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“Disintegration” by The Cure
From the album Disintegration (1989)
“Disintegration” by The Cure appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2020 and 2023. It was first released in 1989 on the album Disintegration. Its best result is #85 on the KEXP Top Songs of the Last 50 Years (1972-2022). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,531 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"Disintegration", the title track of the Cure's eighth album, from 1989, sits tenth on the record and runs a little over eight minutes, the album's second-longest song and one of the band's most admired, prized for its intense, repetitive pull. Robert Smith wrote the words, sings lead and plays guitar and keyboards, with Porl Thompson on guitar, Simon Gallup on bass and keyboards, Roger O'Donnell on keyboards and Boris Williams on drums; Smith and David M. Allen produced it.
It's Smith coming apart in public, and the critics felt it. Ned Raggett of The Quietus heard a reeling act of desperation that bordered on too much to take, and Paste ranked it among the greatest title tracks ever. It was released as a single only in Spain, in 1989, with "Plainsong" on the flip.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1576 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2022 | 85 | KEXP | KEXP Top Songs of the Last 50 Years (1972-2022) | 491 |
| 2023 | 427 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s | 850 |
Also listed as: Disintigration.
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