| The Cure Three Imaginary Boys
3.6 great
| Ranking: #30 for 1979 | |
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2.5 average | charlopiano | April 13th 21 | Three Imaginary Boys is to The Cure as Pablo Honey is to Radiohead. Okay record, that doesn't even begin to show to immense potential of the group. I think at this moment of their career Smith and his 2 bros suffer for not being enough people. It doesn't let them huge 2 guitar and bass complementary riffs, it misses a huge lot of synths, and Robert's lyrical are really not at their peak. An okay record, but considering their incredible career, this is not one that I would revisit.
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4.0 excellent | butcherboy | July 23rd 17 | A frail and beatific album of post-punk, rawer and scrappier than what they would become later.. Smith's histrionic tendencies bubble up here and there, but overall, this is art punk in fine form..
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0.0 | Meta123 | April 18th 16 | This album honestly makes me mad. There is a lot of potential here. The album has great instrumentation, and some amazing bass work, but god those vocals. I can't stand them honestly, but that might just be me. The best track on the album, Subway Song, is actually insanely good, but that song makes me mad because that fuck off ending (it was 5 AM when I was listening to this).
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2.5 average | BtwntheAKIRAndMe | October 7th 15 | High 5 out of 10: The Cure's debut is certainly not as memorable as their later work, though I won't ignore that it surely has some really cool moments (i.e. "Subway Song").
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3.5 great | Alabaster Jones | July 7th 15 | Here we see the humble beginnings of a band that was to become one of the most famous, and most important, in the history of gothic rock and post-punk. This record consists of catchy, bassy post-punk that is very solid throughout its runtime. It's true standout moment is the title-track, which takes the aforementioned formula and combines it with swirling guitars and echoing vocals. It takes a bit to get to this standout track, though, and while no track on the record is bad, some of them can bleed into each other a bit due to the repetitive nature of the formula the band decides to go with here. Still, it clocks in at a mere thirty-three minutes, so you're certainly not wasting much time if you don't enjoy the record. All in all, a very nice debut from The Cure, but one that is much different from the next trio of records they would go on to make within the gothic rock genre.
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4.0 excellent | Tom93M | July 4th 11 | The album marks itself out as one of the most distinctive Cure LP's, regardless (and most probably, because) of any creative tensions present during recording, with as many (almost) jolly post-punk outings as it has gloomy ones; and a youthful exuberance and seemingly carefree buzz (see: the 54 second closer, 'The Weedy Burton', or the studio chatter of 'Foxy Lady') that makes the album a sheer delight to listen to - adding balance to the more moody tracks and making it all easier to digest, in the process. It may seem a little different than most Cure albums, but, crucially, it's a pleasant difference. 'Three Imaginary Boys' is a fantastic and influential slice of post-punk that sits comfortably as a nice parallel to the Cure's darker albums, of which, would soon arrive after this surprisingly, non-gothic, (sometimes) happy, and wholly underappreciated debut.
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