Album of the day (#856): Disintegration by The Cure

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Today's album of the day

Disintegration by The Cure (View album | Buy this album)

Year: 1989.
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Overall rank: 66
Average rating: 85/100 (from 454 votes).

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. The Same Deep Water As You
10. Disintegration
11. Homesick
12. Untitled

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[Happymeal]

In before Harkan.

[thursdayeno]

i think i need to listen to this more to warm to it but like 80-85 cure way more
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[Puncture Repair]

Really dig this one. Really great eery gothic sound whilst having this bittersweet uplifting feel to it, which is what makes it so special. Maybe drags on 10 or so minutes too long, but when you're really lost in it, it doesn't at all matter.

[Mercury]

This is a record I was never able to get into. Ill give it another go, though. I like "Faith" a bit more as of now. But again I never gave this a fair shake.
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-Ryan

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My Fave Metal - you won't believe #5!!!

[Guest]

There are parts of the album that I really like, but other parts that I feel kinda drag.

[Norman Bates]

This record has now the reputation of being The Cure's best (or so I have the impression). While it certainly is good, and was a welcome to return to their melancholy selves after a messy, sometimes very good, sometimes terribly poor, double LP, it certainly isn't their best IMO. I don't like "Fascination Street" as much as some (Harkan, allegedly) do, and "Last Dance" isn't quite up to the standards the album sets in other places. However, I don't want to belittle this record, as some wonderful songs can be found on it: "Plainsong" and "Untitled" are my favourite. "Lullaby" was a good single.

Seventeen Seconds is still my favourite Cure album by far, and I feel it's their only real masterpiece (in an uneven but solid discography, with very high highs) and I must admit, as respectful as I can be of everybody else's taste, that I wonder at how few people have the same opinion, as I can't help being totally fascinated by its beauties.

[Mother Nature's Son]

[purple]

It doesn't contain their best song ("Just Like Heaven"), and it's not their best album (Pornography), but it's still a stellar album. I know this sounds very strange for the content, but its a very summer-y album for me. Good times. I love it.

[Secondsoul]

Such a great album and still in My Top 10 best ever. I played the cassette almost every night back in 1989. I remember seeing them live touring this album and the show was phenomenal. Plainsong is just about my favourite track though I love all of this album. Brings back some great memories!