Reviews (page 12 of 13)
+ Early look into the Robert Smith's skill into composing an interesting album + Favorite Song: A Forest - Bland production fights the interesting composition - No real standout tracks -/+ The Cure is making better music 40 years later
The best the Cure ever did. And that's a shame.
Some early music from the Cure. They have a distinctive style even in this early album. However, this was quite mundane and unexciting for me. Not something I’d listen to over and over.
The instrumentals were good, but I was expecting more from the Robert Smith.
Goths! I forgot all about goths. Enjoyed the title track.
Doesn’t rock. Next
Another band that im glad the list surfaces, but I just dont appreciate (yet). I dig some of The Cures hits, so im sure my interest is there, but hardly any of Seventeen Seconds stuck with me. Maybe Secrets and In Your House (genuinely didnt like A Forest) were my only tracks I liked and not merely tolerated From reading the album wiki, I discovered that this was more or less the Cure’s sound defining album with a lot of band member changes happening beforehand. So I guess thats cool to have the context.
Very spooky and moody. It was ok, but I think I'd have to be in a specific mood to listen to it again.
Not bad, not great
Kende alleen the forest, maar dit album is echt een verlenging van de sound van dit nummer. Krijg er een beetje goth vibes van. In vergelijking met andere nummers die ik ken van the cure, is dit wat vager qua lyrics en boodschap. 2,5
Niet suoer speciaal, ze hebben betere muziek gemaakt. Ook zeker niet slecht, echt typisch The Cure. 2.75/5
A bit to spacey for me.
Alright but not great
Dit had evengoed een single'ke van A Forest kunnen zijn. De rest van de nummers? Meh. The Cure heeft maar één echt goed album imo, en dit is 'em niet. A Forest krijgt een 5.0, het album? Een magere 2.4, sorry.
transitional album that didn't quite work for me. left me wondering why it was included on this list. also, the mix was weird, with the vocals obnoxiously low.
Ight
1. reflection - 1.5 2. play - 1.5 3. zecretz - 1.5 4. houze - 1.5 5. three - 1 6. zound - 0 7. forezt - 2 8. m - 1 9. night - 1.5 10. zecondz - 1
Didn't really hit for me. Wasn't necessarily bad, but it was a little repetitive and samey. Not for me.
Mediocre, bot terrible but not really my cup of tea. Just doesn't jobe well and kind of monotonous.
imersivo porém entediante (desculpa)
Never listened to The Cure before but based on this I don't have a strong desire to listen to more of their work.
This was super boring. The album flew by and there weren't any distinguishable songs. Boo. 2/5
Not a fan. The music is so subdued, I don't feel a connection to it. I don't find the lyrics anything special either.
Beetje daai
It was okay. Best song was "A Forest" but Carpathian Forest does it better.
I didn’t really care for this album. A Forest and M I enjoyed but won’t revisiting this album much.
I like quite a bit of the Cure but this was a bit dull
Forgettable.
I like the Cure but this record is kinda boring and repetitive. Props for being the Cure though.
'Strangers / Nobody knows we love' (from 'Secrets') is a moving summary of this album's evocation of loneliness. But that triumph doesn't persist. It's not that it's too dark - it's that the darkness is uninteresting and finally w/o the quality of what makes dejected art a buoy for a suffering mind and body. The storytelling is weak, the production feeble. Maybe their other records are more developed, but this stagnates w/ no howl - not for me.
i normally really love the cure but this is jsut a little too alternative/experimental for my taste
wish it was only seventeen seconds long. this is an album where every song feels like it should be builiding to a crescendo that never happens. its good that its short because it's quite frustrating at the same time...
boring
Early goth/alt. Liked “a forest”. 2.5
All the same sound.
Good band, songs.
Another Radiohead like experience. I see the album and get excited. "Oh, I've listened to plenty of this band, this will be fun to listen to a whole album." Then the listening experience: "ohhh... oh... this isn't so much music as ambient noise to play quietly in the background when you just need something to ignore. "
I grew up with parents that loved The Cure. I got excited when I saw we had a The Cure album today and was looking forward to it. I listened to a The Cure a lot but I think it was mostly greatest hits. Honestly I was quite bored and unimpressed with this one and I was kind of confused why it made it on the list. Lots of repetition but with very simple riffs and drumming. If you're going to be repetitive you need more interesting things going on and more layers.
Seventeen seconds felt like 17 hours of a record failing to pique my interest. Between the boring vocals and droning instrumentals, this record felt like it was going nowhere. Giving it a 2-star rating because I don’t think it’s bad, like my other 1-star ratings, it’s just boring. Favorite track: Play For Today
I have one Cure album in the collection, 'disintegration'. Looking at the tracklist, I only know 'A Forest' and it's a brilliant tune, so looking forward to hearing the rest. ......... One thing I've always liked about Cure recordings is the depth. Smith's vocals are right in your ear but other parts of the track sound like they're a million miles away. It's very moody and sparse which I have to be in the mood for. Enjoyed 'Play for Today' and 'A Forest'... much of the rest is similar in tone and atmosphere but not being added to the 'liked songs' playlist. I reckon if I'd found this when I was 13 or 14, I could have gotten very into it and my life would have been different.
Not really my kind of thing.
Kinda boring but oddly nice sounding album. Good spooky season fall music
No.
Not really inspired to make a comment either way. It was fine.
2 out 5 because really long intro not that many lyircs like the beat dont recomend it at all really boring. its not hiting like if you were vibing with it.
I kinda like this album, it's not the best but not the worst. I think you should listen to the song "A Forest" it's my favorite song on the album. Mainly because I like the background. I can't really understand what they say, but I can make it out. If you listen to this on YouTube, there's no CC, so it's hard to hear what they say. I recommend you pull up the lyrics on Google if you want to know what they say. I do recommend that you listen to this album, but their voices sound whiney.
This album could be better. I do like the beat and rhythm, and I also kind of like the genre. I dislike the fact there aren't many lyrics, (mainly just beat) and the lyrics are hard to understand.
Pretty boring. Actually starts getting somewhat interesting by the end
It's crazy how this album is only 17 seconds long. Jokes aside, it is a really short album, and I feel like I barely listened to anything that really lets me know how to feel about it. It's just kind of bland Indie Rock that doesn't leave me with any strong impressions. I probably could have lived my life without needing to listen to this. Favorite Song(s): A Forest
Wel oke voor een pebaalde mood, maar het was me nu allemaal net wat te meh. Productie niet echt pakkend. Misschien later weer proberen
In my opinion one of the not so good album by The Cure!
I expected more
Not their best. Disintegration was much better.
While I am a fan of The Cure, I am not sure why this album is on this list.
This is fine, but it's quite dull. It really sounds like one super-long song, in part due to overuse of the drum machine, in part due to their tendency to hang on a four-chord sequence for a hell of a long time, and in part due to the consistency in their timbre. They just don't have a lot of variability, and to me it really sounds like they're not having any fun. I'm not looking for wild improvisation here (although that's cool too), but like they don't even stray off the beat at all, it's super-square. Here's a simple test: play the first fifteen seconds of any song on this CD and see if you can tell which one is which. I thought hard about giving this a one. At the end of the day though, it's so light and inoffensive that it doesn't really merit it. But make no mistake, this CD sucks.
This album had all the excitement of attending a goth kids TED talk. It just droned on an on. I kinda liked the sound of it but they never changed it up or tried to do any variations on their core concepts. Pretty disappointing.
To funky.
Thin proto-goth.
There is a reason I’m not a cure fan.
Mopey.
kind of boring actually.
Be careful what I say, I guess. (See previous review: Depeche Mode’s “Violator”) I don’t know what I expected. I guess I thought I’d be getting a lot of stuff like “Friday I’m in Love,” stuff on the poppier side of rock. But no. I got this dark, tormented-poet, moody new wave album. I would’ve preferred the poppier stuff. I’ve never really dug the whole “look at how emotionally tormented I am” kind of sound and vibe. Like, sorry you’re going through that but it makes your music boring as hell to listen to. The first indicator of what I was in for came right away - the first track. Who the hell opens an album with that? Seriously? You can’t go anywhere from there and have it make sense or gel. From there it was moody track after moody track. If you’d added ambient rain sounds underneath each track it would’ve fit the vibe perfectly. Sometimes it is, sometimes it ties the whole sound together. Not here, not now. Very curious to see how many Cure albums are here. I assume at least one more. Hopefully they found some light in their lives. Two stars. Standout Tracks: A Forest, M
Snooze fest over here
There is already the "The Cure"-sound but nothing remarkable. 🥱 2,5
é triste que só o diabo né, melancólico como o cão gostei de play for today, literalmente a mais felizinha sei lá não gostei não, muito triste the cure é bom né, mas esse tá triste, não gosto de ficar triste
Not much memorable here.
Vocals are too low, makes it like an instrumental album. But the instruments are good at least. Just wish I could hear the lyrics.
Solid length. I found it kind of boring though.
...and yet, I still feel sick...🥴...2
Meh
extremely disappointed
Didn’t like this when it came out and don’t like it any better now. Too much whining.
I think I like The Cure but I am only familiar with the hits and not familiar with their early work at all. This might be the one New Wave band I like. This is like a less intense version of The Cure I'm familiar with. Robert Smith is going to Robert Smith though. This is not the kind of music I expected or am used to from The Cure. They definitely took a hard turn towards the mainstream later or at least put their more crowd friendly songs out as singles. A forest could have been repurposed as a James Bond song, work in the fanfare somewhere and you can replace one of those Timothy Dalton Bond songs, no one would miss A-ha or Gladys Knight. The band that spawned 1,000 goth looks. I bet the Venn diagram of people who own The Cure t-shirts perfectly overlaps with people who own Morrissey t-shirts.
I like the Cure but this was a boring album
Unfortunately, this is the least memorable Cure album I've ever heard.
I have no problem with slow burn albums that build tension gradually. As long as there is a payoff. This album felt like 35 minutes of build-up, and decent at times, but with no climax. I gave it three goes and none of it grabbed my attention at all. Fine for the background but not enough... happened?
There's Disintegration, and there's the rest of The Cure's catalogue.
Still blah.
Some people really enjoy early Cure. I prefer The Head in the Door, Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me, and Disintegration.
Was the cure but seemed boring
I do like the Cure but this album wasn’t for me. Some songs were good, but overall, I think it was maybe the mixing that made it meh for me. Maybe it’s because I listened to it very hungover on two hour car ride out to the province
Moody, brooding, and boring.
Apart from The Forest which is elite pretty poor album
There’s some interesting stuff on here for sure, but the majority of this album comes off a bit empty.
not there best work
Idk I just don't really get new wave or post punk which I see this is labelled as. There are at least a couple tracks that do grab my attention which makes me wonder if I will like their later stuff a little more. The Forest, Seventeen Seconds, and Three intrigued me. We shall see! That all said this definitely feels like a worthwhile listen as I can just tell this inspired many moody goth albums to come!
Quite boring. Seems like they could have cut some of the repetitive stuff
Not my kinda music
This album is forgettable.
I never really understood what the fuzz was all about. There were some nice songs by The Cure, but overall at the time I found their approach to "melancholy" and "depression" a rather mediocre teenage phantasy of the real pain. These days I simply find them outdated and aged poorly and it definitely has not grown on me and it remains as it was: boring instead of melancholic.
Fine at best, not unique enough to be deserving of a 1000 albums list at worst. Probably helped the onset of shoegaze as a genre but who cares
It’s definitely stark, but it’s also kind of boring and rudimentary. The Cure needed this album to continue developing their sound, but I don’t think anyone really needs it in their life on a regular basis. Would rather listen to Joy Division.
It’s not bad just not my cup of tea
I just can’t get into The Cure
Meh.
Didn't really know what Gothic Rock was, so this was a new listening experience. Don't create much for the dark, negtive/morbid lyrics but the beats were OK. 2/5
Their second album - The cure hadn’t gotten to a place where I really liked them at this point.
I almost have no comment on this album. Just felt like a lot of nothing. 2 stars
I just can't get into the Cure. I appreciate it, but wouldn't choose to listen to it. 2/5
A bit dull
Boring
I can hear how this influenced an array of artists - gorillaz , U2, artic monkeys to name just a few — but I did not enjoy this at all. The vocals, when they’re even there, are tinny and thin. Listened to: hiking up Acatenango. Favorite track: The Forest (how fitting!)
I can’t think of a way to describe this album besides “mostly interludes.” It felt like I was constantly waiting for an actual song to start and it only did a couple times.
Picked up with The Forest. M is also alright. Others a bit homogenous/boring.
Nah, not for me. Never really liked The Cure beyond that song from The Crow.
Interesting in a way, maybe a lot better for just background listening, maybe for soundtrack type of stuff, but if you are doing something and have this in the back, it's alright.
Found this quite unremarkable, nothing jumped out as a good piece of music. Surprising.
Never was a Cure fan, and this one started out okay, but the more it went on, the more I didn't like it. I made it all the way, but won't be listening to it again.
I've never really known how to take the cure. Depending on the day I can find them incredible or awful. This album sits somewhere between the two
If it wasn't for the presence of their only decent song (A Forest), this'd be a 1. This album gets an over-generous 2
This album was boring. None of the songs stuck out to me, I felt like I was listening to the same thing for the whole thing. I didn't think the music was bad or something I couldn't listen to but my God it just never changed.
Listened to this while playing Imperium Classics. I lost. I don't blame the album...but it also didn't help. I wanted this to be more interesting, but it kinda fell flat for me. I'm sure there are other Cure albums that I would enjoy much more than this one.
Boring and monotone but not bad
Vähän tylsähköä. Ei nyt sillein älyttömän huonoa, mutta en nyt näe kauheen erikoisena. Kevyttä rockia. Parhaat: A Forest, M, Seventeen Seconds
House music. But it sucks. It sucks.
Very average house music that I would play at a party where I'm hoping everyone leaves early.
Boring
Kinda mid
Wanted a whole lot more from this one - liked the spooky, off-kilter ambiance in the instrumentals, but there’s little thematic direction and the LP kind of loses itself. It just ended without much fanfare and I wanted more!
Forgettable
4 stars for life on mars alone. What a song.
I'm not sure why this Cure album was picked, I am not a huge cure fan but isn't disintegration a much much better album?
I don't think I am much of a fan of the Cure, but I really disliked this album more than I expected
• Inte så mycket att säga om omslaget, ser ut som en bild på en suddig dyster skog • Brukar inte tänka på att The Cure fanns så tidigt • Hör inte va han sjunger • Känns som alla låtar är samma låt • Ska det va nästintill instrumentaliskt får det va lite mer action än såhär • Det är inte många låtar som min hjärna registrerar; de har knappt nån melodi och man kan aldrig höra nån sång Betyg: Saken är att det är inte rakt ut dåligt, men det är otroligt tråkigt. Det finns andra album som är sämre men ändå har lite personlighet, det här va bara meh => 2/5
Håller med alla andra
I was really disappointed in this album and wish is was only 17 seconds long. It's sad and boring. Not their best work at all.
2/5. I thought there was a valiant effort, simple yet innovative. The goth new wave scene feels in its early stages and I appreciate the creative ventures but it does not age well. It's not terrible to listen to but not super enjoyable either. Below average in my opinion.
Meh, the Cure …..
A Forest is the only redeeming song in this album for me. Sorry Robert Smith.
Definitely a vibe on this record - minimal, stoic, dark. A Forest is the standout track; the synths and guitars sound great, and the song has some memorable melodies and harmonies (which the album for the most part lacks otherwise). Ultimately - the album is just too one-note to make for a great album experience.
This album, while The Cure is wildly popular and nostalgic, did not do it for me.
Maudlin and repetitive. The worst of 80s emo indulgencies.
Fine - no major thoughts on this one. I would not be drawn to listen again but it did not bother me
I still don't like that genre, but I'll keep trying it out.
From everything I had heard from The Cure, I expected this album to be depressing. What I didn't expect it to be was boring. But with the exception of A Forest, that's what it was. Perhaps you have to be in a suicidal funk before you can appreciate it, I don't know. But if you're looking for interesting music or lyrics, this isn't it.
Previously rated: Pornography (2/5) ********************* I called the Pornography album "echo-heavy, depressing sounding muck." This one wasn't quite that bad, but still nothing very good either. There's nothing that sounds like their hits. I immediately played Boys Don't Cry after listening to this and wondered why nothing on the album was anywhere near this good.
Honestly, I listened to it twice and felt similarly both times… it’s fine, but kind of boring, unmemorable, and uninventive. The Cure has better stuff. I liked a few of the songs, but overall I was unimpressed… I prefer their poppier stuff.
I much prefer the cuts I've heard off of Disintegration to what is presented here, but this album's brevity is certainly to its advantage. I never felt particularly bored listening, and tracks like A Reflection, which reminds me of certain pieces of the Fate/Stay Night OST, and the biggest hit on the album A Forest were definite highlights. However, I don't think full records of this post-punk/new wave sound (WHAT is even the difference man) are my cup of tea. I hope the inevitable Disintegration appearance can change my mind.
Etwas eintönig aber mit Fluss
The Cure was around in 1980? I like their later work, but this didn’t really speak to me so much. I enjoyed the penultimate song a lot
No words Bleh boring
Pretty dull album, nothing I'll revisit outside of possibly A Forest. Middling 2.
I was never into the Cure. It's fine. I like a lit of stuff influenced by the cure.
This gothic, dark sound must've been really new back in the early 1980s. Still, I found this album pretty boring, and I didn't like some of the production, songwriting and singing on this album...
like listening to the same song 10 times...
I quite like The Cure but this is a poor effort. It felt really lazy compared to what they're capable of.
Stone cold two. Thought about an added star for them not liking Morrissey and it being short but couldn't.
No matter how hard I try I cannot enjoy the Cure. The music is great, but the vocals just grate against my ears. I’ve tried many times to give this band a chance and I just can’t seem to figure them out.
Lots of okay. Nothing particularly special.
The end was way too repetitive.
I understand why this was great for the time, it just isn't my vibe.
There’s a high barrier of entry to old Cure albums for me. They’re always mixed so flatly that the instruments kinda sound like MIDI (especially the drums). Robert Smith sounds like he’s singing into one of the drum mics from across the room, and two chords over and over on the guitar gets kinda stale after a couple minutes, even when they turn the chorus pedal all the way up. I guess I’d throw this on if I wanted to feel like I was in a Halloween store or something. Maybe I’ll warm up to it later in life.
I found it hard to hear Mr. Smith in this album. The intro was really nice and had my excited for a sick album that never came. The forest was a good one tho
I know Keiko and Victoria love them, but the Cure are just too slow for me. Was an eh album. Liked the ambient backgrounds though
Forgettable.
I prefer other albums from them
I don't like the singer's voice, and while I was surprised to find out the album was released a good 5-10 years ahead of my estimate, I still don't see it as more than an ok sounding but kinda darker disco album
não é um genero que estou habituado a ouvir mas é interessante o album, a intro não é de todo a melhor musica, é um hit or miss e para mim é um miss melhores tracks: secrtes//in your house//a forest 5/10
That's how long this album should have been.
A Forest is one of my favorite Cure songs. Not really into the rest of the record.
This album feels mostly instrumental even though only 2 songs are without lyrics. I think it sounds unfinished, it is enjoyable moment to moment but doesn't feel like a finished album.
it was lame
Was just as I remembered from the 80's. Still didn't move me much. This album was heavy on the instruments and very few lyrics. Early in their evolution as a band, this album didn't move the needle for me.
Monotematico, non ho apprezzato molto. Rende l'idea di ansia ma diventa noioso
I like but don't necessarily love The Cure, and it sounds like they were still searching for their sound on this early effort. Most of the time, I found myself wondering what Robert Smith will look like when he's 70 years old. Does he still go with that Edward Scissorhands goth look? At this writing, dude is close to 65 years of age and apparently still going with that ensemble. Christ, even members of Kiss make appearances without their makeup occasionally. Who's Robert Smith trying to fool at this point? And why does it seem like there as many Cure albums on this list as there are say Bowie and Dylan albums? That's not true, there are "only" something like 3 Cure albums on this list, which seems high. I think "one" is the appropriate number of Cure albums to put on a list like this.
The Cure is not for me. There was very little about Seventeen Seconds that appealed to me. Even the most popular track, A Forest, barely raised an eyebrow. Next.
Perfect for a rainy day because it’s pretty sad and slow. Not my favorite from them.
37/100 Based on this scale: 1 star - 0 to 19 2 stars - 20 to 39 3 stars - 40 to 59 4 stars - 60 to 79 5 stars - 80 to 100 Not bad, but the band got better a bit later on.
It was okay. Definitely has a vibe to it.
Felt empty to me, with no feeling or emotion. That might be the objective but it is not my kind of thing.
boring
Gloomy 80s post-everything.
Classic, great, very very good rock
Boring
A Forest and a couple of other songs caught me, but the rest is too thin and grey. Has anyone written an essay on thin-sounding guitars in post-punk, the good and not-so-good?
I heard the entire album and didn't even realize. Songs are good but the album itself is not
Nice base but meh. Nothing particularly caught my ear. I wish more songs had lyrics to them.
Good background music. Nothing to obsess over though
Very instrumental, didn’t really get with it too much but maybe in the right setting.
I know the cure from their '92 album and I thought they were a 90s band. Woah... guess I don't know them like I thought so blind album for sure, maybe artist? And now I know why I didn't know them or listen to them. Just not a fan...
While I like the aesthetic, this album was fairly boring.
di ko bet haha
I tried multiple times. forgettable
Why this album? The Cure have much better albums than this. This one isn't bad, but it's not much more than background music.
Ik vind het album niet best, er was maar een liedje op het album wat ik zelf echt leuk vond.
Couldn’t get into it
Never really cared for the Cure
Its the cure, but I wasn't necessarily loving it
2/10 could not get into this
I found it pretty boring and samey
Was alright
IJle eightiesklanken echoën af en aan. Eén oor in, ander oor uit. Allemaal amper overtuigend, eerder eentonig, en ik overwoog of ik er één erkenningsster of eventueel één extra erbij uitreikte. Uiteindelijk één extra, en alweer een album afgehandeld.
Not their best ino
I like it when The Cure sings. They really didn't on this. It was like an entire album of B side experimental music.
ROOooonffflmimimimimiROOOoooonflmimimimimi on sfait chier
Borrrrringggg
제 취향은 아니군요.. 더 신나는 걸 원해요
I'm a fan of The Cure but I found this album pretty underwhelming, especially compared to the albums Robert Smith said inspired it. It feels very one note to me, like Joy Division without the punch, just kind of dark and droning for the most part. There are some exceptions, 'A Forest' is a pretty great track. Standout Tracks: Play for Today, A Forest
Nothing outstanding for me
I try to like The Cure but this album just doesn’t do it for me.
I always found The Cure to be one of the most overrated bands in history. Had never heard a single song by them that I actually liked. This album changed that a little. The first song, which was an instrumental, so I guess not having to listen to his voice was a big plus there. There are a couple of other songs that would have been improved immensely if they remained instrumentals. "In Your House" was also good. Other than that this album is still trash.
Ik vind sommige nummers van The Cure echt geweldig, dus ik had veel van dit album verwacht. Helaas vind ik dit album persoonlijk niet heel interessant. Het is een heel relaxt nummer, beetje zweverig, maar voor mij alleen prima om op de achtergrond te luisteren. Ik ga er niet van uit mijn dak.
Meh. I'm moody in 1980!
Doomer music all sounds the same to me
eh
I don't think this is the one with Friday I'm in Love, but it is Friday! I am not in love with this album unfortunately
Not a bad album but not got a lot to it...
The first song was super 80s and extremely catchy, and everything up until the last song was ass. I actually like the last song the most due to just the somber vibe and catchy chord progression. Overall very disappointed.
I like his pop songs
Robert Smith is a cool guy but I just can’t get into The Cure. It’s just not that exciting and doesn’t resonate with me. All the songs sound roughly the same and the lyrics are nothing special.
Decent; 2.5 rating if I could. Probably go with 2
Not great, no stand out tracks. All just fine
Chillig
Not really my thing, a solid number of the songs could be on a Halloween album and I wouldn’t have noticed.
There are quite a few songs by The Cure that I really enjoy. Unfortunately, this album didn’t add to that catalogue. Mostly just boring, to be honest. Best tracks: In Your House, Seventeen Seconds Worst tracks: Who’s to say? I involuntarily zoned out for most of it, both times I listened.
Turns out I’m not that into goth. The Cure are overrated and Robert Smith is annoying. Next.
As Cure music goes, this isn’t bad, it’s moderately, cohesive and listenable, unlike some of their later stuff. You can see where they were heading from listening to this, they remained at this level then I most probably would have listened to more of their music, but where they went from here was a little too “cure “from me
Very strange minimalist and atmospheric album with very repetitive guitar leads and new wave vocals, synths, and drum patterns. Not what I was expecting and also not the easiest listen. Not a big fan, I think you have to be in the right mood for this one.
Only knew the singles before and this was rather underwhelming Like a first draft for a bloc party album - and I’ve never liked bloc party
I’m not ashamed to say “I prefer their later stuff.”
It was okay, the short runtime meant it passed by quickly, nothing stood out, nothing offended, would be a 2.5 if it was available.
I thought I hadn't listened to a Cure album before but apparently Disintegration was album number 12. I gave that 3 stars which in hind sight was too generous. I'd hoped The Cure would be more interesting. Unfortunately it's a fairly quiet and moody album where the lyrics are drowned out by uninteresting music. Highlights were "A Forest" and "Play for Today".
Really boring
I usually like the cure but this was pretty boring
I was here for the vibes…not much else
Not a bad album but overall it felt pretty boring. Not as vocally strong as disintegration but better than pornography. This felt like a lofi/mild emo album. I could see how the killers may have used this album for their early stuff. To me though I didn’t love this one. 5.0/10
Vähän tylsäksi jää näin ensikuulemalta. Kenties tulevaisuudessa opin arvostaa. 2/5
Interesting experiment, but I still don't get them.
Tylsä ja turhan taiteellinen
Just. No kyllä tää itsemurhaan inspiroi
This album felt pretty unremarkable to me 🤷🏼♀️
I listened through this album twice and to be honest I found it just bored me both times. The arrangements are nice but the mix is off. No real variety in the songwriting for the most part. The songs are somewhat nice sounding but very uninteresting. Maybe an album to listen to when you are in an extremely chill mood. Otherwise, I wouldn't bother. FAVORITE SONGS: - Play For Today 2/5
A bit meh, until A Forest. Lovely bass
I lived in a share house on Abercrombie St in the early 90s. A regular visitor to the house was Leon the Goth. Leon loved this record, so he used to throw it on the turntable regularly when he came over, but I haven't listened to it since. I had forgotten what a bleak record it is. It is certainly one of the foundational texts of goth in its sound and lyrical concerns. But, apart from A Forest (which is a great song), this album is incredibly forgettable. I don't understand why this album _and_ Pornography (also a super-bleak proto-goth album with almost no memorable songs on it), _and_ Disintegration (not much better) are all on the 1001 list, but albums with actual good songs (and hits, none the less) are not.
Wanted to love this and it had its moments but ultimately didn’t push my buttons
Some cool textures and dissonances. Very dark and moody. I like the minimalist approach but it is too static for me and drags after a while. Wish songs were more dynamic or had more development. Sounds unfinished or amateur to me. Wish there were some more memorable melodies to grab on to.
Some ok moments but overall what a drag
This just got worse and worse in my opinion. Couldn’t wait for this to be over
Probably one of my least favourite cure albums
Didn’t mind this - a mellow mood for a Tuesday morning. But have to say that nothing else on here reaches the heights of A Forest. Worth a listen for that track alone, but sounds like a band trying to find their feet after what was a stunning debut, and before they moved into their darkest phase. Of all of their albums to choose from for this list, this seems an odd choice, other than for the fact it contains their first big hit.
Bit underwhelming to be honest. I hold the cure in high regard but for me there was no memorable track on this project
This is a very dark, melancholic album, kind of similar in feel to The Smiths - The Queen is Dead, but much more polished. I feel like the album could have been wrapped up in 20 minutes if it wasn't for the sometimes needless 1 minute instrumental intros and outros. The album somehow feels unfinished by times (notably the end of the song(and album) Seventeen Seconds, where the drum track is still ending, and they just cut the music off early) . This also happens at the end of The Final Sound (here it seems like it was an attempt at a transition into A Forest, but it didn't really work). There are a few gems in this album, but overall, just dark and depressing. Favourite songs : A Forest (I like how they use reverb and feedback to sound like echos and wind in a dark forest), At Night, Play for Today Least favourite songs : Secrets, Three (in both songs the vocal track is basically whispered, and overlayed by music so that you can almost not even hear the words) 2/5
Not the first thing I would listen to unless I seriously wanted to depress myself. Though I did like More Than This.
A classic, but not something I enjoyed, the music is good, but just not doing it for me.
Stripped down doesn't always equate to a better experience, as evinced by this outing from The Cure.
Cure very much a hit or miss band for me. A few songs I really enjoy, a lot I don't.... This album didn't much for me. Liked In your house and 17 seconds. All others seen to run together. 2-2.5. Probably won't take the time to listen to again
more experimental than I expected none of their big hits are on this 2.5
He is an artist known but in this album I can't see something realy good.
The Cure is cool, but I'm not real familiar with their catalog to be honest. I just never really got that into them. Listened to this yesterday, but forgot to take notes. Now I honestly can't even remember what it sounded like. That can't be a great sign.
Just listen to 35 minutes of A Forest on repeat instead of listening to this album
Ni fu ni fa
I like this version of The Cure- the more melodramatic side from their earlier records (this is their second) before they started to get more poppy (I like the poppy version of them too). The third and fourth tracks "Secrets", and "In Your House" are good examples of this neutral / grey / mid tempo / lower vocal sound that I find attractive. The downside of this is that the tracks tend to meander a bit and don't often have any climaxes or dynamic changes. The song "Three" is painfully repetitive, and it's not the only one. It kind of typecasts the music for listening while you are a little bit down or on a rainy day. Unfortunately for The Cure, I listened to this on a beautiful late Spring / early Summer type of day and it didn't necessarily parallel my mood! I'll have to save it for the Fall. Ultimately I liked it but I question it's place on this list as there's too many tracks on it that I would consider "filler".
Forgettable for me
Meh
Disappointed in this one
I’m just not a big fan of the Cure outside a couple of their later singles. This album did not change that opinion. Not a bad listen, but very mediocre. 2
The cure just seem a band I can’t get into. This album didn’t do anything for me, kinda get why it’s on the list though.
It's just too damn whiney. It's mostly the singing but the instrumentation contributes as well.
Nah, not for me thanks. Influenced a lot of stuff I do like, but I just can't get past the weird vocals and droning backing tracks.
It's merely okay
-Kinda pretty darn boring not gonna lie. Just a kind of sad, ethereal vibe, nothing really stood out in my listen. Idk if I'm missing something here but I see no reason to even bother giving another listen to re-evaluate -I be listening to The Cure..."At Night" Some critiques of song names: -"Three is not the 3rd song -"The Final Sound" is not the final sound -"Seventeen Seconds" is not seventeen seconds long
AS close to wallpaper as The Cure gets. Uninteresting
Chilled, not the best album i've ever heard.
Kind of like sadder nirvana. Left a lot to desire.
Enjoyable
initial thoughts: had it on in the background while I was working and it kind of got lost. decent background music, especially because a lot of it was instrumental fav from album: in your house rate: 2.5
Best Song: A Forest. Driven by a bassline that keeps the song chugging at a decent clip, with interesting mixed and layered effects. Worst Song: Three. Sparse piano and unintelligible whispers that progresses into a Michael Jackson-sounding beat. Overall: Nearly the whole album seems content to sit in its own sleepy sadness. It isn't even sad in an interesting way. Just dull. Don't know what context I would ever want to listen to this.
Not for me, but better than the other Cure albums on this list so far.
I fucking hated A Reflection I also don't typically like 80s rock and I don't think this is an exception lol One thing I thought was interesting is the vocals from Play for Today reminded me a bit of the emo music I listened to in the mid 2000s
I love the signature Cure sound but this album was too much of it. It almost felt like one long song and there was hardly any excitement behind it.
Mostly depressing
not what i expected from the cure. not having robert smith sing helped
Not my vibe
Meh. Pretty far from my taste range. Similar music style once heard in some off-line games I think.
Boring. Music is fine, but slow at times. Could use some vocals.
Not impressed
boring, nothing even happens.
Too dark, no meaning.
No le presté mucha atención lo siento
An album with a catchy beat but really soft vocals for most of the songs. Other than "The Forest", nothing really stands out as spectacular.
Meh
Eh. Not my thing.
short album. Nice what? I am so confused I don't know what just happened
Siouxsie and the Banshees, but not interesting.
Gloomy & sparse. I find the intros to the songs catchy (esp the first two + Forest) but Smith’s voice over the minimalist tracks doesn’t do it for me in the long run. That said, they were a boon for personal hair care products in the 80s.
Sad core, jam band esque, vocals echo in the distance
10 canciones y menos de 36 minutos para el album que contiene el primer éxito de ellos: A forest. El resto la verdad oscuro, lento, sin ritmo, no me parece un disco imprescindible.
Jag är ingen stor fan av the cure. De har gjort en del bra grejer senare i karriären, men detta faller album mig ej i smaken.
I found it to be a bit grating.
Ok, not enthralled.
Meh
Kind of cool sounds in there, but overall kind of a drag.
Very meh. Unworthy of this list. The drumming was really boring.
meh
I liked it but not nearly as much as other The Cure.
Very eerie album. The singers voice is distinct and recording values clear. Fairly unnoteworthy (irony).
I still want to like the cure, but the reality of actually listening to them makes me bored and depressed.
Seventeen seconds is the amount of time I listened before checking out. It's a 35 minute album that feels much, much longer. Aggressively boring. Best track: M
What a strange listen. I know the band is capable of better songs, but it seems they aren't exactly going for songs. However, the soundscapes, while almost carried by solid musicianship, are too scattered and far outside The Cure's wheelhouse. The strangeness and some high points are enjoyable, but this would work far better as an outtakes disk than as an LP.
Very boring