As Greatest Hits--and particularly the busking pavement jazz of "Lovecats"--reminds us, the best Cure singles were very often tangential exercises; halcyon playtime divergences offering a Goth-free contrast to some of the weightier studiousness of some of those early albums. Or, as smudged frontman Robert Smith says of this 18-track collection, "Songs that are sung with a smile." This wasn't always true--witness the refrigerated fogginess of the classic "A Forest", the Blair Witch Project of it's day. What this compilation does is focus attention on the Cure's perennial unpredictability--the nursery school bonkers-ness of "The Caterpillar", the breathless claustrophobia of "Close to Me", the New Order-lite of "The Walk", the brass-section embellished thrust of "Why Can't I Be You". Oddly, chart-wise, the Cure's Lost Weekend began immediately after "Friday I'm in Love", their most ebullient melodic moment and the ultimate clocking-off to kick-those-heels! anthem. But at least the inclusion of two new songs "Cut Here" and "Just Say Yes" (with Saffron from Republica) indicate that the Cure remain a healthy ongoing concern. --Kevin Maidment

Takes you back to another time, 09 Oct 2008
Music can take you back to a time and a place that you would otherwise forget. This is one of thise albums.


Greatest Hits - plain and simple, 01 Sep 2008
The Cure have always been one of these bands that I've only ever half been aware of - I've fully appreciated the impact they've had on the music scene, but I've never really known any of the songs as well as I should have. Which is why I bought this - their Greatest Hits.

People that bleat on and complain about Greatest Hits being too predictable by certain artists miss the point - Best Of compilations are not for the die hard fans - if you're a die hard fan, you should already have all the albums. Best Of's are a great starting point for people just getting into an act. And this is exactly what this does. All the classics are here - Friday I'm In Love, Boys Don't Cry, In Between Days....and that's exactly what people want.

Everybody should have heard of The Cure - use this Greatest Hits as an excuse to finally buy one of their CD's and get to learn how great these tunes that have been played to you over and over again over the past 20 years really are.

To everybody else - stop complaining about Greatest Hits compilations.

Give me the disease instead., 11 Aug 2008
I cannot believe that they scooped together this many tunes to fill a CD by the whiney voiced big haired wet lipped shy thing. He sings all out of tune and flounces about like clothes without a person in them. Some of the tunes get in your head but its mostly inept teenage dirge with no substance. They are no Status Quo fo sho. Spend your money on something better like a Bartok syphony or Bong-ra or even Girls Aloud. Not this, this is not medicine, this is self inflicted whiney earache. I'm not buying this album to keep him in oversized shirts, hairspray and mascara, no.

good pop songs, 12 May 2008
This is a good selection of pop songs...

But those seeking 'what the cure are really all about' should either by the albums or get join the dots (because some of those B-sides are amazing).
The Cure were about long atmospheric pieces of music which conjure up images in your head and evoke moods without even hearing the lyrics. When the lyrics do come they are usually delivered in a despairing hopeless way, or wailed, by Robert Smith and his masterfully unique voice, in the world of Pop/Rock.

Best songs suited for this are all the tracks on 'pornography', and charlotte sometimes, none of which included here.

This is the lighter bouncier commercial side of the Cure. Songs you WILL have heard before but didn't know who it was. Except everyone knows 'Friday I'm In Love' - National Student Anthem.

Staring at the Sea and Galore are better compilations, this skims over too many songs, but If you are going to get anything get disintegration. If you want pop hits, get Head on the door. And go from there

Great overview, 24 Aug 2007
I'm not a Cure purist, I never really thought of myself as a real fan of the band. But this is a great collection of songs. Maybe not a fully representative one in terms of their overall goth agenda, but for those non-goths of us out there, it's just a great set of indie classics.

For the casual listener (like me) there are a couple of tracks that detract from the overall quality. I don't really like 'Caterpillar', 'Lovecats' was never their greatest song, and the cd tails off a little bit after 'Mint Car'. But the bleak brilliance of 'Forest', the jangly guitars of 'In Between Days' and the joyous build-up of melody in 'Close to Me' represent real class, the like of which is just too rare these days. And who can forget 'Just Like Heaven' which has become my firm favourite for the intro alone.

The acoustic cd is not really worth much attention. I think I've listened to it twice. There's no real variety or inventiveness evident on this - the tracks sound like exact replicas of the studio versions played on acoustic instruments, slightly less enthusiastically than they were the first time around.

If you're a die hard Cure fan I'm sure there's a whole lot more out there for you and this will probably just leave you wanting. For the rest of us, it's a great album.

Takes you back to another time, 09 Oct 2008
Music can take you back to a time and a place that you would otherwise forget. This is one of thise albums.


Greatest Hits - plain and simple, 01 Sep 2008
The Cure have always been one of these bands that I've only ever half been aware of - I've fully appreciated the impact they've had on the music scene, but I've never really known any of the songs as well as I should have. Which is why I bought this - their Greatest Hits.

People that bleat on and complain about Greatest Hits being too predictable by certain artists miss the point - Best Of compilations are not for the die hard fans - if you're a die hard fan, you should already have all the albums. Best Of's are a great starting point for people just getting into an act. And this is exactly what this does. All the classics are here - Friday I'm In Love, Boys Don't Cry, In Between Days....and that's exactly what people want.

Everybody should have heard of The Cure - use this Greatest Hits as an excuse to finally buy one of their CD's and get to learn how great these tunes that have been played to you over and over again over the past 20 years really are.

To everybody else - stop complaining about Greatest Hits compilations.

Give me the disease instead., 11 Aug 2008
I cannot believe that they scooped together this many tunes to fill a CD by the whiney voiced big haired wet lipped shy thing. He sings all out of tune and flounces about like clothes without a person in them. Some of the tunes get in your head but its mostly inept teenage dirge with no substance. They are no Status Quo fo sho. Spend your money on something better like a Bartok syphony or Bong-ra or even Girls Aloud. Not this, this is not medicine, this is self inflicted whiney earache. I'm not buying this album to keep him in oversized shirts, hairspray and mascara, no.

good pop songs, 12 May 2008
This is a good selection of pop songs...

But those seeking 'what the cure are really all about' should either by the albums or get join the dots (because some of those B-sides are amazing).
The Cure were about long atmospheric pieces of music which conjure up images in your head and evoke moods without even hearing the lyrics. When the lyrics do come they are usually delivered in a despairing hopeless way, or wailed, by Robert Smith and his masterfully unique voice, in the world of Pop/Rock.

Best songs suited for this are all the tracks on 'pornography', and charlotte sometimes, none of which included here.

This is the lighter bouncier commercial side of the Cure. Songs you WILL have heard before but didn't know who it was. Except everyone knows 'Friday I'm In Love' - National Student Anthem.

Staring at the Sea and Galore are better compilations, this skims over too many songs, but If you are going to get anything get disintegration. If you want pop hits, get Head on the door. And go from there

Great overview, 24 Aug 2007
I'm not a Cure purist, I never really thought of myself as a real fan of the band. But this is a great collection of songs. Maybe not a fully representative one in terms of their overall goth agenda, but for those non-goths of us out there, it's just a great set of indie classics.

For the casual listener (like me) there are a couple of tracks that detract from the overall quality. I don't really like 'Caterpillar', 'Lovecats' was never their greatest song, and the cd tails off a little bit after 'Mint Car'. But the bleak brilliance of 'Forest', the jangly guitars of 'In Between Days' and the joyous build-up of melody in 'Close to Me' represent real class, the like of which is just too rare these days. And who can forget 'Just Like Heaven' which has become my firm favourite for the intro alone.

The acoustic cd is not really worth much attention. I think I've listened to it twice. There's no real variety or inventiveness evident on this - the tracks sound like exact replicas of the studio versions played on acoustic instruments, slightly less enthusiastically than they were the first time around.

If you're a die hard Cure fan I'm sure there's a whole lot more out there for you and this will probably just leave you wanting. For the rest of us, it's a great album.

Not bad, but not very good either!, 28 Nov 2008
Not a bad album, especially for those 'Goths' who prefer the more Poppy, lighter side of things!

Amy Lee has a good voice. The music all sound a bit the same though.
Good tracks are Going Under, My Immortal and Tourniquet.

My only gripe is Evanescence have ripped off older Europian bands like Within Temptation, and have got really successful from it.

Still, a good CD though, especially for younger listeners.


Outstanding, 10 Jan 2008
This is just a fantastic album, with varying sounds and types of music. Expresses emotions ranging from anger to sadness, just a beautifully created album, I can't recommend this enough.

fabulous, 20 Nov 2007
I do not know if I have anything more to add to what the other reviewers have said, but I wanna say that this is a fantastic album, just wow.
could not stop listening to it. I loved the choice of songs, the lyrics are good, and it is just unbeatable. amazing cd.

The best sound since...the previous best sound, 29 Aug 2007
I recently got into Evanescence, and this was the first album of theirs I bought. I was amazed at how mature the music was, how the lyrics were so beautiful I cried. This is the type of music you want to hear more. I have listened to this album pretty much every day since I bought it. It never gets old. If you are debating on whether to buy this, it is not a waste of money!

Includes the singles: Bring Me To Life, Going Under, My Immortal, Everybody's Fool and Imaginary

ALL THESE SONGS COULD BE CHART HITS, 14 Aug 2007
Fallen is the major-label debut of Evanescence, a Little Rock, AR-based quartet led by the soaring vocals of 20-year-old Amy Lee. Emboldened by the inclusion of its single "Bring Me to Life" on the soundtrack to the hit film Daredevil, Fallen debuted at an impressive number seven on Billboard's Top 40. But "Bring Me to Life" is a bit misleading. A flawless slice of Linkin Park-style anguish pop, it's actually a duet between Lee and 12 Stones' Paul McCoy. In fact, almost half of Fallen's 11 songs are piano-driven ballads that suggest Tori Amos if she wore too much mascara and recorded for the Projekt label. The other half of the album does include flashes of the single's PG-rated nu-metal ("Everybody's Fool," "Going Under"). But it's the symphonic goth rock of groups like Type O Negative that influences most of Fallen. Ethereal synths float above Ben Moody's crunching guitar in "Haunted," while "Whisper" even features apocalyptic strings and a scary chorus of Latin voices right out of Carmina Burana. "Tourniquet" is an anguished, urgent rocker driven by chugging guitars and spiraling synths, with brooding lyrics that reference Evanescence's Christian values: "Am I too lost to be saved?/Am I too lost?/My God! My tourniquet/Return to me salvation." The song is Fallen's emotional center point and defines the band's sound.

Disintegration is a pop album realised on an epic scale. Most of its 12 songs are long mood pieces that develop slowly around the listener. Anchored by complex drum patterns, the layered guitars, soaring bass lines and rich keyboards blend to create a lush, evocative soundscape that captures the ear immediately; and for all its length, the album is never boring. The lyrical focus is intensely personal throughout, and, with the exception of "Love Song", the mood is overwhelmingly dark and brooding. Here are songs of remembrance that, through their deep candor, transcend the individual level to explore universal longings and fears. Robert Smith, his vocals plaintive or angry or despairing, unfolds a tapestry of loss. Broken bonds, old lies, missed opportunities, belated realisations. Anyone who has experienced the joy and sorrow--especially the sorrow--of love will find his or her deepest sentiments, noble and petty alike, echoed poetically here. --Al Massa

Takes you back to another time, 09 Oct 2008
Music can take you back to a time and a place that you would otherwise forget. This is one of thise albums.


Greatest Hits - plain and simple, 01 Sep 2008
The Cure have always been one of these bands that I've only ever half been aware of - I've fully appreciated the impact they've had on the music scene, but I've never really known any of the songs as well as I should have. Which is why I bought this - their Greatest Hits.

People that bleat on and complain about Greatest Hits being too predictable by certain artists miss the point - Best Of compilations are not for the die hard fans - if you're a die hard fan, you should already have all the albums. Best Of's are a great starting point for people just getting into an act. And this is exactly what this does. All the classics are here - Friday I'm In Love, Boys Don't Cry, In Between Days....and that's exactly what people want.

Everybody should have heard of The Cure - use this Greatest Hits as an excuse to finally buy one of their CD's and get to learn how great these tunes that have been played to you over and over again over the past 20 years really are.

To everybody else - stop complaining about Greatest Hits compilations.

Give me the disease instead., 11 Aug 2008
I cannot believe that they scooped together this many tunes to fill a CD by the whiney voiced big haired wet lipped shy thing. He sings all out of tune and flounces about like clothes without a person in them. Some of the tunes get in your head but its mostly inept teenage dirge with no substance. They are no Status Quo fo sho. Spend your money on something better like a Bartok syphony or Bong-ra or even Girls Aloud. Not this, this is not medicine, this is self inflicted whiney earache. I'm not buying this album to keep him in oversized shirts, hairspray and mascara, no.

good pop songs, 12 May 2008
This is a good selection of pop songs...

But those seeking 'what the cure are really all about' should either by the albums or get join the dots (because some of those B-sides are amazing).
The Cure were about long atmospheric pieces of music which conjure up images in your head and evoke moods without even hearing the lyrics. When the lyrics do come they are usually delivered in a despairing hopeless way, or wailed, by Robert Smith and his masterfully unique voice, in the world of Pop/Rock.

Best songs suited for this are all the tracks on 'pornography', and charlotte sometimes, none of which included here.

This is the lighter bouncier commercial side of the Cure. Songs you WILL have heard before but didn't know who it was. Except everyone knows 'Friday I'm In Love' - National Student Anthem.

Staring at the Sea and Galore are better compilations, this skims over too many songs, but If you are going to get anything get disintegration. If you want pop hits, get Head on the door. And go from there

Great overview, 24 Aug 2007
I'm not a Cure purist, I never really thought of myself as a real fan of the band. But this is a great collection of songs. Maybe not a fully representative one in terms of their overall goth agenda, but for those non-goths of us out there, it's just a great set of indie classics.

For the casual listener (like me) there are a couple of tracks that detract from the overall quality. I don't really like 'Caterpillar', 'Lovecats' was never their greatest song, and the cd tails off a little bit after 'Mint Car'. But the bleak brilliance of 'Forest', the jangly guitars of 'In Between Days' and the joyous build-up of melody in 'Close to Me' represent real class, the like of which is just too rare these days. And who can forget 'Just Like Heaven' which has become my firm favourite for the intro alone.

The acoustic cd is not really worth much attention. I think I've listened to it twice. There's no real variety or inventiveness evident on this - the tracks sound like exact replicas of the studio versions played on acoustic instruments, slightly less enthusiastically than they were the first time around.

If you're a die hard Cure fan I'm sure there's a whole lot more out there for you and this will probably just leave you wanting. For the rest of us, it's a great album.

Not bad, but not very good either!, 28 Nov 2008
Not a bad album, especially for those 'Goths' who prefer the more Poppy, lighter side of things!

Amy Lee has a good voice. The music all sound a bit the same though.
Good tracks are Going Under, My Immortal and Tourniquet.

My only gripe is Evanescence have ripped off older Europian bands like Within Temptation, and have got really successful from it.

Still, a good CD though, especially for younger listeners.


Outstanding, 10 Jan 2008
This is just a fantastic album, with varying sounds and types of music. Expresses emotions ranging from anger to sadness, just a beautifully created album, I can't recommend this enough.

fabulous, 20 Nov 2007
I do not know if I have anything more to add to what the other reviewers have said, but I wanna say that this is a fantastic album, just wow.
could not stop listening to it. I loved the choice of songs, the lyrics are good, and it is just unbeatable. amazing cd.

The best sound since...the previous best sound, 29 Aug 2007
I recently got into Evanescence, and this was the first album of theirs I bought. I was amazed at how mature the music was, how the lyrics were so beautiful I cried. This is the type of music you want to hear more. I have listened to this album pretty much every day since I bought it. It never gets old. If you are debating on whether to buy this, it is not a waste of money!

Includes the singles: Bring Me To Life, Going Under, My Immortal, Everybody's Fool and Imaginary

ALL THESE SONGS COULD BE CHART HITS, 14 Aug 2007
Fallen is the major-label debut of Evanescence, a Little Rock, AR-based quartet led by the soaring vocals of 20-year-old Amy Lee. Emboldened by the inclusion of its single "Bring Me to Life" on the soundtrack to the hit film Daredevil, Fallen debuted at an impressive number seven on Billboard's Top 40. But "Bring Me to Life" is a bit misleading. A flawless slice of Linkin Park-style anguish pop, it's actually a duet between Lee and 12 Stones' Paul McCoy. In fact, almost half of Fallen's 11 songs are piano-driven ballads that suggest Tori Amos if she wore too much mascara and recorded for the Projekt label. The other half of the album does include flashes of the single's PG-rated nu-metal ("Everybody's Fool," "Going Under"). But it's the symphonic goth rock of groups like Type O Negative that influences most of Fallen. Ethereal synths float above Ben Moody's crunching guitar in "Haunted," while "Whisper" even features apocalyptic strings and a scary chorus of Latin voices right out of Carmina Burana. "Tourniquet" is an anguished, urgent rocker driven by chugging guitars and spiraling synths, with brooding lyrics that reference Evanescence's Christian values: "Am I too lost to be saved?/Am I too lost?/My God! My tourniquet/Return to me salvation." The song is Fallen's emotional center point and defines the band's sound.

Icy Majesty, emotional splendour, 06 Jan 2009
I am something of a Cure-virgin, having only really ever been aware of their more famous 45's (Love Cats, the one with the days of the week in it - you're getting the picture).

However, I've been really bowled over by Disintegration. On first listen it seemed rather maudlin and self-pitying (Smith's unashamedly emotional delivery needs some getting used to in these days of arch, eye-brow raised, ironic pop). Repeated listens have revealed that there is something rather more complex and beautiful going on.

If I had to come up with some vaguely pretentious metaphor to describe the experience of listening to this record, I would say that it is like wandering around some vast, snow-bound ice citadel, which despite its apparent bleakness, is somehow radiating a soft inner glow of warmth.

The musical backing is generally vast, cinematic and cathedral-like, with booming drums, spectral bass and some of the most beautiful chiming guitar (check out the final track, Untitled, for an especially exquisite example of this), all of which festoons Smith's voice which hovers between sounding wracked, resigned and downright plaintive.

No one song particularly stands out (although I do particularly love 'Untitlted'). Instead, this is one of those albums whose tracks all seems to blend and bleed into one symphonic whole, so you end up asking yourself "haven't I just heard this one?" as another piece begins. Obviously that can work in a bad way (i.e. on albums that are just plain samey), but it's not the case here.

I particularly like the way the slow, vast and more atmospheric and cavernous/billowy sounding tracks alternate with the snappier, more rock-based songs; despite the uniformity of sound, this is an excellently sequenced album.

At first I thought the slower songs just dragged on too long and seemed a little interminable, but repeated listens have revealed that this is entirely deliberate - the band are inviting you to surrender yourself and get lost in all that swirly, icy majesty, without giving into the nasty, neurotic, ipod-generation urgency to "get onto the next track".

Really I can't say any more about this album other than that I really do like it a lot, and look forward to sampling more of The Cure as soon as I possibly can.

The best album ever!!!, 27 Oct 2008
I'm a big fan of The Cure and 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 was in my late teens when this came out and I was at that time the sterotypical teenager who heard this and thought "At last, someone who understands me!."

However many years later, I still listen to this album a lot and still love it. The music and the lyrics are just pure genius and although it may be thought of as rather melancholy, it is, in the wonderful self-obsessed way where you can just wallow in 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 and the lyrics. Sheer Poetry!

The beginning of the end......................, 06 Jun 2008
A reviewer at the time of release said "Phew! there's not much room to breathe in here" and they were absolutely right.

The overall feel and sound of this recording is almost suffocating and that's a shame because this could have been a truly great Cure album. It's true to say that in 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 say in it's recording. However, we do get great tracks like 'Lullaby' and '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!, 01 May 2008
In the late 70s/early 80s I had been into Joy Division et al in a big way and subsequently found The Cure to be a perfect augmentation to my playlist. Faith and Pornography were my faves; Kiss Me and 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!, 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 timless in 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 place in any collection. So what our you waiting for buy it.........

Takes you back to another time, 09 Oct 2008
Music can take you back to a time and a place that you would otherwise forget. This is one of thise albums.


Greatest Hits - plain and simple, 01 Sep 2008
The Cure have always been one of these bands that I've only ever half been aware of - I've fully appreciated the impact they've had on the music scene, but I've never really known any of the songs as well as I should have. Which is why I bought this - their Greatest Hits.

People that bleat on and complain about Greatest Hits being too predictable by certain artists miss the point - Best Of compilations are not for the die hard fans - if you're a die hard fan, you should already have all the albums. Best Of's are a great starting point for people just getting into an act. And this is exactly what this does. All the classics are here - Friday I'm In Love, Boys Don't Cry, In Between Days....and that's exactly what people want.

Everybody should have heard of The Cure - use this Greatest Hits as an excuse to finally buy one of their CD's and get to learn how great these tunes that have been played to you over and over again over the past 20 years really are.

To everybody else - stop complaining about Greatest Hits compilations.

Give me the disease instead., 11 Aug 2008
I cannot believe that they scooped together this many tunes to fill a CD by the whiney voiced big haired wet lipped shy thing. He sings all out of tune and flounces about like clothes without a person in them. Some of the tunes get in your head but its mostly inept teenage dirge with no substance. They are no Status Quo fo sho. Spend your money on something better like a Bartok syphony or Bong-ra or even Girls Aloud. Not this, this is not medicine, this is self inflicted whiney earache. I'm not buying this album to keep him in oversized shirts, hairspray and mascara, no.

good pop songs, 12 May 2008
This is a good selection of pop songs...

But those seeking 'what the cure are really all about' should either by the albums or get join the dots (because some of those B-sides are amazing).
The Cure were about long atmospheric pieces of music which conjure up images in your head and evoke moods without even hearing the lyrics. When the lyrics do come they are usually delivered in a despairing hopeless way, or wailed, by Robert Smith and his masterfully unique voice, in the world of Pop/Rock.

Best songs suited for this are all the tracks on 'pornography', and charlotte sometimes, none of which included here.

This is the lighter bouncier commercial side of the Cure. Songs you WILL have heard before but didn't know who it was. Except everyone knows 'Friday I'm In Love' - National Student Anthem.

Staring at the Sea and Galore are better compilations, this skims over too many songs, but If you are going to get anything get disintegration. If you want pop hits, get Head on the door. And go from there

Great overview, 24 Aug 2007
I'm not a Cure purist, I never really thought of myself as a real fan of the band. But this is a great collection of songs. Maybe not a fully representative one in terms of their overall goth agenda, but for those non-goths of us out there, it's just a great set of indie classics.

For the casual listener (like me) there are a couple of tracks that detract from the overall quality. I don't really like 'Caterpillar', 'Lovecats' was never their greatest song, and the cd tails off a little bit after 'Mint Car'. But the bleak brilliance of 'Forest', the jangly guitars of 'In Between Days' and the joyous build-up of melody in 'Close to Me' represent real class, the like of which is just too rare these days. And who can forget 'Just Like Heaven' which has become my firm favourite for the intro alone.

The acoustic cd is not really worth much attention. I think I've listened to it twice. There's no real variety or inventiveness evident on this - the tracks sound like exact replicas of the studio versions played on acoustic instruments, slightly less enthusiastically than they were the first time around.

If you're a die hard Cure fan I'm sure there's a whole lot more out there for you and this will probably just leave you wanting. For the rest of us, it's a great album.

Not bad, but not very good either!, 28 Nov 2008
Not a bad album, especially for those 'Goths' who prefer the more Poppy, lighter side of things!

Amy Lee has a good voice. The music all sound a bit the same though.
Good tracks are Going Under, My Immortal and Tourniquet.

My only gripe is Evanescence have ripped off older Europian bands like Within Temptation, and have got really successful from it.

Still, a good CD though, especially for younger listeners.


Outstanding, 10 Jan 2008
This is just a fantastic album, with varying sounds and types of music. Expresses emotions ranging from anger to sadness, just a beautifully created album, I can't recommend this enough.

fabulous, 20 Nov 2007
I do not know if I have anything more to add to what the other reviewers have said, but I wanna say that this is a fantastic album, just wow.
could not stop listening to it. I loved the choice of songs, the lyrics are good, and it is just unbeatable. amazing cd.

The best sound since...the previous best sound, 29 Aug 2007
I recently got into Evanescence, and this was the first album of theirs I bought. I was amazed at how mature the music was, how the lyrics were so beautiful I cried. This is the type of music you want to hear more. I have listened to this album pretty much every day since I bought it. It never gets old. If you are debating on whether to buy this, it is not a waste of money!

Includes the singles: Bring Me To Life, Going Under, My Immortal, Everybody's Fool and Imaginary

ALL THESE SONGS COULD BE CHART HITS, 14 Aug 2007
Fallen is the major-label debut of Evanescence, a Little Rock, AR-based quartet led by the soaring vocals of 20-year-old Amy Lee. Emboldened by the inclusion of its single "Bring Me to Life" on the soundtrack to the hit film Daredevil, Fallen debuted at an impressive number seven on Billboard's Top 40. But "Bring Me to Life" is a bit misleading. A flawless slice of Linkin Park-style anguish pop, it's actually a duet between Lee and 12 Stones' Paul McCoy. In fact, almost half of Fallen's 11 songs are piano-driven ballads that suggest Tori Amos if she wore too much mascara and recorded for the Projekt label. The other half of the album does include flashes of the single's PG-rated nu-metal ("Everybody's Fool," "Going Under"). But it's the symphonic goth rock of groups like Type O Negative that influences most of Fallen. Ethereal synths float above Ben Moody's crunching guitar in "Haunted," while "Whisper" even features apocalyptic strings and a scary chorus of Latin voices right out of Carmina Burana. "Tourniquet" is an anguished, urgent rocker driven by chugging guitars and spiraling synths, with brooding lyrics that reference Evanescence's Christian values: "Am I too lost to be saved?/Am I too lost?/My God! My tourniquet/Return to me salvation." The song is Fallen's emotional center point and defines the band's sound.

Icy Majesty, emotional splendour, 06 Jan 2009
I am something of a Cure-virgin, having only really ever been aware of their more famous 45's (Love Cats, the one with the days of the week in it - you're getting the picture).

However, I've been really bowled over by Disintegration. On first listen it seemed rather maudlin and self-pitying (Smith's unashamedly emotional delivery needs some getting used to in these days of arch, eye-brow raised, ironic pop). Repeated listens have revealed that there is something rather more complex and beautiful going on.

If I had to come up with some vaguely pretentious metaphor to describe the experience of listening to this record, I would say that it is like wandering around some vast, snow-bound ice citadel, which despite its apparent bleakness, is somehow radiating a soft inner glow of warmth.

The musical backing is generally vast, cinematic and cathedral-like, with booming drums, spectral bass and some of the most beautiful chiming guitar (check out the final track, Untitled, for an especially exquisite example of this), all of which festoons Smith's voice which hovers between sounding wracked, resigned and downright plaintive.

No one song particularly stands out (although I do particularly love 'Untitlted'). Instead, this is one of those albums whose tracks all seems to blend and bleed into one symphonic whole, so you end up asking yourself "haven't I just heard this one?" as another piece begins. Obviously that can work in a bad way (i.e. on albums that are just plain samey), but it's not the case here.

I particularly like the way the slow, vast and more atmospheric and cavernous/billowy sounding tracks alternate with the snappier, more rock-based songs; despite the uniformity of sound, this is an excellently sequenced album.

At first I thought the slower songs just dragged on too long and seemed a little interminable, but repeated listens have revealed that this is entirely deliberate - the band are inviting you to surrender yourself and get lost in all that swirly, icy majesty, without giving into the nasty, neurotic, ipod-generation urgency to "get onto the next track".

Really I can't say any more about this album other than that I really do like it a lot, and look forward to sampling more of The Cure as soon as I possibly can.

The best album ever!!!, 27 Oct 2008
I'm a big fan of The Cure and 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 was in my late teens when this came out and I was at that time the sterotypical teenager who heard this and thought "At last, someone who understands me!."

However many years later, I still listen to this album a lot and still love it. The music and the lyrics are just pure genius and although it may be thought of as rather melancholy, it is, in the wonderful self-obsessed way where you can just wallow in 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 and the lyrics. Sheer Poetry!

The beginning of the end......................, 06 Jun 2008
A reviewer at the time of release said "Phew! there's not much room to breathe in here" and they were absolutely right.

The overall feel and sound of this recording is almost suffocating and that's a shame because this could have been a truly great Cure album. It's true to say that in 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 say in it's recording. However, we do get great tracks like 'Lullaby' and '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!, 01 May 2008
In the late 70s/early 80s I had been into Joy Division et al in a big way and subsequently found The Cure to be a perfect augmentation to my playlist. Faith and Pornography were my faves; Kiss Me and 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!, 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 timless in 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 place in any collection. So what our you waiting for buy it.........

So this is what all the fuss is about!, 02 Jan 2009
Hmm.
I'm a bit old for this Gothy Pomp-Metal, surely? Not a bit of it! This is carefully and well crafted music. So Tarja doesn't sing on it? So what? Annette is more that adequate. I had only heard "Eva" prior to buying this, what I was missing!
This was my first Nightwish album, but it isn't my last.Dark Passion Play: Special Edition

Bloody Hell, 28 Dec 2008
What can I say. I brought Nightwish's Once album and have played it to death. With that in mind I gave this to myself for Christmas and it is more wonderful than I could imagine. Powerful, soaring, melodic, clever, complicated and so much more. Not since my first Marillion album back in 1986 have I been so impressed. The 'bonus' CD with just the music is the best thing since sliced bread. Please sir can I have have some more?

New Era..., 28 Nov 2008
After Tarja's departure, this is a new Era for Nightwish.

Although a very different sound to Tarja's voice, new vocalist Annette Olsen does a very good job.
Less Operatic and not trying to impersonate Tarja at all is a good thing. (Don't get me wrong, I loved Tarja!)

Tuomas finally sounds like he's got where he wants to be musically, even if that's ment he's had to part ways with Tarja to get there. I think she was holding him back.

My only fear is that now Nightwish will blend into the 'Female Metal' scene too much, they use to stand out.
They had something different.

Loads of great tracks. Those that stand out are The Poet and the Pendulum, Cadence of Her Last Breath, Master Passion Greed, Sahara and 7 Days To The Wolves.

I don't like the slower tracks For The Heart I Once Had or Meadows of Heaven, but i've never been a fan of Nightwish's slower material.

Some of the tracks are obviously written about Tarja!

The artwork is brilliant, and if you decide that you don't like Annettes Vocal, the whole album is in instrumental on the 2nd disk!


Really not for me... but it may be for you, 31 Oct 2008
yup I've decided to write a review that everyone will just say is rubbish and will say wasn't helpful.

BUT while this album definitely was not for me, it is very likely most of Nightwish's old fans will like this.

The thing that I used to love about NW was the combination of heavy metal music and operatic vocals... but of course with the new vocalist they have taken this formula and thrown it out the window.
If you like Within Tempatation, you will probably love this album, it's very similar to their work only with more emphasis on the orchestra. I don't like within temptation... so I find this bland and unoriginal, more techniqucal than WT but I my opinion worse.

I only bought this due to my love of Marco, but if you want an album with his great vocals buy a Tarot album.

I'm off to buy Tarja's newest album now and hope that that still has operatic vocals on it ;)

In conclusion MOST NIGHTWISH FANS WILL LOVE THIS... but I just didn't, sadly I am no longer a fan... only a fan of the old band. And it is sad because the band brims with talent.

Oh F**K yeah, 17 Sep 2008
Honest to God I have heard so many people bitch about this album because it just isn't Nightwish..........

If you dont like it, listen to something else. In My personall opinion Nightwish have got quite a lot heavier (probably due to Marco Hietala) and this I think makes them better. Some of the songs have a slightly poppy, filler, sort of feel but many of them are awesome

Bye Bye Beautiful, incredible display of Marco's singing power and how well he and Anette work together.

7 Days to the Wolves another great song

Master Passion Greed - granted a little heavy for many of nightwish's following but if you like metal...you'll love it

If I lost this album I would definately buy it again

PEACE
~G

Takes you back to another time, 09 Oct 2008
Music can take you back to a time and a place that you would otherwise forget. This is one of thise albums.


Greatest Hits - plain and simple, 01 Sep 2008
The Cure have always been one of these bands that I've only ever half been aware of - I've fully appreciated the impact they've had on the music scene, but I've never really known any of the songs as well as I should have. Which is why I bought this - their Greatest Hits.

People that bleat on and complain about Greatest Hits being too predictable by certain artists miss the point - Best Of compilations are not for the die hard fans - if you're a die hard fan, you should already have all the albums. Best Of's are a great starting point for people just getting into an act. And this is exactly what this does. All the classics are here - Friday I'm In Love, Boys Don't Cry, In Between Days....and that's exactly what people want.

Everybody should have heard of The Cure - use this Greatest Hits as an excuse to finally buy one of their CD's and get to learn how great these tunes that have been played to you over and over again over the past 20 years really are.

To everybody else - stop complaining about Greatest Hits compilations.

Give me the disease instead., 11 Aug 2008
I cannot believe that they scooped together this many tunes to fill a CD by the whiney voiced big haired wet lipped shy thing. He sings all out of tune and flounces about like clothes without a person in them. Some of the tunes get in your head but its mostly inept teenage dirge with no substance. They are no Status Quo fo sho. Spend your money on something better like a Bartok syphony or Bong-ra or even Girls Aloud. Not this, this is not medicine, this is self inflicted whiney earache. I'm not buying this album to keep him in oversized shirts, hairspray and mascara, no.

good pop songs, 12 May 2008
This is a good selection of pop songs...

But those seeking 'what the cure are really all about' should either by the albums or get join the dots (because some of those B-sides are amazing).
The Cure were about long atmospheric pieces of music which conjure up images in your head and evoke moods without even hearing the lyrics. When the lyrics do come they are usually delivered in a despairing hopeless way, or wailed, by Robert Smith and his masterfully unique voice, in the world of Pop/Rock.

Best songs suited for this are all the tracks on 'pornography', and charlotte sometimes, none of which included here.

This is the lighter bouncier commercial side of the Cure. Songs you WILL have heard before but didn't know who it was. Except everyone knows 'Friday I'm In Love' - National Student Anthem.

Staring at the Sea and Galore are better compilations, this skims over too many songs, but If you are going to get anything get disintegration. If you want pop hits, get Head on the door. And go from there

Great overview, 24 Aug 2007
I'm not a Cure purist, I never really thought of myself as a real fan of the band. But this is a great collection of songs. Maybe not a fully representative one in terms of their overall goth agenda, but for those non-goths of us out there, it's just a great set of indie classics.

For the casual listener (like me) there are a couple of tracks that detract from the overall quality. I don't really like 'Caterpillar', 'Lovecats' was never their greatest song, and the cd tails off a little bit after 'Mint Car'. But the bleak brilliance of 'Forest', the jangly guitars of 'In Between Days' and the joyous build-up of melody in 'Close to Me' represent real class, the like of which is just too rare these days. And who can forget 'Just Like Heaven' which has become my firm favourite for the intro alone.

The acoustic cd is not really worth much attention. I think I've listened to it twice. There's no real variety or inventiveness evident on this - the tracks sound like exact replicas of the studio versions played on acoustic instruments, slightly less enthusiastically than they were the first time around.

If you're a die hard Cure fan I'm sure there's a whole lot more out there for you and this will probably just leave you wanting. For the rest of us, it's a great album.

Not bad, but not very good either!, 28 Nov 2008
Not a bad album, especially for those 'Goths' who prefer the more Poppy, lighter side of things!

Amy Lee has a good voice. The music all sound a bit the same though.
Good tracks are Going Under, My Immortal and Tourniquet.

My only gripe is Evanescence have ripped off older Europian bands like Within Temptation, and have got really successful from it.

Still, a good CD though, especially for younger listeners.


Outstanding, 10 Jan 2008
This is just a fantastic album, with varying sounds and types of music. Expresses emotions ranging from anger to sadness, just a beautifully created album, I can't recommend this enough.

fabulous, 20 Nov 2007
I do not know if I have anything more to add to what the other reviewers have said, but I wanna say that this is a fantastic album, just wow.
could not stop listening to it. I loved the choice of songs, the lyrics are good, and it is just unbeatable. amazing cd.

The best sound since...the previous best sound, 29 Aug 2007
I recently got into Evanescence, and this was the first album of theirs I bought. I was amazed at how mature the music was, how the lyrics were so beautiful I cried. This is the type of music you want to hear more. I have listened to this album pretty much every day since I bought it. It never gets old. If you are debating on whether to buy this, it is not a waste of money!

Includes the singles: Bring Me To Life, Going Under, My Immortal, Everybody's Fool and Imaginary

ALL THESE SONGS COULD BE CHART HITS, 14 Aug 2007
Fallen is the major-label debut of Evanescence, a Little Rock, AR-based quartet led by the soaring vocals of 20-year-old Amy Lee. Emboldened by the inclusion of its single "Bring Me to Life" on the soundtrack to the hit film Daredevil, Fallen debuted at an impressive number seven on Billboard's Top 40. But "Bring Me to Life" is a bit misleading. A flawless slice of Linkin Park-style anguish pop, it's actually a duet between Lee and 12 Stones' Paul McCoy. In fact, almost half of Fallen's 11 songs are piano-driven ballads that suggest Tori Amos if she wore too much mascara and recorded for the Projekt label. The other half of the album does include flashes of the single's PG-rated nu-metal ("Everybody's Fool," "Going Under"). But it's the symphonic goth rock of groups like Type O Negative that influences most of Fallen. Ethereal synths float above Ben Moody's crunching guitar in "Haunted," while "Whisper" even features apocalyptic strings and a scary chorus of Latin voices right out of Carmina Burana. "Tourniquet" is an anguished, urgent rocker driven by chugging guitars and spiraling synths, with brooding lyrics that reference Evanescence's Christian values: "Am I too lost to be saved?/Am I too lost?/My God! My tourniquet/Return to me salvation." The song is Fallen's emotional center point and defines the band's sound.

Icy Majesty, emotional splendour, 06 Jan 2009
I am something of a Cure-virgin, having only really ever been aware of their more famous 45's (Love Cats, the one with the days of the week in it - you're getting the picture).

However, I've been really bowled over by Disintegration. On first listen it seemed rather maudlin and self-pitying (Smith's unashamedly emotional delivery needs some getting used to in these days of arch, eye-brow raised, ironic pop). Repeated listens have revealed that there is something rather more complex and beautiful going on.

If I had to come up with some vaguely pretentious metaphor to describe the experience of listening to this record, I would say that it is like wandering around some vast, snow-bound ice citadel, which despite its apparent bleakness, is somehow radiating a soft inner glow of warmth.

The musical backing is generally vast, cinematic and cathedral-like, with booming drums, spectral bass and some of the most beautiful chiming guitar (check out the final track, Untitled, for an especially exquisite example of this), all of which festoons Smith's voice which hovers between sounding wracked, resigned and downright plaintive.

No one song particularly stands out (although I do particularly love 'Untitlted'). Instead, this is one of those albums whose tracks all seems to blend and bleed into one symphonic whole, so you end up asking yourself "haven't I just heard this one?" as another piece begins. Obviously that can work in a bad way (i.e. on albums that are just plain samey), but it's not the case here.

I particularly like the way the slow, vast and more atmospheric and cavernous/billowy sounding tracks alternate with the snappier, more rock-based songs; despite the uniformity of sound, this is an excellently sequenced album.

At first I thought the slower songs just dragged on too long and seemed a little interminable, but repeated listens have revealed that this is entirely deliberate - the band are inviting you to surrender yourself and get lost in all that swirly, icy majesty, without giving into the nasty, neurotic, ipod-generation urgency to "get onto the next track".

Really I can't say any more about this album other than that I really do like it a lot, and look forward to sampling more of The Cure as soon as I possibly can.

The best album ever!!!, 27 Oct 2008
I'm a big fan of The Cure and 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 was in my late teens when this came out and I was at that time the sterotypical teenager who heard this and thought "At last, someone who understands me!."

However many years later, I still listen to this album a lot and still love it. The music and the lyrics are just pure genius and although it may be thought of as rather melancholy, it is, in the wonderful self-obsessed way where you can just wallow in 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 and the lyrics. Sheer Poetry!

The beginning of the end......................, 06 Jun 2008
A reviewer at the time of release said "Phew! there's not much room to breathe in here" and they were absolutely right.

The overall feel and sound of this recording is almost suffocating and that's a shame because this could have been a truly great Cure album. It's true to say that in 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 say in it's recording. However, we do get great tracks like 'Lullaby' and '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!, 01 May 2008
In the late 70s/early 80s I had been into Joy Division et al in a big way and subsequently found The Cure to be a perfect augmentation to my playlist. Faith and Pornography were my faves; Kiss Me and 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!, 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 timless in 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 place in any collection. So what our you waiting for buy it.........

So this is what all the fuss is about!, 02 Jan 2009
Hmm.
I'm a bit old for this Gothy Pomp-Metal, surely? Not a bit of it! This is carefully and well crafted music. So Tarja doesn't sing on it? So what? Annette is more that adequate. I had only heard "Eva" prior to buying this, what I was missing!
This was my first Nightwish album, but it isn't my last.Dark Passion Play: Special Edition

Bloody Hell, 28 Dec 2008
What can I say. I brought Nightwish's Once album and have played it to death. With that in mind I gave this to myself for Christmas and it is more wonderful than I could imagine. Powerful, soaring, melodic, clever, complicated and so much more. Not since my first Marillion album back in 1986 have I been so impressed. The 'bonus' CD with just the music is the best thing since sliced bread. Please sir can I have have some more?

New Era..., 28 Nov 2008
After Tarja's departure, this is a new Era for Nightwish.

Although a very different sound to Tarja's voice, new vocalist Annette Olsen does a very good job.
Less Operatic and not trying to impersonate Tarja at all is a good thing. (Don't get me wrong, I loved Tarja!)

Tuomas finally sounds like he's got where he wants to be musically, even if that's ment he's had to part ways with Tarja to get there. I think she was holding him back.

My only fear is that now Nightwish will blend into the 'Female Metal' scene too much, they use to stand out.
They had something different.

Loads of great tracks. Those that stand out are The Poet and the Pendulum, Cadence of Her Last Breath, Master Passion Greed, Sahara and 7 Days To The Wolves.

I don't like the slower tracks For The Heart I Once Had or Meadows of Heaven, but i've never been a fan of Nightwish's slower material.

Some of the tracks are obviously written about Tarja!

The artwork is brilliant, and if you decide that you don't like Annettes Vocal, the whole album is in instrumental on the 2nd disk!


Really not for me... but it may be for you, 31 Oct 2008
yup I've decided to write a review that everyone will just say is rubbish and will say wasn't helpful.

BUT while this album definitely was not for me, it is very likely most of Nightwish's old fans will like this.

The thing that I used to love about NW was the combination of heavy metal music and operatic vocals... but of course with the new vocalist they have taken this formula and thrown it out the window.
If you like Within Tempatation, you will probably love this album, it's very similar to their work only with more emphasis on the orchestra. I don't like within temptation... so I find this bland and unoriginal, more techniqucal than WT but I my opinion worse.

I only bought this due to my love of Marco, but if you want an album with his great vocals buy a Tarot album.

I'm off to buy Tarja's newest album now and hope that that still has operatic vocals on it ;)

In conclusion MOST NIGHTWISH FANS WILL LOVE THIS... but I just didn't, sadly I am no longer a fan... only a fan of the old band. And it is sad because the band brims with talent.

Oh F**K yeah, 17 Sep 2008
Honest to God I have heard so many people bitch about this album because it just isn't Nightwish..........

If you dont like it, listen to something else. In My personall opinion Nightwish have got quite a lot heavier (probably due to Marco Hietala) and this I think makes them better. Some of the songs have a slightly poppy, filler, sort of feel but many of them are awesome

Bye Bye Beautiful, incredible display of Marco's singing power and how well he and Anette work together.

7 Days to the Wolves another great song

Master Passion Greed - granted a little heavy for many of nightwish's following but if you like metal...you'll love it

If I lost this album I would definately buy it again

PEACE
~G

Within Temptation - Until The End Of Time - Mother Earth, 06 Nov 2007
I first found out about Within Temptation when they joined Road Runner Records and after purchasing The Silent Force i thought id investigate some of the older albums. With the Silent Force it was a little heavier then this album which is ok cause this way it showed that they just kept evolving with the present day music BUT if you want to hear Within Temptation on a mellow-level lower and smoother then their current albums "The Silent Force" + "The Heart Of Everything" then it would be worth checking out how Within Temptation sounded a long time back. My favourite song on here would have to be Mother Earth cause it was soooo smoothing and relaxing for me and to almost here a story about mother nature through a song is a rare thing in music these days

Awesome album!, 05 Nov 2007
I love this album!

It combines all the best bits about Within Temptation into one album.
My favourite song is Deciever Of Fools, I love that one!
This album works so well. A must have album 10/10
=]

Awesome Album!, 25 Oct 2007
Within Tempation certainly show what they're made of with this amazing ablum! Mother Earth really does rock!

My favourite track would have to be Ice Queen! Here Sharon shows her awesome vocals combined with great guitar riffs and orchestral music. It works incredibly well!

10/10

A must have album!

Absolutely amazing, 25 Oct 2007
Can't get enough of this album, it's got all the classic elements that i love about within Temptation, from the unbelievable voice of Sharon displaying her impressive vocal range, to the awesome guitar riffs, and not forgetting the awe-inspiring orchestral music that makes their songs so powerful. From ballads to pure metal, loving every second of it!!!!

eternal metalhead, 14 Nov 2006
this cd arrived last week and i have been shocked by its brilliance sharon den adels vocals are incredible brought tears to my eyes the whole album is impossible not to like. female rock singers like this is the best thing thats happened to the genre for aeons bringing rock music to females in a big way at long last.Spine tinglingly epic one of the best albums ive heard in years.Stunning.

Takes you back to another time, 09 Oct 2008
Music can take you back to a time and a place that you would otherwise forget. This is one of thise albums.


Greatest Hits - plain and simple, 01 Sep 2008
The Cure have always been one of these bands that I've only ever half been aware of - I've fully appreciated the impact they've had on the music scene, but I've never really known any of the songs as well as I should have. Which is why I bought this - their Greatest Hits.

People that bleat on and complain about Greatest Hits being too predictable by certain artists miss the point - Best Of compilations are not for the die hard fans - if you're a die hard fan, you should already have all the albums. Best Of's are a great starting point for people just getting into an act. And this is exactly what this does. All the classics are here - Friday I'm In Love, Boys Don't Cry, In Between Days....and that's exactly what people want.

Everybody should have heard of The Cure - use this Greatest Hits as an excuse to finally buy one of their CD's and get to learn how great these tunes that have been played to you over and over again over the past 20 years really are.

To everybody else - stop complaining about Greatest Hits compilations.

Give me the disease instead., 11 Aug 2008
I cannot believe that they scooped together this many tunes to fill a CD by the whiney voiced big haired wet lipped shy thing. He sings all out of tune and flounces about like clothes without a person in them. Some of the tunes get in your head but its mostly inept teenage dirge with no substance. They are no Status Quo fo sho. Spend your money on something better like a Bartok syphony or Bong-ra or even Girls Aloud. Not this, this is not medicine, this is self inflicted whiney earache. I'm not buying this album to keep him in oversized shirts, hairspray and mascara, no.

good pop songs, 12 May 2008
This is a good selection of pop songs...

But those seeking 'what the cure are really all about' should either by the albums or get join the dots (because some of those B-sides are amazing).
The Cure were about long atmospheric pieces of music which conjure up images in your head and evoke moods without even hearing the lyrics. When the lyrics do come they are usually delivered in a despairing hopeless way, or wailed, by Robert Smith and his masterfully unique voice, in the world of Pop/Rock.

Best songs suited for this are all the tracks on 'pornography', and charlotte sometimes, none of which included here.

This is the lighter bouncier commercial side of the Cure. Songs you WILL have heard before but didn't know who it was. Except everyone knows 'Friday I'm In Love' - National Student Anthem.

Staring at the Sea and Galore are better compilations, this skims over too many songs, but If you are going to get anything get disintegration. If you want pop hits, get Head on the door. And go from there

Great overview, 24 Aug 2007
I'm not a Cure purist, I never really thought of myself as a real fan of the band. But this is a great collection of songs. Maybe not a fully representative one in terms of their overall goth agenda, but for those non-goths of us out there, it's just a great set of indie classics.

For the casual listener (like me) there are a couple of tracks that detract from the overall quality. I don't really like 'Caterpillar', 'Lovecats' was never their greatest song, and the cd tails off a little bit after 'Mint Car'. But the bleak brilliance of 'Forest', the jangly guitars of 'In Between Days' and the joyous build-up of melody in 'Close to Me' represent real class, the like of which is just too rare these days. And who can forget 'Just Like Heaven' which has become my firm favourite for the intro alone.

The acoustic cd is not really worth much attention. I think I've listened to it twice. There's no real variety or inventiveness evident on this - the tracks sound like exact replicas of the studio versions played on acoustic instruments, slightly less enthusiastically than they were the first time around.

If you're a die hard Cure fan I'm sure there's a whole lot more out there for you and this will probably just leave you wanting. For the rest of us, it's a great album.

Not bad, but not very good either!, 28 Nov 2008
Not a bad album, especially for those 'Goths' who prefer the more Poppy, lighter side of things!

Amy Lee has a good voice. The music all sound a bit the same though.
Good tracks are Going Under, My Immortal and Tourniquet.

My only gripe is Evanescence have ripped off older Europian bands like Within Temptation, and have got really successful from it.

Still, a good CD though, especially for younger listeners.


Outstanding, 10 Jan 2008
This is just a fantastic album, with varying sounds and types of music. Expresses emotions ranging from anger to sadness, just a beautifully created album, I can't recommend this enough.

fabulous, 20 Nov 2007
I do not know if I have anything more to add to what the other reviewers have said, but I wanna say that this is a fantastic album, just wow.
could not stop listening to it. I loved the choice of songs, the lyrics are good, and it is just unbeatable. amazing cd.

The best sound since...the previous best sound, 29 Aug 2007
I recently got into Evanescence, and this was the first album of theirs I bought. I was amazed at how mature the music was, how the lyrics were so beautiful I cried. This is the type of music you want to hear more. I have listened to this album pretty much every day since I bought it. It never gets old. If you are debating on whether to buy this, it is not a waste of money!

Includes the singles: Bring Me To Life, Going Under, My Immortal, Everybody's Fool and Imaginary

ALL THESE SONGS COULD BE CHART HITS, 14 Aug 2007
Fallen is the major-label debut of Evanescence, a Little Rock, AR-based quartet led by the soaring vocals of 20-year-old Amy Lee. Emboldened by the inclusion of its single "Bring Me to Life" on the soundtrack to the hit film Daredevil, Fallen debuted at an impressive number seven on Billboard's Top 40. But "Bring Me to Life" is a bit misleading. A flawless slice of Linkin Park-style anguish pop, it's actually a duet between Lee and 12 Stones' Paul McCoy. In fact, almost half of Fallen's 11 songs are piano-driven ballads that suggest Tori Amos if she wore too much mascara and recorded for the Projekt label. The other half of the album does include flashes of the single's PG-rated nu-metal ("Everybody's Fool," "Going Under"). But it's the symphonic goth rock of groups like Type O Negative that influences most of Fallen. Ethereal synths float above Ben Moody's crunching guitar in "Haunted," while "Whisper" even features apocalyptic strings and a scary chorus of Latin voices right out of Carmina Burana. "Tourniquet" is an anguished, urgent rocker driven by chugging guitars and spiraling synths, with brooding lyrics that reference Evanescence's Christian values: "Am I too lost to be saved?/Am I too lost?/My God! My tourniquet/Return to me salvation." The song is Fallen's emotional center point and defines the band's sound.

Icy Majesty, emotional splendour, 06 Jan 2009
I am something of a Cure-virgin, having only really ever been aware of their more famous 45's (Love Cats, the one with the days of the week in it - you're getting the picture).

However, I've been really bowled over by Disintegration. On first listen it seemed rather maudlin and self-pitying (Smith's unashamedly emotional delivery needs some getting used to in these days of arch, eye-brow raised, ironic pop). Repeated listens have revealed that there is something rather more complex and beautiful going on.

If I had to come up with some vaguely pretentious metaphor to describe the experience of listening to this record, I would say that it is like wandering around some vast, snow-bound ice citadel, which despite its apparent bleakness, is somehow radiating a soft inner glow of warmth.

The musical backing is generally vast, cinematic and cathedral-like, with booming drums, spectral bass and some of the most beautiful chiming guitar (check out the final track, Untitled, for an especially exquisite example of this), all of which festoons Smith's voice which hovers between sounding wracked, resigned and downright plaintive.

No one song particularly stands out (although I do particularly love 'Untitlted'). Instead, this is one of those albums whose tracks all seems to blend and bleed into one symphonic whole, so you end up asking yourself "haven't I just heard this one?" as another piece begins. Obviously that can work in a bad way (i.e. on albums that are just plain samey), but it's not the case here.

I particularly like the way the slow, vast and more atmospheric and cavernous/billowy sounding tracks alternate with the snappier, more rock-based songs; despite the uniformity of sound, this is an excellently sequenced album.

At first I thought the slower songs just dragged on too long and seemed a little interminable, but repeated listens have revealed that this is entirely deliberate - the band are inviting you to surrender yourself and get lost in all that swirly, icy majesty, without giving into the nasty, neurotic, ipod-generation urgency to "get onto the next track".

Really I can't say any more about this album other than that I really do like it a lot, and look forward to sampling more of The Cure as soon as I possibly can.

The best album ever!!!, 27 Oct 2008
I'm a big fan of The Cure and 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 was in my late teens when this came out and I was at that time the sterotypical teenager who heard this and thought "At last, someone who understands me!."

However many years later, I still listen to this album a lot and still love it. The music and the lyrics are just pure genius and although it may be thought of as rather melancholy, it is, in the wonderful self-obsessed way where you can just wallow in 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 and the lyrics. Sheer Poetry!

The beginning of the end......................, 06 Jun 2008
A reviewer at the time of release said "Phew! there's not much room to breathe in here" and they were absolutely right.

The overall feel and sound of this recording is almost suffocating and that's a shame because this could have been a truly great Cure album. It's true to say that in 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 say in it's recording. However, we do get great tracks like 'Lullaby' and '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!, 01 May 2008
In the late 70s/early 80s I had been into Joy Division et al in a big way and subsequently found The Cure to be a perfect augmentation to my playlist. Faith and Pornography were my faves; Kiss Me and 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!, 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 timless in 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 place in any collection. So what our you waiting for buy it.........

So this is what all the fuss is about!, 02 Jan 2009
Hmm.
I'm a bit old for this Gothy Pomp-Metal, surely? Not a bit of it! This is carefully and well crafted music. So Tarja doesn't sing on it? So what? Annette is more that adequate. I had only heard "Eva" prior to buying this, what I was missing!
This was my first Nightwish album, but it isn't my last.Dark Passion Play: Special Edition

Bloody Hell, 28 Dec 2008
What can I say. I brought Nightwish's Once album and have played it to death. With that in mind I gave this to myself for Christmas and it is more wonderful than I could imagine. Powerful, soaring, melodic, clever, complicated and so much more. Not since my first Marillion album back in 1986 have I been so impressed. The 'bonus' CD with just the music is the best thing since sliced bread. Please sir can I have have some more?

New Era..., 28 Nov 2008
After Tarja's departure, this is a new Era for Nightwish.

Although a very different sound to Tarja's voice, new vocalist Annette Olsen does a very good job.
Less Operatic and not trying to impersonate Tarja at all is a good thing. (Don't get me wrong, I loved Tarja!)

Tuomas finally sounds like he's got where he wants to be musically, even if that's ment he's had to part ways with Tarja to get there. I think she was holding him back.

My only fear is that now Nightwish will blend into the 'Female Metal' scene too much, they use to stand out.
They had something different.

Loads of great tracks. Those that stand out are The Poet and the Pendulum, Cadence of Her Last Breath, Master Passion Greed, Sahara and 7 Days To The Wolves.

I don't like the slower tracks For The Heart I Once Had or Meadows of Heaven, but i've never been a fan of Nightwish's slower material.

Some of the tracks are obviously written about Tarja!

The artwork is brilliant, and if you decide that you don't like Annettes Vocal, the whole album is in instrumental on the 2nd disk!


Really not for me... but it may be for you, 31 Oct 2008
yup I've decided to write a review that everyone will just say is rubbish and will say wasn't helpful.

BUT while this album definitely was not for me, it is very likely most of Nightwish's old fans will like this.

The thing that I used to love about NW was the combination of heavy metal music and operatic vocals... but of course with the new vocalist they have taken this formula and thrown it out the window.
If you like Within Tempatation, you will probably love this album, it's very similar to their work only with more emphasis on the orchestra. I don't like within temptation... so I find this bland and unoriginal, more techniqucal than WT but I my opinion worse.

I only bought this due to my love of Marco, but if you want an album with his great vocals buy a Tarot album.

I'm off to buy Tarja's newest album now and hope that that still has operatic vocals on it ;)

In conclusion MOST NIGHTWISH FANS WILL LOVE THIS... but I just didn't, sadly I am no longer a fan... only a fan of the old band. And it is sad because the band brims with talent.

Oh F**K yeah, 17 Sep 2008
Honest to God I have heard so many people bitch about this album because it just isn't Nightwish..........

If you dont like it, listen to something else. In My personall opinion Nightwish have got quite a lot heavier (probably due to Marco Hietala) and this I think makes them better. Some of the songs have a slightly poppy, filler, sort of feel but many of them are awesome

Bye Bye Beautiful, incredible display of Marco's singing power and how well he and Anette work together.

7 Days to the Wolves another great song

Master Passion Greed - granted a little heavy for many of nightwish's following but if you like metal...you'll love it

If I lost this album I would definately buy it again

PEACE
~G

Within Temptation - Until The End Of Time - Mother Earth, 06 Nov 2007
I first found out about Within Temptation when they joined Road Runner Records and after purchasing The Silent Force i thought id investigate some of the older albums. With the Silent Force it was a little heavier then this album which is ok cause this way it showed that they just kept evolving with the present day music BUT if you want to hear Within Temptation on a mellow-level lower and smoother then their current albums "The Silent Force" + "The Heart Of Everything" then it would be worth checking out how Within Temptation sounded a long time back. My favourite song on here would have to be Mother Earth cause it was soooo smoothing and relaxing for me and to almost here a story about mother nature through a song is a rare thing in music these days

Awesome album!, 05 Nov 2007
I love this album!

It combines all the best bits about Within Temptation into one album.
My favourite song is Deciever Of Fools, I love that one!
This album works so well. A must have album 10/10
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Awesome Album!, 25 Oct 2007
Within Tempation certainly show what they're made of with this amazing ablum! Mother Earth really does rock!

My favourite track would have to be Ice Queen! Here Sharon shows her awesome vocals combined with great guitar riffs and orchestral music. It works incredibly well!

10/10

A must have album!

Absolutely amazing, 25 Oct 2007
Can't get enough of this album, it's got all the classic elements that i love about within Temptation, from the unbelievable voice of Sharon displaying her impressive vocal range, to the awesome guitar riffs, and not forgetting the awe-inspiring orchestral music that makes their songs so powerful. From ballads to pure metal, loving every second of it!!!!

eternal metalhead, 14 Nov 2006
this cd arrived last week and i have been shocked by its brilliance sharon den adels vocals are incredible brought tears to my eyes the whole album is impossible not to like. female rock singers like this is the best thing thats happened to the genre for aeons bringing rock music to females in a big way at long last.Spine tinglingly epic one of the best albums ive heard in years.Stunning.

Not the best Opeth album, 04 Jan 2009
I have to admit to a little disappointment at the new offering. To me, Deliverance and Ghost Reveries would have been hard to top anyway, but this album, apart from the gourgeous acoustic intro, just seems to be a bit, well, samey. There is nothing that really makes you sit up and take note, no Deliverance or no Masters Apprentice. I hate to say it, but in the same way that I don't listen to Orchid because it lacks the songwriting found on later albums, Watershed simply hasn't been on the stereo very much. Whilst certainly not a bad album, unfortunately it is very much in the shadow of Deliverance, Damnation and Ghost Reveries.

Matchless originality...but have I gotten used to this now..?, 13 Nov 2008
There is no doubt that Opeth are one of the most truly original rock bands of all time. They may one day be looked upon as pioneers that stretched the boundaries of popular music, encompassing, as their albums do, swirling death metal cacophonies and gorgeous, organic folk rock.
Yet this album has not grabbed me as previous LP's 'Ghost Reveries', 'My Arms Your Hearse', 'Blackwater Park' and their peerless acoustic masterpiece 'Damnation', did.
Why? Because around 2001, Opeth became my favourite band, and consequently, I overdosed on them in a big way. I've played them to death. But this album does not let them down, or embarrass the legacy at all, yet i can't give it five stars, as i'm afraid to say, I have heard it before. Anyone discovering them now, or who has only been into them for a short while, I'm jealous of you - there's a lot of great music to enjoy. But back to 'Watershed': the production is pristine, and the band tight as ever. I'm actually having to listen to it again as i type this, just to make sure i do it justice, but i have to be honest - it does sound fantastic, but i simply know what to expect...

Akerfeldt with a sense of humour, 29 Oct 2008
This is the only album that I play every single day...this isn't because I only own one album but simply that this album is pure genius and one that I hear something new everytime I listen to it.

I've been with Opeth since "Orchid" and while "Watershed" is a 1000 miles from that album, "Watershed" will last and will define Opeth in the future.

A track by track analysis is pointless, every single song is absolutely outstanding. If you've ever been curious about what Opeth do...start here. You won't regret it.

A word of warning though..whilst the CD/DVD version has the 'making of' documentary and the extra pull of the cover of Trower's "Bridge of Sighs", the packaging is terrible! A flimsy box extra single cardboard cases to hold the CD and DVD separately. Roadrunner could have done better for the extra few quid I paid.

The album that truely got me into Opeth, 26 Oct 2008
A couple of years ago, I purchased the album 'Still Life' as I was curious to see what Opeth were like after hearing positive comments about them. Being a fan of metal and prog rock, I thought there was a good chance I could get into them. However I was not blown away by it, and only really listened to the opening track 'The Moor' which is a great song. I only listened to the album a few times, and thought it was average at best.

After listening to their latest effort, my view of Opeth completely changed! This album really gripped my attention on the first listen, and ended up listening to it regularly, liking it more every time. This album focuses much more on the prog rock element; 'Hessian Peel' is an outstanding piece of prog rock with bluesy elements, which has a sound derived from the 70s. From the opening track you can tell this is going to be something different from Opeth, with its pastoral introduction of "Coil" (even has a female vocalist!). The next two tracks feature their very heavy, death growling vocals, but they also combine interesting experimental prog rock elements, really taking the listener on a ride with plenty of depth for repeated listens.

Personally my favourite song has to be 'Burden'. This song is just beautiful; it was while hearing this for the first time which demonstrated what a talent band Opeth are. Instantly likable, but still gets better with every listen. Its short piano introduction, the slow melodic verses which suddenly abrupt into dramatic harmony, and the awesome instrumental which has elements similar to Deep Purple and Pink Floyd, while still remaining unique.

It was after hearing this album I began to appreciate 'Still Life' and other albums. They are a band that get better with every listen, so if you are into bands such as Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Porcupine Tree or even Radiohead, there are worse things to do than listening to this with an open mind!

good album, 23 Oct 2008
opeth are a very unique band who incorperate a lot of elements into there music


watershed is no different and what i like about opeth is how much they have adapted to there genre of music and have mastered it

if u havent checked out opeth yet i would reccoment you buy still life because that is possibly there best album

Smash It Up revisits the decade-long career of the Damned, who famously hitched a ride on the early Sex Pistols bandwagon and then beat them to releasing the first UK punk single, a crazed little beat ditty called "New Rose", in November 1976. Based visually around Dave Vanian's (aka Dave Letts) proto-goth vampire trappings and Captain Sensible's (aka Ray Burns) tutu-wearing wackiness, and musically around Rat Scabies's (aka Chris Miller) Keith Moon-like drum mania and Brian James's (aka Brian Robertson) high-speed thrash guitar, they followed up with the even better "Neat Neat Neat", a punk high point. Artistically, it was also The Damned's, as James left, Sensible moved to guitar, and they embarked upon a career of pub-metal anthems and cabaret punk nostalgia. The critics ignored them, but the hits kept on coming, including "Love Song", "Smash It Up" and their biggest, a ludicrous cover of the Paul and Barry Ryan's 1960s MOR hit "Eloise", which reached No. 3 in January 1986. They spilt the following year, leaving behind a legacy of making a little go a long, long way, the salient parts of which are all included on this two-CD, 35-track set. --Garry Mulholland

Takes you back to another time, 09 Oct 2008
Music can take you back to a time and a place that you would otherwise forget. This is one of thise albums.


Greatest Hits - plain and simple, 01 Sep 2008
The Cure have always been one of these bands that I've only ever half been aware of - I've fully appreciated the impact they've had on the music scene, but I've never really known any of the songs as well as I should have. Which is why I bought this - their Greatest Hits.

People that bleat on and complain about Greatest Hits being too predictable by certain artists miss the point - Best Of compilations are not for the die hard fans - if you're a die hard fan, you should already have all the albums. Best Of's are a great starting point for people just getting into an act. And this is exactly what this does. All the classics are here - Friday I'm In Love, Boys Don't Cry, In Between Days....and that's exactly what people want.

Everybody should have heard of The Cure - use this Greatest Hits as an excuse to finally buy one of their CD's and get to learn how great these tunes that have been played to you over and over again over the past 20 years really are.

To everybody else - stop complaining about Greatest Hits compilations.

Give me the disease instead., 11 Aug 2008
I cannot believe that they scooped together this many tunes to fill a CD by the whiney voiced big haired wet lipped shy thing. He sings all out of tune and flounces about like clothes without a person in them. Some of the tunes get in your head but its mostly inept teenage dirge with no substance. They are no Status Quo fo sho. Spend your money on something better like a Bartok syphony or Bong-ra or even Girls Aloud. Not this, this is not medicine, this is self inflicted whiney earache. I'm not buying this album to keep him in oversized shirts, hairspray and mascara, no.

good pop songs, 12 May 2008
This is a good selection of pop songs...

But those seeking 'what the cure are really all about' should either by the albums or get join the dots (because some of those B-sides are amazing).
The Cure were about long atmospheric pieces of music which conjure up images in your head and evoke moods without even hearing the lyrics. When the lyrics do come they are usually delivered in a despairing hopeless way, or wailed, by Robert Smith and his masterfully unique voice, in the world of Pop/Rock.

Best songs suited for this are all the tracks on 'pornography', and charlotte sometimes, none of which included here.

This is the lighter bouncier commercial side of the Cure. Songs you WILL have heard before but didn't know who it was. Except everyone knows 'Friday I'm In Love' - National Student Anthem.

Staring at the Sea and Galore are better compilations, this skims over too many songs, but If you are going to get anything get disintegration. If you want pop hits, get Head on the door. And go from there

Great overview, 24 Aug 2007
I'm not a Cure purist, I never really thought of myself as a real fan of the band. But this is a great collection of songs. Maybe not a fully representative one in terms of their overall goth agenda, but for those non-goths of us out there, it's just a great set of indie classics.

For the casual listener (like me) there are a couple of tracks that detract from the overall quality. I don't really like 'Caterpillar', 'Lovecats' was never their greatest song, and the cd tails off a little bit after 'Mint Car'. But the bleak brilliance of 'Forest', the jangly guitars of 'In Between Days' and the joyous build-up of melody in 'Close to Me' represent real class, the like of which is just too rare these days. And who can forget 'Just Like Heaven' which has become my firm favourite for the intro alone.

The acoustic cd is not really worth much attention. I think I've listened to it twice. There's no real variety or inventiveness evident on this - the tracks sound like exact replicas of the studio versions played on acoustic instruments, slightly less enthusiastically than they were the first time around.

If you're a die hard Cure fan I'm sure there's a whole lot more out there for you and this will probably just leave you wanting. For the rest of us, it's a great album.

Not bad, but not very good either!, 28 Nov 2008
Not a bad album, especially for those 'Goths' who prefer the more Poppy, lighter side of things!

Amy Lee has a good voice. The music all sound a bit the same though.
Good tracks are Going Under, My Immortal and Tourniquet.

My only gripe is Evanescence have ripped off older Europian bands like Within Temptation, and have got really successful from it.

Still, a good CD though, especially for younger listeners.


Outstanding, 10 Jan 2008
This is just a fantastic album, with varying sounds and types of music. Expresses emotions ranging from anger to sadness, just a beautifully created album, I can't recommend this enough.

fabulous, 20 Nov 2007
I do not know if I have anything more to add to what the other reviewers have said, but I wanna say that this is a fantastic album, just wow.
could not stop listening to it. I loved the choice of songs, the lyrics are good, and it is just unbeatable. amazing cd.

The best sound since...the previous best sound, 29 Aug 2007
I recently got into Evanescence, and this was the first album of theirs I bought. I was amazed at how mature the music was, how the lyrics were so beautiful I cried. This is the type of music you want to hear more. I have listened to this album pretty much every day since I bought it. It never gets old. If you are debating on whether to buy this, it is not a waste of money!