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The March Album of the Month is THE CURE “Songs of a Lost World”
The Cure’s Songs of a Lost World Becomes Their First No. 1 Album in 32 Years (UK)
The Cure is back! Their long-awaited fourteenth studio album, Songs of a Lost World, arrived on November 1, 2024, via Fiction, Lost Music, Universal, Polydor, and Capitol Records. This marks the band’s first new release in 16 years since 4:13 Dream (2008) and features songs written entirely by Robert Smith—his first time doing so since The Head on the Door (1985). It’s also the band’s first studio album with guitarist Reeves Gabrels. True to Smith’s signature style, the album dropped just one day after Halloween at his request.
Upon release, Songs of a Lost World received rave reviews, praised for its dark atmosphere, emotional depth, and Smith’s haunting vocals. Fans responded just as strongly—this became The Cure’s first No. 1 album in the UK since 1992’s Wish. It was also one of the fastest-selling albums of 2024, at one point outselling the entire Top 10 combined for the week. The record also hit No. 1 in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, and Switzerland.
You can check out this album and a lot of other audio “gems” at the Record Cellar.