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The Top
Rock · 1984 · 10 tracks

The Top

The Cure

A manic, psychedelic detour into unhinged instrumentation and surrealist pop. Paranoid, eclectic, and far more aggressive than their earlier gothic landmarks.

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Psychedelic detour

A manic, drug-fueled psychedelia splintering into global rhythms and abrasive brass defines this volatile transition. The music abandons the prior monument's suffocating weight for a restless, jittery carnival of sound, where whimsical acoustic melodies collide with screeching, distorted noise.

The Top · vs · The Cure
Restless+4.0σ

Restless saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks
01
Shake Dog Shake
4:56
02
Birdmad Girl
4:05
03
Wailing Wall
5:17
04
Give Me It
3:43
05
Dressing Up
2:52
06
The Caterpillar
3:41
07
Piggy in the Mirror
3:41
08
The Empty World
2:36
09
Bananafishbones
3:12
10
The Top
6:51
Moments Worth Waiting For
04Give Me ItThe frantic, screaming vocal performance and biting guitar work on 'Give Me It' push the band's sound to its most aggressive, chaotic extreme.
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