

Whereas the other songs are spare and opaque, this one is fairly. Disintegration was a sharp about-face from the group’s under-recognized eclecticism. Porl & Andy Vella produced artwork as 'Parched Art'. Disintegration: The eight-minute title track leaves Smith with plenty of time to pack in lyrics, and that’s just what he does. Disintegration Deluxe Edition The Cure’s 1989 album, released during what was arguably the band’s peak period, receives a lavish reissue with some terrific bonus material. There were murmurings that they had done this so their cover would be chosen, I had no opinion on it.

This is vital music for the human condition. The Cure album covers had always been very abstract and never had images of Robert or the band on them, suddenly Paul and Andy delivered a cover with Robert’s face on it. "The most important minimal compositions of the past decade." – ARTINFO "It's the kind of music that makes you believe there is a Heaven, and that this is what it must sound like." – Pitchfork (10) Best New Reissue Not only lauded by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Pitchfork, NPR and dozens more, The Disintegration Loops have become considered by many to be “one of the most pre-eminent American artistic statements of the 21st Century.” The very passage of time is its most effective instrument. Albums Disintegration Deluxe Edition The Cure 2010 10 Best New Reissue By Nitsuh Abebe Genre: Rock Label: Rhino Reviewed: JThe Cure’s 1989 album, released during what was. From its 20-year gestation period to its infamously fateful completion, The Disintegration Loops is one of the most powerful manifestations of the inevitable cycle of life ever committed to tape, even as it documents the inevitable decay of all that is committed to tape. For a collection of music built around the poignant inevitability of decay, there has been a great many hopeful and inspired words devoted to William Basinski's The Disintegration Loops: stunning, ethereal, majestic, transfixing, life-affirming… and for good reason. The audio was remastered in 2012 from the original master tapes, and the artwork is packaged in deluxe old-style tip-on gatefold jackets. For those who missed out on the now-legendary, highly sought-after (and highly sold-out) box sets, we are now offering the four volumes of The Disintegration Loops suite as separate, individually packaged albums.
