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Songs of a Lost World is the fourteenth studio album by English rock band the Cure, released on 1 November 2024 via Fiction, [4]: 113 Lost Music, Universal, [5] Polydor, and Capitol Records. [6] It is the band's first release of new material in 16 years since the release of 4:13 Dream in 2008.
In 2019, Billboard ranked the song number one on their list of the 40 greatest Cure songs, [17] and in 2023, Mojo ranked the song number four on their list of the 30 greatest Cure songs. [18] Robert Smith said he considers "Just Like Heaven" to be one of the band's strongest works, and called it "the best pop song the Cure have ever done". [5]
"Charlotte Sometimes" is a song by English rock band the Cure, recorded at producer Mike Hedges' Playground Studios and released as a non-album single on 9 October 1981 by Polydor Records, following the band's third studio album Faith. The titles and lyrics to both sides were based on the book Charlotte Sometimes by Penelope Farmer.
"Alone" is a song by English rock band the Cure. Released on 26 September 2024, it was the first new studio recording of original material from the band in 16 years and their first new studio recording of any kind in a decade, since their appearance on 2014's The Art of McCartney.
"High" is a song by English rock band the Cure, released as the lead single from their ninth album, Wish (1992), on 16 March 1992. The track received mostly positive reviews and was commercially successful, reaching number one on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, number six on the Irish Singles Chart, and number eight on the UK Singles Chart.
The Cure’s penchant for squalling psych-rock exorcisms reached a powerful zenith on this howl from the heart of 1992’s Wish. Almost eight minutes of typhoon rock bereft of flab or indulgence ...
The band performed the song as "Killing an Ahab" with lyrics inspired by Herman Melville on 2011's Reflections Tour. [13] During the band's 40th anniversary tour, the lyrics and title were changed back to "Killing an Arab". [14] The band performed the song as "Killing Another" to close out the final show on their tour in December 2022. [15]
In 2011, the song was voted number 283 on Rolling Stone's "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list. [6] In 2019, Billboard ranked the song number nine on their list of the 40 greatest Cure songs, [7] and in 2023, Mojo ranked the song number 11 on their list of the 30 greatest Cure songs. [8]