Disintegration
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| Disintegration | |||||
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| Studio album by The Cure | |||||
| Released | May 2, 1989 | ||||
| Recorded | 1988 | ||||
| Genre | Gothic rock, alternative rock | ||||
| Length | 71:47 | ||||
| Label | Elektra Records, Fiction Records | ||||
| Producer | David M. Allen, Robert Smith | ||||
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Disintegration is the eighth studio album by rock band The Cure, released in 1989. It peaked at #12 on Billboard's Top 200 Album chart.
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[edit] History
The album is considered part two of Robert Smith's "trilogy", also including Pornography and Bloodflowers. In 2002, they performed all three albums in their entirety to a Berlin audience, and it was released on DVD as Trilogy in 2003.
The Cure had established themselves as a dark and brooding band in the early 80s with albums such as Faith and Pornography. They broke away from this image with light pop singles, such as "Let's Go to Bed" and "The Lovecats" and their accompanying Tim Pope videos. The following albums The Top, The Head on the Door and Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me had largely continued the pop experimentation, although all three showed elements of Smith's darker side, both musically and lyrically. Disintegration represented a return of the darker styles while still expanding on the newer concepts.[1][2]
It was the first Cure album to be recorded specifically for CD and this is the reason that the vinyl release is without the songs "Last Dance" and "Homesick". The CD version is over 71 minutes in length, well over the average rock album's length. In fact, half of the songs on the 12-song album are over six minutes in length.
The album debuted at #3 in the UK and slowly climbed to #12 in the US during a 55 week stay on the Billboard Album Chart. It was certified gold by the RIAA on June 28, 1989. The album was also certified platinum on October 20 of the same year. On July 1, 2004, the album was multi-platinum twice.
In the South Park episode Mecha-Streisand, Kyle Broflovski declares Disintegration "the best album ever".
A 2-disc remastered version is intended to be released in 2008.
In 2003, the album was ranked number 326 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
[edit] Track listing
All songs by Gallup, O'Donnell, Smith, Thompson, Tolhurst and Williams.
- "Plainsong" – 5:12
- "Pictures of You" – 7:24
- "Closedown" – 4:16
- "Lovesong" – 3:29
- "Last Dance" – 4:42
- "Lullaby" – 4:08
- "Fascination Street" – 5:16
- "Prayers for Rain" – 6:05
- "The Same Deep Water as You" – 9:19
- "Disintegration" – 8:18
- "Homesick" – 7:06
- "Untitled" – 6:30
The tracks "Last Dance" and "Homesick" are only on the CD and cassette versions.
[edit] Personnel
- Simon Gallup – bass, keyboards
- Robert Smith – guitar, keyboards, six string bass guitar, vocals, producer, engineer
- Porl Thompson – guitar
- Laurence Tolhurst – keyboards (confirmed by producer David Allen to have played on the album)
- Boris Williams – drums
- Roger O'Donnell – keyboards
- Dave Allen – producer, engineer
- Richard Sullivan – assistant engineer
- Roy Spong – assistant engineer
[edit] Singles
- "Fascination Street", released only in the U.S. in December, 1988
- "Lullaby" released in April, 1989
- "Lovesong" released in August, 1989
- "Pictures of You" released in January, 1990
[edit] Charting singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Peak position |
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| 1989 | "Fascination Street" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 46 |
| 1989 | "Fascination Street" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 24 |
| 1989 | "Fascination Street" | Modern Rock Tracks | 1 |
| 1989 | "Fascination Street" | Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 7 |
| 1989 | "Fascination Street" | Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | 13 |
| 1989 | "Lovesong" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 2 |
| 1989 | "Lovesong" | Modern Rock Tracks | 2 |
| 1989 | "Lovesong" | Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 8 |
| 1989 | "Lullaby" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 74 |
| 1989 | "Lullaby" | Modern Rock Tracks | 23 |
| 1989 | "Lullaby" | Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 31 |
| 1990 | "Pictures of You" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 71 |
| 1990 | "Pictures of You" | Modern Rock Tracks | 19 |
| 1990 | "Pictures of You" | Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 33 |
[edit] Sample
"Lovesong" (1989) Image:TheCureLovesong.ogg
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[edit] References
- ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine All Music Guide review of Disintegration.
- ^ Michael Azzerad Rolling Stone Disintegration Review
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