Customer Reviews
The best album ever!!! - By: S. Sinclair, 27 Oct 2008 
I'm a big fan of The Cure & have adored them for longer than I care to admit, but this album is by far my favorite. Although other Cure albums are brilliant, this one keeps the same atmosphere through the whole album which for me, makes it stand out. Definately the soundtrack to my youth as I wasin my late teens when this came out & I was at that time the sterotypical teenager who heard this & thought "At last, someone who understands me!."
However many years later, I still listen to this album a lot & still love it. The music & the lyrics are just pure genius & although it may be thought of as rather melancholy, it is,in the wonderful self-obsessed way where you can just wallowin it all. Although melancholy it always makes me feel uplifted after listening to it as its so beautiful. Robert Smith at his most brilliant with both the music & the lyrics. Sheer Poetry!
The beginning of the end...................... - By: Vitamino, 06 Jun 2008 
A reviewer at the time of release said "Phew! there's not much room to breathein here" & they were absolutely right.
The overall feel & sound of this recording is almost suffocating & that's a shame because this could have been a truly great Cure album. It's true to say thatin many respects the Cure were going through the motions by this stage but Smith's musical talent had yet to vanish entirely.
Part of the problem is the production. It's stodgy. I don't think anybody but Smith had much sayin it's recording. However, we do get great tracks like 'Lullaby' & 'Pictures Of You' that somehow escaped the midnight pillow of death.
The real star of the show is the final track 'Untitled'. I'd always written it off until I saw them perform it on the 'Trilogy' DVD. The reason for this is that this album plays much better live.
Well after this album I don't know. It all got a bit dull when the songwriting began to creak. Maybe Smith's pact with the devil finally reached the small print. It's the last worthwhile Cure album. And probably a bargain from Amazon.
The best cure Album by a country mile! - By: Gurnemanz, 01 May 2008 In the late 70s/early 80s I had been into Joy Division et alin a big way & subsequently found The Cure to be a perfect augmentation to my playlist. Faith & Pornography were my faves; Kiss Me & Head were great LPs too but, when Disintegration came out I was knocked sideways!
There's no need to add anything to the many positive reviews already posted here, except to say this album is quite simply the best thing they have ever done.
Robert Smith may have found the "feel & sound" he has been longing for for so long! - By: Ms. F. M. Collier, 18 Mar 2008 Disintegration show cases The Cure & especially Robert Smith bring together all aspects of their music prowess that has been cultivated over many years. The scales are very delicately balanceed with the two distinct sounds that have been The Cure before this album "melodic spirtless tracks & out & out pop tracks. It is timlessin that respect & could have been recorded yesturday, it is a top ten album of all time, which is evident by the fact that most of the songs appear on their set lists too what ever tour they our playing. Cure fan or not it is a must. Like fine art this album will always take pride of placein any collection. So what our you waiting for buy it.........
Extremely overrated - By: Adamski, 02 Sep 2007 This is a pretty weak album by Cure standards but for some reason it is deemed their best almost universally. I have to question this. Did these people get into The Cure with this album, was it one they grew up with? This would explain the many positive reviews. I got into the band when their second album, Seventeen Seconds, was released. For me Disintegration is one of the later albums released after they'd peaked! Faith, Pornography, The Head On The Door & Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me which all appeared before Disintegration are WAY better. It's just too dull & boring, with atmosphericsin place of true hooks. Wish & Wild Mood Swings which appeared AFTER Disintegration are much better albumsin my opinion. It's one I'd pick up last, don't believe the hype folks.
