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The Cure
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The follow-up to 2000's 'Bloodflowers' sees Robert Smith & co. working with metal producer Ross Robinson (Limp Bizkit, Korn) for the first time (and apparently, he ate up so much of the recording budget that they couldn't afford an album cover artist).
| LABEL: | Geffen |
| RELEASE DATE: | 29 June 2004 |
| DISCS: | 1 disc |
| GENRE(S): | Alternative, Rock |
NOTES: Some versions include a bonus DVD.
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The average user rating for this album is 7.2 (out of 10) based on 44 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Jonathan E gave it a1:
I am a die hard Cure fan, I love everything they've done including (Wild Mood Swings). But this album was a huge disappointment. It's the absolute worst Cure album ever. After the brilliant beauty of "Bloodflowers" I was expecting something great. Instead we got...this atrocity. Thanks Ross Robinson.
tom pupet gave it a10:
brilliant
Jon D gave it a1:
Not a single stand out track, the few listenable songs are only decent and teh rest is just awful. The tracks are terribly written, the first 2 songs on the CD are 80% intros, they just build up to something and that something never comes. It was almost impossible for me to listen to this cd seriously it was so awful i really couldnt, it gets a 1 because if not taken seriously then you can laugh at how terrible it is.
Sebastian gave it a7:
“The Cure” = 7.7, and NO I didn’t get this score from Pitchfork, I did my own test, it’s quite easy. [You rate each song from the album out of a score of 0.5 to 5, and then you add them all up, divide the amount by the number of tracks on the album, then times it by 2.] This is my least favorite Cure album, and I'll tell you why. North America got the stupid track listing, while the UK and Japan got 2 to 3 extra songs which are PURE brilliant. This = very lame, I want Robert Smith to reissue this album with the UK track listing which he said himself feels is the correct track listing that goes for this album.
aaron w gave it a0:
A little late on reviewing this, but it's started to bug me a bit, even in 2006. My god, what happened? people ask. I will tell you what happened to this record: Ross Robinson. Evidently, Robert Smith, instead of producing the album like he always used to, decidedly to hand pick a new producer to give the Cure a new sound and perspective. They just so happened to choose a guy who's claim to fame is producing Korn, Slipknot, and Limp fucking Bizkit. Why, Robert? Why??? And it shows, my friends. This is absolutely the worst Cure album I have ever heard. This is coming from somebody who actually really liked Bloodflowers and Wild Mood Swings ("Want" is probably the quintessential Cure song for me, and the closer is phenomenal, so stop bitching.) But no fear! It seems that Robert has gotten his shit together since firing two of the band members and getting Porl Thompson, the guitarist for the Cure during their glory days. He will be producing their new album. Hopefully, mundane and trite shit like their self-titled will be a brief stain on an otherwise amazing career.
David B gave it a10:
A splendid album!!!
Davis W gave it a7:
I love the Cure and I enjoy this album although I don't find myself listening to it all that much. I guess they just don't sound like they used to, but I'm still glad that they're around keeping it real.
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