Before they honed their patented blend of dark melodies and gothic textures, The Cure made catchy, if angular, pop-punk. Three Imaginary Boys, the band's 1979 debut album.
Maybe it was youthful exuberance or perhaps it was the fact that th...
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Looks Great / Sounds Cheap
This is a fine looking picture disc and, really, that is all you need. I bought this as a collector with no expectation that I would get anything near hifi quality from a picture disc - an unofficial one at that. My expectations were confirmed since it sounds like a picture disc and all that entails: very high noise level, relatively low signal and an over-compressed sound. In parts it sounds like the band is dancing on gravel.
But, I bought it to look at and, as far as that goes, this record does the job.