The Cure (album)

The Cure
Missing image TheCureTheCure.jpg Album cover
LP by The Cure
Released	June 28, 2004
Recorded	2003 (?)
Genre	Alternative
Length	53 min 53 sec
Record label	I AM/Geffen
Producer	Ross Robinson
Professional reviews
Allmusic.com	3 stars out of 5	link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDCASS70311061608252709&sql=A603tk6hxtkr3)
Rolling Stone	4 stars out of 5	link (http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/6187623/)
Pitchfork Media	7.7 out of 10	link (http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/c/cure/cure.shtml)
The Cure chronology
Bloodflowers (2000)	The Cure (2004)	N/A

The Cure is The Cure's twelfth studio album. This album was released on June 28, 2004 internationally and a day later in the United States.

Contents

1 Track listing 2 Singles 3 Significance 4 Chart success 5 Critical response 6 External links

Track listing

1. "Lost"
2. "Labyrinth"
3. "Before Three"
4. "Truth, Goodness and Beauty" (only UK, Japanese and vinyl versions)
5. "The End Of The World"
6. "Anniversary"
7. "Us Or Them"
8. "Fake" (only on Japanese and vinyl version)
9. "Alt. End"
10. "(I Don't Know What's Going) On"
11. "Taking Off"
12. "Never"
13. "The Promise"
14. "Going Nowhere" (UK, Europe, Japanese and vinyl only)
15. "This Morning" (only vinyl version)

Singles

• "The End Of The World", released in May 2004

Significance

• This album continues the pattern of a release once every four years: Wish (1992), Wild Mood Swings (1996) and Bloodflowers (2000).
• The Cure is the first Cure album since their debut Three Imaginary Boys in 1979 to be produced by somebody other than Robert Smith. This album is produced by Ross Robinson, who has produced Limp Bizkit, Slipknot, At The Drive-In and a fair few others. Due mainly to the producer, there are songs on this album much heavier than ever before, although the classic Cure sound still shines through. The album is the first released on Robinson's I Am label by the Cure.

Chart success

The Cure was released on June 28 2004 and debuted in the top ten in the US and UK. The album also debuted in the top 40 in Australia.

Critical response

Metacritic.com has rated the Cure at a 74 meaning that the critical response has been generally positive. [1] (http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/cure/cure/1)

The album was rated as good by: The Guardian, New Musical Express, Kerrang!Playlouder, Rolling Stone Magazine, Stylus Magazine, Tiny Mix Tapes Pitchfork, E! Online, Entertainment Weekly and the Los Angeles Times.

The album was rated as average by: Allmusic.com and Blender.

The Guardian described it as a "masterful performance all round". Best tracks: "The End of the World", "Going Nowhere" "Anniversary", "The Promise". Rating 4 stars out of 5 [2] (http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/reviews/story/0,11712,1246648,00.html/2)

The New Musical Express described it as "startling from the first listen." (19 June 2004, page 55)

Rolling Stone rated it as four stars saying "it's the grooviest thing, it's a perfect dream." Best tracks: "Before Three", "Lost", "(I Don't Know What's Going) On [3] (http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album?id=6187623&pageid=rs.ReviewsAlbumArchive&pageregion=mainRegion/3)

E! Online rated the album as a B, stating "It's hard to imagine a set of songs that better reflects every phase the group has navigated through its turbulent career". [4] (http://www.eonline.com/Reviews/Facts/Music/RevID/0,1107,3243,00.html/4)

Entertainment Weekly stated: "As with Prince on Musicology, Smith allows the Cure's current lineup to become his own tribute band". (9 July 2004, page 86)

Allmusic.com rated the album as three stars saying "the album is a satisfying listen and there's a certain charm in hearing a Cure thats so comfortable in its own skin, but its the type of record that sits on the shelves of diehard fans, only occasionally making its way on the stereo". Best tracks: "Lost", "Never", "The End of the World". [5] (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDMISS70311071654390588&sql=Akhd7yl44xpnb/5)

Blender stated: "They come off more than ever like a caricature." (August 2004, page 104)

External links

• Billboard News - New Cure Album Due In Late June (http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000492962)
• Metacritic The Cure review summary (http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/cure/cure/)
• Allmusic.com review (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDMISS70311071654390588&sql=Akhd7yl44xpnb/)sv:The Cure (album)