Seventeen Seconds

by The Cure

Seventeen Seconds cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 22 April 1980
  • Label: Fiction
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 35:33
  • Community rating: 4.06/5 from 23 ratings

Artists on this release: Rent Party, Ron Austin, Louis Pavlou, Steve Dawson, Porl Thompson, Michael Dempsey, Katie Wilkinson, Steve Sidwell, Reeves Gabrels, Robert Smith, Mark Price, Phil Thornalley, Andy Anderson, Matthieu Hartley, Simon Gallup, Perry Bamonte, Lol Tolhurst, Richard Edwards, Boris Williams, Jason Cooper, Laurence Tolhurst, Roger O'Donnell, Cure, Jes煤s Alema帽y, John Barclay

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Marking a distinct pivot from the spiky pop-punk of their debut, The Cure embraced a remarkably cold, minimalist aesthetic on 'Seventeen Seconds'. Driven by Simon Gallup's hypnotic basslines and Robert Smith's heavily flanged, icy guitar work, the album constructs a profoundly sombre, deeply atmospheric, and wonderfully nocturnal foundation for gothic rock.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, minimal, bassy, synthesizers, droning

Tracklist

  1. A Reflection (2:08)
  2. Play For Today (3:38)
  3. Secrets (3:19)
  4. In Your House (4:06)
  5. Three (2:35)
  6. The Final Sound (0:52)
  7. A Forest (5:54)
  8. M (3:03)
  9. At Night (5:54)
  10. Seventeen Seconds (4:01)

Credits

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