4:13 Dream - The Cure
User Score
8.7 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 48 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 45 out of 48
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 48
  3. Negative: 2 out of 48

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  1. BradleyH.
    Oct 30, 2008
    10
    I have been a huge fan off The Cure since the late 80's. 4:13 Dream is fantastic. I have been playing it constantly since I got it. I have not enjoyed a Cure album this much since Disintigration.
  2. Alex
    Oct 30, 2008
    10
    This blew my freaking mind. "It's Over" is definitely the best album closer they've ever had, and "Scream" was surprisingly... something... surprising, I guess. Long live The Cure.
  3. MathiasD.
    Oct 31, 2008
    10
    The Cure is the best rock band of the world and the album 4:13 is a DREAM !
  4. ShannonL.
    Oct 31, 2008
    10
    The first listen, there were a few songs I was not so sure about. But after the 2nd and 3rd, (and 4th, 5th)time through, some of these have ended up being my favorites! As a whole, a great album that touches nicely on everything that make the Cure a great band. A mix of dreamy, silly, moody,poppy rock that is of a time and place all it's own. Siren song would fit nicely on wms, Underneath the stars is lovely, Bloodflowers-esque. It's Over sounds kiss me-ish. Perfect Boy is a perfect single, and though I thought it was a throwaway song at first, This Here and Now With You is quickly becoming one of my favorites! All in all, a stellar album any Cure fan will adore. Crack-a-lackin'!… Expand
  5. AaronL.
    Oct 30, 2008
    10
    Lovely album, swirling from pop to the epic underneath the stars, not a cure classic from beginning to end but brilliant all the same, i love it!
  6. CherylG
    Nov 20, 2008
    10
    I just can't stop listening to this album! The Cure album I've been waiting for since Wish. Bravo Robert and company!
  7. Xanty
    Mar 11, 2009
    9
    I goy it, left it, heard it twice and put it down.... weeks later, I gave it another chance, and it is doing my head... taking it to the sky and back! Really good album, full with melodies, emotions, pounding heartbits and colour. I didn't think I would like a Cure album so much, without looking a copy of past glories. Buy it.
  8. kevinm.
    Nov 1, 2008
    9
    A solid cure album. Several stand out tracks including Underneath the Stars and Sleep When I'm Dead. If you don't like this, I'm afraid you don't like the cure, and probably shouldn't be reviewing their records professionally.
  9. Fredrick
    Nov 2, 2008
    9
    4:13 Dream is one of the strongest records The Cure have made in the past 16 years. Definately the best since Wish, although I did love Bloodflowers, Wish had a more poppy sound and as such 4:13 Dream comes closer to that. Like Wish, 4:13 Dream is a schizophrenic sounding records with lot's of different styles; there's traces of said record (The only One), Disintegration (Underneath The Stars), Kiss Me x3 (Sirensong), Pornography (The Scream) etc. The closer It's Over is a frantic, over-the-top heavy rocker and it's AMAZING! The Cure have never ended an album like this before.. 4:13 Dream is up there with the best. It sounds surprisingly fresh and very different from past work. Worth a listen for the sceptical and worth a buy for the true fans who support them no matter if it's good or bad. Like Me. The only negative thing about it is that the songs don't have a very emotional impact, if any, on you (except maybe UTS). If the songs were more emotional it would be a 10! But as it is it's a fine, outstanding effort from the best band in the world. THE CURE!… Expand
  10. Brandon
    Oct 29, 2008
    10
    I thought I would never say this, but 4:13 Dream might be the best Cure album yet. After all the delays, this album is well worth the wait. Underneath the Stars is possibly their strongest opening track. It only gets better thereafter. It's nice to see such a complete, satisfying album from The Cure this late in their career.

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Metascore
69 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 31 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 31
  3. Negative: 0 out of 31
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    75
    Smartly pivoting from 2004's oddly aggro "The Cure," Smith once again indulges in his patented bipolar cocktail of feedback-drenched swoons ('Underneath the Stars') spiked with bursts of giddy pop ('The Only One').
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  2. Rolling Stone
    70
    Smith sounds less like a lovesick prince in 4:13 Dream's looping-riff viscera and swallow-you-whole echo, and more like the avenging middle-aged Roger Waters on Pink Floyd's "Animals."
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  3. The Guardian
    80
    4:13 Dream is admirably taut and vibrant.
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