Mood Swings

Mood Swings

ASIN: B00006IJOY

Track Listings

1. Summertime

2. Misty

3. Boy From New York City

4. Moondance

5. Get Here

6. Chattanooga Choo Choo

7. Cruising For Bruising

8. Fever

9. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
Daria Matacia vocals/keyboard

Product Description
Daria sings tasteful and heartfelt renditions of jazz/pop standards, with her own distinctive style.Her debut effort after paying her dues in the buisness for over 20 years.

Tracks:

Want
Club America
This Is A Lie
The 13th
Strange Attraction
Mint Car
Jupiter Crash
Round & Round & Round
Gone!
Numb
Return
Trap
Treasure
Bare

Customer Reviews:

Unique, diverse, rich.......2006-09-21

Man oh man oh man; I cannot fathom these 1 star reviews by people. There must be SOMETHING they just DON'T get about this album, because it's brilliant. I won't go into specifics, but let me just say that I own every single Cure album and song ever released, from Three Imaginary Boys in '79 to Self-Titled in '04, along with the Join the Dots (B-Sides and Rarities) release in '04. In any case, my point is that I know ALL Cure. Everything. Many fans will compare this to other Cure releases such as "Disintegration" or "Pornography" or "Faith" or "Wish" and diss the heck out of it...just seems bizarre and strange to me. This album has so many eclectic features and and an incredible range of diversity, yet it is still held together by all things Cure. The songs are downright beautiful. For people to call this slosh and self-indulgent is just plain ignorant. To attack the lyrical content is downright immature. So what if he's singing about cheating? Each song is unique with a wide array of themes. Pay no regard to the bad reviews. You can trust me as someone who has everything The Cure has released that this is a more-than-worthy addition to your collection. I actually prefer the second half of the disc more than the first, but still love the first half as well. Do it up and treat your ears to a real work of art.

I tried.......2006-09-09

I was a huge Cure fan in the 90s. When this came out I really really wanted it to be great. I listened to it many times. I remember none of the songs and didn't like ONE song on the CD. If you want an underrated Cure CD, go get Wish. Don't even bother with this one. Completely forgetable.

Much Better Than You're Being Led To Believe.......2006-09-06

Wild Mood Swings is not a bad cd. Many of the negative reviews come right out and admit to trying to pull the rating of this cd down. Why? It usually comes down to being stuck in the past. There are a lot of people who cannot accept Robert Smith doing anything outside of Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me or Disintegration.

Wild Mood Swings is different. It's upbeat in some places and downbeat in others (ok, ok, I know that describes Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me but the instrumentation is different here); it's not your typical Cure release but I like it. It reminds me some of The Top, a much more psycho and, in many cases, just as maligned an effort.

WMS also reminds me of many of the silly music that made up the mid-80's. There are lots and lots of great keyboard sounds to go around and a ton of great guitar. What's not to like?

Singificantly better than many diehards will tell you........2006-08-22

An album that is generally dispised by fans of the Cure, "Wild Mood Swings" is as different from everything else in the band's catalog as can be, and a the time of release it was a bit jarring. It's an album of acoustic guitars and bright production and of open space, and while it was significantly different from anything the band has done, a decade after its release, it's pretty clear that the album, taken out of the shock of its appearance, is a decent record in its own right.

Of course, from the opener, you wouldn't know it'd be full of bright songs-- "Want" is classic dark Cure stuff-- ringing bass, clean tone melodic electric guitars, and noisy leads supporting a vocal that turns as fierce and jarring as anything Smith has done. But there is a sense of space that's obvious in it that permeates the album, and the record's brightness is obvious throughout, whether in the form of explosive pop songs ("Mint Car", a positively ecstatic explosition of new love), bizarre blues/funk tinged horn driven pieces ('Gone!"), moody, acoustic Bowie-styled reflections ("jupiter Crash") or just downright bizarre (more of the record than you'd guess-- Latin-tinged "The 13th" defies explanatio and the lower register vocal of "Club America" is in direct opposition to the usual Cure). Admittedly, amidst all of this there's a couple bunts (propolsive rocker "Trap", somewhat dull pop song "Strange Attraction") and yeah, the bright production can get irritating in its lack of subtlety ("Round & Round & Round"), but there's a lot to be heard here, just put aside your preconceived notions of what the band should be at the door.

"Wild Mood Swings" found the Cure crippled-- longtime guitarist Porl Thompson and drummer Boris Williams, who had both been with the band for a decade, left, and leader Robert Smith seemed to have felt painted in a corner stylistically. This one is definitely quite a detour, and if you're not one to like your band's drifting from their core sound, this isn't one for you. For the rest of us, "Wild Mood Swings" is one of the more intriguing things the band has done.

Unfocussed Slosh.......2006-05-17

No matter how often and how many times I've tried to listen to this album I cannot get more than half way without getting so bored with it that I'm compelled to change discs. The Cure has been my all-time favourite band since 1985, and still is to this day (2006), but this album is simply unlistenable drivel. It's not that objectively speaking, the album is the worst thing since Celine Dion, but, standing against the background of such groundbreaking classic Cure favourites as Faith, Pornography and Disintegration; Wild Mood Swings falls right out of the swing and hits itself badly on the head, concussing and haemmorrhaging to death on the hard earth of reality.
Some tracks are catchy enough, especially the openers Want, Club America and The 13th, but nonetheless come over as sounding so similar to tracks already done wonderfully before (respectively Open, Harold & Joe and The Lovecats) that they're less like original variations than pale caricatures of them. From there it's all down-swing as the album does a bland, unfocussed and uninspired take on jangly Brit-style pop and ballads. Songs like Mint Car sound so obviously like Smith is trying so incredibly hard to be happy and poppy and fluffy (when he's probably just really drunk) that you can't help cringing when you listen to them. Smith himself has said this is his least liked album The Cure has done of them all.
If you're interested in The Cure but new to them - avoid this one, and stick to one of the certified greats, such as the above mentioned titles.

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Simply amazing
WOW!!
HOMERUN!!
One of the finest AOR/hard rock albums ever
very good

Mood Swings
Harem Scarem
Manufacturer: Wea International
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000070QN
Release Date: 1995-04-11

Tracks:

Saviors Never Cry
No Justice
Stranger Than Love
Change Comes Around
Jealousy
Sentimental Blvd.
Mandy
Empty Promises
If There Was a Time
Just Like I Planned
Had Enough

Album Description

Second album originally released in 1993 after their self-titled debut. 11 tracks. WEA.

Customer Reviews:

Simply amazing.......2007-07-03

I somehow had overlooked this band,as have most people in the states.But,after trading cd's with a friend from California,he turned me on to these guys as well as Gotthard. I have since tried to fill my library with anything from HS that I can find.I'm not going to give my opinion of every song,but if you want a top notch cd to play over and over,buy this one,as well as any of their other cd's,and enjoy some of the best music that you've never heard of!

WOW!!.......2007-05-24

Harem Scarem - WOW! What a great album. This is a superb collection of beautiful melodic rock songs. You have to listen to this music if you're at all interested in skillful yet catchy melodic rock in the vein of Giant, Extreme, Hardline etc. These guys can do no wrong! Great playing all round especially the awesome guitars. Killer vocal melodies and harmonies. Absolutely perfect production. All their albums are great so it is very hard to rank them but this one has a nice balance of rock and melody and songwriting and magic. This genre of music has been done alot but there are a few standout acts who really know what they're doing and Harem Scarem is one of them. Enjoy!

HOMERUN!!.......2006-01-10

i picked this up after reading reviews posted here. ya know, it's really hard in the good ole usa to get exposed to music that has what i need to get off. that being:1.really good lead and back-up vocals 2.great musicianship 3.well written songs. this one has all of the above. the guitar work is brutal, harmony vocals as good as you've ever heard, and the production is grade A. i'll never understand why a band of this caliber doesn't get promotion and airplay in the states. you really need this one.

One of the finest AOR/hard rock albums ever.......2005-08-09

Simply put, Harem Scarem is a phenomenal band who can do no wrong when it comes to creating hard-rocking, catchy, stylistically diverse rock music. This is melodic rock refined by some of the greatest songwriters in ANY genre, and to top it off, the band is absolutely on fire. Listen to Harry Hess' amazing vocals on "If There Was A Time" - and he says he was singing with a cold that day! Or Pete Lesperance's smoldering guitar work on closing track "Had Enough" - brilliant. From start to finish, this is an unapologetic rocker through and through, but is so melodic and jam-packed with great choruses and guitar riffs you won't be able to get it out of your head for months. I just discovered this a few years ago, and boy am I glad I did. Fans of Def Leppard, Extreme, Whitesnake, Hardline, Journey, Van Halen, Queen, and pretty much ANY melodic hard rock will find a lot to enjoy here. Tracks range from Leppard-style arena anthems like "Stranger Than Love" to bluesy rips like "Jealousy", all the way to the acapella "Just Like I Planned" (my least favorite track, but still really good) and the slamming "Saviors Never Cry". It's all over the map but still retains that melodic core. Two thumbs wayyy up for this classic record.

Best Tracks:
"Stranger Than Love" - One of the best choruses I've ever heard in my life. Nothing too intricate, just a great slab of melodic songwriting and the obligatory awesome solo.
"Change Comes Around" - Probably the heaviest track here, this one could go toe-to-toe with the Crue or Scorpions or any of the other "heavy" melodic rock bands. Great anthemic outro too.
"Jealousy" - Bluesy, great vocals by Harry Hess. This track smokes from start to finish but still has that hit-potential.
"Sentimental Boulevard" - Should have been a #1 smash! Check out that great chorus, and again great guitar work. Sung by drummer Darren Smith.
"Mandy" - Soothing, note perfect guitar instrumental that keeps the album flowing seamlessly.
"If There Was A Time" - Incredible vocals, amazing guitar solo, and a chorus to die for. Spiritual, hooky, original - there's so much to say about this awesome tune. One of my all-time favorite Harem Scarem tracks.

very good.......2005-02-05

I'm not as fanatical about this album as most Harem Scarem fans. I like it, but I don't think it's their #1 album. "No Justice" and "Saviours Never Cry" are excellent bonecrushing rockers and alone are worth buying this CD.

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My All-Time Favorite CD by Cindy Alexander
An absolute masterpiece
Only Love for Smash
Best Artist in LA
An aptly-titled masterpiece...

Smash
Cindy Alexander
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ASIN: B000086G0N
Release Date: 2003-01-29

Tracks:

Masterpiece
I'm So Sad that You're Happy
Jamie
Smash
Only Love
Born Again Virgin
Idiot Child
Carnival Junkie
818
Right On
Tour Song
Heaven Knows

Album Description

An ecclectic, poignant, humorous, and intelligent collection of songs from one of L.A.'s favorite independent singer/songwriters. Includes songwriting collaborations with Grammy Award winning writers Dennis Matkosky and Gary Harrison, and production contributions from David Darling (Meredith Brooks/Brian Setzer/Boxing Gandhis), and Evan Frankfort (Wallflowers/The Muffs/Jayhalks/Melodine).

Customer Reviews:

My All-Time Favorite CD by Cindy Alexander.......2005-11-26

I own all of Cindy's CDs and I must say this is my favorite. I love the lyrics! I especially turn it up loud on Smash! This is a CD I like to play at work because I am bad about hitting the remote to skip songs this is one of the few to include Sarah Brightman's that I will let play in it's entirety. I feel that Cindy is a very talented artist who is not given enough credit.!

An absolute masterpiece.......2005-08-11

This album is simply, if I may borrow the title of Track 1, a Masterpiece. Smash is an insightful journey into the heart and mind of a world class musician. Through beautiful vocals, intelligent lyrics, and well crafted melodies. I just cannot get enough of I'm So Sad That You're Happy and Idiot Child. I get the opportunity to hear many artists, and Cindy is certainly one of the best around today.

Only Love for Smash.......2005-07-21

So it's been 4 years since Cindy's last album and it was well worth the wait. This album offers something for every mood. Including deep and heartfelt ballads like Only Love and Tour Song. It has rocking tracks like Smash and Carnival Junkie. As well as generally impressive and insightful tracks like, Idiot Child and Heaven Knows. This is a great album you will want to listen to over and over from the first song to the last.

Best Artist in LA.......2005-01-07

Cindy Alexander is absolutely the best emerging artist in LA. Both albums (See Red and Smash) grow on you after a couple of listenings and shortly thereafter the songs are stuck in your head. I've seen a zillion concerts over the last 3 decades and thinks she is on the edge of becoming really big. Her CD's back it up, she's great and a hell of an insightful writer and talented songstress. She has a style all her own. If you like artists like Stevie Nicks, Sara McLachlan, Karla Bonoff and Sheryl Crow you'll love Cindy.

An aptly-titled masterpiece..........2004-09-09

It is rare for an independent recording artist to produce a debut album that enchants both fans and critics alike. It is rarer still for that same artist to produce a sophomore album that tops its predecessor by leaps and bounds. Such feats are rare indeed ... but not impossible, as Cindy Alexander proves on SMASH, her stellar sophomore CD. On SMASH, Alexander sideswipes the dreaded "sophomore slump" with a clever, impossibly catchy disc filled with soon-to-be pop/rock classics.

Each song proves that Alexander (equal parts Dorothy Parker and Chrissy Hynde) has got everything it takes to rocket into the stratosphere: Charisma, supreme vocal chops, catchy, clever lyrics, and flawless musicianship. There are no duds on SMASH. Cindy's killer combination of witty lyricism and smashing vocals drives up-tempo numbers like "Masterpiece," the album's title track, "Carnival Junkie," and "Right On" straight into listeners' brains. Yet Cindy shines on slower ballads like "Only Love," "Tour Song," and "Heaven Knows." Pick a favorite tune? Impossible.

The kicker? Cindy is an intelligent, witty, considerate, and GRACIOUS recording artist who actually answers e-mail from her legions of adoring fans (I speak from experience). Bottom line: Buy SMASH. Buy several copies of SMASH and send them to friends who appreciate good pop/rock music. It'll be the best $10 you've ever spent.

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Great Group, Good CD

Mood Swings
The Swingle Singers
Manufacturer: Primarily Acapella
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000E1WN7
Release Date: 2003-11-04

Tracks:

So What
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Just One Of Those Things
My Foolish Heart
All The Things You Are
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Soul Bossa Nova

Customer Reviews:

Great Group, Good CD.......2005-06-04

The Swingle Singers are hard to label. They are A Cappella, but they don't stick to one style. They are most famous for their eight-voiced arrangements of famous classical pieces, but they also venture into pop and jazz every once and a while. This CD is all jazz, and while I appriciate the creativity and incredible difficulty of the arrangements, the jazz feel isn't quite there. It's almost like when a classical choir does an encore called something along the lines of "Gershwin!" Perhaps that is a little rough though. These are true jazz arrangements (all by the founder of the group, Ward Swingle), just not executed as most vocal jazz group would. The Swingle Singers do not as their name might suggest swing the notes. Many pieces are intentionally not swung. It's a very peculiar feel which you might love or hate. This review sounds pretty harsh, but I do enjoy this CD and would recomend to any jazz or A Cappella fan. Ward Swingle is a brilliant arranger and the group, aside from the feel, performes them brilliantly.

Average customer rating:

Who is better?
I'm impressed

Mood Swings
Russell Gunn
Manufacturer: Highnote
ProductGroup: Music
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Mood Swings
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Customer Reviews:

Who is better?.......2006-12-16

I'd like to think that I have an open mind about life's possibilities. So if there's a trumpet player today as good as or better Russell Gunn, I'd like to know who that player is. I want to know so I can rush out and buy all of that player's CDs, just as I have bought all of Russell Gunn's.

Gunn's playing transcends time. He ranks among the giant trumpeters, past and present. who too still transcend time. If all the greats were alive and could hear Gunn play, they'd all give him a standing ovation. He is one of them.

I'm impressed.......2004-04-30

I had only heard cuts from Smoking Gunn and one of the Ethnomusicology cds prior to picking up Mood Swings and I'd have to admit that I'm impressed. Gunn breathes new life into the organ trio format and is clearly getting his sound together. Whether the hip hop thing will win out over his straight ahead playing and whether or not he has a musical vision that will last is still unclear. But the playing on this CD is tight, emotional and at times quite hot. Don't dismiss this cat. He has a lot of head room in front of him!!

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Errollyn Wallen will break your heart and put it back together again.
Appropriate Title for Sharp Performances on a Bumpy Road

Moodswings

Manufacturer: Asv Living Era
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Release Date: 2005-04-26

Tracks:

My Mood Swings
Until...
The Abyss
Venus Flytrap
I've Seen It All
Shallow Footsteps
Song
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I Never Went Away
Swearing At The Moon
When Darkness Comes
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The brilliant Brodsky Quartet is at it again, offering entertaining, virtuosic collaborations with stars of the pop music world with which both classical and popular music lovers will be equally entranced. Whether it's lolling strings underpinning Meredith Monk's enchanting, wordless syllables or assisting Jacqui Dankworth in a torch-like ballad (The Abyss) or nervous pizzicati to go along with a song by Sting, the ear is constantly being treated to a new surprise: if a quartet of strings and a voice can do it, they do it here. Errolyn Wallen and the Brodskys offer a languid ballad called "Daedalus," while Bjork puts her usual, original (if vaguely tiresome) stamp on "I've Seen It All." The CD opens and closes with songs sung by Elvis Costello whose unique, vibrato-filled voice remains remarkably expressive; the last number, "Real Emotional Girl," is a Randy Newman song in which the strings of the Brodskys feel and put across the singer's anguish in equal partnership. A one-of-a-kind CD. --Robert Levine

Customer Reviews:

Errollyn Wallen will break your heart and put it back together again........2006-05-01

Errollyn Wallen's track, Daedalus, will break your heart and put it back together again. This is a quiet, absolutely beautiful testament to her power, verve and finesse as a composer. Genius.

Appropriate Title for Sharp Performances on a Bumpy Road.......2005-06-06

The Brodsky Quartet remains as audacious as ever with their new recording. This time out, the intensely dramatic string quartet spent time in select UK schools where they composed new songs with schoolchildren. Those are presented here alongside the quartet's arrangements of songs by more established writers such as Elvis Costello, Sting, Björk and Ron Sexsmith. The result could have been a mess, but it's not. Far from it, it's a soulful and sometimes challenging album adhering together rather tenuously as an avant-garde theatrical album. There are several peaks and valleys throughout, though luckily the high points make this a worthwhile disc to get.

Sting's performance of his gypsy ballad, "Until...", sounds especially influenced by Kurt Weill, as does Björk's familiar dirge, "I've Seen It All", from her 2000 cinematic foray with Lars von Trier, "Dancer in the Dark". Jacqui Dankworth lends a languorous vocal to Kate Curtis' and Will South's "The Abyss" and the more funereal "Song" by Daniel Monk. And a nice surprise is the Gershwin-inspired "I Never Went Away" by Richard Rodney Bennett, though it does feel a bit out of place among the more experimental music. Truth be told, some tracks are plain odd, such as Meredith Monk's "Gotham Lullaby" with its random yelps and minor-chord la-la's and Errollyn Wallen's meandering, overlong "Daedalus", a rather pretentious art song. The schools provide two of the highlights here: "Swearing at the Moon" by Arieh Miller of JFS in London, and Venus Flytrap by students from Blatchingham Mill School in Hove. Both songs are performed by Ian Shaw, whose biting vocal mixes well with the discordant string arrangements. Elvis Costello frames the recording with the jaunty opener, "My Mood Swings" and his closing cover of Randy Newman's "Real Emotional Girl", a slow, heartbreaking ballad with Newman's trademark observations. The quartet itself performs with their brio intact, applying a lot of color and texture to the songs.

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One of the Better Tracks from "Tissues and Issues"

Mood Swings
Charlotte Church
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Moodswings (To Come At Me Like That)
Calling You

Album Description

Taken from her Top 5 album Tissues & Issues, the song is the fourth track to be released from the gold, 250,000-selling LP and was written especially for Charlotte by Fitzgerald Scott, Gary Smith, Maureen Collin and Kalenna Harper. Featuring an exclusive remix by co-writer Gary Smith, the song is clearly one of the album's most personal and memorable moments and perfectly showcases Charlotte's powerhouse vocals. The single also contains `Calling You', Charlotte's unique interpretation of the haunting song from the critically acclaimed film Baghdad Cafe. BMG. 2006.

Album Details

An infectious & classic pop song.

Customer Reviews:

One of the Better Tracks from "Tissues and Issues".......2007-05-20

MOODSWINGS (To Come at Me like That)is probably one of the better songs from Charlotte's new album. Still, it's not worth your money! Her voice has a rasp to it, and it's also very breathy. It must come from her constant smoking and drinking (alcohol, of course). The album has become a FLOP, and this is only helping! Sorry Charl, but not worth it!

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Favorite Mood Swings: Greatest Hits
The Leaving Trains
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Release Date: 1997-10-07

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A long time (19 yrs) Cure fan explains how to enjoy Wildmoodswings
Did you know?
Unimpressive effort.
"jupiter crash" IS 1 THE REASONS TO BUY THIS!
Typical of The Cure, very good

Wild Mood Swings
The Cure
Manufacturer: Import [Generic]
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Release Date: 1999-08-03

Tracks:

Want
Club America
This Is a Lie
13th
Strange Attraction
Mint Car
Jupiter Crash
Round & Round & Round
Gone!
Numb
Return
Trap
Treasure
Bare
It Used to Be Me [*]

Album Description

Japanese edition of their first studio album in four years features the B-side 'It Used To Be Me' as a bonus track, plus 'The 13th', 'Mint Car', 'Want', 'Club America', 'This Is A Lie', 'Strange Attraction', 'Jupiter Crash', 'Round & Round & Round', 'Gone!', 'Numb', 'Return', 'Trap', 'Treasure' and 'Bare'.

Album Details

Japanese Release featuring a Bonus Track: It Used to Be Me.

Customer Reviews:

A long time (19 yrs) Cure fan explains how to enjoy Wildmoodswings.......2005-10-30

While I really don't listen to the Cure that much anymore, from the ages of 15-20... I was pretty much consumed by the band. That being said, I was embarassed for not only the Cure, but for myself when I first heard this album; Wild Mood Swings contains songs that should have never been recorded...or heard...by anyone. Amazingly bad--some of them. There are, however, songs on the record that are actually kinda good. If one were inclined, they might make an edited version using itunes+a cd burner or whatever. That's what you should do ...but what songs are worth keeping? I'll tell you.

1) WANT. best song on the album. great energy. sounds like the cure should.
3) THIS IS A LIE. sounds like it could have been on Wish or TheTop maybe.
4) The 13th. "yeah but it feeeels GOOD!" sister song to Close to Me. better than you think.
7) JUPITER CRASH. nice one. the closest thing to Disentegration you'll hear on this album. backwards effect on his voice works well. (can you tell i'm listening as i'm doing this?)
9) GONE! this one grew on me. sister song to Lovecats. this song is almost sexy(?)
and is better than you think. great buildup to the horns. blah blah
13) Treasure. an honest song that sounds like Wish stuff. should have closed the album because...

14) BARE starts off sounding great, but plods along w/ some really bad changes. too bad. I was liking it for the first minute or two... but this could be included i guess...it's not that bad.
10) NUMB almost makes the list for the cool strings but is boring and lyrically lazy.
12)TRAP almost for sounding....like a bad Wish b-side; but bad b-sides don't belong on albums do they?

All the other songs are only appropriate for 12 year old girls or people with no taste. So there it is-- a six song album...Just throw on Birdmad Girl(the top) and a couple 'a songs from Head on the Door and you'll have an album that wont scare your friends into an unfortunate disinterest of The Cure.

In the future stick to Disentegration and the preceeding albums. That's what Robert wants anyway...honestly... I used to know him.

Did you know?.......2000-09-13

if u get the single for the 13th, it has this extra track plus another one, called ocean. it just seems dumb to pay 33.99 for 1 cd. even one from the cure, i would, but i'm using common sense. Go buy the single! get away from here!

Unimpressive effort........2000-06-23

The extra tracks DO NOT make up for the album's triteness and lack of quality. It is not on par with The Cure's Disintegration, which is a seamless work that contains lush layers of sound. The lyrics on Wild seem very haphazardly written and unenlightened. Don't waste your money.

"jupiter crash" IS 1 THE REASONS TO BUY THIS!.......2000-01-16

"JUPITER CRASH" IS ONE OF THE REASONS TO BUY THIS CD BECAUSE IT IS A BEAUTIFUL SONG FROM IT'S LYRICS TO IT'S MUSIC TO ROBERTS INCREADIBLE VOCAL I HAVEN'T BEEN A CURE FAN VERY LONG BUT THIS IS A GREAT CD SOME OTHER GREAT SONGS ARE "GONE" "MINTCAR" AND "WANT" I AIN'T A CRITIC BUT I AM A AVID MUSIC LISTENER AND THIS IS WONDERFUL!

Typical of The Cure, very good.......1998-12-29

Whoever said this album is an MTV plastic chair whatever doesn't know this band as well as they think. This is a typical album(later) of The Cure, and is just as good as any of their 90's albums. It still has the same feeling as any of theirs, such as Wish, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, ect..Only a true Cure fan will know the difference between this album and their older stuff.

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