The Cure
by The Cure
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The Cure bestography
The Cure is ranked 16th best out of 40 albums by The Cure on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Cure is Disintegration which is ranked number 27 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 25,406.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Cure track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Cure rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 2004 | 34/50 | 2 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 2004 | 10/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 74 Music Albums of 2004 | 36/74 | 3 |
| 2026 | Vasco | Top 69 Music Albums of the 2000s | 39/69 | 9 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 22 Music Albums of 2004 | 20/22 | 1 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | The Cure | 9/13 | - |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Top 50 Music Albums of 2004 | 28/50 | 2 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 58 Music Albums of 2004 | 49/58 | 1 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2004 | 33/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 82 Music Albums of 2004 | 48/82 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 92 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 164 | |||
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The Cure ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/10/2026 14:13 | Artem | 872 | 77/100 |
| ! | 10/05/2026 19:05 | Siromynian | 1,789 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/24/2026 08:12 |  nextorgd | 1,233 | 84/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.8/100, a mean average of 67.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.
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The Cure forum mentions
NoisyBeast 04/04/2024 15:53 in What album are you listening to right now?The Cure comments
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lightmyway TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/15/2012 19:46 | #42413 | TOP COMMENT
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This is sort of heavy and odd. I don't like it.
videoheadcleaner 07/17/2009 22:02 | #5264 | TOP COMMENT
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The first Cure album I owned and got me hooked. Although 'Lost' and 'The Promise' link back to Disintegration and Pornography, this is the Cure sound for the 21st century.
Underrated album. It's not The Cure's best, but to say it's their worst is not doing this album justice. It's heavier than most albums by The Cure, but it works, especially the opener.
HoldenM TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/09/2023 19:09 | #299057 | TOP COMMENT
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Their best since Wish. In 2004, The Cure are old news. Hell, in 2000 and 1996 they're over the hill. But whereas those records are clinging to movements and ideas that are slipping away when The Cure gets to them, their self-titled album hits at the exact right moment. Post punk and new wave revivals are all the rage. And while The Cure isn't delivering their out-and-out sharpest songwriting, they are rejuvenated to a degree that we haven't seen in over a decade by the time this album is released. While The Cure has always been a band that dabbled in sonic weight, be it dense atmosphere, or even a more straightforward rock cut from time to time (particularly on their later work), this self-titled debut is their heaviest production and performances yet. You're not going to confuse it for a grunge or metal or punk record, and in some ways they're only just now dabbling in the sounds that their goth and art rock counterparts were doing at the dawn of The Cure's career. Better late than never, and without sanding down what makes the band unique. It may not be a full-fledged great record as it occasionally threatens to be, but this is a welcome return to form.
TheDude85 08/18/2019 20:26 | #241365 | TOP COMMENT
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Sad to report The Cure lost me as a fan back with the "Bloodflowers" release, and were not able to win me back with this self-titled release. The careening screech of Robert Smith and the senseless lyrics lose any creativity that the music starts to embolden.
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