- gothic rock, alternative rock, post-punk, new wave
- 72 min
- 12 tracks
- wea
Disintegration is the eighth studio album by the English rock band the Cure, released on 2 May 1989, by Fiction Records. The band recorded the album at Hookend Recording Studios in Checkendon, Oxfordshire, with co-producer David M. Allen from late 1988 to early 1989.
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Character
Character-led, grave, earnest and contemplative.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- sparerichly built
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- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Blender4/5 ★
- Chicago Tribune3.5/4 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyA
- Los Angeles Times4/5 ★
- NME9/10
- Pitchfork10/10
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide5/5 ★
- The Village VoiceC+
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Tracks
- 1Plainsong5:16
- 2Pictures of You7:28
- 3Closedown4:21
- 4Lovesong3:31
- 5Last Dance4:47
- 6Lullaby4:11
- 7Fascination Street5:18
- 8Prayers for Rain6:08
- 9The Same Deep Water as You9:23
- 10Disintegration8:22
- 11Homesick7:15
- 12Untitled6:26
12 tracks, 72 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Cure
- Label
- wea
- Released
- 1989
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- AU
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