The Cure Albums Ranked From Worst to Best
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- A look at another one of 2019's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees, The Cure. Early in their career they were pioneers of Goth, Post-punk, and New Wave. Later, they would go on to have some of the biggest hits of the 80's. This is my ranking of all 13 of their studio LPs.
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You need to do an updated version with Joe and Ryan. I’m sure Joe would be thrilled. By the way, I’ve been a fan of your channel since you were solo. Keep up the good work.
Thanks. We will. Just gotta wait for the new albums that they’re suppose to be releasing later this year.
@@TastesLikeMusic Let’s not hold our breath on that one.
As I scroll down the comment section and see such a huge variety of different combinations of worst to bests, I have to say, I'm so proud of my fellow Cure fans! It's a testament to how diverse in styles the Cure's music has been through the ages (and man, has it been AGES now!). Everyone likes the Cure for different reasons. Different eras, different sounds appeal to different people - but all of it is good, and there's someting for everyone, I believe! Were it me, Seventeen Seconds would've been in my top 3 for sure, but so would Wish and Boys Don't Cry have been! Just goes to show you - the Cure has so much to offer for anyone who'd open up to listening to them! :)
Appreciate your work here. The Cure were my dream band from the mid-eighties to nineteen-ninety. Their quirky pop phase really came out of left field, and caught everyone by surprise. Although I was familiar with stuff like "Let's Go To Bed," "Lovecats," and "The Walk", I just thought they were like some of the odd MTV video based bands at the time, which actually isn't a bad thing. I would've never thought from the look of them that they were as extremely accomplished the musicians they turned-out to be. "Disintegration" is really the last album of theirs for me. I had hoped for something more like "Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me" so I didn't welcome it immediately. I was like 'why are they going back to sounding like this now?' Also, who else remembers Robert Smith saying it was their last album and the resulting tour their last one?
My List:
14 - The Cure (2004)
13 - 4:13 Dream
12 - Japanese Whispers
11 - Wild Mood Swings
10 - Three Immaginary Boys/Boys Dont Cry
09 - The Top
08 - Bloodflowers
07 - Seventeen Seconds
06 - Wish
05 - Faith
04 - The Head On the Door
03 - Kiss Me X3
02 - Pornography
01 - Disintegration
Well chosen ranking!
Poor The Cure that album gets way too much hate XD
Started listening to them like 2/3 months ago, so I didn't listen to everything, nor enough to some of the albums, but this would be my list:
7. The Head On The Door
6. Seventeen Seconds
5. Faith
4. Kiss Me, Kiss me, Kiss me
*Huge gap*
3. Disintegration
2. Pornography (Trilogy live)
1. Bloodflowers (Trilogy live)
Really love them a lot, top 3 favorite band ever, fr.
Dang cant follow you all on Pornography being that high up. As a kid in the 80s it scared the heck outta me. Its way too dark and ominous. We did that the tape out from the cassette & flipped it so it plays reverse and that beginning parr of the song Pornography is just a BBC news presenter reading the news. That said Yes Disintegration is 1 fo reals
Thanks for the vid sir. It's been four years and I'm sure I speak for everyone here when I say we're awaiting a new, longer, more cohesive, in depth and up to date version of this video with you Joe and Ryan. Because lets face it. The Cure's not releasing a new album anytime soon lol. Make it happen please.
Only when the album(s) come.
this list could be a good candidate for a re-visit with Joe and Kramzer included.
one of my very favorite bands of all time!!! you're not afraid to buck the conventional wisdom, which makes your lists very interesting to watch...not sure i'd put Head On The Door at #1, but it's certainly in my top 3 cure albums...hope you can re-review with Ryan & Joe in the near future
Kiss Me above Disintegration is downright villainous
Blue 💙 Sunshine 🌞 By The Glove was originally meant to be all Robert on vocals but Polygram said no. The Deluxe 💿 has Robert singing on all tracks on the bonus disc.
WHAT !!!!! THE ALBUM IS SO AMAZING !!!
The Trio are the Top 3 - 17 Seconds , Faith & Pornography.
4:13 is a banging record, please change my mind in the replies. The opener is my favourite cure song ever. All the songs he listed with the addition of the hungry ghost are absolute tunes.
My running commentary on your list:
BF: I see why. Overlong. Stand out for me is Maybe Someday.
TIM: what? This rules. Def better than half of them.
17S: well, I guess we’ll see that we are different Cure fans from different sides of the arena. I love this. Top 5 for me.
TC: agreed. This album has problems.
WMS: this came out right after I got married and my wife and I played this incessantly. Therefore I like it more than most. Main issue: there are about four songs here that are like different takes of the same song.
F: probably my least favorite of their early days, but it’s still pretty great
P: masterpiece. Top 3?
TT: mixed bag. I like all of the songs, but none of them are masterpieces. Nice call out to “Birdmad Girl” I love it.
413D: album is like a collection of b-sides
D: your points are justifiable, though i wouldn’t alter any of it.
KM: top 5 for sure. The cure’s white album. Ah, you just said it.
W: I’m super partial to this, too
Is Japanese whispers going to be 1????
Oh, of course. JW?
THOTD: a fine choice
Good list.
A truly weird list, but very interesting to hear your thoughts.
That’s Listography, but that also keeps things interesting. I disagree with a lot of it, but keep coming back to it.
Interesting rating. My top 4 are 1) Three Imaginary Boys 2) The Head On The Door 3) Seventeen Seconds 4) Kiss Me X3. "The Top" comes in at 6 or 7. Maybe the most influential British band behind The Beatles. So many bands wouldn't sound like they do without them.
Any feelings about All Mixed Up? Cool list as always. Really enjoy your vids
Not really a fan of Mixed Up. Its interesting to listen to once, but I don't think any of the songs really benefit from the treatments they're given.
Thanks for watching!
Actually Bloodflowers is one of my favorite albums.
I get that.
Well done mate. I've been a huge Cure fan since I first got The Head on the Door in '85.
14) Wild Mood Swings
13) Bloodflowers
12) The Cure
11) 4:13 Dream
10) Three Imaginary Boys
09) Faith
08) Japanese Whispers
07) Wish
06) Seventeen Seconds
05) Pornography
04) The Head on the Door
03) The Top
02) Disintegration
01) Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Kiss me kinda feels like the most "the cure" experience idk how.
@@inaminute1826 It's just a question of volume. The top several Cure albums are loaded with 5 stars songs that a Cure album loaded with 5 star songs just can't be beat.
@@179rich straight facts doe. Cool list tho 😳😳😳😳 idk but I think Wish might be my favorite album from them but Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me is probably in top 3
Hella unique list but good justification and insight, I'm all for The Head on the Door getting love, a phenomenonal album
He just wants things to sound like a fucking K-tel compilation album, with no continuity in sound throughout. Not exactly what you look for in The Cure.
My Top 5 is a bit different. Obviously, Disintegration 1, Bloodflowers 2 Wild Mood Swings 3 Pornography 4 Wish 5.
Gathering from other people Bloodflowers is Marmite. I still today believe that Wild Mood Swings is vastly underrated, side 1 is a masterpiece where side 2 is very average.
If side 2 was as good as side 1 it would be my favorite.
Wild Mood Swings is one of my absolute favorites, never knew until post 2000 that a number of fans had disdain for it, never understood why, some fantastic songs here.
Thank you- for pointing this out. I've just checked these tracks out for the first time and their really good especially "Home"
Bloodflowers is actually one of my favorite albums.
you guys have much more music listening experience than me and I have much to catch up on, starting with this band. Have loved their singles album for quite a few years but am starting to notice they are very different as an albums band, will see...
My BIG 5️⃣
1. Disintegration
2. The Cure
3. Pornography
4. Seventeen Seconds
5. Head on the Door
And then...
6. The Top
7. Bloodflowers
8. Faith
9. Kiss Me 💋
10. Wish
11. Three Imaginary Boys
Haven't listened to the others yet
1. Disintegration
2. Faith
3. Pornography
4. Kiss Me *3
5. Seventeen Seconds
6. Wish
7. Three Imaginary Boys
8. 4:13 Dream
9. The Head on the Door
10. The Cure
11. Japanese Whispers
12. Bloodflowers
13. The Top
14. Wild Mood Swings
Another discography that's really awesome, but very hard to rank. 1-5 are masterpieces. 6-8 are great, but very hard to rank them in that order since they are really great! I know that your number one is my number nine, but it's an awesome album though. The rest of the other albums are really solid and contain some really good songs.
You need to do a remaster edition with the cure.
Anyway, The cure is my favorite band of all time, here's my ranking
13 - The cure
12 - Bloodflowers
11 - 4:13 Dream
10 - Wild mood swings
09 - The top
08 - Three imaginary boys
07- Pornography
06 - Head on the door
05 - Seventeen seconds
04 - Kiss me kiss me kiss me (this record frustrates me, you could lose 6 songs on there and replace them with the best b-sides of this era and it would be number 2 barely under disintegration, as it is it's too uneven, if nothing else 11-12 songs would have been enough)
03 - Faith
02 - Wish
01 - Disintegration
Seventeen seconds is my favorite :( porno and disintegration 2nd and 3rd
I had to rewatch this. Wild haircut bb.
My top 6? 😳
#6 The Top
#5 The Cure
#4 Disintegration
#3 17 Seconds
#2 Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
#1 Wish
(We both have the top at #6😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳) btw I also love 4:13 Dream!!!!
I'm shocked at anyone who would have the self-titled or 4:13 dream anything but the last 2 spots.
bh617 I know that’s the general consensus, but I don’t understand why.
I adore those albums especially 4:13 dream but it do be like dat doe.
@Listography: What exactly are your thoughts on Japanese Whispers/The Walk EP?
The extended version of Just One Kiss is a must-have for any self-respecting Cure-head.
Somebody died for this...
(tie)1 Disintegration
1 Faith
2 Pornography
3 Seventeen Seconds
4 Kiss Me
5 Wish
6 Head on the Door
7 Bloodflowers
8 Wild Mood Swings
9 The Top
10 Three Imaginary Boys
11 4:13 Dream
12 The Cure
Jason misses the point so hard that the Cure are best when they are cohesive, which is why Head on the Door is not that good. Plus being all by Robert, it just was such a pastiche of crap that he had in his head. Some of those songs are among their best, Inbetween Days, Push, and Sinking are easily in my top 40 Cure songs. And yes, I know that Kiss Me was also incohesive, but it featured songs contributed by the whole band, which explains the varied nature of it, and yet there is a through track on some of them, if you were to edit the album down, you could have a couple of different types of album. I just made an edit called "Kiss Me, Introspectively" that removes every single, turns The Perfect Girl, A Japanese Dream, and How Beautiful You Are into the singles of the album. It brings in Chain of Flowers and also the remix of Icing Sugar. I tried to fit in Breathe but I couldn't find any of the songs that have that feel that I wanted to take out instead. open.spotify.com/playlist/31wUVwEPGw4j0Lu57gscdD?si=5ae67dfb5f424eb6
This ranking explains so much about you. - Jos
Certainly an unusual list compared to what I see from everyone else but I think that's what makes it a good video. I have no real criticism to give on it since I've only listened to Three Imaginary Boys through to Japanese Whispers and Disintegration. I have a lot to hear still. So far my top 3 is probably Disintegration, Faith, Pornography.
Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me will always be my number 1 favourite
1st, to Jason of 2022: this is a GOOD LOOK here, bro you gotta trade in the bowl cut for this do you have here! lookin sharp! Real nice, Clark!👌🏻
As a fan since 1985 I def think those mid 3 albums are best in rev order w Disintegration, Kiss Me Cubed & HOTD. In college when Wish came out we were VERY disappointed. Fell so short of standard they created. I couldnt go any higher than 8. Their B Sides off their singles from this album are fantastic "The Big Hand" is brilliant and my sister played "Halo" at her wedding ceremony & I had it at my reception! If you dont know it check it out!
in 1990 when I finally got a CD player the 1st 3 CDs bought were Disintegration, Standing on Beach (the Singles compilation) & The Top. Still think Disintegration is about the GOAT for albums.
Early early era Simon Gallup inspired me to take up playing bass
A Short Tetm Effect is great
13 - Pornography
12 - Faith
11 - Seventeen Seconds
10 - The Cure
09 - The Top
08 - 4:13 Dream
07 - Wild Mood Swings
06 - Japanese Whispers
05 - Three Imaginary Boys
04 - Wish
03 - Kiss Me
02 - Disintegration
01 - The Head On the Door
Listened to 17, Faith & and Pornography endlessly in the early eighties but as a mature adult they are now resigned to my bottom three... the Cure are my second favorite band of all time behind the Beatles, I like all the albums..
Thanks. Great list. Gonna get Head on the Door. Don't have it
The Head on the Door n. 1 ! Yes ! Totally agree about Disintegration , good review anyway .
Mine would probably be: Self-titled, Blood Flowers, Wild Mood swings, 4:13 dream now here’s where it gets hard because I love all of them, Japanese Whispers, Boys don’t cry, The Top, Wish, Kiss me kiss me kiss me, Pornography, Seventeen Seconds, Faith, Head on the door and Disintegration.
I totally agree , well stated
Nice list however Wish ahead of Disintegration is crazy.
13. 4:13 Dream
12. Wild Mood Swings
11. The Cure
10. Three Imaginary Boys
9. The Top
8. Wish
7. Seventeen Seconds
6. Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
5. Bloodflowers
4. Faith
3. The Head On The Door
2. Pornography
1. Disintegration
WOAH putting 17 seconds at #11 is impeachable. That means somehow you rank The Top higher than that, which is just not a great choice.
I much prefer the US version (Boys Don’t Cry) over the UK version of Three Imaginary Boys. I actually made my own Deluxe version of that with the other songs from TIB and some oddities/b-sides as bonus tracks.
To me the top 3 are really close and all superb albums
1. Wish - this is the best album for me in terms of pulling off the long atmospheric pieces successfully with the most emotional resonance and intriguing compositional structure and focus like on the title track and From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea. Fantastic prog rock. It also has interesting variations on pop flavored songs like the sensual, funky and catchy Wendy TIme in addition to the fabulous pop song Friday I'm in Love
2. Head on the Door- this strikes me as the best and most cohesive pop record though it lacks the long atmospheric intensity of some of the selections on Wish. However, that said, if one wants a highly appealing, intelligent and innovative pop record without plunging to deep into darkness though it certainly exists. This album is also the most "natural" sounding with the catchiest acoustic guitar riffs as in the opener In Between Days. Even the few shorter atmospheric pieces that exist are better to me than a lot of the ones on Kiss Me Kiss Me and Disintegration, for example, the intriguing and authentically delivered eastern style on Kyoto Song with an instrument resembling a xylophone.
3. Kiss Me Kiss Me- This one probably has the most songs that I like a lot because of the great number songs and the quality melodic hooks and many moods. with the great singles like Why Can't I Be You, Just Like Heaven and in fairly quick succession. How Beautiful You Are is one of their very best songs with a great balance between pop and prog elements and great use of strings, guitar and intricate percussion to add a classical and jazzy texture and the vocals have a bittersweet.urgency and mix between brightness and darkness that is compelling. The closing piece FIght closes the album on a memorable high note filled with defiant but expressively beautiful anger,.
4. Disintegration- of all albums considered the best by a group my view diverges the most with the Cure.In my opinion, the long atmospheric pieces though good seem to go on for too long, a number sound similar and a there is kind of a pessimistic vibe that sets in. However, Love Song is a classic with beautifully memorable melody and atmosphere, Pictures of You is an intriguing and heart breaking song about loneliness, and the title track is the one atmsopheric piece that really gels wonderfully for me.
5. Japanese Whispers - Love the singles Pictures of You and Lovesong and like Fascination Street
Yeah, that statement hurt my brain
Bloodflower last im not voting for.this video
Question to Jason/Joe/Kram - when are you guys going to do a 3 man cure week version?
Eventually!
Kiss me kiss me kiss me love love love
My list:
1. Kiss me Kiss me Kiss me
2. Pornography
3. Seventeen Seconds
4. Disintegration
5. Three imaginary boys
6. The Head on the door
7. Faith
8. The Top
9. Japanese Whispers
10. Wish
11. Wild mood swings
12. 4.13 Dream
13. The Cure
14. Bloodflowers .
It's really hard and unfair ranking the albums but I just wanted to tell MINE. I almost hate the way Bloodflowers was "trilogied" with Pornography and Disintegration... and it has the worst artwork so far.... (Mixed Up maybe can compare....). But I love the band and I love the way fans of all ages can approach their music, ....even prefering the selftitled album to 17 seconds (aaaaaarghhhhh!!!). Anyway.... the post-Boris Williams Cure are surely not my favourite.... but WMS has a lot of good songs (could have been a Kiss me 2) and 4.13 Dream is great too, and you know WHY. (=Porl). Long live The Cure. Hugs from Italy.
I didn't see The Cure : Mixed Up on any lists !!
Interesting video. I would rate some of the earlier albums a lot higher, especially "Faith" and "Three Imaginary Boys". I wonder if you've ever listened to Siouxsie and the Banshees? An excellent group (Robert Smith also joined the band as a guitarist for an album!), and they put out a variety of records going from punk, to post-punk, to gothy pop similar to The Cure (though I would say, the Banshees are better! :P).
Best piece of Cure vinyl...
US mini-LP
"The Upstairs Room"
"Just One Kiss"
"The Dream"
"The Walk"
"Lament"
"Let's Go to Bed (Extended Version)" (only available on some later European releases)
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Inbetween days is the greatest song of all time
Disintegration #4? I appreciate your honesty but it's gotta be in top 3 ...either 2 or 3. I can kinda see your thinking on head on the door
Haven’t bought or listened to all their albums but my favourites are
1. Three Imaginary Boys
2. 17 Seconds
3. Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Ebic!!
Catch is in my top three favorite cure. Songs
5. Pornography
4. Seventeen Seconds
3. Wish
2. Head on the Door
1. Disintegration
Well, that‘s certainly an interesting ranking. Never heard of anyone seriously preferring 4:13 DREAM to SEVENTEEN SECONDS, FAITH and PORNOGRAPHY, let alone putting it up there into the Top 5, apparently considering that particular bunch of songs to be more „tuneful“ or in some inexplicable way generally superior to the songs on all the lower ranked albums. Definitely a headscratcher there, but hey, to each their own. 🤷🏼♂️
It’s as much of a head scratcher for me that no one else sees it that way. -Jason
@@TastesLikeMusic I know the feeling... And I will gladly share my own controversial views once you decide to do Prince or Kate Bush. 😉
We did Kate Bush!
Might as well do it right now: SIGN O THE TIMES has at best a handful of inspired pieces of songwriting on it... I actually prefer the BATMAN soundtrack over that one, which is insanely underrated, 'cos it has super-tight and fun tunes from start to finish...
And while HOUNDS OF LOVE sure bears a killer production and has a few great emotional deliveries on it, her early albums are WAAAAY more interesting musically.
Oh, and 50 WORDS FOR SNOW simply sucks ass. There, I‘ve said it... for the millionth time! 😉😎
@@TastesLikeMusic Haha, oh? Gotta check that out! 😆👍🏼
Disintegration
Head on the Door
Pornography
Faith
The Top
Japanese Whispers
Kiss Me
Seventeen Seconds
Wish
Three Imaginary Boys
Wild Mood Swings
Bloodflowers
The Cure
4 13 Dream
Loved all mixed Up got me into the cure
How does from the edge of the deep green sea not get a mention from Wish?
14. Wild Mood Swings (1996) ★★½
13. 4:13 Dream (2008) ★★½
12. Bloodflowers (2000) ★★★
11. The Cure (2004) ★★★
10. The Top (1984) ★★★½
9. Japanese Whispers (1983) ★★★★
8. Three Imaginary Boys (1979) ★★★★
7. Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me (1987) ★★★★½
6. Wish (1992) ★★★★½
5. Seventeen Seconds (1980) ★★★★½
4. Faith (1981) ★★★★½
3. Pornography (1982) ★★★★★
2. The Head on the Door (1985) ★★★★★
1. Disintegration (1989) ★★★★★
★★★★★ - Masterpiece
★★★★½ - Really great
★★★★ - Great
★★★½ - Really good
★★★ - Good
★★½ - OK
★★ - Bad
★½ - Really bad
★ - Awful
½ - The worst
Top 30 songs:
30. Dressing Up (1984)
29. Siamese Twins (1982)
28. A Short Term Effect (1982)
27. Six Different Ways (1985)
26. The Walk (1983)
25. A Strange Day (1982)
24. Why Can't I Be You? (1987)
23. 10:15 Saturday Night (1979)
22. The Caterpillar (1994)
21. A Letter to Elise (1992)
20. High (1992)
19. Underneath the Stars (2008)
18. Charlotte Sometimes (1981)
17. Jumping Someone Else's Train (1979)
16. Just Like Heaven (1987)
15. Untitled (1989)
14. The End of the World (2004)
13. Grinding Halt (1979)
12. Fire in Cairo (1989)
11. Plainsong (1989)
10. Cold (1982)
9. M (1980)
8. Lullaby (1989)
7. The Hanging Garden (1982)
6. One Hundred Years (1982)
5. The Funeral Party (1981)
4. Fascination Street (1989)
3. Friday I'm in Love (1992)
2. Boys Don't Cry (1979)
1. A Forest (1980)
Pornography: 6 songs
Disintegration: 4 songs
Wish: 3 songs
Three Imaginary Boys: 3 songs
Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me: 2 songs
The Top: 2 songs
Seventeen Seconds: 2 songs
4:13 Dream: 1 song
The Cure: 1 song
The Head on the Door: 1 song
Japanese Whispers: 1 song
Faith: 1 song
Non-album tracks: 3 songs
1 Faith (+Carnage Visors MC Only)
2 The Top
3 Disintegration
4 Wish
5 Pornography
avoid anything after Wild Mood Swings (this is a strange album though, 4 terrible songs, the rest fantastic)
though there are some songs here and there though
What a wack list...
I respect your opinions but WOW. 😢
You forgot about Japanese Whispers
Didn't forget. Only counted their proper studio albums.
@@TastesLikeMusic It's considered a compilation but I think it works fine as a regular studio album. None of those tracks are on any "proper studio album." So I included it in my list.
1.Disintegration
2.Faith
3.The Head On The Door
4. Pornography
5. Wish
6. Kiss Me 3x
7. Seventeen Seconds
8. Japanese Whispers
9. Bloodflowers
10. 4:13Dream
11.Three imagnary Boys/ Boys Dont Cry
12.The Top
13. Wild Mood Swings
14. Selftitled
I included Japanese Whispers, it feel like a studio album. Also i prefere Boys Dont Cry over the uk realese
Stefan Marstrander
Same! I wish Boys don’t cry was released over Three imaginary boys, I would only prefer TIB if it featured Killing An Arab. Also the cover is better.
I prefer Boys Don’t Cry over the UK release too!
4:13 dream is such a shit album its has to be their all-time worst.
I have to disagree with your list. I am guessing I am a little older than you so this could be why.
And i wanted to right about it.here is my list and reasons why
1. Disentegration. I agree its a little long. But the 4 singles are fantastic. Probably far away the best set of singles from any album. The title song is one of their best heavier songs from the more popular period. Prayers of rain and same deep water is you are a few of their best slower longer tracks. Incredibly moving. Then plainsong and closedown are underated as well. Untitled the only eh track.
2. Kiss me kiss me kiss me.
Although this is probably my favorite cure album for individual songs the production on distengration beats this. Amd i think mood wise distengration is the reason why its most fans favorite. It nails the meloncholly and beautifully goth sound.
The snakepit, if only i could sleep, kiss me and torture are some of their best darker ones. Thousand hours, catch, one more time are fantastic and the best collection of pretty trqcks. Hot hot hot, all i want and icing sugar some of their most adventurous. Not a big fan of why cant i be you. Just like heaven is what it is.
3. This is so hard. Faith, japanese whispers and head on the door.
All 3 could be 3-5 for different reasons and depending on mood. And thats the great thing abiut the cure. It depends on your moon u can choose different albums.
Japanese whispers is so underated. Walk, lovecats and lets go to bed are all some of their best early singles.again if you just looked at the singles from each album and rated them together against each other Japqnese whispers' singles are in the top 3 easily. But as a dance music fan this album is ahead of its time. Just one kiss, the dream, upstairs room are excellent. Speak my language also. The only thing this album is missing is a ballad. But this album changed the cure in a 180. From a goth band to new wave band. From sad to happy. The b-sides are fantastic as well. There would be no friday im in love , why cant i be with you, close to me, wild mood swings type songs if it wasnt for this album.
Faith has soem of their darkest. And i love head on the door for the concert live in orange that promoted it. 85 is when i became a huge fan and so head on the door holds a special place for me. If i had to chose.
3. Head on the door.
4. Faith
5. Japanese whispers
6. Wish
Wish has some bad songs on it. Trying to hard imo. Unstuck was lame. Wendytime tried too hard. The opener and closer were below par too. Trust, apart, high, to wish and from the edge of rhe deep green sea all good. Half good half bad.
7. Seventeen seconds.
8. Pornography
9. The top
10. Bloodflowers.
And the rest.
Bloodflowers is a little better than you give it credit for. Good songwriting. And its a bit heavier than what they had been doing for the past 10 years before.
To answer your question kn why 4:13 dream no being more liked. The artwork isnt different then the 2004 album really. And not enough gloom and in 2008the cure just wasnt on even the cure fans mind. They had really been dormant for a good 8 years since bloodflowers. And 2004 came and went. I just dont think cure fans really wanted to be dissappointed or care about the new stuff. Just probably into other music like i was.
Good list overall. Glad to see kiss me and head on the door so high on your list. However i think the early ones need a little more love and thats even from me who doesnt rate pornography that high. And i think wish is overated. Wild mood swings is always rated so low by most. And thats fine
Its got a lot of similar songs and no flow. No ballad or longer song to make the album have a better flow. Its just 4 minute song after 4 minute song. And i think that like 413 dream will turn off cure fans. we need that good 3 minute ballad or quirky song. We need that epic 7 minute one like disintegration has.
Thabks for the video
My top few in no order are 17 Seconds. Faith. Pornography. Disintegration and Bloodflowers. The Top, Head On The Door, Kiss Me and Wish get a close runner up prise. The rest I can take or leave.
I Know that Japanesse Whispers isn´t a real studio album , it is a collection of singles , but it works like an album and I think it should be included in any list. My list:
1. Disintegration
2. Wish
3. The Head On The Door
4. Kiss Me
5. Pornography
6. Japanesse Whispers
7. The Top
8. Bloodflowers
9. Faith
10. The Cure
11. Three Imaginary Boys
12. Seventen Seconds
13. 4:13 Dream
14. Wild Mood Swings
Greetings from Canary Islands (Spain)
Agreed..its an album to me
"Number 13th Bloodflowers"
Me: "Ok enough"
Weird list..but at least its different...i never got the disintegration craze
There are only three Cure albums:
Seventeen Seconds
Faith
Pornography
Deal with it
Maybe somewhere in an alternate universe.
Disintegration ?
Wtf really what is wrong with your speakers