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1LP Vinyl – 0602547875549

Inspired by Salinger, Kafka, and magic-mushroom tea, The Top —a Robert Smith solo album in all but name—remains an enigma in the Cure’s catalogue. Its tone varies from spitting rage to flopping absurdity, and is always weird as hell. Like most Cure albums, The Top is always hook-filled and benefits from imaginative keyboard arrangements, clanging electric guitars, and “hit ’em like you mean it” drums. It is also the only Cure album where all bass tracks are performed by Robert Smith, as their most recent bassist, Phil Thornalley, was busy working on Seven and the Ragged Tiger with Duran Duran, and stalwart Simon Gallup was still an album cycle away from returning.