Mr. AllMusic published a very elaborate description and review! Yours too! Moreover, they perfectly demonstrate the full extent of this high-quality opus. I fully agree with the review. This is one of The Cure's best albums with: 1. Pornography; 2. Disintegration; 3. Songs...; 4. The head...; 5. Kiss me... Several other reviews mention that this album is beautiful, but depressing. This album is more than that. The atmosphere, the sounds and the content form the expression of an inspired and skillfully presented work. That these critics consider the album depressing is an opinion, but the subjects treated and chosen go in the direction of a tragedy. When an artist chooses to talk about suicide, death, the end of things, it cannot be otherwise! Besides, if we focus on the titles alone, we find the essence of the subject: ... alone... nothing is forever... fragile... war... nodrone... never... end... There is nothing joyful there!!! Once the subject is understood, we enter the musical world and that is where EVERYTHING makes sense! The dissonant guitars, the repetitive and bewitching drums, the heavy bass, the atmospheric synths... everything conjures to transport us to the afterlife, if only we are sensitive to it. So I will dance on the Endsong as a man alone before the fate of the world with dark glasses that are worth as much as those of the pleasant but superficial ditties of the current songs and... so sad by their scope! The Cure deals with sad things, it is true, but my god it is joyful to get carried away and fly away with them!!! I will be at their next show in Quebec to celebrate their vision... and I will not be the only one... living from this collective divergence, shared with the joy in my heart of dancing on the sadness of this world!
Great review John! I’m loving this Cure album, “Alone” is beautiful and reminiscent of Disintegration (an album I could listen to daily and never grow tired of).
This feels like the natural successor to Bloodflowers. It's like the last two albums never happened. They had some good songs, but let's be honest, they were inconsistent & poorly produced. This is the exact opposite! It's beautiful!
Hi John!!! To me this type of music goth/synth pop/newwave might be cool, but it's an adquiered taste and you really have to be in the mood, but it seems to be right what many fans of the band want from them and having an "inspired" R, Smith is all you need to have a good record after so many years. Cheers and be well
The Cure likes to do this thing where they play the whole song once instrumentally and then they play it again with vocals in the second half. I like it but I understand why some folks do not like that.
I've noticed that too, I think it's a testament of how unique The Cure sound is. I mean, would this technique work for most other rock bands? I don't think so. But The Cure often make their songs slow and evocative, so this trick helps to make them feel grandiose. Plainsong and Sinking are great examples, these songs wouldn't be nearly as powerful without those long intros
Mr. AllMusic published a very elaborate description and review! Yours too! Moreover, they perfectly demonstrate the full extent of this high-quality opus. I fully agree with the review.
This is one of The Cure's best albums with:
1. Pornography;
2. Disintegration;
3. Songs...;
4. The head...;
5. Kiss me...
Several other reviews mention that this album is beautiful, but depressing. This album is more than that.
The atmosphere, the sounds and the content form the expression of an inspired and skillfully presented work. That these critics consider the album depressing is an opinion, but the subjects treated and chosen go in the direction of a tragedy.
When an artist chooses to talk about suicide, death, the end of things, it cannot be otherwise!
Besides, if we focus on the titles alone, we find the essence of the subject: ... alone... nothing is forever... fragile... war... nodrone... never... end... There is nothing joyful there!!!
Once the subject is understood, we enter the musical world and that is where EVERYTHING makes sense! The dissonant guitars, the repetitive and bewitching drums, the heavy bass, the atmospheric synths... everything conjures to transport us to the afterlife, if only we are sensitive to it.
So I will dance on the Endsong as a man alone before the fate of the world with dark glasses that are worth as much as those of the pleasant but superficial ditties of the current songs and... so sad by their scope!
The Cure deals with sad things, it is true, but my god it is joyful to get carried away and fly away with them!!!
I will be at their next show in Quebec to celebrate their vision... and I will not be the only one... living from this collective divergence, shared with the joy in my heart of dancing on the sadness of this world!
Yes, I heard some similarities with Disintegration.
Great review John! I’m loving this Cure album, “Alone” is beautiful and reminiscent of Disintegration (an album I could listen to daily and never grow tired of).
Thanks. Yes, I don't know their whole discography but I thought it was like Disintegration as well. That's one of my favorites.
Thanks!
That's awesome. Thanks so much.
My feed on Threads has been 99% people gushing over The Cure since the album dropped.
Cool. I've never used Threads. I don't really know what it is lol
Next year is the 40th anniversary of The Head on the Door, which is the album with "In Between Days".
Cool. That's a good album.
Solid, in-depth review on the new Cure album, John. It sounds like it's a grower for you.
Yes, it gets better after every listen.
Great ghost and dreamy album from The cure
Yeah, I agree. It is very dreamy.
This feels like the natural successor to Bloodflowers. It's like the last two albums never happened. They had some good songs, but let's be honest, they were inconsistent & poorly produced. This is the exact opposite! It's beautiful!
That's awesome. I hear a lot of people saying the same thing.
Hi John!!! To me this type of music goth/synth pop/newwave might be cool, but it's an adquiered taste and you really have to be in the mood, but it seems to be right what many fans of the band want from them and having an "inspired" R, Smith is all you need to have a good record after so many years. Cheers and be well
Yeah, I know a lot of long time fans love this album. Like you said, it is something you have to be in the mood for.
The Cure likes to do this thing where they play the whole song once instrumentally and then they play it again with vocals in the second half. I like it but I understand why some folks do not like that.
Yeah, I noticed that on a few songs on this album.
I've noticed that too, I think it's a testament of how unique The Cure sound is. I mean, would this technique work for most other rock bands? I don't think so. But The Cure often make their songs slow and evocative, so this trick helps to make them feel grandiose. Plainsong and Sinking are great examples, these songs wouldn't be nearly as powerful without those long intros
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Give it a try....
Brrrr this was horriblle lol
Thanks man.
Sorry, you didn't like it. It is very mellow, but it grows on you.
Another disappointment
That's cool. This album has been very divisive.