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Rating: - The beginning of the end......................

A reviewer at the time of release said "Phew! there's not much room to breathe in here" and they were absolutely right.

The overall feel and sound of this recording is almost suffocating and that's a shame because this could have been a truly great Cure album. It's true to say that in many respects the Cure were going through the motions by this stage but Smith's musical talent had yet to vanish entirely.

Part of the problem is the production. It's stodgy. I don't think anybody but Smith had much say in it's recording. However, we do get great tracks like 'Lullaby' and 'Pictures Of You' that somehow escaped the midnight pillow of death.

The real star of the show is the final track 'Untitled'. I'd always written it off until I saw them perform it on the 'Trilogy' DVD. The reason for this is that this album plays much better live.

Well after this album I don't know. It all got a bit dull when the songwriting began to creak. Maybe Smith's pact with the devil finally reached the small print. It's the last worthwhile Cure album. And probably a bargain from Amazon.

Rating: - The best cure Album by a country mile!

In the late 70s/early 80s I had been into Joy Division et al in a big way and subsequently found The Cure to be a perfect augmentation to my playlist. Faith and Pornography were my faves; Kiss Me and Head were great LPs too but, when Disintegration came out I was knocked sideways!

There's no need to add anything to the many positive reviews already posted here, except to say this album is quite simply the best thing they have ever done.

Rating: - Robert Smith may have found the "feel & sound" he has been longing for for so long!

Disintegration show cases The Cure & especially Robert Smith bring together all aspects of their music prowess that has been cultivated over many years. The scales are very delicately balanceed with the two distinct sounds that have been The Cure before this album "melodic spirtless tracks & out & out pop tracks. It is timless in that respect & could have been recorded yesturday, it is a top ten album of all time, which is evident by the fact that most of the songs appear on their set lists too what ever tour they our playing. Cure fan or not it is a must. Like fine art this album will always take pride of place in any collection. So what our you waiting for buy it.........

Rating: - Extremely overrated

This is a pretty weak album by Cure standards but for some reason it is deemed their best almost universally. I have to question this. Did these people get into The Cure with this album, was it one they grew up with? This would explain the many positive reviews. I got into the band when their second album, Seventeen Seconds, was released. For me Disintegration is one of the later albums released after they'd peaked! Faith, Pornography, The Head On The Door and Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me which all appeared before Disintegration are WAY better. It's just too dull and boring, with atmospherics in place of true hooks. Wish and Wild Mood Swings which appeared AFTER Disintegration are much better albums in my opinion. It's one I'd pick up last, don't believe the hype folks.

Rating: - the Cure at their very best?

Like many of the records I've reviewed on Amazon, I remember going to buy this on the day of it's release, which was way back in 1989. It was a very warm summer's day and I tramped around Bristol eventually picking up this record and Depeche Mode's "101". Upon getting home (after work - it was a week day!) I stuck "Disintegration" on the hi-fi and fell asleep.

Now I've been listening to this album (on and off) ever since and even during the years when I disowned the Cure I would still place this album within my all time top ten. None of their other recordings (before or since) can match the consistency of "Disintegration" - there is real quality throughout.

This high level of consistency makes it difficult to pick out individual tracks but out and out favourites have always been 'Same deep water', the title track, 'Homesick' and 'Untitled'.

If you're looking to buy your first Cure album I'd probably point you elsewhere ("Staring at the sea" or "Head on the door") but this remains their high watermark.

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