The Cure (album)

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The Cure
Studio album by The Cure

Publication
(s)

June 28, 2004

admission

2003-2004

Label (s) Geffen Records

Genre (s)

Alternative rock

Title (number)

12

running time

65:40

production

Ross Robinson , Robert Smith

chronology
Bloodflowers
(2000) 		The Cure 4:13 Dream
(2008)
Single releases
July 19, 2004 The End of the World
October 12, 2004 old.end
October 18, 2004 Taking Off

The Cure is the twelfth studio album of the same name by the English band The Cure . It was released on Geffen Records in June 2004.

history

After the record deal with Fiction Records expired, The Cure signed a contract for three albums with Geffen. As a co-producer, Ross Robinson first worked on a studio album by the group. Compared to the band's previous albums, The Cure was musically harder, which is attributed to the influence of Ross Robinson.

The illustrations on the cover are from Robert Smith's nieces and nephews. At the time of creation, these were in childhood and did not know what the drawings should be used for. Smith asked her for drawings on the subject of Good Dreams - Bad Dreams and selected a few for the cover.

criticism

On the Allmusic website the album got 3 out of 5 stars. The album contains music that you can "just enjoy". Nevertheless, The Cure is "the kind of album that is on the shelves of hardcore fans and only occasionally finds its way into the stereo."

The Rolling Stone gave The Cure 4 out of 5 stars and ruled that it contained The Cures "most passionate music since disintegration ".

Track list

All pieces were written by Perry Bamonte / Jason Cooper / Simon Gallup / Roger O'Donnell / Robert Smith.

  1. Lost - 4:07
  2. Labyrinth - 5:14
  3. Before Three - 4:40
  4. The End of the World - 3:44
  5. Anniversary - 4:22
  6. Us or Them - 4:09
  7. old.end - 4:30
  8. (I Don't Know What's Going) On - 2:57
  9. Taking Off - 3:19
  10. Never - 4:04
  11. The Promise - 10:21
  12. Going Nowhere - 3:28

Charts

album

year album DE AT CH UK US
2004 The Cure 3 12 5 8th 7th

Singles

year single DE AT CH UK US B side comment
2004 The End of the World 47 - 95 25th - This morning , fake
2004 old.end nv nv nv nv - Why Can't I Be Me? , Your God Is Fear Released in US only
2004 Taking Off 73 - - 39 nv Why Can't I Be Me? , Your God Is Fear

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Cure's New Album Cover A Family Affair at contact.com (English)
  2. ↑ Album review on Allmusic.com (English)
  3. ↑ Overview of The Cure albums at rollingstone.com (English)