ALBUM REACTION: The Cure - Disintegration 

My follow-up thoughts, one week+ after listening: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--2_qxuFM7-E.html My follow-up thoughts, 4 years after listening: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3sMAN_kpzlc.html More THE CURE Reactions: Three Imaginary Boys: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_yecXZp0wF4.html Seventeen Seconds: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yQ2dC8tVrTE.html Faith: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ut2SMOY6PwU.html Pornography: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-t50YcUQmXns.html Japanese Whispers: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-McKDkNEgaL0.html The Head on the Door: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CPByU74swpM.html Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GC9Zv6WjiUE.html Wish: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4Rvbrn48RLQ.html Carnage Visors: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nP6KVIZlg14.html

Take a one hour drive at night and listen to this album. You'll get it

"Disintegration" is timeless, perfect and outstanding.

Although Disintegration is one of my favorite albums, I find that the right listening environment is essential. Listening to it in a hot room in the middle of the day, in the middle of summer is probably the worst environment possible. At a minimum, this is a nighttime album, and better yet, enjoyed in the dead of winter, bundled up against the dread chill of death waiting outside your door. Bonus points if you can listen to it in the midst a major breakup, after a funeral or as the world is ending. Well, I think you get the idea. :)

One of the best albums of all time

You're listening to this like it's work. Disintegration is an 'experience' that has to happen organically, not because people are telling you to.

Lovesong was written as a wedding gift to his wife.

The songs “disintegration”, “fascination street”, and “lullaby” will forever be my top three for this album! Especially disintegration, it’s so beautifully played, I can’t even put into words how good it is 😍

The song Disintegration is 9 minutes of absolute perfection.

You listen to this album on while driving at night.. And you listen to Pornography when its bitterly cold and dark outside

It's not a consumer's album.

Absolutely love this album. I fell in love while listening to it during the cool summertime night's with a beautiful star-lit sky with a great group of friends. It's different for everyone. My favorite songs by them tend to be the ones NOT played on the radio. The environment is a must while listening to this album as a another person commented. ➡️ edit: Just now watching a documentary on The Cure. In it, Robert Smith states the title of the album, Disintegration was "...picked for the effect it would have on everybody after listening to it." He also added that it helps everyone focus to what the end results would be. disintegration-noun •the act or process of disintegrating. I think his statement is so accurate to what many people here have said about processing this album over a period of time not just in one sitting. (Yes, I also watched your update.) 🎵

You got to just let it play uninterrupted. This album is an experience.

Damn, Plainsong gives me goosebumps every time

Disintegration is one of the best albums of all time.

that's why it's legendary, you can just feel it. fear, getting old, time passing. listen on a dark stormy night. it's an experience.

Thanks for the listen to Disintegration, it isn't an easy album and stopping and starting between tracks doesn't do it justice, but understand you needed to do it for the review. I think the segue between Plainsong and Pictures of You is perfect. The long intros set a mood in readiness for the vocals, which become more poignant when you read the lyrics. Would have been interesting to get your opinion of Robert Smith's voice, I used to think it a bit overdone but now understand how it cuts like ice and is full of emotional intensity. I had the great honour of attending the Disintegration Anniversary Concert at the Sydney Opera House (album played in its entirety along with B sides) 4 weeks or so ago, it was astounding. The Cure in concert is not like listening to an album, it's an event, catch footage on RU-vid from the Wish Tour in '92 'A Forest', it is ambitious and mighty. Glad you are going to have another listen to Disintegration, play it LOUD, on a cold night, on your own and just let the whole thing wash over you.

Very interesting to see someone listen to this for the first time, and the reaction to as you said, the more progressive and post rock aspects. I never thought of it that way. Keep it up man! btw ya boi still hoping for dots and loops by stereolab. ;)

Do velocity : design : comfort by sweet trip. I’ve seen others suggest it. It’s like a mix of my bloody valentine and aphex twin.

91 degrees and sunny isn't quite the setting, yeah. My preferred setting for listening to the Cure is walking outside on an October evening with headphones on.

You should listen to The Cure- Head At The Door Albums.

Pearl Thompson (formerly, Porl), guitarist for The Cure, accompanied Jimmy Page and Robert Plant on rhythm guitar during their Unledded tour, in the mid ‘90s. They often incorporate Lullaby into their sets, amid Led Zeppelin tracks. You can find several versions of this on RU-vid. I just thought I’d mention that, since you’re currently on your Led Zeppelin journey, and I just happened to watch this particular reaction, today, which brought said piece of trivia to mind.

I think this deserves a standalone follow-up video. Great reaction.

Please do another listen around midnight in fall. It will quickly become one of your favorite albums of all time. Imo this is one of the best and most emotional albums ever made next to Hounds Of Love. Skip Kiss me and listen to Faith, it’s their best album imo.

Even though they’re a multi decade band, Do Depeche Mode 80’s Album black celebration or music for the masses. Even though they’re best Album IMO was from 93’ songs of faith and devotion.

Comparing The Smiths to The Cure is inane. He doesn't get it. Not once has this guy discussed the relationship of the lyrics to the music. Simple, straight-forward, gut-wrenching and heart-breaking lyrics (i.e. "If only I'd thought of the right words, I could of held on to your heart." Pictures of You).... married to simple chords from each instrument that slowly build layers over time creating a dark ether for the listener to drown in as he/she thinks of their own personal heartbreak. That's why several of the songs are 6 minutes plus...That is the genius of Robert Smith. It is the ultimate example of dreariness you can slit your wrist to. Disintegration is one of the greatest albums of all time.

I used to listen to this album especially 'the same deep water as you' back in 2020 when I moved to London. Moving from a hot country to a dreary wet gloomy chilly place. It fit so well. I couldn't stop!

think you might have had Robert Smith and Boy George from Culture Club mixed up

I liked The Cure songs growing up in the 80s but never really got into them. Was more into Duran Duran. Finally listened to this album last year and was amazed!

please react to 'The Sound - Jeopardy'. really UNDERRATED post-punk record

HOLY SHIT YOU ACTUALLY DID IT!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!

You have to listen to the album without starting and stopping to experience it. There are a few tracks I like as part of the whole album and some that I can listen to on their own like Lullaby.

For me it’s less about how complex the songs are and more so the simple melodies, feel and message. Same reason I love Head on the door. HOTD has a lot of loops and so does this album.

Seeing these two on your list made me smile: Reading, Writing and Arithmetic - The Sundays & Murmur - R.E.M. Although I'd much sooner recommend The Moon and Antarctica by Modest Mouse on your list in place of the Lonesome Crowded West.

Plainsong, Same Deep Water as You, Homesick, and Untitled are my favorite tracks on this one.

Please do a reaction to the first 2 brilliant Echo and the Bunnymen albums, “ Crocodiles” and “ Heaven Up Here” . Both post punk masterpieces.

Sitting alone in a well lit room emotionally detached you can not appreciate the cure. Eyes closed in deep emotional reflection is best. Luckily i was with someone that I loved dearly with xtasy heightening our senses. During any song, 30 years later clean of any drugs even tobacco since 2008, if i close my eyes any song is a deeply emotional experience.

Totally understand the Friday I'm in love thing at work. There's a lot of great stuff in the Cure's music though. Yeah, he been married and I don't know, it's probably the eyeliner and makeup he wears. For some reason I really like the track on the edge of the deep green sea. Please do some pink floyd, even if you've heard some. By the way no such thing as too dramatic.

This is the album that made me a Cure fan. I avoided them for a long time thinking they just made pop songs. I also enjoy the album Pornography.

1989 was a stellar year for amazing music. It was a very special time and place, and Disentigration was the perfect soundtrack for that time; an appropriate wrap-up for the 80s.

Being in high school and experimenting with mind altering substances helps when listening to this music. It becomes an experience more than just an album. And now it’s a feeling that you’ll never forget!!

if that is an energy drink you could never fully appreciate the album

Three albums that definitely deserve to be reacted to in their entirety- Appetite for Destruction G'n'R, Where You Been Dinosaur Jr., Dying is Your Latest Fashion Escape the Fate.

The title track is the best song from their entire catalog. It's melodramatic like most of their songs - sure - but it still feels genuine and no other song quite captures the feeling of heart-break. Something about that repetitive bassline and how it captures the persistent feeling of dread.

I always really liked the first album "Three Imaginary Boys" which was repackaged in America as "Boys Don't Cry". There is some really great stand outs like "Fire in Cairo".

I'm steeped in The Cure - so, not the commenter Alex wants - but I have to say something. The concept of intros and codas is irrelevant to this album - songs like Plainsong and Homesick (where the vocal is just another element) have plenty of predecessors and successors in the Cure catalogue. There are also songs where the vocals are incomprehensibly low in the mix, or strangely treated (17 Seconds famously has both of those, close together). This album was meant as a major statement - Robert Smith was very controlling of the band during this era. The then-Paul Thompson doesn't really stand out on this album (except on Homesick maybe) - all those lead guitar lines are Robert's. Officially, Tolhurst isn't on it (but recollections differ - and Homesick sprang from a Lol riff). Robert may be prone to depressions but that's only the start of it. He seems to undergo existential crises as regularly as women have periods - he had "disassociated identity"/"traumatic memory-recovery" episodes during the making of the 2004 album, and, to judge by this album (and The Top and Wish), they weren't unprecedented. Song comments: Re the theories as to what Lullaby is about - well, I'll equivocate and say "look it up on songmeanings.com" The unintentional double-entendre in Fascination Street - Rob's the first to admit it! In theory it's merely a drug song. Prayers For Rain was a live highlight for years because he'd hold a high note on the last verse (he really really can't do that nowadays!) Same Deep Water and Untitled were highlight on the 1989 tour because Rob had a few "breaking down in tears" moments during these song - in later gigs, by contrast, he's often seemed too disengaged from them. Guitar solo during Untitled has a callback to Lullaby - interesting touch.

Have you gotten any requests for a Red House Painters reaction? Ocean Beach or Down Colorful Hill would be great.

My recommendation would be Siamese Dream by Smashing Pumpkins

Pornography definitely comes to mind as a strong recommendation, especially given your experience with Joy Division and The Smiths, and Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me has a really rounded journey with some real gems. Faith has some serene, minimal beauty, but needs even more time and Patience than Disintegration. Love the feel of your concept, dude.

If you think the songs are long try going to one of there concerts so amazing encore after encore easily 3 to 4 hours sometimes 😀

This is the kind of music that would be in my head if I was in the void or something.

Lullaby is one of my favourites, it’s just so unique and interesting

If you really want to understand The Cure you have to listen early albums in particular the dark trilogy in order Seventeen (1980) seconds, Faith (1981) and Pornography (1982), they are the basement, THE sound of the cure, and they are short 35/45mn , for a complete vision of the different period Kiss me is the good one, it's a double album with an extraordinary eclectisism .... You talk about Friday I'm in love, for the older fan like me (I'm 45) it's probably one of the worst song of the cure, Robert Smith have a particuliar sense of humour he calls this genre of song : Stupid songs.... and finally you really have to see them live, they are outstanding, I recommend you to see/react this different live from different periods : 1980 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uBoJGOovQH8.html 1981 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-F-L9_IDjtH0.html 1986 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DhkogCVob1U.html 2003 probably one of the most impressive live song by the cure ever.... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7Eh6_FFUSg4.html

One of the best albums ever. I think it was the first album I ever bought.

Although I appreciate you putting time in to do your reviews we are just on such different pages.

Lost me at 91° - this album is best appreciated in a cold winter storm. The summer album was 'Wish'.

Same Deep Water As You and Disintegration are my absolute favorites. A perfect album to listen to when it's cold and raining.

I was getting a massage one time and they played an instrumental version of "lullaby."

You should check out Ceres and Calypso in the Deep Time by Candy Claws. Ultra-dense neo psychedelic shoegaze but an ultimately catchy and rewarding listen that you may definitely enjoy given your tastes.

Musically it's not something I particularly consider incredible but the atmosphere of the album is just stellar, especially the opener and the ending. Definitely something to listen to in Winter in order to really feel it.

A rainy day album 😉

I was at the pub last night and a fellow patron was intently watching a football game. He'd bet like $100 or something on the game. Unfortunately, his team lost, and he was down some money. He wasn't upset, though. You wanna know why? My friend, who was bartending at the time, played "Pictures of You" twice in a row for this guy, and he immediately perked right up. Disintegration is so good that it can make people forget they lost a bet lmao

I remember when looking at the tracks beforehand when I was getting to listening to all the tracks, The Same Deep Water As You being 9 minutes long seemed very intimidating cause I'm not one for long albums, but then I just fell in love with every song and that track was my favourite of them all and it kinda flew in for me. I think I was lucky that I listened to this album in a good environment being in a dark room with nothing but me and the music and it just swallowed me whole.

Lullaby is my favorite song from this album! Love "The Cure"!

"Where once there was only a goat" 😭

"Sad is art, boi." - Me

For over 3 years.. ok computer by Radiohead has been my favorite album of all time and nothing has topped it till earlier this year when I actually started to listen to The Cure a lot.. and I have to admit… Disintegration is my favorite album ever to me now.. don’t get me wrong Radiohead is still my favorite band.. but The Cure is a close close CLOSE second

9:24 You may have been confusing Smith from 'The Cure' with Boy George from 'Culture Club'. The fact both bands are 80s new wave/rocky type bands from England with band names starting with 'Cu' may have done it.

The best album ever. No words. Only the first seconds of Plainsong put me in a very particular mood, its like a blue dark warmth place where I can rest from the cold outside, and float there. Not a teen anymore, but I miss those days where music was so intense that you could drown in it. Give It a listen without pressure, for me The Smiths are irrelevant compared with The Cure.

"I have a hate-like relationship with The Cure." That means you're a fan.

I've driven with the same deep water as you bellowing on the sound system my golf R. The length somehow doesn't matter in certain moments

I've never heard this album but I can play it on my guitar.

'' Can wait until winter to listen to this '' 👌👌👌👌👌👍👍

I would have suggested The Head On The Door, which is probably more accessible. I wouldn't jump straight to Pornography, its one of their more challenging albums.. `17 Seconds is a good companion to Disintegration

Best cure album EVER is “three imaginary boys” ( even if Smith hates it ) . 10.15 Saturday night, fire in Cairo, grinding halt, meathook etc..still otherworldly as you would expect but more raw and direct ( being their debut) and their best songs ( the type they never wrote again)... 17 Seconds is pretty great as well..the globally popular Mid to late 80s cure never really did it for me as much and I tuned out after that.

Been watching a this all day! do Head on the door. Finish Galaxie 500 This is our music! and do Echo and the Bunnymen 1st 5 albums

What song is used at the very beginning?

you should do a reaction to psychocandy by The Jesus and Mary Chain!!

Faith

Even the Cure doesn't like "Friday I'm in love".

What’s the song playing in the background of the intro :)?

Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me is more of the same. I wouldn't recommend it. The only one I can listen to since I stopped being a depressed teenager is Head on the Door which is pop perfection.

Built To Spill / Perfect From Now next, this is a bop no one knows about

But what do you think about Untitled cause u forgot to say something about this track hahahah

I do love this album, but I slightly prefer 17 Seconds for my favourite Cure album

nice topic and reaction… good to see a true first-time-listen reaction/feeling… some people did not like when they first listen… (even Beatles fans) so what…? it’s much better than to pretend “I like it”… no matter how “Classic” it was… you might like it when you listen again… you’ll love it 2 weeks or 20years later… maybe never… (there is nothing “you should like”… if someone recommend to me… “it’s a timeless masterpiece!”… then I should say “wow~ great music!”…? though it might be great for some people… i dunno but NOT FOR ME… “you have to listen to it twice a day”… I’d rather die…) so please keep doing this way… appreciate that… i like … but not my greatest Cure’s album… since they have so many albums… I suggest … that is their “Singles Collection 1978-85”… 17 tracks (mostly 3mins something) of their early years… way more easier to dive into their music and changes of their first 6 albums…

I read a lot of the comments here.....a person that only eats at McDonalds in life only thinks McDonalds food is good.....dis dude is this

Check out Selling England by the Pound by Genesis it is stunning.

Born in 92, dude, i thought you jad like 45 years

I recommed Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me for further Cure. Pornography is a bit uncompromising, and given your distaste for punky elements, I don't think it'll sit as well.

Are you going to keep reacting to The Cure?

What’s the song in the into?

do not do velocity design comfort, it is an overrated album. try deathconsciousness by have a nice life instead, it's shoegaze but also post punk and it's a masterwork

yup. TheCure.

If you listen to it lying on your back on the floor in the dark. And just drift off meditating with green and blue water reflections bouncing around hypnotic caverns inside your mind.

Please please please react to The Holy Bible by Manic street preachers! Amazing album.

The Cure's "Pornography" album is REALLY good.

9:00 before you get to the music ZZZZZZ

Are you a robot?

You should react to The head on the door.