release date: Oct. 27, 2008
format: cd
[album rate: 2,5 / 5]
producer: Robert Smith, Keith Uddin
label: Geffen Records - nationality: England, UK
Track highlights: 2. "The Only One" - 4. "Freakshow" - 6. "Real Snow White" - 8. "Switch"
13th studio album by The Cure. After O'Donnell and Bamonte was fired in 2005 the band toured as a trio with Robert Smith, Simon Gallup and Jason Cooper, but later in 2005 Porl Thompson rejoined the band. Another four years under its way, it's hard to see much progression from its predecessor The Cure (2004). I only find it an even more obvious mission for the band to thread the same steps like Franz Ferdinand ('Freakshow'), Bloc Party ('Switch') or other contemporary artists of post-punk revival wave. Unfortunately, the album turns out as yet another mediocre album from Robert Smith & Co, and by 2014 this has been the last studio album from the band, meaning no other album cam out in 2012. On the band members list it has also been in and out like it has for many years. O'Donnell and Tolhurst both have toured with the band, and Thompson on the other hand has announced no wish to continue in the band. Reeves Gabrels, famous guitarist in various art rock bands including Tin Machine and other work with David Bowie has toured and played in The Cure. Concerning new material, rumor has it that a new album is on its way, although, it has also been proclaimed that it would be outtakes from this album, which initially had been intended as a double album.
[ allmusic.com 2 / 5, Rolling Stone 3,5 / 5 stars ]
