okay twenty one pilots is CRAZY you needa listen to jumpsuit its better

hybrid theory and meteora are one of the best albums in history, nothing beats those crunchy sounds. even thought i believe an artist should innovate their sound and so on, i still wish they made something like their first 2 albums. theyre magic

Thank you so much for this review - and thanks for the way you present the ranking! One thing also about the CD version that is not much mentioned. It consist of 3 cds, and one being an instrumental version of the record. Regards, from Iceland

Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me is the Cure's equivalent of The Clash's Sandanista, in terms of the sprawling breadth of musicality and sheer number of tracks.

I disagree with Head on the Door as classic, the album is just too poppy for me.

Sorry. but I don't agree with Mild Mood Swings.

Already sold out!

Not enough love for Kiss Me

Can you rank Siouxsie and the Banshees albums 😢

Gosto muito do estiveperre

I feels like you are rating episodes in my life. 😂 Anyway, for me seventeen seconds (my favorite winter album) and Faith are classic albums and Blood Flowers is great. I also should rate "The Top" as good and Songs of a Lost World as great. But I agree with the rest. I also don't care about the remixes and some compilations and live albums. Can you do the same with Siouxsie & the Banshees albums? For me Tinderbox is a classic for sure.

Only a stupid biotrash in a cap can put Bloodflofers in the rank of legendary albums. Sit and watch Metallica, you fucking moron

Anybody like that song ‘The same deep water’ from disintegration. Love that and I guess I am fairly alone in that. Oops got to the beginning and shockingly found “my” song high on your list! I feel a part of the universe once again! 😊

Steve Perry can make the song. Love Steve and see he is back. ❤🎶🎶🎶🎶💯

You forget ...Trilogy, masterpiece concert.

I'm loving the new album. The fact that it's faithful to The Cure mystic, Roberts voice sounds perfect, nos signs of eldering, productionwise sounds modern, up to date, but reminds me of the best days of the band. It's direct and wildly sincere to Roberts feelings.

All Cats Are Grey Drowning Man The Upstairs Room Lament. Dressing Up. Lullaby. A Fragile Thing A Strange Day.

Not a fan of Disintegration, simply boring.

Concert was released on CD here in the UK.

Bloodflower great and not classic in my opinion but i agree for the most part :)

There are a lot of great songs in the list and Fascination street is probably the best song ever by The Cure. But for me, masterpieces like "cold", "drownig man", "world war" and above all "faith" are missing. Definitely a nice video!❤

Nice choice - "Deep Green Sea" and "A Night Like This" would be in my Top 40, too. But "Forest" on 28 ? Come on, man, you're joking, aren't you ?

I love The Top. I’m not a massive fan of Wish. Probably in the minority on that one lol. Best albums for me are 17 Seconds. Faith. Pornography. Disintegration. Bloodflowers. Songs Of A Lost World is catching up with their best work for me too.

Check out my Top 40 tracks ranking ... kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnuTfZ6KhrWVra8

Sorry to see Breathe, A chain of flowers, Harold and Joe didn't make the cut.

Hugs from Brazil 🎉

I personally exclude from this list: why cant i be you friday i'm in love, close to me, catch, the walk let's go to bed I really never liked them. Some other you choose are good, but IMHO you forgot too many better songs (here in order by LP) three imaginary boys M Play for today secrets seventeen seconds the holy hour all cats ar gray the drowning man faith siamese twins the figurehead a strange day cold lament (the only really good track from japanese whispers) the top all i want prayers for rain disintegration untitled

Great list. ALTHOUGH I was hoping “Disintegration” would be #1… didn’t even make the list! 🤯

Cats

I like your top 40! Personally I’d include: The Exploding Boy 2 Late This Twilight Garden The Drowning Man Lament A Strange Day To Wish Impossible Things Trust Splintered In Her Head The Upstairs Room The Figurehead Disintegration (my personal number one) Untitled Last Dance Three Imaginary Boys Before Three The Hungry Ghost To The Sky Oof, I could go on forever…

100 years The Figurehead Drowning Man 17 Seconds Holy Hour All Cat are Grey Pornography Lament Sinking Faith It will Never be the same Shake Dog Shake A strange Day cold Happy the man A Forest at Night Plainsong Disintegration Endsong

Concert has been released on CD in Europe or at least in Portugal because I have own it for 25ish years.

Endsong (the last track on Songs of a Lost World). One of their very best….in my top five Cure songs.

Open (from Wish) The Baby Screams (from The Head on the Door) Why Can’t I Be You? (from Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me) Friday I’m in Love (from Wish) Push (from The Head on the Door) Alone (from Songs of a Lost World) Fire in Cairo (from Three Imaginary Boys) The Caterpillar (from The Top) Lovesong (from Disintegration) Primary (from Faith) Maybe Someday (from Bloodflowers) Close to Me (Single Mix) (from The Head on the Door) A Forest (from Seventeen Seconds) High (from Wish) How Beautiful You Are (from Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me) Killing an Arab (from Boys Don’t Cry) Plainsong (from Disintegration) Catch (from Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me) The Walk (from Japanese Whispers) Screw (from The Head on the Door) The Last Day of Summer (from Bloodflowers) Sinking (from The Head on the Door) 10:15 Saturday Night (from Three Imaginary Boys) The Same Deep Water as You (from Disintegration) The Love Cats (standalone single) A Letter to Elise (from Wish) Boys Don’t Cry (from Boys Don’t Cry) The Kiss (from Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me) Charlotte Sometimes (standalone single) Burn (from The Crow soundtrack) Pictures of You (from Disintegration) The Hanging Garden (from Pornography) Let’s Go to Bed (standalone single) Just Like Heaven (from Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me) From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea (from Wish) 100 Years (from Pornography) Jumping Someone Else’s Train (standalone single) A Night Like This (from The Head on the Door) In Between Days (from The Head on the Door) Fascination Street (from Disintegration) This list IS a mix of upbeat pop tracks, dark post-punk anthems, and some of The Cure's most iconic ballads, covering almost every era of their careerer. Good choice, but I'd include Fight and Cold too.

Enjoyed your video, but “Just Like Heaven” and “Pictures of You” belongs in the Top 5 of all true Cure fans.

Agree with most of this but for me WISH is top of the tree with disintegration. Also I like Wild mood swings better than ‘OK’ Feel stronger above WISH though ❤😊

I don't know why The Top always features so low on people's lists. It's a great transitional record between the darkness of Pornography and the lighter Head On The Door. It also provides the template for Cure albums that represent the different moods of their music, from the delirious psychedelic pop of The Caterpillar to the dark, paranoid title track. It is probably the nearest you would get to a Robert Smith solo album as he does most of the writing and playing on this one apart from Lol on keyboards and Andy Anderson on drums. Quite remarkable, considering that he was also still the guitarist in the Banshees at the time of recording, the influence of this on the Cure can definitely be felt here. It's maybe not quite a classic but The Top is a great Cure album and deserves more credit than it sometimes gets. However, for me Wish and Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss me are classic Cure albums and both superior to Bloodflowers.

The Top, always underrated. Shake Dog Shake, Birdmad Girl, The Caterpillar, all 10/10 songs.

This is truly a cure fan's extensive, thought-provoking work. Im at a lost why you didnt include the In Orange concert footage? For me, I enjoyed this footage so much at the time I converted it to cassette tspe and brought it everywhere back in the day. Its to me quintessential. Classic Cure. It should had at least honorable mention. Ive never considered my Cure collection complete without it. When doing my Spotify, Ill recreate a listing using that concert's setlist. It always satisfies, blends well into other setlists I created, plus other preferred live performances. Further, like any other fan, we all have our preferences. I for one think Kiss Me³ while consisting of some best Cure material ever, sure, can drop a tier. Lost World, too. I've enjoyed listening to it past week, and maybe I'll change it back to your listed position here later. And I'd place Wish among the classics, but that's probably only bcz I waited for it, attended its tour, held it amongst favored memories with friends at that time. Good job with this listing, I've enjoyed this immensely. Caveat-my favored songs on the Lost World release this week are Endgame, and Drone. I think Drone should had been the album's opener, just saying.

melon is way worse an album than the wall, though

It might be perceived as blasphemous, but I would move The Top to "good", and the last LP to "ok" ... I found this very boring, uninspired, almost a caricature. I would have loved to see Faith and Wish as classics but this can't be said because of weak tracks like like Wendy Time, Doubt, Cut ...

I largely agree with your ranking, with the hard exception of The Top. I absolutely love every single song! It's their most psychedelic album, and I think that Andy Anderson's (rip) work on it is incredible. I can listen to the song The Top on repeat. And while I highly dislike Wild Mood Swings, the song GONE! is excellent. Classic: Seventeen Seconds, Faith (cassette version with Carnage Visors), Pornography, The Top, Disintegration Great: Japanese Whispers, The Head on the Door, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Wish, Songs of a Lost World Good: Three Imaginary Boys, Standing on a Beach, Join the Dots OK: Bloodflowers Non Essential: Wild Mood Swings, Galore, The Cure, Greatest Hits, 4:13 Dream (While I've seen them live over a dozen times, I don't listen to live albums)

BARE from Wild Mood Swings is a favourite

Excellent video, well researched and presented. Good takes. I remember I couldn't stand Bloodflowers back in 2000. Like Wild Mood Swings (which I liked) for you, I listened to Bloodflowers exactly once. However, I'm going to revisit to see if my opinion from 24 years ago still holds. I think the new album is amazing. Ordering on CD at your recommendation just to get the full sonic experience.

Only two albums by the Pumpkins really do anything for me, Siamese Dream and Melancholy. Although Melancholy is definitely bloated, the good tracks outweigh the bad. I've never been able to get into any other releases, which is a shame since those two albums are both so good.

Two places I would definitely disagree on. I think The Top is a fantastic album, Shake dog Shake alone would put this into the Great category. I would also put Concert in a higher category, simply because the track listing is a perfect best of playlist for this point in their career. It was a big catalyst for taking me from a casual Cure fan to a hardcore Cure fan. Great video, thanks for posting.

Concert has been re isssued a few times. I recently re bought it on vinyl. I agree with you regarding bad sound quality but the performances are great throughout and captures the band at a pivotal time when they sounded distinctly punkish

My disagreement with this list : Bloodflowers = Good (some weak songs and too long) Concert (1984) = Great (listen to Shake Dog Shake, A Forest … !)) And maybe Wish as a Classical

I appreciate the appropriate love given to Bloodflowers here