Robert Smith has opened up about The Cure’s discography, and revealed which of the albums is his “least favourite”.
The frontman’s reflection on the band’s catalogue comes as they are gearing up to share long-awaited new album ‘Songs Of A Lost World’.
Set for release on November 1 (pre-order here), the record will mark the first from The Cure since 2008’s ‘4:13 Dream’, and it has already been previewed by two singles: ‘Alone’ and ‘A Fragile Thing’.
Ahead of the album arriving, Smith took part in a new interview, posted on the band’s new website over the weekend, and opened up to BBC Radio DJ Matt Everitt about which one song from each of The Cure’s albums he thought would fit with the new release.
As well as revealing which songs he’s most proud of – notably the title track from the ‘Faith’ album, ‘Disintegration’’s ‘Untitled’ and ‘Wish’’s ‘To Wish Impossible Things’ – Smith also went on to recall which release he doesn’t look back on so fondly.
Naming ‘Before Three’ as his favourite song from 2004’s self-titled record, he recalled how he isn’t a fan of the album as a whole.
“’The Cure’ album is probably my least favourite album that we’ve made,” he said. “I don’t like some of it, it’s the only album that I don’t think works. ‘Before Three’ is a good song, that would probably work.”
Elsewhere in the interview, he also explained that he had a similar outlook on the song ‘The Last Day Of Summer’, taken from ‘Bloodflowers’, but ultimately changed his opinion. “That’s become a favourite. I was never quite sure about it as a song, but I think it is a good song,” he recalled.
