The Cure - 4:13 dream (2008 )
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No one ever managed to nail aimless suburban
alienation quite like The Cure, so sensitive yet
so party-hearty, and \"4:13 Dream\", their
thirteenth studio album and first in four years,
lands in a musical landscape presently infested
with their descendents. Yet Robert Smith and his
old blokes can still show the young shavers how
it’s done even as they enter their fourth decade
as a working band. The wistful yet ominous opener
\"Underneath the Stars\" keeps seeming to slip
towards Pink Floyd’s \"Wish You Were Here\",
making for a perfect exemplar of the Cure’s
highly nuanced yet undeniably commercial English
art-rock. \"The Only One\" manages to rework their
own classic \"Just Like Heaven\", twenty years old
and still soundtracking sports highlights, while
\"Switch\" is febrile scratchy funk, which should
be unconvincing yet sounds peculiarly contemporary
right now. The woozy \"Sirensong\" simply refuses
to settle into predictablility and even the
lumbering and gloomy \"The Real Snow White\",
owing plenty to Joy Division’s back catalogue,
sounds ready for arenas rather than confined
spaces. Enjoyable throughout and often
effortlessly commercial, 4:13 Dream should depress
many young people, especially those musicians who
realise just how far they have to catch up.
Track listing:
1. \"Underneath the Stars\" – 6:17
2. \"The Only One\" – 3:57
3. \"The Reasons Why\" – 4:35
4. \"Freakshow\" – 2:30
5. \"Sirensong\" – 2:22
6. \"The Real Snow White\" – 4:43
7. \"The Hungry Ghost\" – 4:29
8. \"Switch\" – 3:44
9. \"The Perfect Boy\" – 3:21
10. \"This. Here and Now. With You\" – 4:06
11. \"Sleep When I\'m Dead\" – 3:51
12. \"The Scream\" – 4:37
13. \"It\'s Over\" – 4:16
Total Play Time: 52:48
Personel:
Robert Smith – vocals, guitar, 6-string bass,
keyboards, producer, mixing, engineering
Porl Thompson – guitar
Simon Gallup – bass
Jason Cooper – drums, percussion, loops
Release date: 27/10/2008
Label: Polydor Group
Format: Lossless FLAC
EAC/FLAC inc. CUE sheet, M3U & log
Size: 360MB