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#1 - Disintegration, 818 points, 18 votes, 9 #1 votes
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:09 (eleven years ago) link
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
AMIMM has never been a favorite because of the keyboard sound, but I like the lyrics!
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 23:24 (eleven years ago) link
"Open" -- their best opener after "Shake Dog Shake" and "Inbetween Days"!
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 15 August 2012 23:25 (eleven years ago) link
And "Plainsong" and "One hundred years" and "The Kiss"! ;-)
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 23:31 (eleven years ago) link
I had Open as my number four, it's my favourite Cure opener. I was surprised how many Wish tracks I ended up voting for.
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 23:40 (eleven years ago) link
One of my favourites, I think it made my top 10:
#46 - Grinding Halt, 258 points, 11 votes
Three Imaginary Boys, 1979
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxVxIFAQP5I
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 23:43 (eleven years ago) link
I voted for seven album openers ... but "Open" wasn't one of them!
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 23:44 (eleven years ago) link
Grinding Halt would have been in my top ten IF I'D SUBMITTED A FUCKING BALLOT! grrrrr.
― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Wednesday, 15 August 2012 23:45 (eleven years ago) link
I'm no expert but Lol looks like he's a pretty good drummer there, a bit Stephen Morris-y.
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 23:46 (eleven years ago) link
Here is an awesome video of them doing it near where I lived for years and years
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcaFJHo3ZT4
My actual ballot is on my work computer so I can't say for certain where I put it but I'm sure it was top 10.
― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Wednesday, 15 August 2012 23:46 (eleven years ago) link
How old would they be there?
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 23:49 (eleven 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