Cure ORIG OZ LP The top EX ’85 Sire 25080-1 Alt rock Goth Rock New wave Original OZ LP released in 1984 on Sire Records. Cat: 25080-1. Comes with printed lyric inner bag which has a few light age spots and is in Excellent condition. .
Recorded in the midst of Robert Smith's tenuous tenure with Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Top is arguably the most hedonistic record the Cure ever produced. Essentially Smith and Lol Tolhurst working with studio musicians (this being the period when the Cure's lineup was never assured), it's an album obviously recorded under stress, drink, and drugs. More wildly experimental musically than anything before it, it laid the foundations for the Cure's pattern of unpigeonholable albums that were to erase their reputation built by Pornography and eventually culminating in Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me. That said, it's still very much a Cure record. Heavy on the percussion and quaint keyboard effects that were so big in the '80s, the melodies ("The Caterpillar," "Shake Dog Shake") are unmistakably Robert Smith. The big change this time around is his ability to fuse the paranoia and neuroses of former work (Pornography) with his newfound use of pop melody and outside influences (i.e., world travels, sounds, instruments) to moderate success ("Wailing Wall," "Piggy in the Mirror").

Tracks : Shake dog shake/ Bird mad girl/ Wailing wall/ Give me it/ Dressing up/ The caterpillar/ Piggy in the mirror/ The empty world/ Bananafishbones/ The top.   There are a few light spindle marks on labels. Record is in Near Mint condition. Cover has very minor scuffing on corners and is in Excellent condition.

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