Current audile drug. Waited out for it to be gifted me at Christmas. So worth the wait. On my ninth spin. Incredible to hear how methodic and layered they still are, hailing those luxuriant textures of Disintegration that pushed The Cure onto the map.
I think back to high school and two people who wanted me to try The Cure when I was all holy rolling heavy metal. I was given a cassette taped copy of Head on the Door, to listen to and while it didn’t quite land with me then, I’d taken to the gnarly bass lines of “Screw” and the 1950s sway of the snarling “A Night Like This.” It planted future seeds to my love of alternative rock music, and funny enough, Head on the Door is my long-standing favorite Cure album.
In college, I rediscovered The Cure and it was instant glue. Something about college and 80s alternative. A cliche, maybe, but I look at it as a sign of American metal dying and that transition into adulthood. Either-or, The Cure remains a top 10 favorite band of mine and this close to perfect gem of album, Songs of a Lost World, reminds me why I finally fell in love with them.
–Ray Van Horn, Jr.
Roads Lesser Traveled 
I still think the best marketing catch-line they had for an album (although I’m not sure they approved it or of it) was “Pornography *is* The Cure”.
I like the full album much better than I liked the first single, and I think it is the best they have done since Disintegration, but I was confused by some of the high praise by reviewers. I didn’t hear a strong single on the album and, after several listens, I haven’t heard anything that hooks me like some of their earlier music. I feel that it is a good album, but not a great one — if that makes sense. Certainly not an “Album of the Year” candidate like I heard some mainstream media reviewers claim. Better than most of what’s out there, certainly. But that’s not a very high bar in my (guy chasing kids off his lawn with a cane) opinion.
Glad you’re liking it. Make sure you watch some of the live BBC promotional concerts they did — you can find them on YouTube for free viewing. Those lads are tight as hell, which is why I always loved them live.
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Now this is talking to me! I was never into heavy metal, but 80s alternative is still my favourite 😊 Maggie
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