[WhiteCrow]

 
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Living under a rock for sure...am 35 yrs old and have been meaning to try an album of theirs for about 20 yrs. now.
 
Picked up Disintegration and am loving it.
 
Am really enjoying the dark soundscapes/mezmerzing feel to it all.

 
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.

 

[kwitel]

I think Disintegration is genius.
 
In what order would you recommend I further move through their discography?

 
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LOL... Am I like, the biggest Cure fan on Head-Fi? I'm 33 and I've been listening to The Cure for almost my entire life. Throughout late childhood, through adolescence, and my entire adult life. Without discovering The Cure, I wouldn't have found a whole bunch of other great and awesome bands and probably would still either be listening to crap or not care about music at all. Despite their long history and discography, I think they're still valid today as artists and I still think they make great music. But I'll shut up and let this video clip speak for itself:

The Cure receiving the 2009 NME "Godlike Genius" award.
 
Similar bands? I think The Cure is in a class of it's own because they're really indescribable... they have everything from delving you into deep despair to raising you to elated giddiness and everything in between. Having said that, I would say the most similar band would be Joy Division/New Order, but more of an artist development standpoint throughout the years. I would say maybe some Depeche Mode would be similar as well. Other bands that are popular with Cure fans (but not necessarily sounding like them) would be The Smiths, Echo and the Bunnymen, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and many others.

 

[MacedonianHero]

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I'm 38 too 

and NEVER understood the Cure. My tastes were more of the AC/DC, Led Zep, Ozzy, Black Sabbath (and U2 for the lighter side of things). Ahh...the good olde days...the 80s.

 
I actually came to like harder rock in my mid-to-late twenties.  New Wave was popular in LA through my teen years and was always on the radio.  I don't know if I would have gotten into it without the exposure.

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

 

[KevDo]

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.

 

[Pangaea]

 
"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.

 

[bong]

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I think Disintegration is genius.
 
In what order would you recommend I further move through their discography?

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.

 

[kwitel]

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I think Disintegration is genius.
 
In what order would you recommend I further move through their discography?

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.

You said it perfectly "moody masterpice".
 
I love the atmospherics of this albums; perfect headphone music.

 

[sonci]

What bong said!!

 

[9pintube]

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"......

 

[Uncle Erik]

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.

 

[9pintube]

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???

 

[revolink24]

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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"......

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

 

[Guidostrunk]

And thats coming from Joe Walsh. Go figure.

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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"......

 

[aamefford]

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

 

[TheAttorney]

 
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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.

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

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.