“Lullaby”: Proving once again how different America and Britain are, this creepy-crawly fairy tale reached no. The ending Smith envisions here might be worse than a breakup. Appropriately, a chill runs through the music, as those shimmering guitars heard on previous cuts turn suddenly shrill. Even Christmas is “flatter and colder” than it used to be. “Last Dance”: Smith and his beloved are in the winter of their relationship, and after years together, the good times aren’t so good anymore. Smith sings the verses in the present tense, meaning he’s still with this girl who makes him feel “young” and “fun” and best of all “home again.” He should be happy, but as we know, happy ain’t his style. It’s among the most maudlin expressions of head-over-heels love you’ll ever hear. 2 on the Hot 100, the Cure’s biggest U.S. “Lovesong”: Simple and concise, this hit No. Then, this one’s all about stewing, and with no real structure to speak of, it’s like an intro that builds and builds until there’s no need for verses or choruses. “Closedown”: For a guy who’s “running out of time,” Smith is in no rush to introduce the main synth riff or step up to the mic and start singing. He claims to want this girl back, but given the way those guitars tangle and glisten, it’s possible he prefers the pining. Smith is working his way through a big old stack of photos and an even bigger pile of emotions, and as he lingers on each image, he savors the sweet, sweet sadness.
That being said, it’s hard to imagine “Pictures of You” being any shorter. “Pictures of You”: If not for the nearly two-minute intro and 7:49 overall run length, this would have been a smash. Smith should have handed her the pen and let her write the rest of the record. When he finally gets around to singing, he quotes a girl who compares the weather to death and complains about feeling old. “Plainsong”: After about 20 seconds of wind chimes, the bass, synths and drums hit like a thunderclap, and just like that, you’re in Smith’s stormy little world. Keep reading for our track-by-track take on this melancholy stunner. It’s made countless all-time best-of lists, and 25 years later, it sounds like nothing in the band’s discography - or in anyone else’s. 2, but “Disintegration” remains the Cure’s best-selling LP, as well as the one people still talk about. The follow-up, 1992’s “Wish,” reached even higher, peaking at no. 12 on the Billboard 200 - the Cure’s highest chart placement to that point. Indeed, “Disintegration” had “commercial suicide” written all over it, but it proved gloomy in all the right ways, climbing to no. He emerged with a set of droning slow-burns inspired by the overall cruddiness of his situation, and not surprisingly, his label wasn’t pleased. Such was his motivation for going off and writing much of “Disintegration” on his own. Still, Smith was completely freaked by the prospect of turning 30, and amid tensions with his bandmates, he worried he’d missed his chance to make a masterpiece. Latin Grammys 2022: 12 nominados menos conocidos (más allá de mejor artista nuevo)
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