What to listen to from The Cure - a group that will come to Russia in the summer of 2019

Top Songs The Cure

The choice is subjective, but the key songs of the group are present in the selection.

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What to listen to after

The rest of the discography. As a fan with many years of experience, I would strongly recommend anything, except maybe The Top and the last 4:13 Dream, which came out 10 years ago. You can listen to them after everything else.

Yes, the last album of The Cure was released in 2008, but there is reason to hope that this is not all. It is known that last year the band booked time in the studio to record a possibly new release.

There are 13 albums in the band's discography, but the most important are traditionally considered to be included in the Trilogy live album, filmed in Berlin. If for some reason you don't know anything about The Cure at all, then watching this live is the next step after listening to our selection. The three-hour concert featured songs from the albums Pornography, Disintegration and Bloodflowers.

Playing three-hour concerts for The Cure is a common practice. Even at festivals, the band usually puts out a full program. Most likely, the performance in Moscow will not be an exception.

Why The Cure concert in Russia is important

Because there are very few living legends that have shaped modern music as we know it. And also because this is The Cure's second visit to Russia, which may turn out to be the last. After all, Robert Smith is no longer young.

The significance of The Cure is not at all an invention of a fan, accustomed to associating all the most important events of his life with their songs and distraught at the news of their imminent visit. For example, here is an excerpt from MTV Icon from 2004, where the band's songs are performed by Blink-182, AFI, Razorlight and Deftones.

Also, in their love and attempts to copy the style of the group, the key musicians of Russian rock admitted: Ilya Lagutenko, Yegor Letov, Gleb Samoilov, Shura Bi-2, Lyokha Nikonov and even, excuse me, Konstantin Kinchev. Only Yuri Kasparyan did not recognize Smith's influence, although it is certainly more than just present in the work of the Kino group.

The Cure will perform in Russia as part of the Afisha Picnic festival on August 3, 2019. The concert will take place at the Kolomenskoye Museum-Reserve.