Legendary British post-punk band The Cure finally released the long-awaited album "Songs Of A Lost World", after a 16-year hiatus, marking the end of a long-awaited comeback in rock music.
The Cure have only one scheduled show this year at the Troxy in London, which was streamed live on their YouTube channel, Show Of A Lost World - The Cure Live At Troxy, and tonight, BBC 2 will broadcast a special dedicated to the band, on the occasion of the release of the album "Songs Of A Lost World".
The album "Songs Of A Lost World" was praised by many critics, with comments from The Guardian and Rolling Stone magazine that it was "The Cure's best release since 'Disintegration'", then "A masterpiece of decay" by The Times.
NME considers it a "Masterful account of loss" and Classic Pop a "Masterpiece dealing with themes of mortality". Uncut 9/10 points out that the album is "Immersive, graceful beauty", and The Observer that it is "Full of fighting spirit and energy, with a lot of melodies", while Mojo concludes that it has "the concentrated intensity of 'Disintegration'".
He wrote the arrangements and lyrics for the album "Songs Of A Lost World". Robert Smith, the production and mixing was done in cooperation with Polom Krket, and the songs are performed by the whole band: Robert Smit - vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, Simon Gallup - bass, Jason Cooper - drums/percussion, Roger O'Donnell - keyboards and Reeves Gabrels - guitar. The album was recorded at Rockfield Studios in Wales. Robert Smith came up with the concept of the album cover, while he was in charge of the design and visual art of the album Andy Vela, a longtime collaborator of The Cure. The album cover features a Bagatelle sculpture from 1975 by the artist Janez Pirnat.
The Cure was formed in 1978 and currently has more than 30 million albums sold worldwide, headlined the Glastonbury festival four times, and became members of the biggest rock institution - the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 2019. Over the years they have built up an army of fans, and their rich discography has become a genre unto itself, fusing new wave and punk with neo-gothic majesty, making them one of the most influential British bands of all time.
The Cure's last album was 4.13's 2008 Dream, which peaked at number 16 on the Billboard 200.
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