"4:13 Dream" by the Cure

I know, I hardly knew ye!

It never even got its "78", did it? ;_;

It had that in our hearts.

Regarding Korn + Robert unplugged, D31R34DH4NTU4TH has this to say: "the most beautiful thing I have ever seen."

So who actually believes this will come out in October?

if they put out that sure-to-be-godawful emo/remix EP, then fucking DELAY the regular album... boy will i be pissed.

http://www.mcarecords.com/MCAImageUpload/1637984-Full.13dream-smallRS.jpg

01 UNDERNEATH THE STARS
02 THE ONLY ONE
03 THE REASONS WHY
04 FREAKSHOW
05 SIRENSONG
06 THE REAL SNOW WHITE
07 THE HUNGRY GHOST
08 SWITCH
09 THE PERFECT BOY
10 THIS. HERE AND NOW. WITH YOU
11 SLEEP WHEN I’M DEAD
12 THE SCREAM
13 IT’S OVER

Fucking despairing Robert is fucking despairing

i like the cover and that Robert rant is good stuff.

Due to a very unfortunate typo in a recent Ilxor AIM Chatz session, someone had me believing this album had leaked. I was very disappointed to realize the truth.

Fucking despairing Robert is fucking despairing

Wait... if it costs more then it's more money going to charity, right? So why the long face??

Fucking despairing Robert is fucking despairing

Wait... if it costs more then it's more money going to charity, right? So why the long face??

"IT'S FAB AND THE MONEY (WELL - OUR SHARE OF IT!) IS GOING TO A GOOD CAUSE..."

so all that extra money will go somewhere else, i can understand why he is upset.

Album opener posted here

Best opener since what, 'The Kiss'?

You accidentally ignored "Plainsong" and "Open" in your haste to hyperbolize.

ok, this is seriously good.

xp - no I didn't. It's that good

the album probably wont be this good, but who cares?
one VERY good song every 4 years is enough for me (that said, I think I like the singles and the generally revitalized vibe of the band).

I think by now I've heard a good half of this albuml and as it stands I think it's a pretty great album

They were playing some of the album on France Inter last night.

It's kind of a stunning return to form, really.

now I really would like to listen to it!

So all the songs are now out (well at least the live versions). I've only listened to 2 or 3 of them since The Cure is probably the last band I'll be an anal geek for and not listen to leaks, ect.

10/17/2008 12:00:00 AM - by Geffen

ROBERT IS ABOUT TO DO AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW FOR www.thecure.com AND HE NEEDS TO KNOW WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW...

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PLEASE SEND THEM HERE ASAP

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4:13 Dream release dates:

Oct. 24th - Italy, Germany.
Oct. 25th - Australia.
Oct. 27th - Europe, Mexico.
Oct. 28th - North America.
Nov. 5th - Japan.

that is:

askrob✧✧✧@intersc✧✧✧.c✧✧

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o hai album go leaky

Based on the singles and the tour I expect to be pleased rather than blown away by this album -- couple of flat out stellar songs, definitely, but I'm keeping my expectations low.

Though based on Marcello's comments a few posts back, hm!

this is pretty damn good!

Based on the singles and the few songs I've checked out on youtube, I'm expecting to be blown away bt this.

Not a fan of the singles, Ned?

I like the singles! But aside from "Freakshow" they all felt, well, pleasant -- B-sides I enjoyed more.

based on the 1/2 of it I heard this morning, best Cure album since Wish, easily.

just listened to it in its entirety.
first impression: its a grower, and 3 or 4 songs have that instant classic quality.
by the way, if this is the "upbeat" album...

Haha yeah from what I've heard it seems a bit tormented for an upbeat poppy album... TBH these days I'm more interested in uptempo Cure songs than "dark" brooding ones (which I find they don't do too well these days)

me too, but luckily this time around the songs do not sound too forced and they have a certain pop grace even if the general atmosphere isn't that happy.

this is starting to sound like it might be worth my cautious optimism.

I think the tone is definitely more "wish" than "disintegration", a kind of tension b/w the dark and the poppy. the 'brooding' stuff got very by the books by the time they did Bloodflowers.

yeah, the best thing is that some of the new songs can be slightly unnerving without trying too hard to be heartfelt or dark - they're more similar to some of the lenghtier tracks on Head On The Door or Kiss me, but with this 4.13 spicy bit.
the arrangements are concise, there are no big statements, everything seems to be much more in control. I need to listen again, but the first impression is overall positive.

I had a good vibe since I saw the Festival dvd - the one that no one bought. I liked the 4-piece line up and for the first time in years (as I wrote before) the band seemed actually enjoying the live set.

yes I'd basically written the cure off after the last album, and in fact, half of the singles didn't work for me as standalone singles (I like them more on the album in context though) so this is a pleasant surprise.

;_; I still like the last album a lot (esp. "Lost", "Labyrinth", "Anniversary", "This Morning" and "Going Nowhere"; most of us were severely shortchanged by not getting the Japanese/vinyl track listing because those four extra songs are CRITICAL to the album's success).

I have all of these extra songs but over the years I think that last album has become my least favorite Cure album to be honest. I can't stand the vocals on it.

i have the japanese version of the cd also and I just hate the way the entire album SOUNDS. It's just harsh and annoying.

I do think the new one has potential but where I feel about it in six months time, not sure.... REM did a "best album since x" this year as well and while I liked it for about a month, I don't care to ever listen to it again; it just wasn't good "enough". This is the Cures "best since x" but do I still care? I hope so.

;_; ;_;

I really liked the harshness of the last album.

I just don't play this game, staying with a band way past their prime, hoping, trying to like each new album, half-convincing yourself you actually do like it, never listening to it again 2 months after release date. What a drag.

I wonder if that isn't just a function of overfamiliarity with any band, though? Not in every case, obv, but in terms of my listening habits I'm not surprised that I'm not living as much in newer albums than in older ones (if I really did live in said albums that heavily to start with -- not always what happened!). Then again these days my listening is much more broad than deep in terms of turnover.

aha yeah Ned OTM. This is prob worth its own thread but if Disintegration came out today I'm sure I'd find it great and all but not sure if I'd listen to it that much two months later. Kinda said but hey ho

I listen to The Cure more than any of their other albums, actually!

I had high hopes after the first single, which was glorious, one of their best ever.
However the consequent releases have seem them playing at the same kind of sludgy mediocre netherworld between pop and gloom that they've specialised in for too long. It's not a happy tour either, by some accounts.

Really? I felt the 1st single was by far the least interesting. Now that I think of it, each successive single sounded better IMO than the previous one.

I think the last one dips a little bit, but otherwise OTM, especially when you look at the B-sides.