Faith is an Alt/Indie album by The Cure, originally released in 1981. On Gatefold: 149 pressings tracked, owned by 55 collectors.
About
The Cure’s third album, 1981’s <i>Faith</i>, features a core trio responding to the chiseled minimalism of its predecessor, 1980’s <i>Seventeen Seconds</i>, with a deeper emotional resonance and carefully orchestrated keyboards from leader Robert Smith. Recorded at a time when the band was experimenting with drugs and still establishing itself as an iconoclastic voice, <i>Faith</i> is a thoroughly assured collection of fully-realized compositions that flirt with questions of faith, fate and somber, sobering realities. Yet unlike the emotional excesses that would lead the band to their future extreme heights, the songs here are intense, yet restrained. “Doubt” steps on the accelerator and points towards the Cure sound most familiar to its later fans. However, most of the cuts follow a solemn form. “All Cats Are Grey” posts an eternal yearn in its slow, protruding chords, while “The Funeral Party” marches through a wintry field as the voices echo in what sounds like a futile, existential void.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1The Holy Hour4:25
- A2Primary3:34
- A3Other Voices4:27
- A4All Cats Are Grey5:25
Side B
- B1The Funeral Party4:14
- B2Doubt3:10
- B3The Drowning Man4:49
- B4Faith6:42
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Goth Rock
- cavernous
- brooding
- nocturnal
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Laurence TolhurstDRUMS DRUM MACHINE PERFORMER , DRUMS
- Robert SmithGUITAR GUITAR, KEYBOARDS, VOCALS GUITAR, KEYBOARDS, VOICE
- Simon GallupBASS PERFORMER , BASS
55 collectors on Gatefold own this · 149 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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