Songs of a Lost World

2.88

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I like it. Pretty melancholic, but serene.

I really didn't expect to like this. The Cure is decades beyond their best work, and I had no expectation that they'd be able to make something that sounded like themselves, yet also NOT sound anachronistic. I was wrong.

High 4, best Cure album I've had yet.

The guitar solo on Drone:Nodrone was phenomenal

Surprisingly, the album was released after I had already started working on the project. As a fan of The Cure, I listened to it right away back then. Now I've listened to it again. I was a little disappointed with the first half. The second half was better, but not really captivating. I'll definitely listen to the album again, but certainly not anytime soon. 3/5

This is me discovering that they’ve added new albums to this list?! This is the second The Cure album I’ve listened to so far and I can confirm I really like their sound!

Real calm

A late period gem from the Cure. I wonder if the reviewer who said it was "too damn early" to add this to the user list a year and a half ago still stands by that statement. It's great that The Cure are still turning out material this good so far into their career.

I didn't like this as much as I did The Cure albums on the main list. But it's fine

Hyvä "paluulevy". 4/5

Such a beautiful meloncholic end of the world

Not the most exceptional Cure album (that is an extremely high bar) it is still pretty amazing for such a late period album. 4/5

Just average Cure, who I still think is the most underrated band of all time

Favorite songs: Drone: Nodrone, Warsong, And Nothing is Forever, A Fragile Thing, I Can Never Say Goodbye

Least favorite songs: Endsong

5/5

Pretty dang good for being that late into their career, but also doesn't bring much to the table that the original list didn't already showcase

The Cure’s most exciting period ran from Three Imaginary Boys (1979) through Wish (1992) — thirteen incredibly productive years. After 4:13 Dream (2008), which I’d put among their weaker albums, the band went silent in the studio for sixteen years. In that time, they toured endlessly while Robert Smith kept promising a new album. Finally, in 2024, Songs of a Lost World arrived.

The Cure have never shied away from long, slow-building intros, and they’re all over this record. At nearly fifty minutes across just eight tracks, it’s patient and heavy. But the moment Smith’s voice breaks through, you know instantly: The Cure still sound like The Cure. The tempos are slower, the raw bursts mostly gone, but what’s here is genuinely beautiful.

The album is subdued, steeped in grief and reflection. Smith’s unmistakable voice sits against thick, weighty arrangements, creating an atmosphere that feels both oppressive and strangely luminous. Mortality, loss, and fading time run through the lyrics, and the music mirrors it — layers of melancholy that manage to be haunting and gorgeous at once.

It might be their final album, and if it is, they’ve gone out on a high. Dark, reflective, and unhurried, Songs of a Lost World feels like a closing statement from one of the greatest bands of all time.

July 23, 2025

As this is my seventh Cure album, I would have been very surprised if I didn't like this one. Well, I did. Since the last stuff I heard from the band was from the Head on the Door and Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, switching to this more abrasive, rocky sound was like getting splashed in the face with cold water.

My main nit to pick is how loud the drums are in every song, but that's more a question of mixing than song quality.

Never really found anything I enjoyed much with this band and this album is no exception.

Really wasn’t into the cure until recently, took me to get Disintegrated on the orginal list to full my appreciate them, their other albums didn’t click with me before that. But when this came out last year I was blown away, the soundscapes are beautiful. One of my favourite albums over the last year, maybe jumping the gun giving this a 5, but does feel like one of these best comeback albums in a long time.