disintegration

wish

kiss me kiss me kiss me

pornography

4:13 dream

1. Disintegration - It's a bit too long, but it's my favorite.

2. Wish - I just like it. It's almost like Mr. Smith attempted to by happy in a few moments on the album.

3. Standing on the Beach -- I know, I know...I'm cheating because it's a compilation of older material, but I lurved it when it was cassette.

The cure's last few albums have been complete meh...but so has Morrissey's...so I guess that battle still rages.

TRON said:

damosuzuki said:

I don't listen to them much anymore, and when I do hear them I don't feel much compulsion to listen further, but they were definitely one of my favourites at one point and they are still part of my musical vocabulary.

Nice to see you!

You too!

For some reason I thought they were just a notch above Depeche Mode on your dislike scale. I remember some poll that was on here and I think you might have given them a 3 or 4 out of 10. So it's nice to see that you still have some love for Big Bob. Makes sense that their debut would be your fave with all the Wire influence.

You have an absolutely freakish memory (I mean that nicely). That was almost four years ago!

I gave them a four. I do remember being a little harsh in my ratings because I was striving for a mean and median of five.

http://prince.org/msg/8/2...?&pg=2

And I like the first album the best exactly for the reasons you gave. That record also listens like a less aggressive Buzzcocks as well in places.

SagsWay2low said:

3. Standing on the Beach -- I know, I know...I'm cheating because it's a compilation of older material, but I lurved it when it was cassette. :lol

Aw yeah, I had that on cassette way back in the day, with the 12 b-sides on the flip! I think I played the b-side more than the a-side.

in no precise order

faith

pornography

disintegration

head on the door

Wish is the one that I've listened to the most. It's not what I'd call their (or his) best album, but the songs on it have just clicked with me for some reason.

Recently I've been giving more spins to Faith, because it's more subtle in a way. That and Head On The Door.

Yes, that's one of their Classic 12s, I think!

"Snow in Summer" is actually one of my favorite Cure songs...I forget which Single it is the B side to (Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me?)

That version of "Lullaby" is the first The Cure track that I really got hooked on. Because I got that record first it was sort of hard to get into their more typical guitar-oriented sound when I started to go through their "real" albums next.

1. Disintegration (Yeah, kind of predictable, but this album has "Lullaby", "Prayers For rain", "Lovesong", "One", "pictures Of you")

2. Kiss Me Kiss Me (my favourite Cure's song, "Just like Heaven" is on it )

3. Head on The Door

4. Faith

5. Pornography

... Did I mention my fave Cure's song?