Back in the day I bought the CD (because, well, of course I did). But my favorite songs are the lush and less mainstream tracks like “ Plainsong” – all shimmering wind chimes and ennui, “ Closedown” – gorgeous goth perfection, “ Last Dance” – the goth-jangle-guitar on here so so beautiful, and oh my god the flow from “ Prayers for Rain” to “ The Same Deep Water As You” is so thunderously sumptuous that I almost want to cry and then that same emotion carries into “ Homesick.”ĭisclosure: this particular record is a relatively new acquisition – a reissue double LP with gatefold cover. ![]() I love the singles: “ Lullaby” (#5 UK, #74 US), “ Fascination Street” (the deep, ominous groove on this one makes it my top single from the LP, reminding me of the Seventeen Seconds, Faith, and Pornography days – it went to #46 in the US and to #1 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart it was not released as a single in the UK), “ Lovesong” (#18 UK, #2 US – their first and only US Top 10 hit and composed by Robert Smith as a wedding present to his new wife, Mary Poole) and “ Pictures of You” (#27 UK, #71 US). Disintegration is pretty much as close to perfect a record can get: each song flows seamlessly to the next but never becomes redundant or boring. Disintegration was (thankfully) a marked departure from The Cure’s previous album Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me from ‘87, which was fairly bright pop (for The Cure, anyway), and a return to the shadowy atmosphere of their early 80′s recordings like Pornography. It went to #3 in the UK and to #12 in the US with its hit singles like “Lovesong” and “Pictures of You,” both ubiquitous features during my college freshman year. The Cure’s sensuous goth masterpiece was their 8th studio album and to that point their biggest hit it still remains The Cure’s best-selling album and likely their most beloved. Some exclusions apply, please visit our Help Centrefor more details.The Cure “Disintegration” released 30 years ago today, May 2nd, 1989.We’re happy to accept returns for unwanted items, provided that they are returned within 14 days of receipt unopened, unused, and in perfect condition.For items that are dispatched using our standard service, we ask that you wait 14 days from the date of dispatch before reporting any items as undelivered.If your order contains items that are out of stock, we’ll ship the in-stock items as soon as we can and will dispatch the out-of-stock items as soon as we’ve received more stock in the warehouse. ![]()
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