Disintegration Songs Ranked
Disintegration is the eighth studio album by English rock band the Cure, released on 2 May 1989 by Fiction Records. The record marks a return to the introspective gothic rock style the band had established in the early 1980s. As he neared the age of 30, vocalist and guitarist Robert Smith had felt an increased pressure to follow up on the band’s pop successes with a more enduring work. This, coupled with a distaste for the group’s newfound popularity, caused Smith to lapse back into the use of hallucinogenic drugs, the effects of which had a strong influence on the production of the album. The band recorded the album at Hooked Recording Studios in Checkendon, Oxfordshire, with co-producer David M. Allen from late 1988 to early 1989. Following the completion of the mixing, founding member Lol Tolhurst was fired from the band. Here are all of the Disintegration songs ranked.
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10. Untitled
“Okay, what a wonderful instrumental this is? And what agony in the lyrics. The last verse opening as the first one did, the recurring theme of photos that keep memories, The insecurities, the regret of having or not having said it, is to literally end on a golden key. Excellent, excellent”
9. Closedown
“The closure that we can receive in 1 verse is incredible. The anxiety, insomnia, drug use. Deep down I believe it was everything that let him to create this masterpiece.”
8. Plainsong
“Plainsong opens the album with exactly that feel. The beginning of the breakdown. Anyone who listens to the album in its entirety will discover that the album truly does disintegrate. From the blossoming of Plainsong to the end where Untitled becomes minimalistic and dry. An impeccable concept.”
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7. The Same Deep Water as You
“The Same Deep Water as You. As Robert Smith’s tone of voice switches between frantic to yearning to depressive, the record transforms into a gothic mansion stalked by ghosts of past lovers and long-forgotten emotions. If you ever find yourself missing anything or anyone, whether they’re dead, distant, or simply no longer in your life, then Disintegration is the perfect album for you.”
6. Prayers for Rain
“One of the most painful and emotionally draining songs I’ve ever heard for sure. The metaphors used are incredible (Water – Hope/enthusiasm for life; Prayers for Rain – Desire for renewed hope, compared to how a man lost in the desert begs for rain while dying of thirst)”
5. Lullaby
“It’s about what it’s like for someone trying to break an addiction and the impossibility of doing so because of the codependency and security that the addiction gives them, as if they were driven by the addiction.”
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4. Pictures of You
“Good lyrics, it makes the transition, the atmosphere of Plainsong, of the rainy days. The nostalgia, the lasting but somehow failed romance. The verses where he tells us that he loves the person in question but sometimes it is not reciprocated, the presence of the on and off relationship is very present, something I can relate to.”
3. Disintegration
“The first verse is spectacular, the fact that the relationship is merely for pleasure and they are not really in love. In fact, the song is mostly dominated. The second verse just proved it, it was the graphic way of comparing the satisfaction of their sexual impulses with the primitive reproductive instinct.”
2. Fascination Street
“Best instrumental so far. The lyrics are a bit macabre and dark but honestly it’s the one I’m the biggest fan of so far. Everything is falling down, the destruction of the environment and the guy’s sanity very present here. Again dodgy lyrics where he literally talks about raping a woman or at least taking possession of her.”
1. Lovesong
It talks about his dependence on his wife, I don’t know if I’m a big fan of the lyrics except,the last line where he has the stop that left me thinking the most was the last chorus ”Whatever words I say I will always love you”. He knows that he and his wife argue a lot and sometimes they can’t even see each other in front of each other. His regret because of the words he uses when they argue, but despite this he will always love her. Even the idea of repeating these lines just to emphasize that he will always love her no matter what.”
