Cure, The in general Reviews

I remember 1979 and three bright young things playing at the Top of the World in Stafford. This was The Cure in the days of Michael Dempsey on bass and Lol Tolhurst on drums - still their best line-up in my humble opinion. I was infatuated with their amazing sounds almost from the first and not long afterwards I acquired Three Imaginary Boys, ...  Read the complete review

The Cure have a new song, a single called 'Cut Here', their first release in over a year. They were planning on releasing ten live albums this year, but some fool must have persuaded them that this was excessive. So instead they release their third singles compilation album - which really is excessive. But at least it means ...  Read the complete review

The Cure are the most fantastic band I have ever heard. - Advantages: Wonderful and sad - Disadvantages: very emotional

Released in about '78, this was the Cure before they they turned into cheesebag stadium rockers. The sound was raw, the songs were raw but they were also quite catchy. This was the Cure's second album but was basically the previous album (three imaginary boys) with a few songs changed. It brought the Cure their first taste of success. ...  Read the complete review

In my opinion, musically, Robert Smith is the most fantastic man that ever lived. If you have never heard the cure the best description I can give you is that there is something for everyone. They have been described as so many different genres through their carrier as a band from Punk to Goth to pop to indie, as I said something for ...  Read the complete review

Its Goth The Lot Back in the mid-eighties there was the big three (and I'm not referring to their hair). U2 and The Cure still have a large following but Simple Minds have long since been consigned to the dustbin of history. U2 have prospered since those heady days while the Cure have had a somewhat chequered path. The ...  Read the complete review

With more ex-members than you could shake a stick at, and a musical career spanning over 20 years, Robert Smith’s band of merry men were, are, and always will be, one of my favourite bands of all time. With their incredibly stylish backcombed locks, their huge trainers, and smeared lipstick, The Cure are one of the most musically distinctive ...  Read the complete review

There are two types of Cure fans- there are the happy-go-lucky casual listeners who dance to the tragic mockery and naggingly catchy, but sometimes insanely ludicrous(and lucrative) pop songs Smith tends to come up with after hitting the crack pipe such as 'Friday, I'm in Love', 'In Between Days' or 'the Lovecats'- then ...  Read the complete review

I have had little exposure to the Cure, but I, like many others, have fallen in love with the (aptly titles, considering) Friday I’m In Love. If you haven’t come across this song, seek it out, it’s a classic. Other than that, all I can really say is check them out for yourself – I bought the album featuring the above song, ...  Read the complete review

The Cure have had more musical ups and downs than Zebedee in a rollercoaster. Their previous peak having been ‘Disintegration’, they reached an all-time low post ‘Wish’ – seemingly through a misplaced desire to keep up with current Pop trends. Well, I would like to take this opportunity to declare that The ...  Read the complete review