The Head On The Door
by The Cure

From lleon79 TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/10/2017 22:48 | #194042 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

The Cure can go two ways: either very gothic or extremely pop sounding. The Head on the Door is the latter and it's the best Cure pop album. I once read somewhere that every song in this record could easily be a single and I strongly agree. Every time I listen to this my love for it only deepens. "Inbetween Days" is one of my favorite album openers ever, "Push" is a song I love listening to on an afternoon, "Close to Me" always makes me want to dance and "A Night Like This" makes me want to cry. I can never get tired of Robert Smith.

From Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/30/2018 11:32 | #223582 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

'The Head On The Door' represents album one of one of the best 3 consecutive album streaks in music ('Head On The Door' 1985 , followed by 'Kiss Me , Kiss Me , Kiss Me 1987 followed by 'Disintegration' 1989 - 3 Killer Diller albums in 4 years is quite simply a stunning achievement)

Inspired by the albums 'Kaleidoscope' (Siouxsie and the Banshees) and 'Dare' (Human League) Bob set out to produce a record that was eclectic with a range of styles and moods . Mission accomplished with the pop styling's of "Inbetween Days" and "Close To Me" to the Spanish feel of "The Blood" , the angular weirdness that is "Six Different Ways" , the fullness of "Push" , the new wave-ish "Baby Screams" , the darker "A Night Like This" and "Sinking" where the lyrics don't kick in until the 2 minute mark

'The Head On The Door' sits alongside 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' as amazingly eclectic albums that completely work

Leg 1 In The Cure Holy Trinity = 80/100

Definitely one of the best Cure records. Head on the door, is probably the most accessible of their albums and the one that I would assume is the favourite amongst casual fans of the Cure. In between days, and, close to me, are obviously two great singles from one of the best singles bands of the eighties. Possibly the most enjoyable Cure album.

From santropez 07/04/2018 14:02 | #217745 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

Bassline to "Sinking" is the best thing on this album. Every b-side to every The Head On The Door single is amazing.
Favourite: "Sinking"
Least: "The Blood"

Long time fan of the band, and this is, hands down, my favorite Cure album. It evokes so many memories of my early teens, coming of age…but even now, there’s not a single track I want to skip. When I put this record on, I inevitably listen to the entire thing. I get up, flip sides, and take it all in. Every time. How often can you say that of a record? As much as I like the vast majority of their catalogue, I can’t say that about any of their others. This is their peak. Everything prior was leading up to this, everything after got slowly worse imo. If you’re new to The Cure, start here and thank me later.