The Cure- Disintegration+Info1989 HD Album

♥Plainsong
♥Pictures of You
♥Closedown
♥Lovesong
♥Last Dance
♥Lullaby
♥Fascination Street
♥Prayers for Rain
♥The Same Deep Water as You
♥Disintegration
♥Homesick
♥Untitled

Disintegration is the eighth studio album by English rock band the Cure, released on 2 May 1989 by Fiction Records. The record marks a return to the introspective and gloomy gothic rock style the band had established in the early 1980s. As he neared the age of 30, vocalist and guitarist Robert Smith had felt an increased pressure to follow up on the group's pop successes with a more enduring work. This, coupled with a distaste for the group's newfound popularity, caused Smith to lapse back into the use of hallucinogenic drugs, the effects of which had a strong influence on the production of the album. The Cure recorded Disintegration at Hookend Recording Studios in Checkendon, Oxfordshire, with co-producer David M. Allen from late 1988 to early 1989. During production, founding member Lol Tolhurst was fired from the band.

Released: 2 May 1989
Recorded :November 1988 – February 1989.
Studio: Hookend Recording Studios, Checkendon, Oxfordshire, England.
Genre:
Gothic rock Dark wave New wave
Label: Fiction
Producer:
David M. Allen , Robert Smith.

Background

The Cure's second album Seventeen Seconds (1980) established the group as a prominent gothic rock band characterised by what Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic described as "slow, gloomy dirges and Smith's ghoulish appearance". Three singles were released during 1982 and 1983 that were a significant divergence in style for The Cure; essentially, pop hits. "The Love Cats" became The Cure's first single to infiltrate the top ten in the United Kingdom, peaking at number seven.This shift is attributed to Smith's frustration over the band's labelling as a predictable gothic rock band: "My reaction to all those people ... was to make a demented and calculated song like 'Let's Go to Bed'." Following the return of guitarist Porl Thompson and bassist Simon Gallup in 1984 and the addition of drummer Boris Williams in 1985, Smith and keyboardist Lol Tolhurstcontinued to integrate more pop-oriented themes with the release of the group's sixth studio album The Head on the Door (1985). With the singles "In-Between Days" and "Close to Me", The Cure became a viable commercial force in the United States for the first time.

The band's 1987 double album Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me resulted in further commercial success, with a sold-out world tour booked in its wake. Despite the success, internal friction became prevalent. Tolhurst began to consume heavy amounts of alcohol, rendering him useless.Roger O'Donnell was hired as a second keyboardist to pick up the slack. O'Donnell quickly realised that Tolhurst was essentially dead weight: "I couldn't see why [Tolhurst] was in the band. He could have afforded to hire a tutor and have daily lessons, but he wasn't interested in practicing. He just liked being in the group."The rest of the band were equally unimpressed. As Tolhurst's alcohol consumption increased, Smith recalled that his behaviour was similar to that of "some kind of handicapped child being constantly poked with a stick". At the end of the Kissing Tour in support of Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Smith became uncomfortable with the side effects of being a pop star and moved to Maida Vale (in West London) with fiancée Mary Poole. Regularly taking LSD to cope with his depression, Smith once again felt The Cure were being misunderstood and sought to return to the band's dark side with their next record.

Music

Disintegration was Robert Smith's thematic return to a dark and gloomy aesthetic that The Cure had explored in the early 1980s. Smith deliberately sought to record an album that was depressing, as it was a reflection of the despondency he felt at the time.The sound of the album was a shock to the band's American label Elektra Records; the label requested Smith shift the release date back several months. Smith recalled "they thought I was being 'wilfully obscure', which was an actual quote from the letter [Smith received from Elektra]. Ever since then I realised that record companies don't have a fucking clue what The Cure does and what The Cure means."Despite rumours that Smith was one of the only contributors to the record, he confirmed that more than half of the dozen tracks on Disintegration had substantial musical input from the rest of the band.

Disintegration is characterized by a significant usage of synthesizers and keyboards, slow, "droning" guitar progressions and Smith's introspective vocals.
Personnel

Robert Smith – vocals, guitars, keyboards, 6-string bass, production, engineering
Simon Gallup – bass guitar
Porl Thompson – guitars
Boris Williams – drums, percussion
Roger O'Donnell – keyboards, piano
Lol Tolhurst – credited with "other instrument"; basis for the song "Homesick"

Production

David M. Allen – production, engineering.

[gonza]

00:02 Plainsong
05:15 Pictures of You
12:43 Closedown
17:05 Lovesong
20:35 Last Dance
25:22 Lullaby
29:34 Fascination Street
34:48 Prayers for Rain
41:00 The Same Deep Water as You
50:20 Disintegration
58:45 Homesick
1:05:55 Untitled

Love, peace and respect

[austins.]

This is the Cure and Robert Smith’s best album, and such an amazing intro song… a masterpiece

[ThisIsDownstate]

best album i ever heard in my life. Its the album i can isten to almost weekly and never tire of it, even after 25 or so years of listening to it. those opening two so ngs just doesn't get any better. when i listen to pictures of you, it still stops me dead in my tracks and i become totally lost in it. And im not exaggerating when i say i must've listened to it a few thousand times! magik

[arenia]

My favorite album. Can listen on repeat

[philledwith]

The Originals are so much better than the remastered versions. This is awesome, and brings back so many memories. Thank you.

[honkyvanwildebeest]

Thank you so much for this pristine non-REMASTERED post! Disintegration sets off rich but muted fireworks in my head. From Metallica's 1st 3 albums, all the way to David Sylvian, this is the by far the album I played most as a teen, and still enjoy to this day as a crusty 51-year old. It feels like a story, a journey, a soundtrack for all seasons and a mood enhancer all in one.

[jonnyba]

My fave Cure Album.. Loved it from the first play.. and I had a decent stereo at the time with some really good speakers.. I used to work nights so could crank it up during the day when the neighbours were out, and the bass is so rich and deep I can say this album, above all my other records, is responsible for breaking more stuff in my house than any other. As I write this I can see the plaster bust my dad made, missing her nose because she vibrated off a shelf.

[janschubert]

The first time I heard it was when I was 15 and I was immediately blown away. A masterpiece and milestone in music history

[JamesVibe]

Saw this album tour in Giants Stadium. Love and Rockets opened. Its was a incredible night of music!

[ღTheღHowlingღSheWolfღ]

i love this album, even though it's sounding sad - very pensive, always one of my favorites from The Cure. Thank you for posting it in it's entirety <3

[mistabac]

Le mot album prends tout son sens avec celui-ci.
La cohésion est total du début à la fin.
Envoutant.
The word album takes on its full meaning with this one.
The cohesion is total from beginning to end.
Captivating.
A masterpiece.

[celestialelixir]

First time listening and i will be adding this record to my collection for sure.

[micheleg]

Avevo 21 anni qundo usci questo lp e dopo 34 anni lo trovo fantastico

[joseph-zoramcbride]

Thanks for the upload!! A friend tried to introduce me to this album when I was 17--I fell in love with Plainsong and Pictures but the others never grabbed me. I listened to their latest release played live on the Tubes a month or so ago, and it was incredible. They essentially did a 3 hour career retrospective, starting off with Plainsong and Pictures after they finished the playthrough of Songs from a lost World. Just finished revisiting 10 Years The Autumn Effect, and this was in the algorithm suggestions. So glad I'm giving it another shot! I'm definitely becoming a fan.

[johnnyspartajr]

I bought this cassette…when it came out and it changed my life

[pandascarpo]

One of the best intro of all time together with the joshua tree by U2...

[oscar-usrk]

Año en que naci, grandes bandas
, grandes discos

[slaughify]

Agree with Austin's. This is Cures magical perfection!

[johnsmith-brown-jones]

East Stanley from Loret D'Mar and Sheila 34 Kipling Close.1989 and Belinda Germany. FH Biddle and all round the north east on a bus with a walkman with this album .

[javierludenafernandez]

¡Cómo se notan los dos temas que no venían en el LP vinilo de la época (que yo compré de adolescente, y cambió un montón de cosas sobre mi manera de percibir la música)! "Last Dance" y "Homesick" suenan diferentes, como si estuvieran sacadas de un disco posterior. Encajarían en el (también magnífico disco) "Wish", por ejemplo. Todo "Disintegration" tiene un tono y una atmósfera única, y esos temas te sacan. A pesar de ser buenos, me gusta saltármelos y escucharlos aparte.