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Disintegration was the Will 1989 (see 1989 in music) album by Gothic rock band The Cure. It peaked at #12 in Billboard's Top 200 Album countdown.

The Cure had pigeon-holed themselves as a dark and ruminative goth-rock band in the early Fourscore's sustaining albums like Faith & Porn. It broke out of this image sustaining a albums Head on the Door & Kiss Us Kiss Us Kiss Us. Inside 1989, Robert Smith & company returned to feelings of angst, depression, & ruefulness to record a album Disintegration. This album has been considered the masterpiece by music critics and occurs as staple of any Therapeutic fan's collection. It saw a go to to the dark & pondering mental imagery of previous times, except the b& was suspire to use popular hooks and lush easily-produced orchestration. A bit of assume this a better album The Cure have ever, and may ever, develop.

Track listing

Everthing 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

    Personnel
    Simon Gallup - Bass, Keyboards Robert Smith - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Producer, Engineer Richard Sullivan - Assistant Engineer Porl Thompson - Guitar Laurence Tolhurst - 'more instrument' (nothing) Boris Williams - Drums Roy Spong - Assistant Engineer Roger O'Donnell - Keyboards Dave Allen - Producer, Engineer

    Charting singles
    1989 Fascination Street A Hoarding Hot Century There are no. 46 1989 Lullaby A Hoarding Hot C There are no. 74 1989 Fascination Street Mainstream Rock Tracks There is no. 24 1989 Fascination Street Modern Rock Tracks There are no. 1 1989 Love-song Modern Rock Tracks There is no. 2 1989 Lullaby Modern Rock Tracks There is no. 23 1989 Fascination Street Hot Dance Music/Club Play There are no. 7 1989 Love-song Hot Dance Music/Club Play There is no. 8 1989 Lullaby Hot Dance Music/Club Play There are no. 31 1989 Fascination Street Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Gross revenue There are no. 13 1990 Pictures Of Smart shoppers A Hoarding Hot Centred There is no. 71 1990 Pictures Of That you Modern Rock Tracks There is no. 19 1990 Pictures Of Professional people Hot Dance Music/Club Play There is no. 33

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    • Rolling Stone: Disintegration
    Michael Azerrad's review: "Despite the title, Disintegration hangs together beautifully, creating and sustaining a mood of thoroughly self-absorbed gloom." 4 stars.

    AMG All Music Guide: Disintegration
    Stephen Thomas Erlewine's review: "It's a hypnotic, mesmerizing record, comprised nearly entirely of epics.." 4.5 stars.

    CMJ: Disintegration
    CMJ review: "At a time when The Cure could have turned shamefully predictable, they've produced a decidedly downbeat album that's about as far from a sell-out as they could possibly have gone"




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