- post-punk, new wave, alternative rock, gothic rock
- 37 min
- 8 tracks
- Fiction
Faith is the third studio album by the English rock band the Cure, released on 14 April 1981 by Fiction Records. It is the first album recorded after the departure of former keyboardist Matthieu Hartley.The album saw the band continuing in the gloomy vein of their previous effort Seventeen Seconds (1980). This stylistic theme would conclude with their next album Pornography (1982).
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Character
Character-led, grave, spare and earnest.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
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- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- Blender3/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyB+
- The Guardian3/5 ★
- Mojo4/5 ★
- Pitchfork8.8/10
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide3/5 ★
- Smash Hits7/10
- Sounds4.5/5 ★
- Uncut4/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1The Holy Hour4:26
- 2Primary3:36
- 3Other Voices4:28
- 4All Cats Are Grey5:28
- 5The Funeral Party4:15
- 6Doubt3:12
- 7The Drowning Man4:50
- 8Faith6:43
8 tracks, 37 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Cure
- Label
- Fiction
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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