Faith (studio album) by The Cure
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Faith is ranked 7th best out of 37 albums by The Cure on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Cure is Disintegration which is ranked number 32 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 28,612.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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75/100  | 09/15/2023 12:50 | Kali | | 75/100 |
70/100 | 09/10/2023 05:51 | Sumbody | | 76/100 |
95/100 | 09/07/2023 01:45 |  HoldenM | | 82/100 |
85/100 | 09/05/2023 22:12 | Robmc70 | | 79/100 |
85/100 | 08/14/2023 19:23 | DrTchock97 | | 76/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.6/100, a mean average of 76.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.2.
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HoldenM 09/07/2023 01:57
What it lacks in the relative accessibility of Three Imaginary Boys and Seventeen Seconds, Faith makes up for by being one of the most haunting and forward thinking goth rock records of the day. The Joy Division influence is still present, but so is that of psychedelic and krautrock. It's a dense, abrasive, despondent work of genius. While Seventeen Seconds sees the band explore sonic landscapes akin to romantic-era ghost stories, Faith is much more morbid, spending its time wandering through a cemetery in a dense fog. All patient, gloomy texture. It's foreboding, but captivating nonetheless.
Brandon8 12/23/2022 03:52
2nd album of trilogy it’s lesser of the 3 but they’re all classic. Primary and The Funeral Party are great songs and the rest of the album works well.
They continue style that they created on Seventeen Seconds - very dark, depressing and gothic. It is similar in quality to its predecessor.
Just dull. I'm a fan of the band, they could release a double greatest hits album and it'd be great. But some of their albums just don't click for me. And this is one of them sadly.
A very dark record which is demonstrated perfectly on the title track which is a perfect album closer as well. Every other song on Faith continues this theme making it such a consistently amazing album. The lyrics on this album also allow for deeper inspection and is one of the highlights of the album. Tolhurst and Gallup also deserves a lot of recognition as the drum work and bass really set the tone for every song and create this ominous, moody atmosphere throughout. In addition, Robert Smith's lyrics and vocal point are just perfect and make the album the masterpiece that it is.
Really good album. Favorite tracks: Holy Hour, Other Voices, and The Funeral Party.
santropez 04/15/2019 23:29
Favourite track: "The Funeral Party"
Least-liked track: "Doubt"
LedZep 09/19/2017 23:33
Cannot decide between this and Pornography. Both are masterpieces of the darkest and the most "goth" Cure period. Holy Hour against One Hundred Years, All Cats Are Gray against A Strange Day and so on...
imimesis 09/15/2017 15:12
One of their earliest albums, this may be their best. Not bloated and overlong like some of their later "masterpieces" (e.g. Disintegration, Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me), this album reveals the genius of the band, and especially Robert Smith. Lovely and svelte, from front to back. Bravo!
This is my favourite of the earlier darker records. It's consistent all the way through with stunning moments such as, the holy hour, all cats are grey, and the title track. I always found, seventeen seconds, a little uneven, but this is right on it from start to finish. A great band record, when The Cure were still a band and not a Robert Smith solo project.
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