(stains on the carpet, stains on the ceiling)
― cutty, Friday, 3 April 2009 15:13 (fifteen years ago) link
If you're a mod or have images turned off, this poll won't work for you.
― ur an ugly hamster-abusing "girl" or whatever u are, gtfo (HI DERE), Friday, 3 April 2009 15:14 (fifteen years ago) link
I really don't dig 8, 9, 11, or 12, so great as the title track is it gets lost for me in that dirgefest.
I also feel this way, kinda. The individual songs are pretty great, but it's tough to get through them all in one sitting -- too many long songs stacked up in a row. As much as I like this album, it's LONG and it feels long, so I rarely listen to all of it at once.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, 3 April 2009 15:26 (fifteen years ago) link
ah, yes. i am a mod.
― cutty, Friday, 3 April 2009 15:26 (fifteen years ago) link
my vote is going to "Lullaby" as it's quite simply: one of the best songs ever made.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 4 April 2009 06:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Fuck me sideways this is the best album of all time!!!
― ilxor, Saturday, 4 April 2009 06:45 (fifteen years ago) link
(Drunk.)
― ilxor, Saturday, 4 April 2009 06:46 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^ those last two posts are 100 perecent correct
― turtles all the way down (Face of Wolf), Saturday, 4 April 2009 10:14 (fifteen years ago) link
But only taken together.
― tits akimbo (kenan), Saturday, 4 April 2009 11:05 (fifteen years ago) link
have a guess - LJ, plz don't be dissing on Three Imaginary Boys, now.
― 2 ears + 1 ❤ (Pillbox), Saturday, 4 April 2009 11:10 (fifteen years ago) link
lol of course i'm talking about WMS, just haven't heard 3IB in YEEEARS so can't accurately place it
― Zayatte Mondatta (country matters), Saturday, 4 April 2009 11:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Crazy tough. Moreover, I've always listened to this album as one complete work, rather than a collection of individual tracks. That all said, I'd have to go with "Pictures of You" (though i prefer the live version on Entreat). Title track is magnificent too.
― Alex in NYC, Saturday, 4 April 2009 15:38 (fifteen years ago) link
"Homesick". Those last two cymbal crashes, holy crap.
― the drummer from the hilarious 1990's Britpop act Gay Dad (wanko ergo sum), Saturday, 4 April 2009 18:09 (fifteen years ago) link
The thing with 'Homesick' is... it doesn't feel like it belongs on this album. I mean at all. That's because it wasn't on my LP when I bought it. When after many years I finally bought the CD, 'Homesick' - as pretty as it is - still feels out of place here. I've listened to the record far too much to let something come between the ending of 'Disintegration' and the beginning of 'Untitled'. The latter always feels like something soothing, an "it's okay"-whisper after the frantic 'Disintegration'.
― Gerard (Le Bateau Ivre), Saturday, 4 April 2009 19:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Saturday, 4 April 2009 23:01 (fifteen years ago) link
this is crazy. Homesick seems to be the most despairing song on the album. All the everything you win turns to nothing today
― baaderonixx, Saturday, 4 April 2009 23:25 (fifteen years ago) link
I'd have to go with "Pictures of You" (though i prefer the live version on Entreat).
Alex, that's one of the last songs I'd expect you to pick from this (given your other music tastes). Would have expected something meatier, "Fascination Street" maybe, or "Disintegration" which you mentioned. But you picked one of the more emo songs instead?? Really?
― ilxor, Sunday, 5 April 2009 01:16 (fifteen years ago) link
according to wikipedia, smith was taking loads of LSD during the writing/recording of this album?
― cutty, Sunday, 5 April 2009 01:56 (fifteen years ago) link
I thought that was The Top
― I just take my louis jag out and wave it round in the air (Curt1s Stephens), Sunday, 5 April 2009 02:53 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah you're right
also lol @ the ned mentions in wikipedia article
― I just take my louis jag out and wave it round in the air (Curt1s Stephens), Sunday, 5 April 2009 02:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Actually that was this album too! xpost
― ilxor, Sunday, 5 April 2009 05:19 (fifteen years ago) link
tiiiiiiiiiiiiitle track!cuscusthat part where he starts getting upsetis like, my most listened tos hit everand that has to count for somethingbut this is one of the most consistently great albums ever madeevery song is perfect
― turtles all the way down (Face of Wolf), Sunday, 5 April 2009 10:36 (fifteen years ago) link
he gets more upset on the entreat version of the title track
― cutty, Sunday, 5 April 2009 11:37 (fifteen years ago) link
For a start, let's please never refer to the Cure as fuckin' "emo" -- ever. They predate all that ridiculous bullshit, so it really doesn't apply. I love "Fascination Street" (and the rest of the album in its entirety), but I just think "Pictures of You" is simply the finest cut of the bunch. And Cutty's right -- on Entreat, Robert is just a bit more emphatic in his vocal delivery.
― Alex in NYC, Sunday, 5 April 2009 11:57 (fifteen years ago) link
you can practically hear him spitting on the microphone
― cutty, Sunday, 5 April 2009 12:13 (fifteen years ago) link
You can also hear the sound echo around the expanse of the French enormodome they're playing in. It's a great recording.
― Alex in NYC, Sunday, 5 April 2009 12:19 (fifteen years ago) link
t minus 3 hours!
― Bee OK, Sunday, 5 April 2009 20:22 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Sunday, 5 April 2009 23:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Besides all the love for Fascination Street (I just don't get that song), I can live with these results just fine.
― Gerard (Le Bateau Ivre), Sunday, 5 April 2009 23:10 (fifteen years ago) link
3. "Closedown" – 4:16 0
This makes me so fucking sad, what a great song.
― ilxor, Monday, 6 April 2009 03:30 (fifteen years ago) link
True. "Last Dance" is the only less-than-great song on the album. I might retroactively change my vote to Fascination Street. Sometimes it towers over the rest for me.
― the drummer from the hilarious 1990's Britpop act Gay Dad (wanko ergo sum), Monday, 6 April 2009 16:42 (fifteen years ago) link
due to being a mod, I cannot see the results so knowing this makes me go like this: ^_^
― maybe u should tell that to your laughing vagina (HI DERE), Monday, 6 April 2009 17:15 (fifteen years ago) link
due to being a mod, I cannot see the results
Huh?
― ilxor, Monday, 6 April 2009 19:03 (fifteen years ago) link
mods can't see the results. can someone plz cut and paste them.
― cutty, Monday, 6 April 2009 19:04 (fifteen years ago) link
1. "Plainsong" – 5:12 182. "Pictures of You" – 7:24 1610. "Disintegration" – 8:18 137. "Fascination Street" – 5:16 76. "Lullaby" – 4:08 512. "Untitled" – 6:30 54. "Lovesong" – 3:29 49. "The Same Deep Water as You" – 9:19 311. "Homesick" – 7:06 38. "Prayers for Rain" – 6:05 25. "Last Dance" – 4:42 13. "Closedown" – 4:16 0
― baaderonixx, Monday, 6 April 2009 19:10 (fifteen years ago) link
ok grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
9. "The Same Deep Water as You" – 9:19 3
what the hell, ppl
― maybe u should tell that to your laughing vagina (HI DERE), Monday, 6 April 2009 19:12 (fifteen years ago) link
seeing title track in #3 makes me happy.
― cutty, Monday, 6 April 2009 19:17 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^true
― maybe u should tell that to your laughing vagina (HI DERE), Monday, 6 April 2009 19:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Not really agreeing with the results here - feel side 2 is way under-represented but that might be due to how these songs kind of merge into a whole, whereas the songs on side 1 are maybe more "distinctive"
― baaderonixx, Monday, 6 April 2009 19:48 (fifteen years ago) link
side 2 of disintegration vs. side 2 of hounds of love
― cutty, Monday, 6 April 2009 19:50 (fifteen years ago) link
so the album gets worse with every song?
― paulhw, Monday, 6 April 2009 20:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Playing Entreat now...medicine for anyone who's heard Disintegration too many times :)
― Take The Gothheads Bowling (Bimble), Monday, 13 April 2009 02:56 (fifteen years ago) link
no it's just that if you like side 1 more u might like any song on side 1, and if u like side 2 more chances are you'll like "Disintegration" the song best because side 2 is more uniform in texture/mood & "Disintegration" is like the big climax
― DAT recorder delmar (Curt1s Stephens), Monday, 13 April 2009 06:56 (fifteen years ago) link
Okay I'm going to play that song right now, even though I'm not depressed.
― Gross Chapel British Grenadiers (Bimble), Monday, 13 April 2009 08:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh my god, this is so much fun. Where in the hell would I be without ILM?
― Gross Chapel British Grenadiers (Bimble), Monday, 13 April 2009 08:04 (fifteen years ago) link
Jesus there is just no way to fuck with this album. There is absolutely nothing wrong with it. I was surprised, actually that Dan complained about some song or whatever because as far as I'm concerned there is absolutely not a fucking thing wrong with this album.
― Gross Chapel British Grenadiers (Bimble), Monday, 13 April 2009 08:14 (fifteen years ago) link
"Prayers For Rain" and "Last Dance" are too low, but otherwise I totally agree with these results.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Monday, 13 April 2009 08:57 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah, i agree with bimble. pretty much nothing wrong here.
― Charlie Howard, Monday, 13 April 2009 09:55 (fifteen years ago) link
except for "Closedown" being really boring and unfinished-sounding
― maybe u should tell that to your laughing vagina (HI DERE), Monday, 13 April 2009 15:09 (fifteen years ago) link
other than that, impeccable album