With the singles " In-Between Days" and " Close to Me", The Cure became a viable commercial force in the United States for the first time. was to make a demented and calculated song like ' Let's Go to Bed'." Following the return of guitarist Porl Thompson and bassist Simon Gallup in 1984 and the addition of drummer Boris Williams in 1985, Smith and keyboardist Lol Tolhurst continued to integrate more pop-oriented themes with the release of the group's sixth studio album The Head on the Door (1985).
This shift is attributed to Smith's frustration over the band's labeling as a predictable gothic rock band: "My reaction to all those people . " The Love Cats" became The Cure's first single to infiltrate the top ten in the United Kingdom, peaking at number seven. Three singles were released during 19 that were a significant divergence in style for The Cure essentially, pop hits. The Cure's second album Seventeen Seconds (1980) established the group as a prominent gothic rock band characterised by what Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic described as "slow, gloomy dirges and Smith's ghoulish appearance".
This hyped up bootleg follows an impressiverelease of 1989 Cure material - all of which I am eating up. It highlights the album by playing the album in it's entirety, from " Plainsong" to " Untitled" including instrumental and improv takes on some of the title singles. This live bootleg, posted by Robert Smith himself, was recorded live in Dallas on 9/15/89. They've released posters, promo song samplers, alternative rarities (disk two of three), and even now a live show commemorating the amazing album. I guess we should get on the Disintegration Deluxe train, as everyone is frothing over this rare re-mastering of The Cure'smaster album from 1989. The Cure - Disintegration Live Dallas (1989)