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| 4.0 excellent | Alabaster Jones | April 11th 16 |
It may just be a collection of EP singles and B-sides, but Japanese Whispers offer more insight into the evolution of the band that took place in the middle of Pornography and The Top, two albums having nearly polar opposite aesthetics and ideas. Thus, Japanese Whispers reflects this change very well, with the music sounding much more upbeat than Pornography, but still retaining its melancholy qualities through Smith's lyrical and vocal performances. The basslines throughout the record are excellent, especially on the bookends, and the synth work here is also very good. It flows very much like an album proper, which is a fantastic thing to say about any compilation, and it provides a beautiful snapshot of the tumultuous time during The Cure's career that was the early 80's. As such, it is definitely one of the most important releases in their discography, and a great standalone listen in and of itself. It goes to show how truly special The Cure were that these B-sides are such high quality, quality enough that they could've fit seamlessly into an LP.
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| 2.5 average | Tom93M | July 17th 11 |
An odd album that provides fans with an opportunity to collect The Cure's 1983 non-album singles that proved to be a massive change of direction for Smith and his ever-changing gang of goths. Both 'The Lovecats' and 'Let's Go To Bed' are essential, but sadly, the rest of the disc is not. An average, but important step in The Cure's history.
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| 4.0 excellent | prana37 | March 22nd 24 |
| 3.5 great | foxxxy | December 5th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | mifzal | August 4th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Peatbe | June 7th 22 |
| 3.5 great | Lucman | November 3rd 20 |
| 2.0 poor | Trey STAFF | February 13th 20 |
| 3.5 great | adios | November 5th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | TwigTW | November 1st 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | md5 | August 22nd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sebe | August 16th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Yotimi | July 28th 16 |
| 3.0 good | JeanCon | September 11th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Eildur | August 4th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | MarkD | May 23rd 15 |
| 3.5 great | Dylan | March 15th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Dav85 | February 1st 15 |
| 3.5 great | venest | December 14th 14 |
| 3.5 great | heck | February 10th 14 |
| 2.5 average | Crawl | February 2nd 14 |
| 3.0 good | jancon | September 17th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | arcane | December 4th 12 |
| 5.0 classic | quelus | May 29th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Bossie | March 8th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dantone | October 28th 11 |
| 3.0 good | MrGM | February 14th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Yay | December 6th 09 |
| 2.5 average | aresx | December 18th 08 |
| 2.5 average | Egglord | October 4th 08 |
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