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It's a great album, but for me, some of the synth patches used haven't aged so well. Also, it kind of rides the same feeling throughout. Not that it's a bad thing, but I thought that Faith, in its minimalism, achieved more with less somehow. Disintegration just feels like there's a little excess to it.Disintegration is flawless. For me it's the best album of the 80s, or damn close.
I like the schizophrenia of Kiss me. For me, it represents nearly everything that The Cure are known for. Heavy psychedelia, downer jams, sweet catchy pop, chilly atmospheric pieces. It's the well done precursor to the failure that was Wild Mood Swings.
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It's a great album, but for me, some of the synth patches used haven't aged so well. Also, it kind of rides the same feeling throughout. Not that it's a bad thing, but I thought that Faith, in its minimalism, achieved more with less somehow. Disintegration just feels like there's a little excess to it.
Well yes but also, there's context that informs people's appreciation of it. It came at the end of an era of sorts (Phase 1 Modern Rock, 79-89) and right before the beginning of Phase 2 Modern Rock. And it kind of encapsulated and summed up not only what The Cure had done up to that point but what the genre itself had done up to that point. It was one of those records that hit in the right way at the right time, with enough crossover appeal to succeed on radio...and it reached people.
And it was probably the last important album they did.
I hear you on those points. I first got into them around the time that awful Mixed up album came out. I would say Wish was important to degree, even though there is a lot of hate for that album, which with time, I would say was mainly because of how radically different it was from Disintegration, and the sugary juggernaut that was Friday I'm in love.
All I know is that I like the fact that they are still playing, and seemingly for the fun of it. I caught their reflections show in LA the same night Moz was across the street, which was a really strange pick a side sort of moment, literally expressed for the first time for me. (I caught M in Vegas 2 nights later) I'm hoping that they are worth the drive back to California in May, but given the crazy sets they've put on in the last few years, I think it'll be a good time- and a good time to have seated tickets!
You and I are pretty much the same age then. I think Wish was important, in that it turned a new generation of kids on to the Cure, and got them to delve into the back catalogue. I never really got into the grunge thing, despite being from the Pacific Northwest. So that last push from bands like the Cure, Morrissey, and Siouxsie, etc, was important and transitional in some regard. It proved that they weren't just "80's bands." The early 90's was a great time for alternative music of all kinds.I got into them around the same time as Mixed Up as well (I'm nearly 40)...but I like Mixed Up, though I rarely listen to it. I loved Wish, and still do love it. I just don't think it was an important album for them...people stopped caring somewhere around 1991.
Don't get me wrong; Smith is still great. Still a great musician and writer and performer. They're a great band; any incarnation. But that magical time is gone. Which is OK.
I agree, it's right up there.
I can't listen to it back to back these days though, too many memories, a beautifully sad album.
so howd it go down edils. dd you take to either as an album or are the cure still a hit and miss frustration
Still struggling a bit to see the magic, a few more listens are required. To be fair, I haven't had the time to give them my full attention what with Xmas and my daughters fifth birthday.