I hate and despise that album like Dan does, like you hate and despise Killing Joke and ...what's THIS for.... Oh yes.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 14 May 2005 07:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 14 May 2005 07:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 14 May 2005 07:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Saturday, 14 May 2005 08:20 (eighteen years ago) link
Pornography goes too far in the other direction and is actively overbearing.
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Saturday, 14 May 2005 08:48 (eighteen years ago) link
Having said that, "All Cats Are Grey" is one of the greatest songs ever recorded.
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Saturday, 14 May 2005 10:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― BeeOK (boo radley), Saturday, 14 May 2005 10:45 (eighteen years ago) link
I love this album to death but I sorta wish it was thicker sonically. More like Sleep No More maybe?Fuck, that would rule! Especially on "All Cats Are Grey"! Even though on The Cure reissues thread I just harped on about how the remaster sounds much beefier now and I always thought the thinness was from Hedges' production aesthetic (as Siouxsie albums from the period were produced by him and sound weak to me, too) but it was just that pre-1992 CD mastering being an arse. But Sleep No More hasn't dated a jot since 1981 and Faith does sound like a product from that time, but even then 1981 seems like an entirely different world compared to today and so Faith seems like a Cold War-era time capsule in stark contrast with the exquisitely-produced (and often overbearingly fresh to the point of being clinical) sounds of today.
Anyway, utterly classic despite everything said.
― That's not cocaine! It's Ian Riese-Moraine! (Eastern Mantra), Saturday, 14 May 2005 13:46 (eighteen years ago) link
Pornography continues to be -- and more so with this reissue -- substantial, interesting and endlessly 'playable' to me, absolutely *peaking* when the drums resume over the guitar part on "A Strange Day." And Seventeen Seconds just *bursts at the seams* with goodness, as well, with this remastering job on it being nearly unbelievable.
Having said all that, I'm *quite* enjoying this Carnage Visors track at the moment. Wow.
― bkjj40a, Saturday, 14 May 2005 15:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― Seb (Seb), Saturday, 14 May 2005 21:08 (eighteen years ago) link
I love those moments when I'm listening to music on shuffle play and I think "nice! 'The Drowning Man'!" and then it turns out to be 'Soul Love' by David Bowie.
― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Friday, 31 July 2015 00:08 (eight years ago) link
how did "Faith" only get one vote? The very first time I saw your face I thought of a song and quickly changed the tune: The Cure - Faith poll
haha, it wasn't mine.
― Bee OK, Friday, 31 July 2015 00:24 (eight years ago) link
If I remember, I was the only person to vote for it - was really surprised about that at the time, because I've always considered it to be one of The Cure's finest tracks of any era.
― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Friday, 31 July 2015 15:03 (eight years ago) link
faith and seventeen seconds are my fave cure albums. faith is so beautifully understated and so much of one piece.
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Friday, 31 July 2015 16:17 (eight years ago) link