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The Top [CD]
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The Top is the Cure at their most unhinged and colourful, a 1984 album that sounds like Robert Smith emptying out his notebooks and his nightmares at the same time, presented here as the CD edition.
It arrived during a strange, prolific period. The band had splintered after the bleak intensity of Pornography, Smith was moonlighting with Siouxsie and the Banshees, and the Cure had just scored a run of quirky pop singles. The Top pulls all of those threads together into one restless, psychedelic swirl, with Smith playing much of it himself.
"The Caterpillar" is the hit, a playful, tumbling song full of violin, piano and fluttering percussion that still sounds wonderfully odd. "Shake Dog Shake" opens the album with a snarling, guitar-heavy jolt, while "Bananafishbones" bounces along on a jittery rhythm. The closing title track sinks into something darker and heavier, a reminder that the gloom never fully left.
Odd instruments and sound effects pop up in unexpected places, keeping you guessing.
Often overlooked between the darker classics and the later hits, The Top is overdue for a fresh listen. It's the Cure's most adventurous album of the period, and a lot of fun once you surrender to its weirdness.
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