Disintegration
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Studio album by The Cure | |||||||||
Publication |
1989 |
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Label (s) | Fiction Records | ||||||||
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CD, LP |
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Title (number) |
12 |
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running time |
71:42 |
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occupation |
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David M. Allen, Robert Smith |
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Disintegration is the eighth music album by the English rock band The Cure . It was released in May 1989 on the Fiction Records label . It is not clearly assigned to a genre, but the attributions to Dark Wave and Gothic Rock predominate .
background
After the two previous gothic rock albums Faith from 1981 and Pornography from 1982, The Cure released several pop albums. In 1989, however, with disintegration, there was a change from the poppy to a more melancholic mood.
In 2002, The Cure combined the albums Pornography , Disintegration and Bloodflowers, which was released in 2000, into a “ trilogy ” that was played live in full at concerts in Brussels and Berlin. The band thus regards their album Disintegration as one of their most important works.
Music style and lyrics
The tracks on the album are generally described as melancholy. They are often referred to as tightly woven due to the different tonal levels of the many instruments used. Many songs have a particularly long intro. For example, on "Pictures of You" the vocals start after 2:37 minutes and on "Fascination Street" only after 2:20 minutes. Half of the songs are unusually long at over six minutes. All texts were written by Robert Smith .
Track list
- Plainsong - 5:12
- Pictures of You - 7:24
- Closedown - 4:16
- Love Song - 3:28
- Last Dance - 4:42
- Lullaby - 4:08
- Fascination Street - 5:16 am
- Prayers for Rain - 6:04 am
- The Same Deep Water as You - 9:18
- Disintegration - 8:18
- Homesick - 7:06
- Untitled - 6:30
Publications and chart successes
Disintegration is The Cure's most commercially successful album to date in Germany. The single Lullaby contained therein also achieved the highest sales figures so far.
Albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1989 | Disintegration |
DE2 (34 weeks) DE |
AT5 (20 weeks) AT |
CH4 (15 weeks) CH |
UK3 (27 weeks) UK |
US12 (55 weeks) US |
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2010 | Disintegration (Deluxe Edition), 2010 |
DE61 (1 week) DE |
- | - |
UK68 (1 week) UK |
US89 (2 weeks) US |
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1989 | Lullaby |
DE3 (25 weeks) DE |
AT5 (16 weeks) AT |
CH14 (9 weeks) CH |
UK5 (7 weeks) UK |
US74 (8 weeks) US |
B-side: Babble
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Fascination Street | - | - | - | - |
US46 (11 weeks) US |
B-side: Babble
released in US & CA only |
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Love song |
DE21 (14 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK18 (7 weeks) UK |
US2 (17 weeks) US |
B-side: 2 Late
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1990 | Pictures of You |
DE18 (13 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK24 (6 weeks) UK |
US71 (8 weeks) US |
B-side: Last Dance or Prayers for Rain
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Awards for music sales
Country / Region | Award | Sales |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales) |
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Germany (BVMI) | gold | 250,000 |
France (SNEP) | 2 × gold | 200,000 |
Italy (FIMI) | gold | 25,000 |
New Zealand (RMNZ) | gold | 7,500 |
Switzerland (IFPI) | gold | 25,000 |
United States (RIAA) | 2 × platinum | 2,000,000 |
United Kingdom (BPI) | gold | 100,000 |
All in all |
7 × gold, 2 × platinum |
2,607,500 |
reception
The English-language Rolling Stone voted this album 326 of the 500 best albums of all time . In a vote, the German-language edition even voted it 184th out of 500. Pitchfork Media selected the album at number 38 of the 100 Best Albums of the 80s and describes Disintegration as the magnum opus of band leader Robert Smith.
Web links
- All Robert's words to all The Cure songs and more ... TheCure.com, accessed October 29, 2010 (song lyrics on The Cure website).
- The Cure - Disintegration. thecuredisintegration.com, accessed October 29, 2010 (website for The Cure's Disintegration album).
- Jon Dolan: The Cure, Disintegration: Deluxe Edition. RollingStone, June 8, 2010, accessed October 29, 2010 (Review of The Cure - Disintegration: Deluxe Edition ).
- Martin Mengele: The components of a classic: Depression and LSD. laut.de, accessed on November 2, 2010 (review of The Cure - Disintegration: Deluxe Edition ).
- Kenneth Partridge: The Cure's 'Disintegration' at 25: Classic Track-by-Track Album Review. In: Billboard.com. January 15, 2014, accessed September 11, 2016 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b disintegration. Musicbrainz.org, accessed October 22, 2010 .
- ↑ a b Michael Azerrad: Review of The Cure - Disintegration . Rollingstone.com, June 8, 2010, accessed October 22, 2010 .
- ^ Hall of Fame: The Cure - Disintegration. ON3.de, January 30, 2009, archived from the original on January 15, 2012 ; Retrieved October 29, 2010 (A review of the album Disintegration).
- ↑ The Cure: Disintegration (Deluxe Edition) (Review). Musikreviews.de, accessed on October 25, 2010 .
- ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
- ↑ Award in Germany
- ^ Award in France
- ↑ Award in Italy
- ↑ Award in New Zealand
- ↑ Award in Switzerland
- ↑ Distinction in the United States
- ↑ Award in the United Kingdom
- ↑ 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. 326: Disintegration by The Cure. Rollingstone.com, archived from the original on December 11, 2010 ; Retrieved October 15, 2010 .
- ↑ 10 years RollingStone Germany - The 500 best albums of all time. Rollingstone.de, accessed October 17, 2010 .
- ↑ Top 100 Albums of the 1980s. Pitchfork Media, accessed October 17, 2010 .