The Head on the Door (The Head On The Door - The Cure)

Member Name: Frankingsteins

Product:	The Head On The Door - The Cure
Date:	17/06/08 (26 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Ambitious and varied.

Disadvantages: Inconsistent.

A more consistent album than 'The Top,' 'The Head on the Door' shows off a more experimental and intriguing direction for the Cure than has been heard since 'Pornography' three years earlier. Lol Tolhurst's keyboards share the limelight with the guitars of Robert Smith and Porl Thompson, effectively diving the album between the lighter, bouncier keyboard led songs with the more rock-oriented offerings.

The album still boasts a strong commercial awareness with the jolly romantic pop of 'In Between Days,' 'The Baby Screams' and the memorable, hand-clapping 'Close to Me,' but balances it out with harder material in the form of the distorted 'Screw,' the rocking 'A Night Like This' (complete with sax solo) and the catchy 'Push.' Even the more intricate material doesn't descend as far into indulgence as the band's music has tended to, the closest offender being the distinctly odd 'Six Different Ways' with its unusual keyboard touches and flippant disregard for keeping in time.

1. In Between Days
2. Kyoto Song
3. The Blood
4. Six Different Ways
5. Push
6. The Baby Screams
7. Close to Me
8. A Night Like This
9. Screw
10. Sinking

Summary: The Cure's sixth album (1985).