The Cure - Top [Deluxe Edition]

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Release Date:: 08/08/2006
Label:: Elektra / Wea
UPC:: 081227406523

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Recorded in the midst of Robert Smith's tenuous tenure with Siouxsie the Banshees, The Top is arguably the most hedonistic record the Cure ever produced. Essentially Smith and Lol Tolhurst working with studio musicians (this being the period when the Cure's lineup was never assured), it is an album obviously recorded under stress, drink, and drugs. More wildly experimental musically than anything before it, it laid the foundations for the Cure's pattern of unpigeonholable albums that were to erase their reputation built by Pornography and eventually culminated in Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me. That said, it is still very much a Cure record. Heavy on the percussion and quaint keyboard effects that were so big in the '80s, the melodies ("The Caterpillar," "Shake Dog Shake") are unmistakably Robert Smith. The big change this time around is his ability to fuse the paranoia and neuroses of former work (Pornography) with his newfound use of pop melody and outside (i.e., world travels, sounds, instruments) influences to moderate success ("Wailing Wall," "Piggy in the Mirror"). A more psychedelic descent than Pornography, The Top is a transition, never really feeling like a fulllength release, but it does meld all former phases of Rob and Co., which would fully gel on the Head on the Door. At best an imperfect record, The Top is a necessary step in the evolution of the band. [A twodisc deluxe edition of the album was released by Rhino in 2006. The first disc contained the album proper, while the second featured 11 demos, a pair of alternate mixes, and a handful of songs pulled from a live bootleg.]

- Chris True, All Music Guide

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