The Head on the Door

The Cure - The Head on the Door
Critic Score
Based on 2 reviews
1985 Ratings: #48 / 120
User Score
1985 Ratings: #12
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CRITIC REVIEWS

90
AllMusic

With The Head on the Door, Robert Smith figured out how to make gloom and doom danceable and popular to both alternative and mainstream rock audiences.

Plats
95

After the awkward "The Top", "The Head On The Door" feels like the proper follow-up to "Pornography". It takes a more accessible approach to songwriting without sacrificing the gloomy aesthetics of their sound. The production is great, the instrumentation is catchy and Robert Smith's lyrics are as dark as ever, all while delivering some of The Cure's best songs to date.

Fav Tracks: A Night Like This, Push, Close to Me, In Between Days, The Baby Screams, The Blood, ... read more

PipePanic
84

While the music on display is as happy and as vibrant as ever on this record, this isn't the Cure cheering up. This is in fact The Cure re-discovering that hidden sadness that was found on their other records, but now they have a much more healthy way to show that sadness. It's an album that jumps on it's broken leg with glee, and it's damn fun to listen to. As odd and fun as a Bowie record with the darkness and anxiety-filled lyrics of a Nine Inch Nails record, it's a musical dream to listen ... read more

Sammyvl
92

First of all, happy Halloween, folks. I know this year is completely different from what we were used to, which has also complicated things constantly. And even though this year marks times that feel like no man's land, it also has presented interesting situations.

For me, it is the first time I've decided to make my opinion public, considering that before this quarantine, I thought nobody would get interested in what I had to say about music.

Enough of sentimentalism. Now I will straight ... read more

Droppy
100

It's really that good tbh

Coisado
96

Após o nada aclamado The Top de 1984, no ano seguinte The Cure encontra sua nova identidade sonora com The Head On The Door, que deixou de lado o toque gótico e depressivo e puxou pra algo mais Pop, ainda que tenha algumas letras sombrias que falam sobre droga e etc, não se compara a trilogia da depressão de Seventeen Seconds, Faith e Pornography, percebe-se algo muito mais comercial aqui, com um toque muito mais animado mas não da forma forçada que tem ... read more

Strange7Visitor
91

An album that maintains the most elemental thing about The Cure as a band, which is their rhythm, they take their time to open their opening in a great way and that is much appreciated.

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Track List

1In Between Days
2:57
95
2Kyoto Song
4:16
86
3The Blood
3:43
84
4Six Different Ways
3:18
79
5Push
4:31
91
6The Baby Screams
3:44
83
7Close to Me
3:23
90
8A Night Like This
4:16
89
9Screw
2:38
73
10Sinking
4:57
87
Total Length: 37 minutes
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Added on: October 18, 2012