Prayers For Rain - Why was this magnificent track never released as a single!? I think it's the best song on the album! I mean, the music is absolutely amazing, boasting a wonderful guitar melody and cacophonous drums. Released as a single but only in America, it is said to be about the hookers of the infamous red light district of New OrleansĨ. Fascination Street - Probably the rockiest and most aggressive track on the album, with great bass and drums. The lyrics touch on arachnophobia and how one becomes transfixed by our darkest fears.ħ. It has a wonderful arrangement, which creates an unsettling atmosphere and is inspired by a nightmare Smith had as a child. Lullaby - An odd choice as the first single from the album, reaching a very respectable #5. Through a last dance together, he hopes to rekindle the old flame but knows that it is impossible.Ħ. Last Dance - Smith lamenting the passing of time and how the girl he once loved so passionately is now a woman, still beautiful but no longer the same. Though the music is rather sad, it is one of the band's sweetest songs.ĥ. Sadly, it was not quite as popular in the UK, stalling at #18. Lovesong - Written by Smith as a wedding gift to his wife, it went on to become the Cure's biggest hit in America, reaching #2. Closedown - "If only I could fill my heart with love." Is this song about losing the ability to feel through too much self-preoccupation? Whatever, it sounds great with dark, rhythmic drums.Ĥ. Not the first or last time that Robert Smith's lyrics would touch on how a man's love for a woman can lead to obsession.ģ. The song seems to be about holding onto the memory of a lost love and the passionate feelings it evokes through the pictures you've kept of her. Pictures Of You - A fantastic guitar intro heralds one of the album's finest tracks but it stalled at #24 when released as a single. It sets the tone and epic nature of many of the songs to follow.Ģ. "And it's so cold, it's like the cold if you were dead.". At times glistening at times cacophonous, it has a plaintive melody and murmured, echoing vocals. Plainsong - Surprisingly, it opens with the sound of wind chimes. Released in May 1989, the album became one of their most successful, reaching #3 in the UK charts and builds on the formula of their previous release, 'Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me,' with long intros of magnificent, spiralling sound that pulls you into their dark, Gothic dreamscapes of obsessive love and despair but does it deserve to be recognised as their greatest album? I think it does.ġ. After all, there is plenty of doom and gloom on display to satisfy the most ardent Goth but that would be only telling half the story, for there are moments of beauty, tenderness and passion also. With a reputation as purveyors of gloomy introspection, this - the Cure's eighth studio album - has often been seen as their defining statement.
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