Yeah, I was very surprised at that. I thought that Smash Hits would have given Rio a high rating, but obviously not!
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Tuesday, 16 May 2017 20:04 (six years ago) link
They gave Seventeen Seconds 8/10 and Faith 7/10. Surprisingly, they gave The Top 8/10 too.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Tuesday, 16 May 2017 21:16 (six years ago) link
The Head on the Door got 8.5/10
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Tuesday, 16 May 2017 21:20 (six years ago) link
tbf that review would absolutely make me want to hear the record, but I'm weird
― Wimmels, Tuesday, 16 May 2017 22:42 (six years ago) link
They liked The Associates, so hey.
― Mark G, Friday, 19 May 2017 06:26 (six years ago) link
I've just ordered the 2-disc remaster of this. Perhaps my fave, next to The Top.
― Duke, Friday, 19 May 2017 20:35 (six years ago) link
IS IT ALWAYYYYS LIKE THIS!?!!!
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Saturday, 16 March 2019 18:32 (five years ago) link
weird results; a strange day is my least favorite track on this by far. great lyrics, but the main chord progression has always been off-putting and annoying to me. it's... a personal problem, i guess :)
i love the rest of it without reservation tho. gun to my head to pick one, i'd go with cold.
― J. Sam, Saturday, 16 March 2019 20:18 (five years ago) link
I always had a headache when I got done listening to this album, so ended up getting rid of it. Like too much red wine.
― screator, Sunday, 17 March 2019 04:30 (five years ago) link
I remember the giddy thrill of buying this album last in my hurried retrospective purchases after The Head on the Door captured my 16 year old heart (yes I am that old). I thought well it can't be as intense as all that, and then it WAS.Jump forward 30 years and hearing a montage on The Americans cut to "Siamese Twins" blew my mind all over again.Also Ben Frost's quite amazing album By the Throat samples and loops "A Strange Day" beautifully.
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Sunday, 17 March 2019 04:43 (five years ago) link
and how fantastic is this? I've never seen the guys quite so incredibly fried.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB9ZVtZL6Bg
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Sunday, 17 March 2019 04:49 (five years ago) link
i know it isn't, but "the figurehead" is a metal song
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 19 February 2020 17:52 (four years ago) link
it and Siamese Twins and this whole album are the heaviest music made
― imago, Wednesday, 19 February 2020 17:59 (four years ago) link
what the hell is up with the drum sound on this record, it sounds like a rhythm box recorded from the othe rend of a long hallway
― sleeve, Friday, 19 June 2020 05:14 (three years ago) link
that's pretty much it afaik - I think they used a Linn drum to get the oppressive rhythm on some tracks
― assert (MatthewK), Friday, 19 June 2020 05:56 (three years ago) link
I mean it's great for what it is, but part of me craves hearing these songs with, like, really well recorded toms
― sleeve, Friday, 19 June 2020 06:04 (three years ago) link
bro, do you even like 1982 new wave records?
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Friday, 19 June 2020 06:26 (three years ago) link
^^^ this lol
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 19 June 2020 06:39 (three years ago) link
I want it seething with compression and dry ice, the vocals and guitars mangled into a flat roar, it's fucking Pornography dude
― assert (MatthewK), Friday, 19 June 2020 07:21 (three years ago) link
xxp lol yes, it just took me aback after not hearing it for many years
in the end I do prefer e.g. 23 Skidoo's Seven Songs w/r/t 1982 drum soundz
― sleeve, Friday, 19 June 2020 14:13 (three years ago) link
The drum sound makes this record IMO
― Doctor Madame Frances Experimento, LLC", Friday, 19 June 2020 14:52 (three years ago) link
A Tim's Twitter Listening Party on this album is happening as I type and now I have learned something new, or at least seen it for the first time:
The start of the infamous " Beer sculpture " We kept every can or bottle we drank making Pornography until the end. This looks to be about day 4, we were there for a long time... #TimsTwitterListeningParty pic.twitter.com/49DVhUp291— Lol Tolhurst (@LolTolhurst) October 10, 2020
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 10 October 2020 21:15 (three years ago) link
Oh I missed that. But you can reenact the listening party on his website
― Duke, Sunday, 11 October 2020 13:44 (three years ago) link
https://timstwitterlisteningparty.com/pages/replay.html
Will listen later!
― Duke, Sunday, 11 October 2020 13:46 (three years ago) link
40 years old now, wow:
https://louderthanwar.com/the-cure-pornography-1982-2022-a-40th-anniversary-reappraisal/
― Bee OK, Thursday, 5 May 2022 16:59 (one year ago) link