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| 5.0 classic | Brabiz | July 23rd 22 |
I wouldnt change a thing about this record. The lyrics on this thing are utterly psychotic, the bit about Smith sucking intestines out of cats is nuts and adds to the hazy, dreamlike surrealism that permeates this bizarre mishmash of an album. Easily my favorite The Cure album. I believe Pornography is their best, but personally this scratches an itch that others just dont. It?s like being immersed into a fever dream
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| 3.0 good | charlopiano | August 7th 21 |
This is chaotic, a mess, but I accept it because the experimentation they did in this record allowed them to do their later more pop records. I wouldn't revisit this again, but I'm happy it exists.
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| 3.0 good | Alabaster Jones | June 19th 16 |
What is considered by many to be the worst effort in The Cure's lengthy discography, there is no denying that The Top is a strange album. It marks a strange point in the bands' timeline, where I'm not sure anyone in the group was on the same page. The result is a hodgepodge of neo-psychedelic experimentation, some of which actually does work. For instance, "The Caterpillar" is a magnificently catchy song which tactfully expresses its quirks, much better than songs like "Wailing Wall" with its horrifically hackneyed and cliche Egyptian influence. The album does do really well when the songs are more or less straightforward post-punk, as the combo of opener "Shake Dog Shake" and "Birdmad Girl" so wonderfully show, and these moments are more frequent than you'd expect. Thus, I'd be hard-pressed to call The Top a skippable album in The Cure's discography, especially since it had a lot to do with the way The Head On The Door would end up sounding. Transitioning pains, yes, but they could've done miles worse.
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| 3.0 good | MadBaron | July 17th 11 |
The Cure has never sounded quite this trippy. This is the only Cure album in which Robert Smith's vocals annoy me (Robert Smith has never been a perfect singer, but in much of their other work it adds to the broken/adorable quality of the music) almost as if he was deliberately trying to sound like drunk karaoke... I must admit that "The Caterpillar" is one of the most annoying songs this band has ever done . However, the eccentricity and utter craziness of this album make it worth a listen.
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| 3.0 good | Tom93M | July 10th 11 |
'The Top' captures The Cure in a transitional period, and as such, some of its experiments and ideas don't quite gel, but when they do work they're intriguing and surprisingly effective. The key to getting the most out of 'The Top' is to simply understand that it's experimental and transitional, so it's uniqueness can take a little longer than usual to set in, and even then, not every track will be a big hit, given the album's eclecticism. With all that mind, the best consumer advice one could issue, is thus: take it with a pinch of salt and just enjoy it for what it is - an odd, chaotic, wild, unrestrained, and more than anything else, crucial chapter in the band's history.
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| 4.0 excellent | pt3 | March 6th 24 |
| 2.0 poor | doofy | January 7th 24 |
| 3.0 good | Luna | September 11th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ryus | July 10th 23 |
| 3.0 good | MUSEli | December 5th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | foxxxy | December 4th 22 |
| 3.0 good | MvdW | November 25th 22 |
| 3.0 good | Djokoll | September 14th 22 |
| 3.0 good | igi78 | September 10th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Peatbe | June 7th 22 |
| 3.0 good | Dylan | April 7th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Cam | February 2nd 22 |
| 3.0 good | Surtur | December 27th 21 |
| 3.5 great | biggzhc | September 22nd 21 |
| 3.5 great | Jerrad | August 16th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Roidv | July 13th 21 |
| 2.5 average | Lucman | November 6th 20 |
| 3.5 great | vil1 | October 20th 20 |
| 2.0 poor | ian b | July 31st 20 |
| 3.0 good | remi | May 25th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Eva | May 19th 20 |
| 3.0 good | Zeuzo | December 22nd 19 |
| 3.5 great | adios | September 26th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Artreta | September 22nd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | qyxxxyq | April 9th 19 |
| 3.5 great | ToT720 | January 15th 19 |
| 3.0 good | BeeRyan | September 26th 18 |
| 3.5 great | BRB | September 7th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | hipo88 | April 4th 18 |
| 2.5 average | skronk | March 28th 18 |
| 3.0 good | ArvidL | January 26th 18 |
| 2.5 average | Fear | January 1st 18 |
| 5.0 classic | kb3984 | December 3rd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Bolibar | October 20th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | wg98 | September 24th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Arkadin | September 2nd 17 |
| 2.5 average | Xerian | August 18th 17 |
| 3.5 great | aghast | July 21st 17 |
| 3.5 great | Devius | December 2nd 16 |
| 3.5 great | Yotimi | August 9th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lanas | July 22nd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kalhur | June 15th 16 |
| 1.5 very poor | miggles | April 12th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lodger | April 8th 16 |
| 1.5 very poor | Rakkie | March 19th 16 |
| 3.5 great | CWBrown | February 20th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Log S. | December 4th 15 |
| 3.5 great | DoReMe | November 16th 15 |
| 2.5 average | peanut | November 3rd 15 |
| 3.0 good | Lassie | September 26th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | JeanCon | September 11th 15 |
| 2.5 average | Fancio | May 14th 15 |
| 3.0 good | JWT155 | March 31st 15 |
| 3.5 great | Dav85 | February 1st 15 |
| 3.5 great | theyam | January 16th 15 |
| 3.0 good | Krimea | December 25th 14 |
| 3.5 great | venest | December 14th 14 |
| 3.0 good | Crimea | December 8th 14 |
| 3.5 great | damthor | November 10th 14 |
| 5.0 classic | nobouk | October 29th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Syne | May 22nd 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Arone | May 22nd 14 |
| 3.0 good | Roman | April 28th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Zantera | February 28th 14 |
| 3.2 good | Trey STAFF | February 26th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | cb123 | February 8th 14 |
| 2.5 average | Giambo | February 5th 14 |
| 2.5 average | Sebe | February 2nd 14 |
| 2.5 average | MaggieG | January 15th 14 |
| 2.5 average | 0Kelvin | January 8th 14 |
| 2.5 average | Skoj | November 20th 13 |
| 3.0 good | unkle | November 8th 13 |
| 3.5 great | 2453 | October 20th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | lotus62 | September 25th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | jancon | September 17th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Crawl | September 11th 13 |
| 3.0 good | Escain | August 17th 13 |
| 3.5 great | heck | February 21st 13 |
| 3.5 great | arcane | December 4th 12 |
| 2.5 average | t67 | October 13th 12 |
| 1.5 very poor | bobbi | October 5th 12 |
| 2.5 average | SILYW | April 28th 12 |
| 2.5 average | Opaque | February 23rd 12 |
| 2.5 average | jlb1993 | February 19th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Vuzin2 | January 29th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dantone | October 28th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Basman | November 12th 10 |
| 3.0 good | Titan50 | September 13th 10 |
| 3.0 good | noisy | September 6th 10 |
| 3.5 great | IAJP | August 14th 10 |
| 3.0 good | FLRTE | March 10th 10 |
| 3.0 good | Yay | December 6th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Egglord | September 29th 08 |
| 2.5 average | Hewitt | December 21st 07 |
| 2.5 average | jk2two | September 5th 07 |
| 5.0 classic | dbrew | August 8th 07 |
| 2.0 poor | drij | August 3rd 07 |
| 3.0 good | Kaleid | January 6th 07 |
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