The Cure - Disintegration
Critic Score
Based on 3 reviews
1989 Ratings: #34 / 214
User Score
1989 Ratings: #1
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CRITIC REVIEWS

100
Consequence of Sound

It’s their culmination of growth and learning over the previous decade, a milestone in their career, and, most importantly, the record that captures the band at the peak of their creative powers.

90
AllMusic

Expanding the latent arena rock sensibilities that peppered Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me by slowing them down and stretching them to the breaking point, the Cure reached the peak of their popularity with the crawling, darkly seductive Disintegration.

morningsbell
95

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YungNoodle
100

found out this was my dads favorite band and decided to revisit this

this right here is a well deserved 10/10

barcooper
96

What the hell is eleven from stranger things doing on the cover though?

Finally getting into one of the most legendary bands of the 80's, The Cure. They've been on my radar for a while, my sister love them, my dad love them and my great great grandma is absolutely crazy about them. I heard a few songs in the past from the band, but never a full album. So for an introduction, this was amazing.

Disintegration is the band's most praised and celebrated album in their discography. It Released in ... read more

Aryeh487
95

Too long and some of the songs fizzle out. But quality wise? Every song here is incredible. One of the best records I've heard.

kronenheimer
100

It's so beautiful. It's so romantic and yet dark. It reminds me so much of my childhood memories, of the city that I'll probably never visit again, of the streets I'll never see again, of the times when it all felt easy and natural. I feel like I return in the past, in the late 2000s with this, even though it's been released in 1989. And I also feel like it's because the atmosphere of my childhood never resembled the one depicted by the pop-culture of the 2000s. It's a really personal review, ... read more

W0RLDSTAR_
100

it’s a gorgeous record, what else is there to say?

favorites: Lovesong, Pictures of You, Disintegration, Homesick and Plainsong

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Track List

1Plainsong
5:17
95
2Pictures of You
7:28
97
3Closedown
4:18
92
4Lovesong
3:29
97
5Last Dance
4:44
92
6Lullaby
4:09
96
7Fascination Street
5:16
96
8Prayers for Rain
6:08
93
9The Same Deep Water As You
9:22
92
10Disintegration
8:19
96
11Homesick
7:07
94
12Untitled
6:33
93
Total Length: 1 hour, 12 minutes

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Added on: October 18, 2012