Wild Mood Swings - The Cure

I can't in all honesty say I don't like this album - it's everything you've come to expect from Mr Smith and Co - *that* guitar sounds, layers of synths and violins, sweeping instrumental sections, impassioned choruses, and a delirious wave of wordplay conjuring up fantastic visuals. On the other hand this is *exactly* what you have come to expect, and therefor disappoints. It's essentially Cure by Numbers, and I, for one, expect better from these gentlemen. It doesn't help that this is essentially a 'woe is me, I'm famous' album, which is a genre I am none too fond of - how else do you explain the emotional non-resonance of ...  Read the complete review

I'd pretty much lost interest in The Cure by the time this album came out. 'Wish', their previous studio album released some 4 years previous, hinted that the band might be running out of ideas, and the lack of activity that followed did little to dispel those doubts. 'Wild Mood Swings' was originally intended to be an acoustic album, but when it came to recording it the band apparently decided to go the other way and throw in every instrument they could find. This may have been a result of a sudden burst in enthusiasm, but I suspect it was more a case of a lack of confidence on their part, and a decision to make something they were more ...  Read the complete review