Seventeen Seconds [Import] 04/06/2015 Christmas Through Your Eyes

Christmas Through Your Eyes

they did their finest work as a recording act on their first three albums

" and "Volcano

Poor Pitiful Me" introduced the world at large to the darkly sardonic edge of the singer's muse

but still boasting enough spunk to make himself heard when he feels like it

Seventeen Seconds [Import] 04/06/2015 Christmas Through Your EyesWithin the space of two short years the Cure mysteriously transformed themselves from a more accessible Wire Buzzcocks hybrid into the grandiose haired gloom merchants they resembled for decades. While the international success of singles like "Boys Don't Cry" might have pointed to a continuation of the same formula, Smith decided to take the band into choppier waters. SEVENTEEN SECONDS marked the start of the Cure Phase II. Somewhat reminiscent of