The Cure: Disintegration review – album set flatters to deceive, and then prolongs the pain http://bit.ly/2X2TYkl Bernard Zuel Despite its best efforts, the band cannot mask the fact that the original record has its fair share of flaws Disintegration a classic album? For that is what underpins this run of five shows playing the 1989 Cure album from soup to nuts (with extras). On grounds of significance: for the band as it sailed past 3m copies worldwide; for a generation of fans who had been late to the early albums of pop-turned-gloom but discovered the joys of happy grimness; for a subsequent flow of bands that mined and expanded the material for goth pop and even a branch of neo-metal – yes, undoubtedly. Continue reading... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J May 25, 2019 at 05:46AM

Despite its best efforts, the band cannot mask the fact that the original record has its fair share of flaws

Disintegration a classic album? For that is what underpins this run of five shows playing the 1989 Cure album from soup to nuts (with extras).

On grounds of significance: for the band as it sailed past 3m copies worldwide; for a generation of fans who had been late to the early albums of pop-turned-gloom but discovered the joys of happy grimness; for a subsequent flow of bands that mined and expanded the material for goth pop and even a branch of neo-metal – yes, undoubtedly.

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