Wow, the Cure is really good - Page 2

 

 

Look up Voltaire. He is another really good Dark Cabernet artist. The Devils Bris*cant help but laugh* is a really good album, When you're evil#8 and When you're evil#11 are some of the best.

Also 18 here, been a long time listener of the cure. If Voltaire isn't your kind of music try The Allen Parsons Project, or King Crimson. The Allen Parsons Project is pretty good, there I think its called Nightmares and Dreamscapes album was amazing. King Crimson is super super good, In the Cort of the Crimson king is a lovely album but not dark at all heh.

Edited by WhiteCrow - 11/11/10 at 12:58am

Well then I guess it was worth while being a Cure fan.

I'd obviously heard of The Cure and one or two songs, "Friday I'm In Love" being one of them, but I couldn't say I've ever given them a decent shot... until I read this thread. Thanks!

 

I got two albums, Disintegration and Wish. Love the sound. I love Talk Talk and The Smiths, this is sort of filling the void somewhere in-between. I wouldn't really want to give any more comments at this point as I've only listened to each album twice.

 

So far so good though.

 

"I think Disintegration is genius.

 

In what order would you recommend I further move through their discography?"

 

 

Head on the Door; Seventeen Seconds; Pornography; Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me; Faith.

Hmm... that's kinda difficult to say because all their albums are quite different than each other. What is is about Disintegration you like? Stylistically, I would say Faith resembles Disintegration the most. They both paint the same downtrodden, grey, melancholy mood. However, Disintegration sounds much grander (like, epic) while Faith sounds slightly claustrophobic (like, being in a cave).

 

As for going through their discography, I would recommend this for variety:

Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me; The Head on the Door; Faith; Pornography (which in Cure circles fans continually argue if this or Disintegration is The Cure's best album), Wish.

 

Here's how I would run down their album discography:

 

Three Imaginary Boys (1979): minimalist punk-pop.

Seventeen Seconds (1980): minimalist post-punk.

Faith (1981): ethereal melancholy.

Pornography (1982): delving into despair, their most inaccessible and challenging album.

The Top (1984): psychedelic fractured pop.

The Head on the Door (1985): The Cure's classic pop album.

Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me (1987): everything including the kitchen sink, awesome double album ranging from pop, gloom, angst, poignancy, and world music.

Disintegration (1989): moody masterpiece.

Mixed Up (1990): dancy remixes.

Wish (1992): angsty stadium rock.

Wild Mood Swings (1996): as titled... half of which sounds almost like acoustic/unplugged.

Bloodflowers (2000): mid-tempo moodiness.

The Cure (2004): aggressive angst.

4:13 Dream (2008): accessible stadium rock.

Edited by bong - 11/13/10 at 9:51am

What bong said!!

Damn...............You guy's in your 30's and YOUNGER!.........But, please keep sharing these Groups/Bands that really made a dent in your musical taste! I remember hearing the Cure and as Uncle Erik alluded to the "New Wave" movement growing...BUT,....You'd be surprised to realize just how many great Groups etc.. that you can "pass on" and not really give these Killer Groups, (The Cure) and others, their proper place etched on "ones" musical list of FAVORITES..........I just went through my LP's looking for some 80's gems......Thanks, and keep the jive alive....and to think Joe Walsh said "The Eighties Were A Waste of Time"......

9pintube, try www.earlhoward.com/kroq.htm. I don't know if they still do it, but KROQ used to count down the 106.7 (their frequency) most requested songs each year during the 1980s. Back then, the DJs had quite a bit of free reign so they'd regularly break new acts, go back to play older songs, took requests, and had "flashback" sets to a few years prior. This was pretty much the soundtrack of my formative years from 8-18. Driving around and hanging with friends, KROQ was almost always playing.

I have quite a bit of this on CD, but am looking to get all 106.7 songs from 1980-1990. I'd love to put it all into a playlst and hit random.

Aside from this, I was in a few bands, since I picked up the clarinet at 9 and played various instruments through undergrad. So there was plenty of classical, swing and marches then, too. I'm also a big fan of those genres. My biggest regret is not getting into jazz earlier, but it's been a blast to explore.

Thanks Uncle Erik/ Uncle Exotic, Great Info.....Get This, In the 70's We had the University of Dayton's FM station 99.9/100 and on Sunday nights they'd play a whole new LP and even give you a test sound so you could set your tape decks sound levels......So Cool, I had a Revox B77 reel to reel (for those not familiar) I kept those tapes for yrs.............U.E. I've wanted to ask, what side of the door is the wrong side for the cat???

I'm 18 and I like The Cure, Echo and the Bunnymen, etc. So that's much younger 

And thats coming from Joe Walsh. Go figure.

Ehh...  52, like 'em, don't love them, but I'll join the crowd on Disintegration - a great CD.

 

No contest for me. Pornography is my favourite. I love the way the first few tracks go through this downward spiral of gloom and despair. Just when I think it can't get any darker - it does. Phew! And those drums, those pounding drums...

 

I can see why some would find it inaccessible - I guess you just have to be in the right (or wrong) sort of mood.