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Pornography

by Cure

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All Time

of 455,477

7,738
1980's

of 12,289

868
1989

of 7,682

430

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Overall Rating: 2.8269 Pornography is ranked overall as 2.8269 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 2.8460 Pornography has an avg. critic score of 2.8460 out of 4 stars

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Stylus Magazine

After six albums, The Cureâs introspective mood had begun to barrel into depression (heralded bySeventeen Secondsâ andFaithâs lyrical downturn) and, in 1982, was brought to the cliff's unstable lip byPornographyâs thick sense of ...more

All Music Guide

Later hailed as one of the key goth rock albums of the '80s and considered by many hardcore Cure fans to be the band's best album,Pornographywas largely dismissed upon its 1982 release, witheringly reviewed as a leaden slab of whining and moping. ...more

Rolling Stone

More than anything else, the Cure is a group of supremely gifted noisemakers. ...more

Yahoo! Music

Die-hard (no pun intended) Goths will insist that this, the Cure's most macabre and morbid release, is their best. But melody is too often sacrificed (again, no pun intended) for mood. Keep razor blades and sleeping pills out of reach while listening. ...more

Yahoo! Music

Later hailed as one of the key goth rock albums of the '80s and considered by many hardcore Cure fans to be the band's best album, Pornography was largely dismissed upon its 1982 release, witheringly reviewed as a leaden slab of whining and moping. ...more

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Adrian Denning.co.uk

Robert Smith goes all out here to create an album that was intended as a 'fuck you'. Who this is directed at remains unclear, but i'm not too worried. Lyrics that are consistently dark and death/murder obsessed. Listen to the magnificent opening....read the complete review at Adrian Denning.co.uk

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