Album number 4 by The Cure. It opens with the amazing line, “It doesn’t matter if we all die.”  My wonderfully morbid side adores this line. It is a brilliant opening line. One Hundred Years is a fantastic opening song. It’s 6 minutes of utter brilliance. Find me a better opening line to a song, then we’ll talk. Actually, we won’t talk. Mainly because you’ll find a better opening line and I’ll be left feeling like a dickhead again. Just accept it’s a wonderful opening line, yeah? Good.

I could quite happily write thousands of words about One Hundred Years, but if you’ve heard the album you will know that no words can actually describe just how perfect this song. Robert’s voice sounds so dramatic and intense.  Honestly one of the best tracks by The Cure ever.

Pornography sparked The Cure “look.” You know; the big hair, black clothes and smeared make-up. Let’s be honest though, only Robert Smith could pull off having his lipstick like that. Anyone else just looks like they’ve had a rough night and forgot their bus pass.

I still hold Seventeen Seconds higher than all albums by The Cure, but there is something about their fourth record that is so dark; you feel so numb after hearing it. I’m in a good mood right now, but I know as soon as I finish playing the album I’ll feel like someone has killed my dog. I don’t have a dog, but you know what I mean. It has a way of just ridding you of positive feelings and causing a wave of darkenss to take over. Personally, I love it. I love that a record can make you feel like that. I love that this record can make you feel so dark and morbid. I think it’s utterly fascinating.

The Figurehead oozes desperation and despair. Two things that many do not always appreciate in music due to it sounding so fucking self-indulgent. Not with The Cure. Not at all. It’s  a painful song to listen to, espcially if you’ve ever had your heart ripped out and your self-worth  shat on. We’ve all been there, but Robert portrays it in a way that doesn’ t make you feel alone. See, when you get hurt- you become wrapped up in it. You convince yourself that you’re the only one to have ever felt like that. You’re not. You’re really not, and records like this just prove exactly that. Pain is pain. We all feel it. You cannot escape it, it will happen. Just get on with your life, and let fate drag you along for the ride. “I will never be clean again.” It’s so painful and heartbreaking to hear. The way he sings this just makes you ache everywhere; from the inside out.

Pornography was the first album by The Cure where they used a keyboard and if you look closely enough at the album front cover, it is the first album by the band to not have used their logo that was present on previous records.

This album is not for the faint hearted or for those who cannot handle feeling sad. However, it is up there with one of the best records ever created and also one of the best albums by The Cure.