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THE REVIEW
The year was 1989. Uncle Robert and company had produced a vaguely funk album two years earlier, Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me, a joyful and atypical record for him.
Indeed, here he is again descending into the abyss with this masterpiece. To this day (along with Faith and Pornography) the best dark album ever released in the history of music. An album with decadent, subtle lyrics, a sound different from the "resigned malice" of Pornography. Notable are the famous (with an unforgettable video) Lullaby but also the less obvious and publicized tracks like Untitled (desperately pushed into the eyes of the ghost, again... desperately fighting the diabolic futility... and now the time is gone, another unfinished time...).
Robert Smith's creativity reaches its peak here, and it was the last masterpiece by The Cure. After that, only interesting episodes (Wish, Bloodflowers), but we were used to much more, right??
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Disintegration by The Cure stands as one of the best dark albums ever, showcasing Robert Smith's peak creative period. Released in 1989, it combines decadent and subtle lyrics with unique sounds. The album is praised as a masterpiece alongside Faith and Pornography. Iconic tracks like 'Lullaby' shine, while lesser-known songs offer depth. Post-Disintegration works remained interesting but didn't reach this level.Tracklist Lyrics Videos
The Cure
The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley and led by singer-songwriter Robert Smith. Since the late 1970s they have moved between post-punk, gothic atmospheres and pop-oriented experiments, producing widely admired albums such as Disintegration and Pornography.89 Reviews
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By mic
Disintegration guys IS NOT JUST AN ALBUM BUT THE SOUNDTRACK OF AN ERA AND AN ENTIRE GENERATION.
Songs like 'Homesick'... make you vibrate and vibrate with every note.
By Sam
He tries to imagine the scene as a drawn cartoon, he has no trouble canceling the colors.
In the distance, amid the murmur of the other customers in the place, Robert Smith sings 'It’s just the way I smile, you said...'
By killrockstar76
Robert Smith, behind the lipstick and mascara... hides a heart as big as this.
"Disintegration" delivers to pop history one of the most poignant and intense albums of the last twenty years.
By Mariaelena
Disintegration is like therapeutic psychological power, the more you listen to it, the more it draws out the worst or, in some way, the best in us.
Robert Smith, what he creates inside my soul is of such greatness that I cannot compare him to any artist under the aspect of painful infusion of the soul.
By Daedal
"Disintegration gathers the leaden shards left by Pornography and assembles the greatest chapter in the history of The Cure."
"The album is compact and coherent, fascinating, sad and cold as the night, and as emotional as only a masterpiece of The Cure can be."
