Disintegration
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Template:Album infobox Disintegration is the eighth studio album by rock band The Cure, released in 1989. It peaked at #12 on Billboard's Top 200 Album countdown. It was the first Cure album to be specifically recorded digitally 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 Cure had pigeon-holed themselves as a dark and brooding goth-rock 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 Head on the Door and Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me had largely continued in the same direction.
In 1989, Robert Smith and company returned to feelings of angst, depression, and regret to record the album Disintegration. It saw a return to the dark and brooding imagery of former days, except the band was able to employ pop hooks and lush well-produced orchestration. Some consider this the band's best album.
The album is considered part two of Robert Smith's "trilogy", also including Pornography and Bloodflowers. In 2002, the current Cure at the time performed all three albums in their entirety to a Berlin audience, and it was released on DVD as Trilogy in 2003.
The album 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.
Contents |
Track listing
All songs by Gallup/ODonnell/Smith/Thompson/Tolhurst/Williams.
- "Plainsong" - 5:12
- "Pictures of You" - 7:24
- "Closedown" - 4:16
- "Lovesong" - 3:28
- "Last Dance" - 4:42
- "Lullaby" - 4:08
- "Fascination Street" - 5:16
- "Prayers for Rain" - 6:04
- "The Same Deep Water as You" - 9:18
- "Disintegration" - 8:18
- "Homesick" - 7:06
- "Untitled" - 6:30
"Last Dance" and "Homesick" are only on the CD and cassette versions.
Personnel
- Simon Gallup - Bass, Keyboards
- Robert Smith (musician) - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Producer, Engineer
- Richard Sullivan - Assistant Engineer
- Porl Thompson - Guitar
- Laurence Tolhurst - "other instruments", but rumored to have contributed nothing
- Boris Williams - Drums
- Roy Spong - Assistant Engineer
- Roger O'Donnell - Keyboards
- Dave Allen - Producer, Engineer
Singles
- "Fascination Street", released only in the USA in December, 1988
- "Lullaby" released in April, 1989
- "Lovesong" released in August, 1989
- "Pictures of You" released in January, 1990
Charting singles
1989 Fascination Street The Billboard Hot 100 No. 46 1989 Lullaby The Billboard Hot 100 No. 74 1989 Fascination Street Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 24 1989 Fascination Street Modern Rock Tracks No. 1 1989 Love Song The Billboard Hot 100 No. 2 1989 Love Song Modern Rock Tracks No. 2 1989 Lullaby Modern Rock Tracks No. 23 1989 Fascination Street Hot Dance Music/Club Play No. 7 1989 Love Song Hot Dance Music/Club Play No. 8 1989 Lullaby Hot Dance Music/Club Play No. 31 1989 Fascination Street Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales No. 13 1990 Pictures Of You The Billboard Hot 100 No. 71 1990 Pictures Of You Modern Rock Tracks No. 19 1990 Pictures Of You Hot Dance Music/Club Play No. 33es:Disintegration