{"product_id":"the-cure-faith-180g-vinyl-lp","title":"The Cure – Faith  [180g Vinyl LP]","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Cure – Faith [180g Vinyl LP]\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vinyl LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Number:\u003c\/strong\u003e 602547875440\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBarcode:\u003c\/strong\u003e 602547875440\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Post-Punk \/ Gothic Rock \/ New Wave\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fiction Records \/ Polydor \/ Universal Music\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOriginally Released:\u003c\/strong\u003e 14 April 1981\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReissue Released:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2016\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePressing:\u003c\/strong\u003e 180 Gram Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New \u0026amp; Sealed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDescription\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFaith\u003c\/em\u003e is the third studio album by The Cure — released on 14 April 1981 on Fiction Records — and the second instalment of the \"Dark Trilogy\" that began with \u003cem\u003eSeventeen Seconds\u003c\/em\u003e (1980) and concluded with \u003cem\u003ePornography\u003c\/em\u003e (1982). Produced by \u003cstrong\u003eMike Hedges\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eRobert Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e, and recorded at \u003cstrong\u003eMorgan Studios in London\u003c\/strong\u003e, it is the album on which the band's aesthetic of mournful, atmospheric post-punk reached its most complete early realisation — minimal, deliberate, and emotionally sustained in a way that very few rock records of the period attempted. The album reached \u003cstrong\u003enumber fourteen on the UK Albums Chart\u003c\/strong\u003e and generated one of The Cure's most enduring early singles: \u003cstrong\u003e\"Primary\"\u003c\/strong\u003e, which reached number eight in the UK in March 1981, and which Smith has described as the song he is most proud of from this period. \u003cem\u003eNME\u003c\/em\u003e gave it a five-star review on release; subsequent decades have only reinforced its standing as one of the defining documents of British gothic and post-punk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album's eight tracks move with deliberate restraint — Lol Tolhurst's drumming, Simon Gallup's bass and Smith's guitar operating in a sparse, resonant interplay that owes more to the dub-influenced minimalism of Joy Division and Wire than to the guitar-rock of the band's contemporaries. Smith's lyrics across the album address questions of faith, mortality, spiritual doubt and existential emptiness with an unusual directness — the title track is one of rock music's most unresolved meditations on belief, closing the album without catharsis or consolation. \u003cstrong\u003e\"The Holy Hour\"\u003c\/strong\u003e opens with quiet, ecclesiastical restraint; \u003cstrong\u003e\"Other Voices\"\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003e\"All Cats Are Grey\"\u003c\/strong\u003e develop the album's palette of deep reverb and slow-motion atmosphere; \u003cstrong\u003e\"The Funeral Party\"\u003c\/strong\u003e is the album's most structurally ambitious piece; and \u003cstrong\u003e\"The Drowning Man\"\u003c\/strong\u003e — inspired directly by Fuschia's chapter in \u003cstrong\u003eMervyn Peake's\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eGormenghast\u003c\/em\u003e novels — is among the most explicitly literary pieces Smith has ever written. At the time of recording, all three members of the band were deeply unsettled: Gallup's previous band Mag\/Spyz had recently dissolved, Tolhurst was struggling personally, and Smith was navigating the tension between the band's uncompromising direction and the commercial pressures of Fiction's distribution deal with Polydor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis \u003cstrong\u003e2016 Fiction Records \/ Polydor reissue\u003c\/strong\u003e is pressed on \u003cstrong\u003e180 gram black vinyl\u003c\/strong\u003e and presents the album in its original 8-track form in a \u003cstrong\u003ereplica of the original picture sleeve\u003c\/strong\u003e, with a \u003cstrong\u003eprinted inner sleeve\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003edigital download card\u003c\/strong\u003e. The catalogue number and barcode are identical on this pressing. The dead wax carries two inscriptions: \u003cstrong\u003e\"I WENT AWAY ALONE\"\u003c\/strong\u003e etched on Side 1 and \u003cstrong\u003e\"WITH NOTHING LEFT BUT FAITH\"\u003c\/strong\u003e on Side 2 — a detail that has earned this pressing considerable affection among Cure collectors for its quiet fidelity to the album's emotional content. Made in the EU.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide 1\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Holy Hour\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrimary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOther Voices\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAll Cats Are Grey\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide 2\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Funeral Party\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDoubt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Drowning Man\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFaith\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCredits\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRobert Smith – Vocals, Guitar, Producer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSimon Gallup – Bass\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLol Tolhurst – Drums\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMike Hedges – Producer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabel – Fiction Records \/ Polydor \/ Universal Music\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"The Cure","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57504218710403,"sku":"602547875440","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0932\/9757\/4275\/files\/e996455b-fa9c-40eb-9936-21c99fb08af8.webp?v=1772720036","url":"https:\/\/vikingrecords.co.uk\/products\/the-cure-faith-180g-vinyl-lp","provider":"Viking Records Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}