The Cure – Disintegration

My SRC=17 is a M8S4. I will park it here. I am infested with uned variants.

This sounds much better than the 2020 deluxe edition which sounds horrible. This sounds much clearer than the muffled mess that the deluxe edition is

I had this CD new in long box, back in the day. I recorded it on a Sony UX-Pro 90 mins cassette (CrO2) to carry on my aiwa walkman (as CDs were pricey I used to do this all the time--this made my collection arrived safe almost 40 years later to 2022 with very few lost or broken cds). Somehow I got used to listen to the bright mids and highs of the music in that tape, but, every once in a while, I listened to the CD in full speakers volume in a medium sized room (10' x 10') and the music sounded flat, suffocated, no highs (hit-hats, cymbals, sharp guitars, etc.) or the bass boost that I got through the walkman's headphones... and I noticed this has continued on later mp3 files I've made from this same CD which I still own. I used to pick the cd single versions of 'Lovesong', 'Pictures', 'Street' and 'Lullaby' whenever I needed to do mixtapes with This album songs: they sounded 'brighter', 'cleaner' don't know how to explain: probably was the single Mix they did for those to sound attractive for radio listeners? how it would've sounded if the album was mixed like those songs?...any of you have experienced something like this? In the other hand, ANY format of the 'Entreat' live album sounds AMAZING.

Was surprised how poor the sound is on the CD I just received. Can barely listen to it.

Great album and in my opinion, hunting down an old CD copy is the ideal way to hear this thing. I've never heard the OG vinyl, but it's missing two track so forget it. Then the remastered one from a few years ago just sounded over blown to me.

It's time for Discogs to define what's a real contribution: someone gets in here, puts a comma or a number and they get credit...IMO credits should go only for the one who creates the entry and for those who images.

Ahh "Disintergration". Regarded by many Cure fans as the best of the best (along with "Pornography" and "Three Imaginary Boys"/"Boys Don't Cry") and it certainly holds up till this day.

Sentimental and bittersweet, Robert Smith's lyrics and music create a lush album filled with self-reflection, insecurities and nightmares of love and hope.

The obvious pop single "Lovesong" is drenched in a haunting melody as is "Lulabye" but with more of a wickedness to it. But this album only has those few "pop" songs. One of the strongest tracks "Fascination Street" has an aggresive tone and perhaps one of the meanest basslines ever played. "Plainsong", "Untitled" and "The Same Deep Water As You" are as haunting as they are calming.

There truly isn't one bad note or bad lyric to be found anywhere. A true gem from a truly amazing talent.