Top, The - Cure (The)

Advantages: wonderfully arranged
Disadvantages: not enough songs

...I have been a fan of the Cure since 1991, when i first saw a documentary on them on MTV. The first album I bought was Wish and I was suddenly a hugh Cure fan. I went from happy whilst listening to Friday I'm in Love to very melancholy whilst listening to Trust. It is a very emotional album and I think that like most Cure albums every song tells a story. Wish is essential listening for every cure fan and also every music fan as there is something in there for everyone. I recommend this album as a great album that is one of my top ten always. Letter To Elise has got to be my all time favourite song, it is tragic and yet uplifting. It tells the story of a girl called Elise who he can't help but hurt and everytime he pulls her close he lets her go. When The Cure played this song on MTV unplugged Perry used a tiny toy piano to play... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: Good example of the Cure at their most uplifting, an excellent offering for the unfamiliar
Disadvantages: Key tracks are not present, will not satisfy the avid fan. Previous compilations give a better feel of the band.

..., but if you are already aware of them, you may see this selection as a disappointment, as the longer, 'definitive' tracks are left out. For example, there is no Fascination Street, no Pictures of You (which I would have expected to be on here, in all honesty! I adore this song), no Killing an Arab, and on top of this, The Cure have already released complilations. These were Staring at the Sea and Galore, which traced their singles through two different time periods; though here is another area of dispute: though they obviously have some fantastic hits under their belts, some of their best songs were not actually singles. Perhaps the main problem with Greatest Hits is that it sways heavily towards The Cure's most commercially acceptable offerings, whereas the other two compilations showed a greater scope of material and weren't afraid to play up... Read review

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Advantages: It's an album by The Cure....need I say more?
Disadvantages: Could possibly have been 2 tracks shorter

...– a repetitive, yet powerful mantra of “I can’t find myself” – makes it hard to accept a song title as characterless as “Lost” – but then The Cure were never great at song titles (how else do you explain “Wendy Time”, “Untitled”, “Bare”, “The End of The World” and “The Funeral Party”?). As a 13-track album “The Cure” might be slightly top heavy – with five flawless (and wildly disparate) tracks occupying the opening five batting slots. “Labyrinth” is intense and oozing paranoia, whilst “Truth Goodness and Beauty” allows Smith to show off his quirkily unique, yet under-rated vocal abilities. Track five is the imminent single “The End of The World” - a wonderfully hook-laden three-minute pop song which achieves that rare feat of sounding both fresh and yet conversely steeped in a band’s history. There’s something vaguely Inbetween Days about... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful