History 1973–1979: Formation and early years 1.6 1999–2005: The Trilogy and line-up changes. 1.4 1989–1993: Disintegration and worldwide stardom.The Cure were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019. Their most recent album, 4:13 Dream, was released in 2008. The Cure have released 13 studio albums, two EPs, over 30 singles, and have sold over 30 million albums worldwide. Their singles compilation Standing on a Beach (1986) sold four million copies worldwide by 1989, and they reached their commercial peak with the albums Disintegration (1989) and Wish (1992). Beginning with their second album, Seventeen Seconds (1980), the band adopted a new, increasingly dark and tormented style, which, together with Smith's stage look, had a strong influence on the emerging genre of gothic rock as well as the subculture that eventually formed around the genre.Īfter the release of the band's fourth album, Pornography (1982), Smith introduced a greater pop sensibility into the band's music, and they subsequently garnered worldwide mainstream success. The band's debut album, Three Imaginary Boys (1979), along with several early singles, placed the band in the post-punk and new wave movements that had sprung up in the United Kingdom. Throughout numerous lineup changes since the band's formation, guitarist, lead vocalist, and songwriter Robert Smith has remained the only constant member. Watch this Prayer Tour era full set from 1990 to celebrate the anniversary of The Cure’s Disintegration.The Cure are an English rock band formed in 1978 in Crawley, West Sussex. The opening track “ Plainsong” was in recent years featured in the climactic scene in the Marvel film Antman, and the song “Prayers for Rain” was the inspiration for the name of the album’s Prayer Tour.Īlong with the remaining flawless songs “Untitled”, “Homesick”, Closedown”, and the heart wrenching title track “ Disintegration”, strong attention must be paid to “The Same Deep Water as You”, which if looked at with along with the album’s cover artwork, one can surmise that despite the title Disintegration representing the crumbling pieces of a photograph after a fire, the album’s true element is water. This very same picture was in fact used as the cover of the “Charlotte Sometimes” single, but with the picture clear and undistorted. The cover of the single is one of the pictures. In the aftermath, Smith was going through the charred remains and came across his wallet which had pictures of his wife, Mary. The inspiration of the “ Pictures of You” came about when a fire broke loose in Robert Smith’s home. “Fascination Street” has yet another trademark Cure bass line, with very suggestive lyrics. Apparently a metaphor for Robert Smith’s drug-addled past, the song and video are like the works of Heinrich Hoffmann or Edward Gorey come to life. “ Lullaby”, the album’s most playful track, perhaps rivaling songs like “Love Cats” and “Why Can’t I Be You” as most playful in the band’s entire catalog, remarkably does not feel out of place on the album. Originally released on May 2nd, 1989 the LP is said to be part of a trilogy involving Bloodflowers and Pornography-but perhaps the record is closer in overall tone to Faith, Disintegration nevertheless continues the pop sensibilities established on The Head on the Door, and amplified on Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me, with Disintegration’s “Love Song”, matching “Just Like Heaven” as one of the greatest love songs of all time.Īnd the connection between both “Love Song”, and “Just Like Heaven” is augmented by the fact that Robert Smith’s wife Mary’s appearance in the 1987 video for “Just Like Heaven”, dancing with Robert on the cliffs of Beachy Head, with the following year seeing Smith pen “Love Song” as a wedding present to Mary. South Park’s Kyle Broflovski may be right, The Cure’s 8th studio album Disintegration is without question the band’s most critically acclaimed work that is also equally adored by fans.
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