the DISINTEGRATION poll

is this thread in a weird blue box for anyone else? and why?

(stains on the carpet, stains on the ceiling)

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I really don't dig 8, 9, 11, or 12, so great as the title track is it gets lost for me in that dirgefest.

I also feel this way, kinda. The individual songs are pretty great, but it's tough to get through them all in one sitting -- too many long songs stacked up in a row. As much as I like this album, it's LONG and it feels long, so I rarely listen to all of it at once.

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my vote is going to "Lullaby" as it's quite simply: one of the best songs ever made.

Fuck me sideways this is the best album of all time!!!

(Drunk.)

^^^ those last two posts are 100 perecent correct

But only taken together.

have a guess - LJ, plz don't be dissing on Three Imaginary Boys, now.

lol of course i'm talking about WMS, just haven't heard 3IB in YEEEARS so can't accurately place it

Crazy tough. Moreover, I've always listened to this album as one complete work, rather than a collection of individual tracks. That all said, I'd have to go with "Pictures of You" (though i prefer the live version on Entreat). Title track is magnificent too.

"Homesick". Those last two cymbal crashes, holy crap.

The thing with 'Homesick' is... it doesn't feel like it belongs on this album. I mean at all. That's because it wasn't on my LP when I bought it. When after many years I finally bought the CD, 'Homesick' - as pretty as it is - still feels out of place here. I've listened to the record far too much to let something come between the ending of 'Disintegration' and the beginning of 'Untitled'. The latter always feels like something soothing, an "it's okay"-whisper after the frantic 'Disintegration'.

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this is crazy. Homesick seems to be the most despairing song on the album. All the everything you win turns to nothing today

I'd have to go with "Pictures of You" (though i prefer the live version on Entreat).

Alex, that's one of the last songs I'd expect you to pick from this (given your other music tastes). Would have expected something meatier, "Fascination Street" maybe, or "Disintegration" which you mentioned. But you picked one of the more emo songs instead?? Really?

according to wikipedia, smith was taking loads of LSD during the writing/recording of this album?

I thought that was The Top

yeah you're right

also lol @ the ned mentions in wikipedia article

Actually that was this album too! xpost

tiiiiiiiiiiiiitle track!
cus
cus
that part where he starts getting upset
is like, my most listened tos hit ever
and that has to count for something
but this is one of the most consistently great albums ever made
every song is perfect

he gets more upset on the entreat version of the title track

Alex, that's one of the last songs I'd expect you to pick from this (given your other music tastes). Would have expected something meatier, "Fascination Street" maybe, or "Disintegration" which you mentioned. But you picked one of the more emo songs instead?? Really?

For a start, let's please never refer to the Cure as fuckin' "emo" -- ever. They predate all that ridiculous bullshit, so it really doesn't apply. I love "Fascination Street" (and the rest of the album in its entirety), but I just think "Pictures of You" is simply the finest cut of the bunch. And Cutty's right -- on Entreat, Robert is just a bit more emphatic in his vocal delivery.

you can practically hear him spitting on the microphone

You can also hear the sound echo around the expanse of the French enormodome they're playing in. It's a great recording.

t minus 3 hours!

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Besides all the love for Fascination Street (I just don't get that song), I can live with these results just fine.

3. "Closedown" – 4:16 0

This makes me so fucking sad, what a great song.

True. "Last Dance" is the only less-than-great song on the album. I might retroactively change my vote to Fascination Street. Sometimes it towers over the rest for me.

3. "Closedown" – 4:16 0

due to being a mod, I cannot see the results so knowing this makes me go like this: ^_^

due to being a mod, I cannot see the results

Huh?

mods can't see the results. can someone plz cut and paste them.

1. "Plainsong" – 5:12 18
2. "Pictures of You" – 7:24 16
10. "Disintegration" – 8:18 13
7. "Fascination Street" – 5:16 7
6. "Lullaby" – 4:08 5
12. "Untitled" – 6:30 5
4. "Lovesong" – 3:29 4
9. "The Same Deep Water as You" – 9:19 3
11. "Homesick" – 7:06 3
8. "Prayers for Rain" – 6:05 2
5. "Last Dance" – 4:42 1
3. "Closedown" – 4:16 0

ok grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

9. "The Same Deep Water as You" – 9:19 3

what the hell, ppl

seeing title track in #3 makes me happy.

^^^true

Not really agreeing with the results here - feel side 2 is way under-represented but that might be due to how these songs kind of merge into a whole, whereas the songs on side 1 are maybe more "distinctive"

side 2 of disintegration vs. side 2 of hounds of love

so the album gets worse with every song?

Playing Entreat now...medicine for anyone who's heard Disintegration too many times :)

so the album gets worse with every song?

no it's just that if you like side 1 more u might like any song on side 1, and if u like side 2 more chances are you'll like "Disintegration" the song best because side 2 is more uniform in texture/mood & "Disintegration" is like the big climax

Okay I'm going to play that song right now, even though I'm not depressed.

Oh my god, this is so much fun. Where in the hell would I be without ILM?

Jesus there is just no way to fuck with this album. There is absolutely nothing wrong with it. I was surprised, actually that Dan complained about some song or whatever because as far as I'm concerned there is absolutely not a fucking thing wrong with this album.

"Prayers For Rain" and "Last Dance" are too low, but otherwise I totally agree with these results.

yeah, i agree with bimble. pretty much nothing wrong here.

except for "Closedown" being really boring and unfinished-sounding