The Cure - Seventeen Seconds

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The Cure - Seventeen Seconds; Rating: 4.5
Topic Started: Jan 26 2007, 06:47 PM (225 Views)
Stagger Lee	Jan 26 2007, 06:47 PM Post #1
Member Posts: 43 Group: Members Member #35 Joined: July 5, 2006	Seventeen Seconds was released by The Cure in 1980, and is seen by many as The Cure's real debut. It brought in the early 80s Cure sound that many fans love. It was a much darker, experimental sound, in contrast to TIB's simple (pop) punk. Here is my opinion of each song: 01 - A Reflection - A short, minimalistic intro. Simple piano sets the sombre mood, and is coupled with clean chords on the guitar. Less of a song, more of a mood setter/intro. 8/10 02 - Play For Today - One of the catchier songs on the album, which could have been a single. It starts of with a lone drum line, which is soon joined by bass and some beautiful harmonics on the guitar. The guitar shifts into chords and the song continues with a good catchy chorus. Excellent song. 10/10 03 - Secrets - A quiet song with distant vocals and whispering, echoing backing vocals. Along with the vocals are Acoustic Guitar, Piano and Drums. It contains a v. good guitar solo. A simple but nonetheless good song. 8/10 04 - In Your House - Lol Tolhurst's simple drum line introduces the song, followed by Robert Smith's signature flanged Jazzmaster and the Bass and Drums. It has good interlocking guitar lines. This is a good catchy song, one of the better on the album. 9/10 05 - Three - This song starts of with some indistinguishable mumbling, then progresses into a weird electronic instrumental. It drones along as a dysfunctional rave, leaving the listener distressed. A decent song. 7/10 06 - The Final Sound - This is an intro to A Forest and thus does not stand up as a song on it's own. A single, weird Piano track sets the mood for the next song. Nothing special, but it has it's purpose. 6/10 07 - A Forest - You can not call yourself a Cure fan if you have not heard this song. This amazing song is further introduced by Piano and Guitar. It is then joined by Bass and a simple drum line, which sets the pace perfectly. It reaches it's climax with a great guitar solo that compliments the song well, then finishes with a lone Bass echoing. Amazing. 10/10 08 - M - Well, how do you manage not to disappoint after a song like that. I don't know, but Robert Smith managed it with M. We are introduced to the simple but effective Em-C-Em-C-B chord progression at the start of the song by a lone flanged guitar. Then the rest of the instruments come in as usual, holding the song in place. It gets better with another fantastic guitar solo, which finishes the song nicely. Perfect. 10/10 09 - At Night - This song has a repeated simple, grinding riff, which starts the song. As usual, the instruments compliment each other nicely in the mix. The song has a quite menacing but sad feel. A good song that acts as a nice precursive for the ending of the album. 9/10 10 - Seventeen Seconds - The final song and title track is a simplistic two chord song. It starts of with another one of Lol Tolhurst's simple drum lines and then brings in the Guitar with the aforementioned two chords and the Bass. A simple but good closer to the album. 9/10 This album has a very melancholic but kind of sterile feeling. The grey and white of the album cover certainly reflect the mood of the album. It is a perfect soundtrack to London in January. The Cure pull off this album with good tunes, production, lyrics and mixing. A superb album. 4.5/5



Chimaira	Jan 26 2007, 07:53 PM Post #2
Aristocrat Posts: 2,398 Group: Members Member #23 Joined: June 28, 2006	Nice Review, I've been meaning to check out The Cure for the longest time, so I guess I'll start off with this. Can you change your final review to a score out of five? I guess Morgan likes it that way for some weird reason. It's in the Contributions FAQ.



Stagger Lee	Jan 26 2007, 08:53 PM Post #3
Member Posts: 43 Group: Members Member #35 Joined: July 5, 2006	Thanks for the uhhhh... review review. I changed it to 4.5/5. -Taidgh :dance:



Morgan	Feb 10 2007, 01:49 PM Post #4
Dinkin' flicka. Posts: 1,890 Group: Staff Member #2 Joined: June 28, 2006 Gender: Male Name: Morgan Location: Sarasota, FL Last.fm: rockon1824	Thanks a lot, added. Sorry for the wait.
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Stagger Lee	Feb 13 2007, 03:07 PM Post #5
Member Posts: 43 Group: Members Member #35 Joined: July 5, 2006	Thankyou. -Taidgh :dance: EDIT: It doesn't seem to be there.



Morgan	May 29 2008, 07:39 PM Post #6
Dinkin' flicka. Posts: 1,890 Group: Staff Member #2 Joined: June 28, 2006 Gender: Male Name: Morgan Location: Sarasota, FL Last.fm: rockon1824	Congratulations, your review has been accepted! It will be added to the Music-Talk.org website in the next few days and 3 MT Points will be added to your account. Thank you!
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