I've been listening to the US version of the debut for the last few days non stop. Tis great tack. Kinda fixated on the BBC sessions as well

I usually try to resist playing those pinnacle songs on albums on repeat but I couldn't resist on the way home today. I Can Never Say Goodbye needed another go. What a beaut.

Quote from: Eoin McLove on January 15, 2025, 05:31:07 AMI usually try to resist playing those pinnacle songs on albums on repeat but I couldn't resist on the way home today. I Can Never Say Goodbye needed another go. What a beaut.

It's a great song, I spent the Christmas listening to the album it suited my mood and the weather completely, i had a family bereavement and this was just a perfect balm.
The whe album is something else, thr chorus in Alone..where did it go is so moving , and the build up to Endsong when the light finally crashes in with the vocals is epic.


Yup. It's all really good apart from Drone:Nodrone which remains a little bit of a buzzkill midway.

I can't see what's so bad about Drone:Nodrone. It's not a standout but at worst it serves to keep how good all the other songs are in context by being less exciting

Pure grand. The funky buzz gives me a rash.



I like that song it's a bit different to the others but as you said pure Cure

Quote from: Eoin McLove on January 15, 2025, 11:07:09 PMPure grand. The funky buzz gives me a rash.

Ah don't mind me, I just struggle with the idea that everybody doesn't like the exact same things!

#205 February 07, 2025, 04:31:57 PM Last Edit: February 07, 2025, 06:03:36 PM by Carnage
The Head On The Door is getting the picture disc treatment for Record Store Day in April. New remaster by Robert Smith, presumably aimed at vinyl - the remaster for the deluxe reissue a few years back was by Gary Moore (not that one).

The Head On The Door is one fuckin fantastic album, reissue or not.

Also I have no vinyl player but all threads about The Cure are worth a bump

Never listened to that one. I'll give it a spin.

You'll know a few songs: Inbetween Days, Push, Close To Me, A Night Like This maybe.

As a trilogy, Seventeen Seconds, Faith and Pornography are damn near perfect as they depict the spiral from existentialist thought through to questioning faith and then unadulterated nihilism. Smith sounds genuinely deranged by the end.

After that, they became a singles band for me with some good album tracks scattered around.