Favorite Cure Al***

Posted by: GaryP on 28 April 2010

Following on from "The Smiths" thread what are folks' thoughts on their favorite Cure album.

Mine is and has always been Faith.

I will be the first to admit that it is probably one of the most miserably depressing albums of all time - but during my first term at University I pretty much played it 24 hours a day.

Gary
Posted on: 28 April 2010 by Nathaniel
Let me be the first 'mainstreamer' to go with Disintegration
Posted on: 28 April 2010 by Voltaire
I know it's a collection of singles and not a true album but I simply adore...

Posted on: 28 April 2010 by Klout10
Unquestionably their darkest one:



Regards,
Michel
Posted on: 28 April 2010 by Steve O
Predictably....... Disintegration.
Posted on: 28 April 2010 by JWM
Seventeen Seconds
Posted on: 28 April 2010 by nicnaim
No contest, their first was their finest. Saw them numerous times in their early days, from the time of securing a copy of Killing an Arab on the Small Wonder label.

The 17 Seconds tour was good, but I found myself drifting by the time of the Faith tour. This is not to say some of their later stuff has not made it into my collection, but they never surpassed the raw energy and originality of their first album IMHO

Regards

Nic
Posted on: 28 April 2010 by Whizzkid


OR



Cannot make up my mind.



Dean..
Posted on: 28 April 2010 by Christopher_M
I agree with Nic [ Winker]

Regards, Chris
Posted on: 28 April 2010 by Premmyboy
Pornography is my favourite.
Posted on: 29 April 2010 by Steve O
Yeah, but which Cure album? Big Grin
Posted on: 29 April 2010 by Richard Dane
Allen, "snap"!

That's the one that also gets the most play on my turntable.

However, I agree with Nic that Three Imaginary Boys is probably their best studio album.

I've also been enjoying Joining the Dots, the B sides. I loved the extended play version of Standing on a Beach, with one side being the standard album and then side 2 having the best of the B sides. But this was only available on Cassette; my first was totally destroyed during a high speed roll-over in the car, and its replacement was "borrowed" by somebody. I still have the empty box and J-card though...
Posted on: 29 April 2010 by dav301
Posted on: 29 April 2010 by hungryhalibut
Faith is my favourite too. I remember seeing them in concert where the film 'Carnage Visors' was shown. I saw the film, bought the t-shirt, and hardly took it off for two years. I used to DJ at the Mermaid Inn in Brynsiencyn while at Bangor University, and invited Robert to play there. He replied to me in his scrawly script, turning down Brynsiencyn, but inviting me to see the band in Brighton. Sadly, I never made it.

Nigel
Posted on: 29 April 2010 by droodzilla
Aah, "Carnage Visors", I remember that - still have no idea what it was all about! That Cure concert in Sheffield must have been one of my very first experiences of live music - great times!

It's ages since I've heard either, but I would pick 3IB or 17S as my favourite.
Posted on: 05 May 2010 by irwan shah
Strangely, this is my favourite:



Maybe I just cannot handle Pornography as it will lead to moral Disintegration. Winker (puns intended)
Posted on: 05 May 2010 by winkyincanada
Don't miss this..



Bloodflowers, Disintegration and Pornography done live. Great Blue-ray.
Posted on: 06 May 2010 by markah
Again, based on the number of plays it must be this.............



But "Mixed Up" gets quite a few spins as well.