The Cure - Songs of a Lost World Review - A dreary, melancholic masterpiece.

[@anthonybollero2282]

Great review, man!! I just took this in for the first time last night and was highly impressed. What a triumphant return!

[@professormushroom5456]

Ive fallen in love with the cure over the last 4 years, theyve become a lifeline for me. Disintegration is without a doubt my favourite album (and track) and when comparisons were being made before the release of SOALW i was very excited. Lets just say they did not disappoint. People expecting happy, exciting cure may not be so impressed, but those who were after what the cure does best, creating an album completely different to the rest, with songs unique to one another yet with an underlying theme. I absolutely love it, and i can see this becoming my favourite album, and potentially nothing is forever becoming my new favourite track! Unlike other old bands thatve continued on, the cure has kept their exceptional quality of their vocals and music (which a lot of people fail to enjoy as part of it, they were hoping for more vocals as far as i can tell)!

[@elmark3550]

Great review. I didn't really enjoy it that much on first listen, but every time I replay it I love it more

[@justinrisen1929]

Absolutely blew my fuckin mind. Did not expect them to come back after so long and deliver something of this quality with this much substance and soul to it...... But them again its the freaking Cure so i should not be so suprised. Been a fan for 30 years. Disintegration is not only The Cures masterpiece but one of the best records ever produced period imho... Having said that SOALW is truly right up there in my top Cure albums its a masterpiece of its own. Has replaced Bloodflowers(imo its sister record) as my number 3 after Disintegration and Wish. What a time to be a Cure fan. And to think Robert said this was one of 3 albums they have finished and plan to release. 16 years has been a long wait but it was worth it.

[@curly_wyn]

Yeah…this album was a huge disappointment for me. Just one long downer song essentially, and yes, each song’s intro goes on way too long..the production and mixing are really bad too.

[@xosenogueira6259]

It's wimpy & whiney. Songs take a whole age to get going and end up going nowhere. It lacks exciting riffs and catchy tunes. Couldn't make it to the end of any song. Then I went straight to Bloodflowers (2000). 'Watching me Fall' is heavy, genuinely poignant and in-yer-face. That's more like it.

[@itchyvinyl]

Bloodflowers is the most overrated Cure album.