“Sinking” by The Cure

"Sinking" comes from The Head on the Door, the sixth Cure album, which Fiction Records put out in August 1985. Robert Smith wrote it alone, as he did every song on the record, a first for the band, and he sings it and co-produced it with David M. Allen, who also engineered. Simon Gallup is back on bass after years away, and Boris Williams, new behind the kit, plays drums and percussion.

The album marked a turn outward. Melody Maker called it "a collection of pop songs", its grab bag of styles carried the Cure to a wider audience across Europe and North America, and at home it became the biggest album they'd had, entering the UK chart at number seven.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.