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kkarron
November 7th 2024


1846 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Robert Smith is the only person alive to sing



And when I see you kitten as a cat

Yeah, as smitten as that, I can't get that small

The way you fur, the how you purr

It makes me want to paw you all




And not have it be utter cringe.

DoofDoof
November 7th 2024


17285 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I dunno, Glen Benton could give it a go

artiswar
November 7th 2024


16639 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I never expected to see a Deicide reference in the Wish thread, wow

SandwichBubble
December 19th 2024


13965 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Knew this one was coming, but it finally happened. Trust and Doing the Unstuck are very underrated.

3.5 → 4.5

PunkerBlast
December 20th 2024


1296 Comments


I still have the 'Show' on VHS. Last time I played it might have been while I was doing my taxes many many years ago hah when I also had a VCR hooked up. To Wish Impossible Things is wonderfuk. I absolutely love Doing the Unstuck as mentioned before.

I've really only been into the Cure since 2001, I'd say. I spent a LOT of time listening to all their old albums after BloodFlowers came out. So it feels like a lifetime for me being a fan at times hehe

gabba
December 20th 2024


2799 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

The VHS version of Show features A Forest, which is the best version of that song they ever recorded, with an extra verse and a nod to Joy Division at the end. It’s a pity they didn’t include it on the CD, I had to rip it from youtube to add it to the tracklist.

PunkerBlast
December 20th 2024


1296 Comments


yo Gabba. I believe ya ha. I was so happy I got the IN Orange tape eons ago. Now all this stuff is online. But it was fun when you had a physical tape to push it in.

veninblazer
January 3rd 2025


20047 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

another great album

SandwichBubble
January 29th 2025


13965 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Kind of obsessed with Doing the Unstuck. Should've been a single

gabba
January 29th 2025


2799 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

A real feelgood one. When my colleague was diagnosed with cancer and we all sent her a “get well song”, this was my choice.

SandwichBubble
January 29th 2025


13965 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

That's really sweet. I know I want to jump around whenever I hear it.

Move over, Burning down the house by Talking Heads. There's a new happy song about arson.

EoinCofa
January 29th 2025


1002 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

“Kind of obsessed with Doing the Unstuck. Should've been a single”



Growing up in LA and listening to KROQ (and 91X down south), I thought it was a single because I would hear this all the time on those stations. But yeah you’re right, it was never actually released as a single. I never realized it till reading your comment.

zakalwe
January 29th 2025


41924 Comments


Album is definitive.

Also makes you realise what an unbelievable achievement Songs of a Lost World is

SandwichBubble
January 29th 2025


13965 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

@EoinCofa if Smith is to be believed, it was going to be, but they switched it with a Letter to Elise I think. I like all the singles from this, but huge blunder, in my opinion



@Zakalwe this and the new one are pretty close in quality in my eyes, but yeah, Songs just barely edges it out. This one you could play at the party without bumming everyone out, though, so it gets a few points.

zakalwe
January 29th 2025


41924 Comments


Yep, I completely agree

SandwichBubble
January 29th 2025


13965 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Do NOT ask the DJ to play Warsong by goth/alternative rock band the Cure at the get-together. Worst mistake of my life!



Friday I'm in Love, though? Gets the place going every time.

gabba
January 29th 2025


2799 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I’m not a huge fan of guitar solos, but A Letter To Elise has possibly the finest one I’ve ever heard. Still, Doing the Unstuck would have made a better single.

neekafat
Emeritus
February 12th 2025


26926 Comments

Album Rating: 4.3

smashing

zakalwe
February 12th 2025


41924 Comments


Push comes to shove this is still my fave Cure

JohnnyoftheWell
February 12th 2025


64287 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

soft



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