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The Cure - Disintegration Audio CD

A fair review of the The Cure "Disintegration" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all The Cure reviews here, or go back to the The Cure tabs.

The Cure Band: The Cure
Title: Disintegration
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Release Date: 1989-05-01
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Plainsong 2: Pictures of You 3: Closedown 4: Love Song 5: Last Dance [*] 6: Lullaby 7: Fascination Street 8: Prayers for Rain 9: Same Deep Water as You 10: Disintegration 11: Homesick [*]

The Cure's 2nd Bite at the Apple
They were yesterday's news. By 1989, I had turned my back on The Cure. At the time if you had asked me "who is The Cure?" I would say the Cure was a post-punk British rock band that should best be remembered for three great studio albums recorded as 3 member band in the early 1980s (Seventeen Seconds, Faith, and Pornography) and an interesting live record in 1984 (Concert) recorded with a 5 member band. Other than that, most of what the Cure had been making in the mid-1980s was "Bubble Gum Goth" - silly teenage new wave pop music in another package. It was frivolous music. But it made a lot of money for Robert Smith, Simon Gallup et al. It was a product that could really be sold to American teenagers in a way that "Pornography" just couldn't. After Kiss Me x3, I dismissed the Cure.

Then along came Disintegration. Granted, Disintegration doesn't represent a major break from the mid-1980s The Cure. It is a record recorded with the 5 member line up that had become standard for the Cure's mid-1980s work. It was a record rich in keyboards and synthesizers, unlike the original trilogy of great The Cure records I mention above, which had been mostly guitar, bass and drums (with a little bit of keyboard as an afterthought). So what makes Disintegration stand out as a good record, distinct from The Head on the Door, The Top, Japanese Whispers or Kiss Me x3? In my opinion, it is because they came full circle. They went back to the sound that they had on records like Faith and Pornography, and found a way to synthesize that early, dark sound with the full resources of the 5 member band.

It isn't a perfect album, mind you. Looking back 20 years later, I never listen to "Fascination Street" or "Love Song". Those are more of the mid-1980s The Cure that I would just as soon forget. But songs like "Prayers for Rain" and "Same Deep Water as You" are powerfully good tracks, even today.

This isn't the greatest The Cure record (I still give that to Pornography. What can I say? I am old school). But it is definitely in my short list of the top 3 records by the Cure. And it marked a new trajectory for them as artists - less frivolous, more serious, but with the big, full, lush sound they developed in the mid-1980s. The proof, however, is in the concerts. I saw the Cure several times in the mid-1980s. I remember on the Kiss Me 3x tour, almost all of the material they played was from the mid-1980s, except for an obligatory performance of Forest. But by the time they recorded Paris (but not "Show"!), they apparently had found a way to integrate songs from their 3 great records into their play list again. This was a much needed re-adjustment of a band that had drifted way too far from the sound that made them great to begin with. .


Great item!
The case was cracked when it arrived, I suspect damaged during shipping but that was an easily remedied thing and had nothing to do with my overall satisfaction with the condition of the actual CD. The disc itself was in great condition, as well as the liner notes. The item arrived well within the window provided. Thanks!!!.


Best Album Ever
It really shows how they matured over the years. This is really The Cure's best album. This is the pinnacle of their music. When someone thinks of how The Cure sounds, they think Disintegration. It is really one of the best albums ever created. I would consider to be the best album of 1989. The fact that Robert Smith took so many drugs during this era is one of the many reasons that made this album so great. He thought in so many different ways, and his imagination really went crazy.


EXCELLENT
one of there best albums, the live concert dvd "trilogy" filmed in berlin is also really good.


Brilliant
I first got the cassette in the 80's & never got tired of it. If you appreciate intricate, beautiful guitar & the best bass ever plus lyrics with depth, you'll enjoy this CD. I let a friend borrow it who wouldn't part with (& return) it, so now I have a clear, amazing new copy.


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