The Cure. Disintegration (1989)

Disintegration is the eighth studio album by rock band The Cure, released in 1989. It peaked at #12 on Billboard's Top 200 Album chart.

The album is considered part two of Robert Smith's "trilogy", also including Pornography and Bloodflowers. In 2002, they performed all three albums in their entirety to a Berlin audience, and it was released on DVD as Trilogy in 2003.

The Cure had established themselves as a dark and brooding band in the early 80s with albums such as Faith and Pornography. They broke away from this image with light pop singles, such as "Let's Go to Bed" and "The Lovecats" and their accompanying Tim Pope videos. The following albums The Top, The Head on the Door and Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me had largely continued the pop experimentation, although all three showed elements of Smith's darker side, both musically and lyrically. Disintegration represented a return of the darker styles while still expanding on the newer concepts.

Track Listing

All songs by Gallup, O'Donnell, Smith, Thompson, Tolhurst and Williams.

1. "Plainsong" – 5:12
2. "Pictures of You" – 7:24
3. "Closedown" – 4:16
4. "Lovesong" – 3:29
5. "Last Dance" – 4:42
6. "Lullaby" – 4:08
7. "Fascination Street" – 5:16
8. "Prayers for Rain" – 6:05
9. "The Same Deep Water as You" – 9:19
10. "Disintegration" – 8:18
11. "Homesick" – 7:06
12. "Untitled" – 6:30

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