Three great albums so far. Either my #1 or #2 isn't going to make it though.
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 21:57 (eleven years ago) link
My #1 didn't make it.
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 21:59 (eleven years ago) link
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t7ANnlIHYk0/TWGRU22uC_I/AAAAAAAAD0c/AQ2saaX5pVM/s1600/The-Cure-Seventeen.jpg
#2 - Seventeen Seconds, 663 points, 15 votes, 2 #1 votes
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:00 (eleven years ago) link
Crikey, that's all three duds in the top five. You lot see a different band from what I see.
Very curious to see which of the three(?) contenders wins.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:03 (eleven years ago) link
My #1 didn't either...
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:03 (eleven years ago) link
Disintergration is a lock.
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:04 (eleven years ago) link
A bit late now, but I remember when the "Never Enough" video came out. On Musique Plus (the québécois Much Music), they had made a big deal about airing it for the first time. I programmed the VCR to record it while I was in school. I couldn't wait to come home and watch it! And it didn't disapoint :-)
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:05 (eleven years ago) link
I think Three Imaginary Boys vs Boy's Don't Cry might've split some votes but with the points combined either one wouldn't have made the top 5.
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:06 (eleven years ago) link
xps Is it? Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me is obviously their best imo.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:07 (eleven years ago) link
That was my #1, nothing else came close.
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:09 (eleven years ago) link
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8Gyfj3yWgXw/T-Lrg8B-NcI/AAAAAAAAA10/VXrdsqquOUo/s1600/cure+disintegration.jpg
#1 - Disintegration, 818 points, 18 votes, 9 #1 votes
I agree, it was my #1. But the conscensus on every 80's list is ALWAYS Disintegration. (x-post)
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:10 (eleven years ago) link
As far as I recall, there's been a few Best Cure Album polls and they've always ended up pretty much like these results.
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:11 (eleven years ago) link
Here's one from 2007:
Disintegration 38Pornography 17Faith 12Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me 12Seventeen Seconds 8Three Imaginary Boys / Boys Don't Cry 7The Head on the Door 7The Top 4Japanese Whispers 1Wish 1The Cure 1Wild Mood Swings 0Bloodflowers 0
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:12 (eleven years ago) link
Didn't think "Seventeen Seconds" would finish that high, or that KMKMKM wouldn't be in the top five (it was my #1).
"A Forest" now looks like an early favourite to be #1 in the songs polls.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:17 (eleven years ago) link
lol I voted 4 out of 5 videos and 3 out of 5 albums
― Lil Swayne of Pie (DJP), Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:17 (eleven years ago) link
Same here.
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:19 (eleven years ago) link
KMKMKM isn't even an option on the Acclaimed Music Top 25 Albums from 1987 poll. Tells you how underrated it is imo.
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:22 (eleven years ago) link
the canonizing of Disintegration was initially one of the biggest surprises in the last twenty years of rockcrit.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:23 (eleven years ago) link
I get it now but not so's I'd reach for "Prayers of Rain" over "Baby Screams."
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:24 (eleven years ago) link
It IS excellent and was a huge commercial succes, so I'm not really surprised.
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:25 (eleven years ago) link
Wish >>> Disintegration
but whatevs *white flag*
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:27 (eleven years ago) link
My ballots for the results posted so far:Videos:1. Close to Me2. Pictures of You3. Never Enough4. High5. The Lovecats
Albums:1. Seventeen Seconds2. Faith3. Bloodflowers4. The Head on the Door5. Wish
I did have a hearty chuckle at the one joker that put 'Charlotte Sometimes' in their top videos.
Leaving Disintegration out of my top albums was intentional because I figured it was going to be an instant lock at #1 (it still would only have been #5 on my list otherwise).
― Austin, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:30 (eleven years ago) link
Three of these are duds? Not sure why anyone who sees no value in these records would be interested in anything else the Cure has to offer.
Faith > rest of discog.
― Kent Burt, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:34 (eleven years ago) link
It's possible to be a The Top-The Head on the Door-Kiss Me-Wish fan.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:35 (eleven years ago) link
I'm of the opinion that while there are higher pop highs on the albums following the glum trio, those 3 are more consistent. Basically I get dismissing them and I get rating them above everything else. I do the latter.
― da croupier, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:38 (eleven years ago) link
Top 5 Albums:
1) Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me2) Seventeen Seconds3) Disintegration4) The Top5) Pornography
Top 5 Videos:
1) Lullaby2) Close To Me3) Never Enough4) Let's Go To Bed5) Just Like Heaven
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:41 (eleven years ago) link
basically if you don't dig 17S/Faith/Pornography you don't even deserve to slit your wrists and fedex your life's blood to Robert's doorstep
― Lil Swayne of Pie (DJP), Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:42 (eleven years ago) link
my album/video votes:
ALBUMS:
PornographyDisintegrationFaithThe TopKiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
VIDEOS:
LullabyClose To MeNever EnoughThe LovecatsThe Hanging Garden
― Lil Swayne of Pie (DJP), Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:43 (eleven years ago) link
Same Top 3 videos!
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:44 (eleven years ago) link
The existence of "Sinking" allows me to dismiss the lugubrious stuff on the Doom Trilogy.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:47 (eleven years ago) link
Ok, it's getting late here so I'm going to run through nos 50-41 in the next 45 minutes or so, then 40-21 tomorrow and 20-1 on Friday
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:49 (eleven years ago) link
The tracks!
#50 - A Man Inside My Mouth, 253 points, 9 votes
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:51 (eleven years ago) link
ALBUMS
KMKMKMDisintegrationPornographyWishThe Cure
VIDEOS
Close to MePictures of YouIn Between DaysFriday I'm In LovePrimary
On a given day I might prefer "Pornography" or "Disintegration", but KMKMKM is the album that got me into The Cure. It's definitely their best in terms of showing all the different sides of the band.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:51 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFDORnYFnqU
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:52 (eleven years ago) link
"A Man Inside My Mouth" is what I'd put on a mixtape for a Cure tyro.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:52 (eleven years ago) link
So cool to be getting this live for once. I'm always working when the results of these polls are coming out and miss all the discussion.
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:52 (eleven years ago) link
#=48 - Other Voices, 255 points, 13 votes
Faith, 1981
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFRL4GsILFU
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 23:04 (eleven years ago) link
#=48 - In Your House, 255 points, 14 votes
Seventeen Seconds, 1980
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JccTTo7NJxU
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 23:14 (eleven years ago) link
other voices sneaking in makes me think all of the staring... tracks made it
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 23:19 (eleven years ago) link
Oh for fuck's sake I got sick and confused and never mailed in my ballot even though it's been finished for a week. :(
― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Wednesday, 15 August 2012 23:19 (eleven years ago) link
yeah I spaced too, but I'm going to follow along now that all the hard work's been done :D
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 15 August 2012 23:20 (eleven years ago) link
Oh I'm so mad at myself! Bah.
― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Wednesday, 15 August 2012 23:21 (eleven years ago) link
That sucks. But YAY at "In Your House" making it!
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 23:21 (eleven years ago) link
It goes darkIt goes darker stillPlease stay!
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 15 August 2012 23:21 (eleven years ago) link
xpost i was going to say that other voices is waaaaay too low! of course, i am a huge staring at the sea stan (started a poll on it once). i didn't vote because i pretty much only listen to everything up to head on the door (i don't dislike the stuff afterward, i just like taking my sweet time with the cure and going through their catalog over the course of several years instead of gorging on everything at once in typical 2012 eargasm methodology)
― Thanks WEBSITE!! (Z S), Wednesday, 15 August 2012 23:21 (eleven years ago) link
i heard that disintegration is good, what do you guys think?!?!!?
― Thanks WEBSITE!! (Z S), Wednesday, 15 August 2012 23:22 (eleven years ago) link
I ended up with 36 ballots which I'm happy with. Don't know how that compares with other polls but it was more than enough for a good set of results.
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 23:22 (eleven years ago) link
#47 - Open, 257 points, 11 votes
Wish, 1992
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Blusgorx1JA
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 23:23 (eleven years ago) link
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/aVVIi1wa0l6LgVm4ZZ1x1PXOFQNR_oIP0g1o7VsEpy6N8rCOD__TGriCNyMBTu-fSemPHJWsvTqLTRObvM-sNKKn9HvcjdNP8QBM4dCitsRyqH_Gg5RdeFmi3HUWi_BloYj8LYAVzTonupr6nrY4p6JLFV6UZY8GU7C9z-mUA5UhZYECyt_DxkMzLxtKVPhNsWcl2bzPgHpsyKH2Aqcdp_yG9uU5RKDl_pdk0JG5z46tXo0axT7FJ-IlT4JTL0PIQRbGhzNJWDw_NhV8mp9bHWtaf4GKrS1HuXoQ_6PgEirJMKhMGut9iCCiZQHwQh7nIhkg8m6Pu-LNc6dhNcpjnGvFc9NPCeiKlgQPyLQWBeKF8_S6qYia7aG3RmwWTuGkglBAUi3LoU-ZkFDVchHmcTCW8LdK6dflPc3UZxX7DHb55JYbW1Yq2jcX1LnT4mOGnlJrNF66VuRlZDmEj0L7fnyDEB23mIPGOWZ9VNohRa4MeBijHev2epWur6j-4nmdxotyc38Jm5aXgamh1XPUlkIrgNsr56Mka46eV_CFpZg=w835-h470-no
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 03:23 (eight years ago) link
Nice man,
― Austin, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 03:33 (eight years ago) link
Excited to see where the Seattle show will be. Either doing that one or Vancouver. Saw Bjork at Deer Lake Park and had a good time but May is a real shady time to have an outdoor concert in the PNW.
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 03:34 (eight years ago) link
i posted this but didn't realize "yet unreleased tracks." are we about to get a new Cure album?
― Bee OK, Thursday, 12 November 2015 01:54 (eight years ago) link
I sure hope so.
― Austin, Thursday, 12 November 2015 02:02 (eight years ago) link
PUT OUT A NEW RECORD, YOU DICKS!
― Turrican, Thursday, 12 November 2015 22:22 (eight years ago) link
http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2017/05/22/best-cure-songs-ranked/
With more than 100,000 votes cast — 101,336 to be exact — it’s time to reveal Slicing Up Eyeballs readers’ rankings of all 225 original songs officially released by The Cure over the past four decades...Fun fact: The No. 1 and No. 2 songs, after earning nearly 3,000 votes apiece, were separated by a single vote. The song that finished second was leading the way for much of the balloting, then the two switched positions near the end, and flipped back and forth a few more times before the poll closed.
Fun fact: The No. 1 and No. 2 songs, after earning nearly 3,000 votes apiece, were separated by a single vote. The song that finished second was leading the way for much of the balloting, then the two switched positions near the end, and flipped back and forth a few more times before the poll closed.
1. “A Forest”Single; appears on Seventeen Seconds (1980) | 2,984 votes
2. “Just Like Heaven”Single; appears on Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me (1987) | 2,983 votes
3. “Inbetween Days”Single; appears on The Head on the Door (1985) | 2,837 votes
4. “Pictures of You”Single; appears on Disintegration (1989) | 2,743 votes
5. “Boys Don’t Cry”Non-album single (1979) | 2,420 votes
6. “Charlotte Sometimes”Non-album single (1981) | 2,410 votes
7. “Fascination Street”Single; appears on Disintegration (1989) | 2,398 votes
8. “Disintegration”Appears on Disintegration (1989) | 2,251 votes
9. “Close to Me”Single; appears on The Head on the Door (1985) | 2,068 votes
10. “A Night Like This”Appears on The Head on the Door (1985) | 2,061 votes
11. “Lovesong”Single; appears on Disintegration (1989) | 1,921 votes
12. “The Love Cats”Non-album single (1983) | 1,866 votes
13. “Plainsong”Appears on Disintegration (1989) | 1,751 votes
14. “Jumping Someone Else’s Train”Non-album single (1979) | 1,645 votes
15. “Why Can’t I Be You?”Single; appears on Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me (1987) | 1,611 votes
16. “Let’s Go to Bed”Non-album single (1982) | 1,589 votes
17. “Killing an Arab”Non-album single (1978) | 1,562 votes
18. “10.15 Saturday Night”Appears on Three Imaginary Boys (1979) | 1,546 votes
19. “Lullaby”Single; appears on Disintegration (1989) | 1,523 votes
20. “A Letter to Elise”Single; appears on Wish (1992) | 1,477 votes
21. “One Hundred Years”Appears on Pornography (1982) | 1,437 votes
22. “The Caterpillar”Single; appears on The Top (1984) | 1,362 votes
23. “From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea”Appears on Wish (1992) | 1,359 votes
24. “The Hanging Garden”Single; appears on Pornography (1982) | 1,355 votes
25. “A Strange Day”Appears on Pornography (1982) | 1,338 votes
26. “Friday I’m in Love”Single; appears on Wish (1992) | 1245 votes
27. “Primary”Single; appears on Faith (1981) | 1,215 votes
28. “Push”Appears on The Head on the Door (1985) | 1,191 votes
29. “Play for Today”Appears on Seventeen Seconds (1980) | 1,171 votes
30. “Prayers for Rain”Appears on Disintegration (1989) | 1,103 votes
― Bee OK, Thursday, 15 June 2017 00:04 (six years ago) link
a few thoughts: 100,000 votes, wow. with most of these polls the songs outside the Top 30 are a bit better as they are deeper cuts, i think our poll come out better, ranking songs seems to provide better results and wasn't so single heavy at the top. i did submit two ballots myself and what i did was take my ballot from this poll for PO25 and then used the last 15 to round out my ballot from there added 10 other songs with no repeats on either ballot. i should have just started over as i'm sure things have changed but used my ILM ballot anyways.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 15 June 2017 00:05 (six years ago) link
100 000 votes is incredibly impressive. It's nice to see "Charlotte Sometimes" so high. “Plainsong”, “One Hundred Years”, “From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea”, “A Strange Day” and “Push” are all great selections as non-singles in the Top 30.
― LeRooLeRoo, Friday, 16 June 2017 20:26 (six years ago) link
“From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea” to this day is still my favorite Cure song.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 22 June 2017 01:27 (six years ago) link
It's also definitely up there for me as one of the finest things this band ever did.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Thursday, 22 June 2017 14:50 (six years ago) link
just one vote difference between "a forest" and "just like heaven", that's nothing. i am surprised votes were that dispersed and that "a forest" didn't get more votes.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Thursday, 22 June 2017 14:57 (six years ago) link
this is the funniest start to an interview i have ever seen i love robert smith man pic.twitter.com/7H4okzPX0L— al (@_hidingwithboys) March 30, 2019
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 31 March 2019 19:09 (five years ago) link
American bubble gum enthusiasm meets British understatement?
― Duke, Sunday, 31 March 2019 19:20 (five years ago) link
https://youtu.be/VFINzd26anI
Full interview^^
Where she claims to a clearly bemused RS to have been "a Cure fan since birth".
― Duke, Sunday, 31 March 2019 19:23 (five years ago) link
Showed my wife the clip and she asked if they’d been indoctrinated into the rock and roll hall of fame, which made me laugh as much as the original clip.
― Dan Worsley, Sunday, 31 March 2019 21:42 (five years ago) link
Holy shit, how does she sustain that onslaught for so long? They should induct her!
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 31 March 2019 21:49 (five years ago) link