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Music CD - The Cure: Pornography [Deluxe Edition]
![Pornography [Deluxe Edition]. The Cure Tracks: One Hundred Years, A Short Term Effect, Hanging Garden, Siamese Twins, Figurehead, A Strange Day, Cold, Pornography](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41DAH62V3JL._SL160_.jpg)
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Music CD: Pornography [Deluxe Edition]
Artist: The Cure
List Price: $24.98
Our Price: $15.35
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Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea
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Tracks:
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1. One Hundred Years
2. A Short Term Effect
3. Hanging Garden
4. Siamese Twins
5. Figurehead
6. A Strange Day
7. Cold
8. Pornography
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0081227468422
Format: Extra tracks
Label: Elektra / Wea
Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea
Number Of Discs: 2
Publisher: Elektra / Wea
Release Date: 2005-04-26
Studio: Elektra / Wea
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: One of my top three FAV Cure albums!
Comment: Some good reviews here to break down each song...
My summary is simple: Robert Smith demonstrates in this album that he meets the pure definition of a troubadour. Yes, he emerged from a dark place when he wrote these, and I can only imagine what the transformation was like for the band during this time. The lyrics are powerful and the music is passionate. One of the most evocative and listenable albums ever made. Can you tell I love it? :-) This album will not disappoint.
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Summary: The Cure's high water mark, as far as I've heard
Comment: Great album by The Cure, and as my title indicates, I believe it to be their high water mark (in regards to the material I've heard by them, though Disintegration is closely behind this).
The drugs that Robert Smith were taking as well as his depression had reached a breaking point when "Pornography" was made.
The more striking songs on this, as well as their qualities, include:
One Hundred Years - Great lead off track for the album, it introduces the bleak and disparaging mood well, especially with the opening lyric "It doesn't matter if we all die". The drum machine used here is kind of dated, but it keeps the beat well enough, and for some reason, I really can't hear Simon Gallup's bass in this song very well. The somewhat unusual but interesting riff is supported by the icy keyboards that give it a great atmospheric. The lyrics are sung by Robert Smith with intensity, and are full of violent imagery, likely describing a war. After the last line, the guitar riff gets higher in notes as it reaches the song's climax.
Siamese Twins - Nice introduction with the bells, followed by a great tribal sounding drumbeat by Lol Tolhurst, then sparse guitar and a steady bassline come in. The lyrics are interesting in that describe sex as a kind of unwanted and forced task, such as with the lyric of "her legs around me, in the morning I cried". The guitar in this is very atmospheric sounding, and adds to the song's overall mood.
The Figurehead - Well-timed syncopated drums start this song off, while the very dark sounding bassline comes in (my favorite of Gallup's on this album), followed by a great riff by Robert Smith. Really, the guitar on this song is my favorite, it's got a great flowing quality to it, and gives the song a very atmospheric quality. The lyrics are hard to decipher - to me they sound like they're expressing the utter pain and hatred for this Figurehead that has given the narrator such trouble. The lyrics end on a note of defeat and surrender with the final line "I will never be clean again". Overall, this is my favorite song on "Pornography".
A Strange Day - My second favorite song on "Pornography". This one starts out with strange piano-like keyboards which segue into more normal sounding keyboards. The audible bass isn't quite as loud as that in The Figurehead, but it keep the beat well, along with the good drumbeat. The textured guitar of this song gives it a great emotional quality to it, and makes it probably the least dark sounding of the songs on here. The lyrics counterbalance this though - they consist of describing the narrator's movement through the sea in order to commit suicide. Probably one of the most depressing songs here, in the sense of lyrics, but still a great song.
The other songs on the album are great too, like the chaos of the title song, and the organ and opening cello on "Cold".
The second disc consists of some great instrumentals that weren't used for the album, some good demos of the album songs that show the songs in their early phases, and some great live numbers. The real standouts here are the "Airlock: Soundtrack", which gives a great feeling of one actually flying a plane or something, and the closer "Temptation Two", which sounds similar to "Temptation" but a bit more lighter and with some strange noises from Robert Smith.
If you like this one, I highly recommend checking out "Seventeen Seconds" and "Faith", as these really complete the gothic trilogy of the early The Cure albums, and show the development towards the sound present here.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A Masterpiece of Gothic Despair!
Comment: There is no question in my mind that Robert Smith's head was in the lowest pit of hell when he wrote this album. The music is filled with anger, hate, sorrow, fear, rage, and despair; all pieces of the darker parts of the human psyche. The listener is taken on a gothic roller-coaster ride through dementia starting with the line "It doesn't matter if we all die" all the way to the vampiric conclusion "I must fight this sickness". Such emotion in this album, and you can't pull away from listening to it. There is something about the way the music is constructed and performed that keeps your ears alert and numbs your mind to the pain that is being expressed. You find yourself understanding the agony of the performers.
This record was way ahead of its time and, until 1989's "Disintigration", was The Cure's greatest achievement in the studio. Every song is great and they flow from one to the next in a perfect order. This album is flawless; a magically written, masterfully performed accomplishment in music.
The Deluxe Edition makes this version a must. The second disc is filled with goodies from this period in The Cure's history. It complements the original album with songs of the same gloomy feeling that the album focuses on.
Customer Rating:
Summary: 100 stars If I could..The cures finest moment
Comment:
I have been a cure fan since the 8th grade. They are and have been my favorite band. Having digested all of thier albums continously (this band got me through high school, so I support this band very strongly) I can honestly say that Pornography is thier best body of work. Nothing else they did comes close to this...its incredible. Its like being thrown into your worst nightmare and enjoying it. Yeah, Im confused too but there it is. The song "100 Hundred years"(the song itself makes the album worth buying) starts the trip without mercy with Robert Smith uttering the harsh "It doesnt matter if we all die." You know that you are in for a heck of a ride so your brain automatically buckles its seatbelt and before you know it, your lost in this beautiful and disturbing world. If the cure were labled Goth after this record than they only have themselves to blame for churning out this masterpiece. But you cant help but listen to this and know that all of the dracula wannabes have this record in thier collection.
If your new to the cure and you are interested in trying to understand what all the fuss is about than this is the best starting point for your unforgettable journey into this bands mythic and brilliant music.
Most people will say that Disintegration or Head on the door is the launching pad But I disagree. Pornography is the best way to get it. Its the Cure at its most vulnerable and its most potent. THe song "100 years" will be all the proof you need and before you know it your hooked.
Than you will find yourself patting yourself on the back for listening to this wonderful band...I still do....17 years and counting.
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Summary: Spiralling... Spiralling... Spiralling
Comment: This album is quite possibly the darkest album I've heard in a long time. Robert was spinning into drug-induced depression at the time, and the results were Pornography. Every song from 100 Years to the title track are pumped full of deep, black, depression. Even the first line of the cd, 'It doesn't matter if we all die', lets the listener know what he/she is in for. The guitar puts the icing on the cake. It laces all of the music with dysfunctional, screaching, spirals that one might hear on the path to insanity. The cold drum machine gives the darkness it's heartbeat, and Robert gives the music the 'losing hope' vocals. When Robert sings, you ALWAYS hear every bit of emotion that he intended to be put in the song. Buy this album along with Disintigration. You won't be disappointed. Also, check out Faith and Seventeen Seconds for more Cure darkness.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Originally a Goth-flavored post-punk outfit, the Cure evolved into one of the truly seminal bands of the '80s, and ultimately one of modern rock's most celebrated and influential acts. Guided by creative visionary Robert Smith, the Cure's signature sound balances a dreamy pop savvy with a dark, brooding majesty and fuses superbly crafted, literate songs with a feverish emotional intensity. The band's early catalog-newly remastered and expanded wtih a wealth of rarities-is a series of masterpieces that laid the groundwork for their phenomenal and enduring popularity.
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