Cure - Faith (Limited Edition)
- Holy Hour
- Primary
- Other Voices
- All Cats Are Grey
- Funeral Party
- Doubt
- Drowning Man
- Faith
- Format
- Vinyl LP
- Genre
- Rock
- Tracks
- 8
- Edition
- Limited Edition
2020 repress. 140 gram LP on grey vinyl. Recorded in 1981, this classic album took the band further down the road of despair, initiated with Seventeen Seconds, with an album full of mournful atmospheric tracks, including their hit single, ""Primary"". ""Robert Smith has expressed his appreciation for the music of Joy Division and I would say that this album, Faith, is The Cure's Closer - dark, monotone, toy drumming with layers of anguish and compelling lyrics. 'The Funeral Party' is like Joy Division's 'Eternal' - dealing with loss in an effective, but original way. I compare The Cure's Faith album to Joy Division's Closer only to express how well I feel Robert Smith managed to make an effective album - this is original, unique and beautiful music.""
- The Holy Hour
- Primary
- Other Voices
- All Cats Are Grey
- The Funeral Party
- Doubt
- The Drowning Man
- Faith
- Format
- Vinyl LP
- Genre
- Rock
- Tracks
- 8
- Pressing
- 180g
Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Faith is the third studio album by English rock band The Cure, released on 14 April 1981. Preceded by the single ""Primary"", the album was a moderate success commercially but was received ambivalently by critics. Faith saw The Cure continuing in the gloomy vein of 1980's Seventeen Seconds, which would conclude with the band's next album, Pornography. Following the tour for Seventeen Seconds, The Cure returned to Morgan Studios on 27 September 1980 to record a new album. During this session, recordings of songs ""All Cats Are Grey"" and ""Primary"" were attempted, but neither ended up on the album. Robert Smith was hoping the tracks would sound ""funereal"", but instead he said ""they just sounded dull"". Most of Faith was written in the studio. At least two songs on the album, ""All Cats Are Grey"" and ""The Drowning Man"", were inspired by the Gormenghast novels of Mervyn Peake. Faith was the first album by The Cure to feature six-string bass guitar; ""All Cats Are Grey"" features Smith on keyboards and piano, with no guitar at all. The front cover, designed by former and future member Porl Thompson, is a picture of Bolton Priory in the village of Bolton Abbey in the fog.
- Holy Hour
- Primary
- Other Voices
- All Cats Are Grey
- Funeral Party
- Doubt
- Drowning Man
- Faith
- Format
- CD
- Genre
- Rock
- Tracks
- 8
Originally a goth-flavored post-punk outfit, The Cure evolved into one of the truly seminal bands of the '80s, and ultimately one of modern rock's most celebrated and influential acts. Guided by creative visionary Robert Smith, The Cure's signature sound balances dreamy pop savvy and poetic lyricism with a dark, brooding intensity. Faith is the third studio album from The Cure and features the single ""Primary"". .
