The Cure Albums Ranked
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After the release of The Cure's latest album, 'Songs of a Lost World' I thought I would do a full album ranking to find out where it sits in the discography.
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My 'The Cure' Spotify playist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2b16cQl3yZN0QvT3u0kt3y?si=760ead91309c4c74
00:00 - Intro
16:16 robert has said that it was about his uncle who used to tell him scary bedtime stories
00:27 - Band History
01:14 - Three Imaginary Boys
Wish is their 3rd best album behind disintegration and faith
03:40 - Seventeen Seconds
05:25 - Faith
I do love your list but faith is my favorite album and should be on top behind disintegration
07:12 - Pornography
09:08 - The Top
Wish is my favorite album from them. A really agree with this ranking. Desintegration is my second one.
10:40 - The Head On the Door
12:18 - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
Agree with everything you say about "seventeen seconds" album,as its my favourite........but got fed up with the "fantastics comments"
14:20 - Disintegration
17:18 - Wish
5:22 as a fan of Christopher Eccleston’s role in Dr. Who, there is nothing wrong with saying fantastic IMO. 🤣
18:28 - Wild Mood Swings
20:24 - Bloodflowers
As a fan of goth and metal it was great seeing you ranking cure albums, always loved 80s goth rock/post punk sisters/mission/cure/nephilim etc. After wish wasn't too keen on the albums that's followed but songs from a lost world definitely is right up their with their earlier albums. Would love see you do a top 80s goth rock bands list. Keep up the good work mate.
22:23 - The Cure
25:44 - 4:13 Dream
The wish album put them on the maps hows with me on that just saying and i know im right
27:11 - Songs of a Lost World
31:52 - Outro
Over all agree but, I’d either bump Faith to top
Of a or I’d bump it up to S, this album has grown on
Me and I often return to it.
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Faith, 17 Seconds, Pornography, and Disintegration are all S tier, no other Cure album belongs in S tier, IMO.
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I love Lol's drumming on those first albuns. But Boris really made them to step up their music.
They lost a lot when he left the band.
Anyway, what a effing amazing band!
More User Perspectives
A bit late to the party, but here goes:
1. Pornography (S)
2. Disintegration (S)
3. Wish (A)
4. SOALW (A)*
5. Bloodflowers (A)
6. Faith (A)
7. The Top (B)
8. KMKMKM (B)
9. Wild Mood Swings (B)
10. THOTD (C)
11. Seventeen Seconds (C)
12. 4:13 Dream (C)
13. The Cure (D)
14. Three Imaginary Boys (D)
* Still provisional, ask me again in 10 years 😀
Great ranking video, as a a metal fan I have long admired the Cure and especially Robert Smith, musically and lyrically he is brilliant and inspiring.
@garethpugh9743Very honest impressions!
@marciofsantMan Endsong is one of the best songs Robert has written...Gets me every fucking time....
@kostasmad1431I agree. Perhaps i should invert wish with songs of a lost world e the top with kiss me album 😅.
@maxmar5479Great ranking! I personally grew to appreciate 3:14 Dream and now rating it higher than self-titled and Wild Mood Swings. But I can see your arguments, man.
@PekroshaLive-so2ppMost honest on point Cure album reviews I have heard!
@markwilliamson4834I have to mention Japanese Whispers if it counted I'd add to 2nd favourite in the tier, so there's another album in my top 50 or so!
@bengrenan8192S: Disintegration, Seventeen Seconds, Wish
A: Pornography, Faith
B: Bloodflowers, The Head On The Door, Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me, Songs Of A Lost World
C: Wild Mood Swings, 4:13 Dream, Three Imaginary Boys
D: The Top, The Cure
The top 5 here will probably even be in my top 50 or 60 albums of all time. My current favourite band. Disintegration has to be my all timer number one too.
Their last great album was Wish. That marked the end of the golden era of The Cure. I cant listen to any of the albums after that period, although I do think SOALW was a welcome surprise and its been nice to see them getting a lot of widespread public appreciation lately.
@MrMurph73Great breakdown and a good watch. I liked hearing your input on my favorite album of their, Seventeen Seconds! Thabks for uploading!
@SMALLSandJOEHow dare you put blood flowers that far down. You’re opinion now matters not to me
@thomasrotter1141everything go to go expected that head in the door should have reached one better.
@guysan'and i am using fantastic! Fuck it!' 😂😂 brillia...er...fantastic!
Love your little edits in between..cracks me up!
Bit late to the party for this one. Love a Cure discog ranking. Massive impression, huge, since first hearing Standing on a Beach.
Their b sides are amazing and often get overlooked.
Great review mate! 😊
Thank you so much, I really should listen to more of their albums.
@jorgneumeier3027Fabulous ranking video!!!
@gorehoundogMy ranking:
1. Disintegration
2. Pornography
3. Faith
4. Seventeen Seconds
5. The Head On the Door
6. Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
7. Wish
8. Songs of a Lost World
9. Bloodflowers
10. Three Imaginary Boys
11. The Top
12. The Cure
13. 4:13 Dream
14. Wild Mood Swings
I didn't know you did an album ranking on The Cure. Hell yeah! Here's my ranking
of The Cure albums.
1. Disintegration
2. Pornography
3. Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
4. Wish
5. Faith
6. Songs of a Lost World
7. Three Imaginary Boys
8. The Head on the Door
9. Seventeen Seconds
10. The Cure
11. Japanese Whispers
12. 4:13 Dream
13. Bloodflowers
14. The Top
15. Wild Mood Swings
Dude, i love the cure 🖤
Could you do a sisters of mercey albums ranked if your a fan of them ?
You missed off Japanese whispers, mind you id call it a B tear album
The problem with 4:13 is production. The Cure sounds like 4 people in a garage making demos: the drums are too dry, Smith's voice sounds weird, instrumentation is quite unbalanced. Should 4:13 had the level of production from SOLW (or Wish, or Disintegration).... then we would be talking about a quintessential and outstanding work.
@camilocetina2508Great list.I would move the top up to a,move head on the door up to s and move kiss me and wish down to a.Eveything else i would have the same.
@709concertvideosdefinitive rankings: 1. Wish 2. Faith 3. Songs of a Lost World 4. Disintegration 5. Japanese Whispers 6. 4:13 Dream 7. KMKMKM 8. Head on the Door 9. Pornography 10. Seventeen Seconds 10-14. the rest
@BlackHun-wf7hbYou should totally do a Rush ranking video!!!
@taylorwinterhalder9895I don't really care about the rankings, I just so much enjoyed seeing someone from my generation going through these and getting all nostalgic. And how you could feel him revisiting all of this
@Scatty666Im pretty much in agreement with your thoughts. The last album has me in tears... I would however swap wish with songs of a lost world. I can't get over how impactful it is....
@Alan-vk6bkReally great tier list mate. I’m a huge fan of The Cure, ever since I was a little one.
S: Disintegration, Faith, Pornography, Seventeen Seconds
A: Wish, The Head On The Door, Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
B: Three Imaginary Boys, 4:13 Dream, The Top, Bloodflowers, Songs Of A Lost World
C: The Cure, Wild Mood Swings
The Cure inspire me a lot, so I wouldn’t have any pure negative things to say about them. ❤
I have their debut single on small wonder, bought it in '78 i think. i liked that a lot and the b-side.
@neilbower9052Brilliant video once again I haven't gotten to actually sit down and listen to the new album yet properly so I'm really looking forward to some down time to get around to that. I love the way you're not afraid to show your emotions in these videos. It's great to hear that the latest album is so good.
@nordicduskThe Cure are... well... fantastic!
@ruffnuff7536best band of all time!!
@CosmixxSlopShopNot easy to rank The Cure albums.
@hectorThechilldudeonacouchDisintegration is my favourite bar none
@Heavymetalaidan24Nailed it.
@SmythGrandarCan’t argue with those numbers..
Great work, thank you!
Nice to hear a metalhead ranking of the Cure. Spot on too
…only thing that I would personally change is WISH being my all-time favourite Cure album.
Fantastic Video 😅
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