On May 2, 1989, English rock band The Cure released their album titled Disintegration. This is their eighth studio recorded album in their entire discography and is considered a Gothic Rock album.
This album consists of 12 songs, which I will present in order:
1. “Plainsong”
2. “Pictures of You”
3. “Closedown”
4. “Lovesong”
5. “Last Dance”
6. “Lullaby”
7. “Fascination Street”
8. “Prayers for Rain”
9. “The Same Deep Water as You”
10. “Disintegration”
11. “Homesick”
12. “Untitled”
The overall album is 1 hour, 11 minutes, and 45 seconds long. The album also has a deluxe version, which included 32 more songs. However, these songs appear to be live-recordings and or raw studio recordings.
Robert Smith felt as though he couldn’t keep up with the band’s success, and as a result, began to relapse into the use of hallucinogenic drugs. He felt pressured to produce more successful works to out-do the previous albums. The effects of these drugs took a toll on the production of the album.
I personally love the composition of this album. The melodies in the beginning of each song are reminiscent of that of classic goth songs, but they also include some piano which sounds nice. In “Disintegration”, you can hear some of this melody in the beginning. I also really particularly like this song as it’s the first song that I’ve heard from them.
The best songs from this album would have to be “Disintegration,” “Lullaby,” “Lovesong,” “Fascination Street,” and “Untitled.” All these songs have the same melody in the beginning that sound soft and slow. When looking at the streams for the album on Spotify, I saw that “Lovesong” was the most streamed song, with 309,721,408 streams as of right now. Since this is their most streamed song, I’d say that this would easily be their best song from the album. Many people (including myself) enjoy listening to this song because the lyrics have a deeper meaning to it. (Fun fact: this is one of Ms. Padilla’s favorite songs, though she favors the version by 311.)
Lovesong is dedicated to Robert Smith’s wife, Mary Poole, who he didn’t see while on tour with his band. The lyrics of the song say: “However long I stay, I will always love you”. Robert’s intention with this song was to remind Mary that he’ll love her no matter the distance between them. The romantic tone of this song easily makes it the best out of the whole album.
