4 million copies to date
but every single track on the album remains an understated masterpiece
The LP is packaged with a peel-off sticker - now in a new Silver Foil Edition - revealing Lord Quas's guts
she's created an unprecedented body of work drawing from club music
It turned the sound of underground rave music into a global force
The Cure "The Gothic Roots of the Cure" 2025-05-16-Fresh 4 million copies to dateThe Cure began in 1976 as Easy Cure in Crawley, England, with Robert Smith (vocals, guitar), Michael Dempsey (bass), and Lol Tolhurst (drums), along with guitarist Porl Thompson. Thompson departed, and the remaining trio renamed themselves The Cure. They released their debut single, "Killing an Arab," in 1978 and their first album, Three Imaginary Boys, in 1979. Following the darker period, Smith introduced more pop elements into the music, leading to