's not a case of telling the truth Some lines just fit the situation You call me a liar, you would anyway" (Play for today) "The wish never came true And the girl Starts to sing" (Seventeen seconds) we! are! back! No es mi disco preferido de The Cure, pero aún así es un disco muy redondito.

If you’re looking for an album by The Cure, this is one

The problem with this list is there is no context as to why a particular album is on here. I was looking forward to the Cure but there were none of the hits I knew.

It was pure Cure which I enjoyed 3*

Moody and atmospheric but unlikely to choose to listen on any given day.

I know it’s blasphemous to be not LOVE The Cure. I simply don’t love them. But I did like this. It actually really made me want to dance in my office at work. I especially wanted to do a slightly unhip two bop to it. I’m not sure about the one angry instrumental interlude. That shit unsettled me, but I would listen to it on repeat likely. The more I think about it, the more I like it. I’m still holding firm on 3 ⭐️….for now 🤔

Not their best album, but it has some great songs on it. Seems to be half way between new wave Cure and goth Cure so it's an interesting transitional record, but not essential.

Might give this another shot.

Very mellow Cure here

Solid

It was mostly instrumental?? But it was alright. I’d have it on as background music

3 1/2

pretty forgettable and grating at times, but not completely unenjoyable. 5/10

5/10. Kinda boring

Sounds good but it’s pretty ambient. 6/10

Some highlights. Chill vibes.

darker than some of their other stuff, liked it better

Rock típico de The Cure. Ni fu ni fa.

I like it... But with the production, a lot of this washes into itself. I like the Cure a lot, but don't love them - I think because outside of the absolute classics, a lot of their songs sound like Cure songs, and are pretty interchangeable. I feel like I'd be obsessed had I been a teenager at the time, and listened and relistened. It's atmospheric, it's got A Forest and some other classic stuff on there. It certainly isn't bad. It's just all drifting by quite pleasantly. This is by no means a bad album. However, it's very cohesive sound is as much of a burden as a boon, as it failed to hold my attention for long stretches.

Mostly just seemed like background music, none of it really stood out to me. But also it was not bad to listen to either. 0RS

A few good tracks but very basic production makes it sound like jamming in a mates bedroom

bit dour but guess that's to be expected - 3 stars just for the forest alone though

A great band who I have not listened much to beyond the hits, an album that washes over you, melancholic but not sad, I will listen to more.

3/5 goodish, but...

Very atmospheric and interesting. Just nowhere near as good as some of their later albums, or indeed the Banshees stuff he was apeing.

I can see why Trent Reznor did The Cure’s hall of fame induction - half of these instrumental tracks could be on The Fragile or Ghosts. The rest were a bit 80s for me.

The great tracks secedes nonevents, which are in too great numbers, though the album as a whole has a cool vibe. Drum track isn’t grating despite being repetitive

More art-rock than I expected. Liked it.

I do like The Cure and this early album isn't too gloomy, but it isn't a classic Cure LP. However, it has one of their finest songs in A Forest so 3 out of 5.

I wasn't a huge fan of this album but I can see the merits behind it (not of it deserving to be on this list, just as an album). Being one of their earlier albums, the Cure seems to still be finding their style but it is readily apparent that driving at night was a theme. This entire album I could play during a night drive and it would fit the mood perfectly. With very little lyrics and some very short songs, this felt like a quick preview of what was the come in their future (better) albums.

Yes, so muss das klingen. Klang ist hier generell irre gut, satt, klar und aufm Punkt dort, wo sich die Fledermaus festkrallt: ganz oben! „Secrets“ klingt wie etwas, zu dem ich mich gerne für ne Weile unglücklich verliebt denken würde, wenn das denn ginge. Bitte. Es klingt sonst gern Cure-generisch, aber dann kommt „A Forrest“ (thx Malo). Dennoch weit weg alles von Kurzweiligkeit 2.9

Look, it's nice, and I enjoyed listening to this album, but: is it special? No.

Überraschenderweise überhaupt nicht so unerträglich, wie ich es befürchtet hatte, obwohl Smith irgendwie immer nach 'Boys Don‘t Cry' klingt, aber hier singt er erfreulich wenig. Kompositorisch ebenfalls wesentlich interessanter als erwartet.

Good, but not great.

Fine, nothing exciting.

It's Gloomy Post-punk. And it's a good version of that honestly. Love the Album art work also.

i really liked the spooky aspect of this album. it’s too good to be a 3 but i feel like not quite a 4, so i say 7/10 or 7.5/10!

Gosh, really surprisingly not my style at all. No momentum, nor enough emotional range. Just ennui. But the production is really pretty. Admirable and easy to appreciate despite not being my style.

It was aight, but the first half kinda had me falling asleep 🤷🏻‍♂️

Pretty alright sound, not a lot of stuff that I identified with.

Very chill, I can see how it inspires Nirvana later on with some of the bass lines or acoustic pieces

Some of the songs made me want to kill myself but in a good way. The whole album just gives me very much sitting in a bath fully clothed vibes, idk if you know what I mean?????? I don't think it's their best album either but I did have fun listening hehe had a bit of a cute cry vibe going on (don't ask I'm just a sad bitch)

Not what I was expecting. Enjoyed it.

Pretty decent, I liked it better than the last cure album that came up

The forrest is a great track

Disco contemplativo (demasiado) y ambiental, con tonos góticos. Ideal para días tristes. No ha sido de todo mi agrado, pero no es un mal álbum.

A little too sad-boy for me, but the guitar tone is iconic.

The Cure songs I enjoy tend to be a little more upbeat, which is unfortunate because this album is not. It's still really good, I just found myself getting a little bored by it as it went on Saved: Play For Today, A Forest

Saved Prior: None Off Rip: Play for Today, A Forest, M, At Night, Seventeen Seconds Cutting Edge: None Overall Notes: Really dark soundscapes. I personally would've liked a couple more hooks (especially since I know the Cure is capable of it), but that's clearly not what this album is shooting for. In terms of quality this is at least a 4, but it's not really for me. Does the job of creating a foreboding and uneasy atmosphere though, so I'll give it a 3.

Sweet but short, good for passive listening for me, not for active.

The majority of this album has aged well.  Wiki tells that this LP featured a new bass player; his melodic bass lines are a feature. Talk about hitting the ground running. 

Really liked the instrumental, surfer rock crosssed with depressinf british tones

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nice!

Alternatief maar ik vind het niet echt bijzonder

Whilst I knew and loved their albums; "Head on the door", "Disintegration" and "Pornography", I don't think I've ever listened to this. Its a lot more indie than the aforementioned works. you can kinda tell they are heading for greatness ("a forest is sensational"), but in this they haven't quite arrived yet. 3/5

Not my usual genre of music and I've never been into The Cure but I quite enjoyed this

No i wjechalo the cure ktore juz przepowiadalem jak byl cover ich traka na dinozaurowym albumie, jako osoba bedaca ignorantem co do brytyjskiego grania, punkowego alternatywnego jest mile zaskoczony, bo nie wiem czemu jakos cure kojarzylo mi sie z cooperowym stylem muzykowania, a tutaj calkiem co innego, utwory tak minimalistyczne, ze jak uslyszalem otwierajacy a reflection, to musialem sprawdzic czy dobry album puscilem, bo granie nutka po nutce, nie jest to jedyny trak ktory zbudowany jest na tej zasadzie, bo takie przerywniki pojawiaja sie miedzy bardziej konwencjonalnymi kompozycjami, wiecv jak juz jest granie gdzie slychac gitarke, basik, jeszcze jakies talerzowanie, to lirycznie sa one oszczedne, zeby jednak nacieszyc ucho tym jak graja instrumenty, sam wokal tez dosc dobrze blenduje sie z basikiem ktory tutaj jest jak dla mnie instrumentem przewodnim plyty, jak na traku the forest, ktory poza tym basidlem hajlajtuje tez mastering jesli chodzi o wokalowanie i efekty, powiedzialbym ze lesne, bo ten wokal jest jakby zatracany, nie na zasadzie echa, ale wycieszenia stopniwego, wiec lesny trak ktory swietnie tworzy klimat leci na plejke, a dolaczy do niego at night, ktory znowu pokazuje na co znac klawiszowca bandy czyli Hartleya, bo chyba jakies synthowe klawiszory musialy tam byc grane, tak samo jak plyta byla otwarta, zostala zakonczona, choc troche dluzszym kawalkiem, bo 4 minuty instrumentala ktory znowu gitarkowo sie dla mnie wybija, a gitarke gral tutaj wokalista czyli mr Smith, ktora brzmi lepiej niz na benszowym projekcie na ktorym go juz slyszalem, calosc trwa tylko 35 minut, ale sa one wypelnione muzyka ktora robi sens, to znaczy ze nie ma filerowych trakow, tylko jeden otwiera kolejny, trzeba bedzie obadac reszte curow, gdy najdzie potrzeba na gloomerowe viby, bo nie jest to jeszcze doomowanie jak u smithow, ale jednak w tamta strone sie pochyla

Too repetitive, but with great personality

Although from 1980 (OMG 40 yrs old!) this holds up pretty well against other albums eg Pulp's Hardcore which I couldn't get thru. This album has the hallmark early goth/new wave sound that was prevalent in the day and they did it better than anyone else. Not their best but a sign of even greater things to come

Took me back to the ‘craft

The cure provides good background music, but I wasn't blown away by this album.

Un bon album dans un style que je ne connais pas beaucoup. Genre de tounes qu’on reconnait a la rado de temps en temps. 3.5

super aber auch ned so super - 3

I liked this album, especially the song 'M'. I could hear how they influenced a lot of other future bands and artists - specifically Nirvana and Kanye West came to mind

Better than I anticipated. I don’t dislike the Cure but was never that into them either.

I liked it. good songs. For me its a great album as background noise when doing art

Very mellow listening, it didn’t stand out as brilliant but I enjoyed having it on.

I'm fond of the Cure, although not to the extent of having ever purchased an album. This was fine, lovely in places, but maybe needed a little more variation in tone.

Glacial and sparse, which is nice. The production feels a little forced though. I struggled at first but grew into the album and quite enjoyed it.

Nope

The Forest is a great track, but not a huge fan of The Cure in general. Listenable though.

I liked it but don't quite get why it's on the list

Pretty cool album. No stand out songs, but all of them have a cool outrun type of vibe. Found out The Cure is pretty swaggy

okay okay

It was ok. I can see the influence it's had, but it's just mood music to me.

2.5-3. Not bad, just not for me

TOO new age, had a couple stand out tracks

Few good songs, but mostly generic sooner music

Better than I expected still kind of dark.

If I was a moody teenager, I'd probably like this.

Better and less GOTH than expected.

It’s alright. I’d listen to it again for sure.

Not as good as disintegration. But still The Cure.

Pretty decent. A Forest is obviously an absolute banger.

I like The Cure but didn't catch any specific song on this album except 2-3 that I know from earlier. Nice album but not the one I would recommend.

6/17 Very goth, very subdued and hypnotic music. Can sometimes bore but also sometimes stumbles into interesting melodies. Standout Tracks: A Reflection, In Your House, A Forest, M

This seems to be the LP where the Cure discovers their Sound. but they haven't honed their skills enough to make this a great album ******************************************************************************* --A Reflection...moody instrumental --Play for Today...definitely can hear the Banshees influence --Secrets...pleasant and inoffensive --In Your House...see "Secrets" --Three...creepy fun instrumental. I guess there are lyrics but barely --The Final Sound...sure --A Forest...a good groove. a bit long --M...simple but the bass is elevating it --At Night...there's a nice heaviness to this. another track that could be one minute shorter --Seventeen Seconds...it certainly fits the vibe

Ok.

Bit of a downer to be honest. Not curing anybody's blues are they.

Some albums from The Cure, I can dig. But this one just doesn't grab me. It's too uninteresting and dull. In my view, this album doesn't do enough to merit inclusion onto this list. An album can certainly be bad and included here, but I just feel like if this album had a lesser-known band's name on it, it would not be included.

That was chill. Not something for me every day but not bad one time through.

i dont exactly like it, i feel like i couldnt hear the lyrics being sung

kinda forgettable

meh – forgettable

I quite like the cure. This album almost didn't feel like a cure album. It felt like the trimming is on the recording room floor. It was interesting enough but nothing seemed to resolve in a meaningful way.

Only notable thing on the album is a forest. The rest is more moody gothic mumbling music

Not the cures best, bit on the boring side

This album was not something I enjoyed. It was just plain boring. The intros to like half the songs were great, then went on for at least a minute too long, and then the song got going and just…went. I’ll give it 2 stars for the cool intros, but this was a rough one.

A pretentious and boring album from music's most pretentious and boring band.

This one was a weird one. The cure is so well renowned I expected more, but this came across pretty one dimensional with the same guitar tone, similar riffs and chord progressions and a lot of instrumental boring stuff. Not sure I get the concept?

Ehhhh, not bad but not coming back

Meh just not my vibe. Super broody and slightly repetitive. The mix on so many of the songs had the vocals so low. I like the cure but this one just didn’t hit for me. Fave Songs: A Forest, Seventeen Seconds

Also v synth, did not love but feel like I should relisten

the cure has some good songs but they aren't on this album apparently (a forest was p dope tho)

Boring

Wow, that was dull.

underwhelming

Ich mochte das Album, allerdings fande ich war es mehr wie so background noise, und nicht etwas was man hört wenn man mitsingen möchte. die Instrumentals waren immer gut obwohl ich sie am anfang etwas spooky fand.

Nondescript and lacking memorability, could tell they really were unsure of their sound at this point

In the main, this feels like atmospheric background music. ‘A Forest’ is a clear standout in that it is the only track that made me actually bother to check the title.

I should just copy and paste the review of the last album by The Cure…

Of all the artists I thought I'd probably like before listening to a full album, and it turning out I actually think they're disappointingly boring, The Cure are pretty high up the list. Disappointingly boring. But not totally shit. 2/5

This was ok. Nothing really hit for me. It sounded like cure but not what I think of with the cure if that makes sense. Over incredibly fast.

Grumpy goths

I see the bridge between "Three Imaginary Boys" and where they went after this. That said I think this is weaker than what came before and after.

It was not horrible. The guitar work was better than the vocals

Not a huge Cure guy unfortunately.

Not quite feeling this album. I see the appeal but it's just too slow for me

I wasn't looking forward to the Cure albums that I knew were going to be on here. I guess I have a bias about Robert Smith being a whiny bitch. I guess I will have to listen and see if that is confirmed. Play for Today - Lots of space. I mean, this is goth, right? Moody bedroom music to slit your wrists to. Actually, I don't find them that dark but rather feels like a big suckfest of early adult feelings. This is odd as I remember a lot of that disappearing and really feel for kids today because this is as close to the 80s as it has ever been. Hearing this after the political tunes of Julian Cope, I get why this stuff emerged. I can get into this vibe but I am so not interested in the whole album. I am glad it is only 35 minutes. I want so bad to give a 2 already but I will try and remove my bias. The Cure had a decent impact on music. Now, was it this album? I am surprised at the amount of piano on this one. And I mean, thank goodness for the echoes. I guess this was good once. Okay, I like M. That must mean something. I made it through. I am sure that I will like at least one of their albums. I am sure that one more will make it on the list. This will be getting a 2 from me. I'm sure others of his are better. I like Siouxsie and the Banshees but just can't behind this.

A whole sound. I'm not sure if I'm totally into that sound. At times it feels a little bit post rock and I appreciate that. At times I guess it's almost a little trace or deep house-like. A lot of the time though it skirts a little too close to a thin punk sound for me, unfortunately without any cool attitude. The drums in particular just feel kind of lofi to me in a way that takes me out of it. I know they're a great band really, so I'm sure I'm wrong about this one, but I couldn't get into it at all today

I prefer Robert Smith when he's a bit more cheery. 2*

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm, no termina de convencerme. El sonido está bien, tiene sus momentos

Some okay basslines, but there’s nothing notable here lyrically

Standouts A Forest

Still not a Cure fan. This did nothing for me.

i'm pretty sure goth rock doesn't have to be this boring

bomzinho, mas terei que escutar dnv pra ter opinião mais concreta

Not a big fan

I was kinda disappointed because it doesn't have any of their bangers on there

I’m sorry this is just way too repetitive. Both within songs (Three feels like it goes on forever) and across songs. Also, Robert Smith has a gorgeous voice so it feels like a waste that this album is mostly instrumental. I appreciate the consistency in mood, but musically I was very bored.

As an enjoyer of later era The Cure, in that I prefer their sound in Disintegration than the one they had previously in their Pornography era, this album falls a bit short to my taste. 7/10 [DROP]

2 stars komplett buns da gleicher sound aber irgendwie ganz cool

Estuvo bien

In one ear. Out the other.

enjoyed this, i like the cures sound 3.5

Typical dreary Cure album.

Some songs sound like Robert Smith whispering over the scariest part of a video game, but some songs are kinda catchy 80s pop. The former is a 1, the latter is a 3 so I’ll land on a 2.

I can only listen to so many songs about being sad that you’re not in a relationship, trapped in a sad relationship, or orbiting some sad girlfriend situation before my patience runs out. Much of Seventeen Seconds falls into that trap for me. The writing is often banal, and the instrumental interludes rarely add enough atmosphere or tension to justify their presence. I also have very little tolerance for melancholic/romantic music in general, which is why most of The Cure tends to fall outside what I enjoy (unless the music rises to such a level that it overrides my aversions). That’s exactly what happens with A Forest. The song feels clinical, strangely poetic, and cold in the way only England in the summertime can feel. It’s easily my favorite Cure track because it strips away the sentimental haze and replaces it with something eerie, detached, and genuinely unsettling. More importantly, it points toward the band they would later become on Pornography, which remains my favorite album of theirs precisely because of how bleak and intensely unemotional it is.

Vafan ett till album från the cure där jag inte hört en enda låt. Eller jo har hört a forest! Borde jag skämmas? Nej, för resten e inte så kul :(

Look, the Cure are great artists and as a band are iconic, influential and inspirational. Is this the greatest evidence of this, probably not, would I suggest you start at one of their other albums, probably. Should you model your look off Robert Smith, well that’s just up to you.

Expected more, this can't be their best album. 2

I like some of the Cure, but this ain't it

Recombinant album. This was very prototypical goth music in my mind, and sounded a lot like the police if they had a worse drummer (lovingly), and also Sting wasn't as talkative. Overall, enjoyed as an album to lock in with. Favorite track was Play for Today.

This sounds like a collection of ideas put to tape. Anyone who tells you this is good is lying to themselves.

yeah...no

This album isn't bad, but it isn't anything remarkable either. It gave me the impression of a British teenage boy who just discovered GarageBand for the first time. It's a very dry record, which is fine, just not my cup of tea. The drums and bass sound fine, but I didn't really like the guitar sound. It's stringy enough to be annoying but not enough to feel that rhythmic. I think The Cure isn't for me.

Not bad but it really felt like background noise for most of it

Nothing for me. Guess I wasn’t high enough.

Meh..three was nice..closing track was good ig…overall just too boring

This record was decent at best. I didn't enjoy much, and none of it was memorable. Favourite Track(s): The Final Sound, M Least Favourite Track(s): A Forest

not my favorite

nothing of note

Entiendo que hay una busqueda, pero mas alla de establecer una atmósfera, el disco no aporta demasiado. The Forest es un buen tema, me hace pisotear al ritmo de The Cure, lo que yo esperaba. Tener solo dos o tres canciones con lirica me juega personalmente en contra, mas cuando lo instrumental no aporta a la construccion, o por lo menos no la entendi, si es que habia tal. Desilusión viniendo de la primera recomendación increíble, y también por esperar mas de la banda.

Highlights: Play For Today, Three, A Forest, M I often see this record around but I don't really know much about it. I think I played it maybe once before, but it left no impression. This time around it was the same. The style was dull and the lyrics were full of some teenage romantic emo whining. The record is bloated with these "spooky" airy bits which are just too empty of any substance to justify how much they waste your time... It really feels like they had a single and decided to aura farm on the rest of the record. There are some tracks that do have potential but are dragged out (i.e. At Night). Highlights were meh, and the record even more so. Won't be revisiting.

p456. 1980. 2 stars. Dreary and miserable early 80s Brit synth pop. It's the musical equivalent of a grey, wet and cold February morning in Manchester. No thanks.

Didn’t mind it, it was chill, but not one of my favs tho :(

Review - this album is ok. It's not great. A Forest is great. But this album isn't. If the band that did this album didn't go on to be The Cure, this album would not be on this list. Those other, later Cure albums should be on this list, but this shouldn't. Rating - 4.5/10 Need to hear? NO

The Cure siempre funciona y tiene tantas canciones pegadizas que un disco de ellos siempre viene bien

On a certain day it might be a vibe but so far nothing really captured my interest. If I was depressed it would’ve slapped but I wasn’t and it kinda made me miserable.

Very very mellow. Need to be in the right mood.

Atmospheric mostly instrumental, maybe I do hate the Cure. However, some of the instrumentals are haunting and somewhat listenable.

I’m sorry but this one was so boring I guess I’ll start with the good by saying there’s nothing objectively awful with this one, nothing super skippable or ear grating The first song having absolutely nothing going on (I thought my speakers were broken at first) really set the tone. It’s just a bit too sleepy, the vocals aren’t really interesting at all. I don’t think there’s really a whole lot going on with cool instrumentation either. I know these guys make better music than this so a little disappointing to say the least

this is a nothing burger of an album

Unremarkable. Not one song that resonated with me, not one moment of "oh yeah that's a great song." Reminded me of the soundtrack playing in the dungeon from Silence of the Lambs. At least it was only 35 minutes long...

I must confess, i am a wannabe Cure fan rather than an actual fan. I’ve listened to Boys Dont Cry in it’s entirety but otherwise could probably only tell you the hits. Dont get me wrong, there are plenty of hits and they are amazing but i’ve just never been drawn to entire albums of theirs. I’ve probably listened to Disintegration all the way through a couple of times back in the day. I like Boys Dont Cry because it sounds like The Clash. I think i veer away from the others because often the songs have long intros that dont do anything for me except get me impatient. I get it sets the floaty, melancholic, we have all the time in the world and arent in any hurry type feeling but sometimes i am in a hurry. And honestly, who listens to a song like Pictures of You and says ‘I love that endless beginning where he doesnt sing and the same simple melody is played at the same low level if intensity’. No one. Anyway, this probably wasnt the best album to kindle a love for the Cure albums. I suspect it marks the beginning of their metamorphosis from Clash-esque punk rockers to Goth poster band (before maybe combining the 2 and ending up with pop-goth?). There is a nice simplicity in this album, but it doesnt go anywhere for me. I think it is the drums - too straight, no texture at all, might as well just be a snare keeping beat, you cant hear much else. His vocals are also mixed into the background here. Take the track ‘Three’ for example, cant hear the vocals. It must be deliberate, but why bother singing any words at all. The result is like listening to the same endless riff played over a loud click track. Then you get a song like A Forest and it all makes sense (though arguably the bass is at least interesting on this track and the intro doesnt go on and on).

Melancholy, with multiple instrumentals.

A tad boring, idnit?

Tylsää ⭐️⭐️

Ei kyllä millään tavalla ihmeellinen.

I feel like if I was into this genre of music, Seventeen Seconds would be the perfect album. Unfortunately I’m not, but I wouldn’t mind if I heard these songs on the radio for example.

Bit dissapointing as an intro to The Cure

Slow mellow goth. Luckily there are a few interesting events to keep it at a 2 … just

It's got a tone but in the end its fairly plodding and feels lacking the pulling power of there better albums it almost feels like this is included because of the band's name rather than due to merit.

nice basslines somewhat forgettable

I’m such a vocals and lyrics kind of person that music like this just doesn’t personally resonate as much as it probably does for others. I can appreciate the unique sound but I wouldn’t come back to listen to it again.

dzaan ertnairi albomia ra repetetive

I like the Cure but I didn't really vibe with this album.

Instantly forgettable. Not a single track I could listen to and think "that was something I'll go back to". Had no pre-conceived ideas or notions about this or them, but something to avoid in future.

Meh. One of the boring ones. Not very exciting.

not bad just not for me

Pretty mid

The album started and then it was over. I don't remember much of it to be honest. Very boring.

34 minutes of dreary music punctuated by one good song, "A Forest".

Atmospheric energy. Mischievous. One catchy song. Good for when you feel like a cheeky monkey but otherwise slightly boring and samey

I don't know what I was expecting, but I certainly wasn't expecting this album to be this boring. It's not "bad" but gets a 2 for how underwhelmed I am.

I never knew what The Cure sounds like. Now that I know, I feel... disappointed I guess. This must've been shocking when the album released but it appears tame today. There are some melancholic sounds but nothing to really boast of. Best songs are M and Three. 5/10, more confusing than anything.

Mood over substance. One salvageable song. Crazy to think the cure would evolve from this

did not care for the first song at all. boring and purposefully ominous. same with the song "three". some instrumentals in here dont work. i did enjoy a few songs (mainly "A Forest" because it appears in westworlf) but overall weaker than disintegration. 4/10.

Can see why it’s important to listen to, but good lord it’s sad. Lead singers voice is very monotone.

Not as good as Wish. Songs of a Lost World from ‘24 absolutely slapped.

Traurig og dølle greier.

Høydepunkt: A Forrest. Resten av plata ga meg ingenting.

Anemisk, introvert og ganske uinteressant. Lydbildet føles nedstrippa og kaldt. Gir meg lite, men fenger innimellom.

This album is not for me. Its cool that it has a very specific vibe, sound and atmosphere, but it gets way to repetetive for me. I ended up feeling bored and tired more than anything else. Just as the album ended spotify played A Strange Day from the cure as well. This song was so much more interesting and full.

too goth for me

This is one of those albums where I appreciate the creativity and uniqueness but would I listen to it as is on any given day? Nope. My rating is probably not a true reflection of what this music is in the grand scheme of things but to me this stuff is not what I gravitate towards.

This was the Cure's second album, where they were, according to Robert Smith, inspired from by going on tour with Siouxsie and the Banshees, but this is missing the excitement from the Banshees. It's so muted and reserved that it's almost ambient music, and I had a lot of trouble focusing on it. They would go on to create a lot of music I like, but all in all, this was pretty dreary and forgettable.

More instrumentals than I expected and less mopey as well. First time I ever listen to a full Cure album. Nothing very memorable sticks out to me.

Opens with a piano dirge. Hooooo boy. I've said it before but I actually like the Cure's rhythm section. I'm going out on a limb, though, and saying 'Play for Today' is just a worse version of 'Echo Beach by Martha and the Muffins. "Waiting for something to happen," from that Cure tune, encapsulates this record quite well. I simultaneously am bored by The Cure and can hear how they were influential on later music. It remains, however, sad music by four assholes in a cave. In much the way that some people just cannot cope with jazz, I fail to understand the cultural fascination with Robert Smith's performative moping and conscientiously bad hair. Thank goodness it's short. 2/5

Surprisingly forgettable

Sinister? Sure. Spooky? I guess. Boring? Absolutely.

Every time I listen to the cure, I get the hype a little bit more, but I still think this album in particular is pretty forgettable

what if the talking heads were boring….. thats the cure

Different vibe than the disintegration, less melancholic. Did not stick with me.

Quite an un-stimulating listen, except for some small peaks. Not quite my taste in general.

didn't cure me of anything tbh

shi it was mid i dont like it

crickets

Enjoyed it as background noise but there weren’t any songs that I really liked

Nothing stood out to me

It had some promise really lacks anything that massively captured my attention.

i just don’t like the cure

Too many boring instrumental parts. Sounds like the Cure, minus the cheekiness and catchy melodies.

The Cure is great but this didn’t sound like their best album to me.

There’s a close-mic’d, spare aesthetic to a lot of post punk around this time that has never quite been my thing. It probably does an incredibly accurate job describing what life in England felt like at this time: even in more upbeat music like Elvis Costello, it still sounds claustrophobic, mildewy, sunshine only visible refracted through clouds of smog. I hear a lot of Fragile-era Reznor and the minimalism of Britt Daniel rooted in Seventeen Seconds, but this move into minor chord sombreness didn’t really pay off for me until Pornography.

A Forest is a banger. Unfortunately its the only one amongst a lot of shoegazing shit.

I love The Cure but this was boring as hell.

Outside a couple of decent cuts, this was honestly a pretty unpleasant listen. Kind of boring and not particularly unique either. It’s only 35 minutes long, so I guess that’s a plus. Seems like my tradition of giving every new wave and post punk album two stars will live on! Highlights: Secrets, In Your House, A Forest

2/5

Not my fav. I like them here and there.

You know what this album reminds me of? The wizard of loneliness. Monotonous, quiet, tedious. Enjoyable but nothing aside from the opener and A Forest stick out to me. Consistent dour atmosphere, but it doesn't do much for me.

Robert Smith is an aquired taste, but this album does not contribute to that. Lovesong, Boys dont cry, Just like heaven ir Friday I'm in love are some enjoyable The Cure songs, but none are in this album.

The Cure constrói um suntuoso castelo gótico, com salões espaçosos e cobertos de névoa à espera de um baile… que nunca chega O castelo permanece belo, mas vazio, sem vida

boring... sorry 😞

im more of a lyricist type of person so i don’t really enjoy the album so far… not a lot of lyrics but a lot of instrumental which is okay but yeah… not something i would listen …. yeah so i didn’t finish it my head started to hurt IM SO SORRY

Almost a full instrumental record. Ethereal and atmospheric. It’s their jazz album. Not terribly memorable.

Not the cure to boredom.

More like seventeen hours. Dull stuff. The Cure is like the Smiths without the interesting parts and the good guitar. Friday I'm in Love is a great song, though.

eh, not very exciting to me

A fine album, just not my vibe. I think I have to rework my ranking scale…

2nd album of their discography and I think they hadn’t quite found their voice yet. Lots of instrumental and very basic. I agree with Wikipedia that a forest is the best one. Maybe im just not hip to the cure but their music got significantly better later on when they wrote Friday

Nup. Didnt find this enjoyable at all. Don't think The Cure are for me.

I just don't think The Cure are my thing - whiny sad boys like Joy Division who I've previously hated on this list. This was such a slog to get through, and I much prefer them leaning more pop than alternative.

I did not vibe with this one at all.

This album felt very dull and boring. It picked up a little bit at The Forest but then quickly fizzled back out.

nah not for me

Meh pretty boring mostly with like 1 track (the forest) that I sorta enjoy.

Doesn’t really do it for me. Just meh.

Meh

I know this is supposed to be an iconic album but it just didn’t hit for me.

fav: A Forest I don’t think I was into this that much. Which is surprising because I thought I would be into something described as gothic and electronic.

A Forest was the only skip on the Cure’s Greatest Hits. It’s a stand out track on this album. That said I didn’t hate the album and it was kind of cool to hear their earlier post punk roots.

So boring. Listened before? N Saved to library? N Favorite track(s): N/A ⭐⭐: Didn't like it, didn't hate it. Saved no tracks.

First Album in our joint project! I dont think Dylan will like it... ...not sure I do 😂 Themes are subdued and hard to distinguish maybe im too dumb to get it, jist doesnt click with me. I do really like the moody synth and modulated guitar soundscapes, wouldnt be out of place in an 80s b movie. Just a bit fckn artsy. Top Tracks: In Your House, A Forest and Secrets

i've spent almost 3 months in the uk and The Cure making more and more sense to me the longer i stay. it gets dark at 4pm in the winters and is always drab and grey outside. of this + the big two Cure albums, this is the simplest stylistically. probably the weakest too. has some neat vibe pieces but doesn't have the songwriting or pathos that later albums would. deserves to be one of the 1001? uhhhh maybe? i think 3 is a good amount of albums to represent The Cure, and after Pornography and Disintegration what you choose to include is a matter of personal preference

Bit weird

Entirely unconnected to what they're doing here.

It's enjoyable but not my cup of tea.

Not bad but not doing anything for me. 2.5

I like the Cure more as a singles band. This was ok 2.5 stars

Very, very boring, especially in the first half. After an annoying song it picked up a little, but not enough to achieve mediocrity.

For a band so prolific, and with a lot of good music over a long career, ‘Seventeen Seconds’ is a really, really dour album. ‘In Your House’ and ‘A Forest’ are the only good songs here with a pulse. You can skip the rest and go straight to ‘Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me’ and ‘Disintegration’ which are far better albums.

The Cure, for me, has always been an acquired taste. _Disintegration_ and _Standing On A Beach - The Singles_ are part of the soundtrack of my life, but it took years of exposure before they became such. This album might get there, but, sadly, doesn't fall into the category of "pleasant surprise" on the first listen.

Good very 80’s jangly goth light good listen but won’t be frequent

I didn't love it, I guess my expectations were higher. It was mostly a lot of instrumental and very little lyrics.

Secrets

A forest might be one of my favorite tracks, but the rest of the album was kinda underwhelming. 2/5

Old school

The songs themselves are ok but the mixing is awful and I couldn’t get past that

You know, it's just kinda boring. Very atmospheric and there's some uniqueness to that but I don't see myself remembering or recognizing any track 3 minutes from now.

4/10

The second Cure album I have received on this list. That is three too many. As I said on the last one, the Cure were really popular when I was in college and I just never got into them. Although this was realesed when I was in high school, and I wasn't even aware of them then. This reminds me of why. 2

I’m not gonna be sporting eyeliner and that haircut anytime soon.

Good for smoking weed or hitting acid. Not a daily listwner

sorry m8 but i can't like the sound here

Ok, just doesn’t do anything for me

a lot of cure in a short time.

4/1001 First listen. Never intentionally played The Cure before. Played this 5 or 6 times. There isn’t a single moment from this album I remember the next day. I didn’t dislike it though.

I'm glad the Cure made music that inspired musicians that I like.

Supongo que han metido este disco en la lista solo por "A Forest" (que lo entiendo) y tampoco entiendo como tienen este temazo en un disco que lo forman canciones que tienen un base ritmica muy sencilla con una melodia encima mas sencilla aun que se repite hasta la saciedad, sin letra ni voces practicamente en ninguna, excepto las 3 o 4 ultimas.

So boring. I can't even imagine being into this as a depressed teenager in 1980.

Gostei de algumas músicas e não gostei de outras, o álbum me da uma sensação meio mórbida apesar das músicas terem um cunho mais melancólico, me identifiquei um pouco com In Your House, "a sensação de invadir o espaço de outra pessoa como forma de escapar da própria realidade."

Gloomy Vibes without much variation

Not my favorite Cure album

A bit conflicted on this one. First, I think I like The Cure more when they are doing pop songs. I can appreciate this for what it is, and was impressed by the production. However, I think it fell a little flat. It may not be fair to compare it to Mask by Bauhaus, but I left that feeling surprised and delighted to how they blended Goth with Hard Rock, Reggae, and Ska. However, with this album, it was mostly what I expected from an early Cure album. Good, but it met my expectations.

I like The Cure but they were to go on to create a lot better albums than this. A Forest still sounds great, but there was nothing else memorable.

Fav songs: play for today, forest. Not the best but not the worst.

No, it's 2,140 seconds.

If it weren’t for Smith, this could function as lofi study music. Except it’s too boring. Too bad he has to sing, too.

Pathed the way for and created inspiration for so many rock groups. Good sounds.

Top track: Play For Today

This was alright. Coulda had some more lyrics

5.4/10 didn’t really enjoy it, only felt connected to maybe one or two songs, but managed to get through it in a single sitting. i did like how a lot of the songs were mainly instrumental, however. i’ve heard better from the cure for sure

Still think the cure is lame

I only like the cure when goth baddies are around with they titties out.

You know what your getting when you put on The Cure. This album is no exception. It's not bad, just not a special point of interest. I had never heard any of the songs before.

Dark and moody album. I was not that interested in the album and probably wouldn’t listen again. I felt it was a little lacking but picked up in the end. Favorite song: A Forest

Fairly boring album. The first few tracks seem like an intro to the last half if that makes sense. 80s cyberpunk movie vibes. Favorite songs: A Forest, Seventeen Seconds

Hm. First experience with the cure don’t love it. Nothing melodic to latch onto besides nice guitar tone…

Not really my speed.

meh. mellow. chill. vibes.

Inoffensive, album just passed me by - at least they evolved into a band I would listen to

Early Cure provides a guide to understanding how personal one's taste in music really is. I am enraptured by the punk freneticism of Three Imaginary Boys / Boys Don't Cry and I love the incredible melodies and beautiful song structures that start to really emerge with the Head on the Door. For me the perfect balance of all of it is Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me - THAT is Smith's 5-star album. Compared with those periods, this album, for me, is all gloom and tedium; I never want to listen to it again. But it spawned not only a musical genre, but an entire cultural movement; so it clearly resonates with a lot of people.

Goth as freak

Sounds very 80's, which isn't necessary what I listen to. Bit repetitive.