The Cure – Pornography (Limited Edition, Clear Red Vinyl) Symphonic Metal reaching ever upwards from an

reaching ever upwards from an already lofty base of early achievements

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Originally released on Megaforce

The album is a capsule of weeks in a hospital bed and recovery back at his Portland home

It is a very personal album with a lot of the narrative subject matter referring to Astbury’s younger years

The Cure – Pornography (Limited Edition, Clear Red Vinyl) Symphonic Metal reaching ever upwards from anThe Cure: Robert Smith (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Simon Gallup (keyboards, bass); Laurence Tolhurst (keyboards, drums). Engineers: Phil Thornally, Mike Nocito, Robert Smith. Recorded at Rak Studio One, London, England. For a band that's known worldwide as the premier purveyors of goth rock gloom and doom (though hardly incapable of sparkling pop gems), it's no small thing to identify a particular album as their darkest, most disturbing sonic