The Cure – Seventeen Seconds

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Artist: The Cure

Title: Seventeen Seconds

Year: 1980

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Tracklist

  • 1. A Reflection - 2006 Remaster (2:12)
  • 2. Play for Today - 2006 Remaster (3:40)
  • 3. Secrets - 2006 Remaster (3:20)
  • 4. In Your House - 2006 Remaster (4:07)
  • 5. Three - 2006 Remaster (2:36)
  • 6. The Final Sound - 2006 Remaster (0:52)
  • 7. A Forest - 2006 Remaster (5:54)
  • 8. M - 2006 Remaster (3:04)
  • 9. At Night - 2006 Remaster (5:54)
  • 10. Seventeen Seconds - 2006 Remaster (4:00)
  • 11. I'm a Cult Hero (2:59)
  • 12. I Dig You (3:25)
  • 13. Another Journey by Train - Group Home Instrumental Demo 1/80 (3:12)
  • 14. Secrets - Group Home Instrumental Demo 1/80 (3:40)
  • 15. Seventeen Seconds - Live in Amsterdam Jan. 1980 (3:59)
  • 16. In Your House - Live in Amsterdam Jan. 1980 (3:32)
  • 17. Three - Alt. Studio Mix Feb. 1980 (2:45)
  • 18. I Dig You - Cult Hero Live in the Marquee Club London March 1980 (3:36)
  • 19. I'm a Cult Hero - Live in the Marquee Club London March 1980 (3:21)
  • 20. M - Live in Arnhem May 1980 (2:56)
  • 21. The Final Sound - Live in France June 1980 (0:26)
  • 22. A Reflection - Live in France June 1980 (1:39)
  • 23. Play for Today - Live in France June 1980 (3:46)
  • 24. At Night - Live in France (5:37)
  • 25. A Forest - Live in France June 1980 (6:28)

Review

'Seventeen Seconds' creates a world of its own, suspended somewhere between twilight and midnight. The Cure's 1980 release draws you into its ghostly embrace with whispered confidences and shadowy corners, introducing Simon Gallup's bass and Matthieu Hartley's keyboards to expand their sonic palette. Their evolution from punk origins feels deliberate and necessary here, like shedding an old skin to reveal something more truthful underneath. This album breathes with empty spaces, allowing Robert Smith's voice to echo across barren emotional terrain that feels both desolate and strangely comforting.

The disciplined minimalism throughout tracks like 'A Forest' and 'Play for Today' reveals a band discovering the power of restraint. Drum and bass lines move like slow, steady heartbeats beneath the surface, creating tension that never quite resolves. I find myself returning to this album when the world feels too loud, too certain of itself - there's wisdom in how The Cure embraced uncertainty and melancholy as states worth exploring rather than escaping. 'Seventeen Seconds' doesn't just foreshadow their future gothic direction; it stands as a complete statement of a particular moment when The Cure found their true voice in the spaces between notes. - Mack

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