The Head On The Door

It was 1985, I was already reminiscing of Seventeen Seconds, Three Imaginary Boys and that fantastic 1984 "Concert - The Cure Live". My standards were pretty high for the band.This album came out, got it fresh of pressing (vinyl), the centrepiece was " Close To Me".I do not hide from the fact that, should I wrote a review there and then it would have not been a fiver.People now regards Disintegration as the Cure's highest moment. I am definitely not one of them.However, after all these years this album had grown and grown on me and bought it again in CD, money well spent as those moments that I lived over 30 years ago were high, top quality with Mr Smith at his best.Still, in order I rate Seventeen Seconds, Faith, 3 imaginary, Pornography before the head on the door....but they are all spectacular....Love to be....cured

this album has all of my favorite songs from the cure on it. came in excellent condition and played well. love this album and just got the vinyl of it too.

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Still the best entry point to appreciating The Cure in my view, The Head on the Door covers all Cure bases, from catchy pop (In Between Days, Close to Me) to doom-laden, phased broodscapes (A Night Like This, Sinking). Many of the songs could act as signposts to their other albums - like Sinking? Try Disintegration. The angular pop of Six Different Ways or Kyoto Song? Next stop The Top and Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me. Close to Me? Japanese Whispers or the Greatest Hits. The perfect poprock of Push and In Between Days? How about Wish?Not everything is great about the album: A couple of the songs now sound a bit dated and arch (The Blood, Kyoto Song). Others were always a little thin (Baby Screams, Screw). Push and Kyoto Song always sounded better live, minus the now jarringly bright mid-80s drum sounds. And yet the album works well as a whole - Close to Me sounds far more refreshing coming after Baby Screams than after, say, In Between Days on the Greatest Hits. Likewise, Screw giving way to Sinking merely heightens the foreboding and menace of the brilliant album closer.The remastering tidies up the previously murky sound - although some may question whether murkier is better on, say, Sinking.Although I have the deluxe version, for me, the extra CD adds little to what I think remains the best balance Robert Smith ever struck between his different ambitions, moods and styles.

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It's The Cure buy if you like them

Every song in this album is distinct and creative. Often with eighties albums the production techniques and old synths date quickly, but I think this album still stands up 27 years later. The album is short but I think there's a good balance between their more quirky upbeat songs like Close to me and In between Days and their more dark tortured songs like A Night Like This and Sinking.

After buying most of the Cure music on Cd, I decided to purchase my favourite albums on vinylPush is one of their best tunes and listening to it on vinyl makes all the difference, amazing music and a superb piece of vinyl