I have mixed thoughts on this one. People saying it is as good/ better than Disintegration are just overexcited by a good Cure released in 2024. For me, it's easily the best since Wish, but then again it's been pretty spotty for the Cure since then. Perhaps I would have loved this more if I'd have been 16 when it dropped, but the older I get the more I appreciate the more varied/ left-field and colorful Cure material, and the less time I have for the bleak stuff.
I sort of tapped out on the Cure around Disintegration, while I’m aware of a lot of what they have done since I’ve never been that taken with it. Having watched the recent live performance of the album I have to say I’m back in, I’ve just got to hear the album itself which I’m hoping to remedy in the next day or so.
Hold on. You can't say you're not the kind of person to spend hundreds of pounds on a record when you have 4x more versions than most of us and you're sitting in front of a massive collection! Nice to see you back, BTW.
It's easy the forget people have been on the moon - Because they haven't. The Cure Did Go Away they actually Stopped being a band, But like lots of other bands, AC/DC is an example they came back as there was a pile of Cash sitting on a table that the record companies wouldn't get their hands on - And they had a huge back catalogue of songs never played live that they could take out for a spin - I was in Sydney in 2009 when they did a show there and was gutted as they had said they were done and lied, I've seen them twice, once in 92 and 16 when Robert looked very different and played all the awful songs from "The Top" - "Don't Do Drugs" That "November" thing is between $231 - $3764 Two songs I don't need. I Have this Album, the 3-disc thingy and the 7" single and the Live Album - I have listened to none of these things - So many people are raving about it which makes me think it probably sucks so for now I'm Schrödinger's catting this thing.
I don't agree with lots of this. We've been to the moon (and this isn't the place for a long discussion about it!). The Cure never stopped being a band - apart from in 2010 when the lineup disintegrated - and they never stopped playing live or writing songs.
I adore The Cure and they meant everything to me as a younger man, but I stopped listening after Wish, which I think was their last great album. After that, their sound changed and the songwriting quality just went down. I think they ran out of ideas. I must say, though it's great to see them comeback with an album thats quite good, and while I'm loving all the Cure appreciation going on right now...I do think this album is a little overrated. Im a bit bemused by the reaction it's getting. So, although I don't begrudge them this late-career success at all, at the same time I don't quite understand it. I think the production on this album is actually quite poor and there are various sounds that are lost in the muddy mix. It's good but it's not THAT good.
@ I’m 51 too, I can totally relate to the way certain episodes of your life are closely connected to some music, film or whatever art form that felt important at the time. Probably why SOALW resonates so much with older people. Fab album (except for And Nothing Is Forever which could be the soundtrack to fucking Frozen or Mulan if you ask me lol).
THE CURE ✨️ 👑 ✨️ KING OF ROCK
SONGS OF A LOST WORLD... BEST ALBUM IN THE WORLD ! 🍂🍁🍃
Thanks mark for this vid .
I love this album , took a few listens but I normally find the v best albums do .
Happy new year albeit a little belated
Great review of a brilliant album
Such a brilliant album! What a return after 16 years.
Songs of a Lost Band
I have mixed thoughts on this one. People saying it is as good/ better than Disintegration are just overexcited by a good Cure released in 2024. For me, it's easily the best since Wish, but then again it's been pretty spotty for the Cure since then. Perhaps I would have loved this more if I'd have been 16 when it dropped, but the older I get the more I appreciate the more varied/ left-field and colorful Cure material, and the less time I have for the bleak stuff.
I sort of tapped out on the Cure around Disintegration, while I’m aware of a lot of what they have done since I’ve never been that taken with it. Having watched the recent live performance of the album I have to say I’m back in, I’ve just got to hear the album itself which I’m hoping to remedy in the next day or so.
Hold on. You can't say you're not the kind of person to spend hundreds of pounds on a record when you have 4x more versions than most of us and you're sitting in front of a massive collection!
Nice to see you back, BTW.
@@AndrewWatson64 not an individual record ;)
LP track by track playback with Robert Smith : th-cam.com/video/qp_loEh3mfA/w-d-xo.html
BBC Interview with Robert Smith : th-cam.com/video/Zh4jlXJklkk/w-d-xo.html
Mexico 20 November 2023 : th-cam.com/video/KfNcgNlnRYw/w-d-xo.html
Mexico 19 November 2023 TV : th-cam.com/video/EH88B6-2zfQ/w-d-xo.html
Interview with Robert Smith : th-cam.com/video/bLFA1BlTeUE/w-d-xo.html
BBC 6 Music Live Session 30 October 2024 : th-cam.com/video/Dar2X1tCIQM/w-d-xo.html
Santiago November 2023 TV : th-cam.com/video/N-001fdt0ko/w-d-xo.html
Buenos Aires November 2023 TV : th-cam.com/video/daGV2adlcoQ/w-d-xo.html
Roger interview 2024 : th-cam.com/video/YJseeO5pzI8/w-d-xo.html
Absolute Radio interview : th-cam.com/video/J-gWGkfapbk/w-d-xo.html
London Troxy 1 November 2024 : th-cam.com/video/_aWDlaxvEZo/w-d-xo.html
Sao Paulo 03 December 2023 TV : th-cam.com/video/wq9n0lvVRm0/w-d-xo.html
It's easy the forget people have been on the moon - Because they haven't. The Cure Did Go Away they actually Stopped being a band, But like lots of other bands, AC/DC is an example they came back as there was a pile of Cash sitting on a table that the record companies wouldn't get their hands on - And they had a huge back catalogue of songs never played live that they could take out for a spin - I was in Sydney in 2009 when they did a show there and was gutted as they had said they were done and lied, I've seen them twice, once in 92 and 16 when Robert looked very different and played all the awful songs from "The Top" - "Don't Do Drugs" That "November" thing is between $231 - $3764 Two songs I don't need. I Have this Album, the 3-disc thingy and the 7" single and the Live Album - I have listened to none of these things - So many people are raving about it which makes me think it probably sucks so for now I'm Schrödinger's catting this thing.
I don't agree with lots of this. We've been to the moon (and this isn't the place for a long discussion about it!). The Cure never stopped being a band - apart from in 2010 when the lineup disintegrated - and they never stopped playing live or writing songs.
I adore The Cure and they meant everything to me as a younger man, but I stopped listening after Wish, which I think was their last great album. After that, their sound changed and the songwriting quality just went down. I think they ran out of ideas. I must say, though it's great to see them comeback with an album thats quite good, and while I'm loving all the Cure appreciation going on right now...I do think this album is a little overrated. Im a bit bemused by the reaction it's getting. So, although I don't begrudge them this late-career success at all, at the same time I don't quite understand it. I think the production on this album is actually quite poor and there are various sounds that are lost in the muddy mix. It's good but it's not THAT good.
Wembley 13 December 2022 : th-cam.com/video/Eo8RzrdVu8c/w-d-xo.html
London BBC 31 October 2024 : th-cam.com/video/2zbda2h2H3k/w-d-xo.html
Pretty personal video this one, right Mark ?
@@bnhli7190 in some ways yes, but our relationship to music is personal, right?
@ I’m 51 too, I can totally relate to the way certain episodes of your life are closely connected to some music, film or whatever art form that felt important at the time. Probably why SOALW resonates so much with older people. Fab album (except for And Nothing Is Forever which could be the soundtrack to fucking Frozen or Mulan if you ask me lol).
whatever master/ressing i have is crap