The Cure - Seventeen Seconds

The second Cure album from 1980, dense bleak and with the addition of perennial favorite Simon Gallup on bass and the short-lived but effective Mathleu Hartley on keyboards expanded The Cure's previously sparse sound, adding layers of texture that complemented Smith's longer, less accessible songs.

While "Play For Today" harkens back to the bands poppier days, "Seventeen Seconds" and "Secrets" show that the band was not about to turn back from its new approach and ultimately paved the way for what was to follow. Also includes live favorite "A Forest".

Tracklist:

A1 A Reflection
A2 Play For Today
A3 Secrets
A4 In Your House
A5 Three
B1 The Final Sound
B2 A Forest
B3 M
B4 At Night
B5 Seventeen Seconds