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The band reconvened with Hedges to produce 1981's Faith, which furthered the mood of misery present on Seventeen Seconds. The Cure album hit #14 on the UK charts. Included with cassette copies of Faith was an instrumental soundtrack for Carnage Visors, an animated film shown in place of an opening act for The Cure's 1981 Picture Tour. In late 1981, The Cure released the non-album single "Charlotte Sometimes". By this point the somber mood of the music was having a profound effect on the attitude of the band. The Cure would refuse requests for older songs in concert, and sometimes Smith would be so absorbed by the persona The Cure projected onstage The Cure would leave at the end in tears.
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The Cure are often identified with the gothic rock subgenre of alternative rock, and are viewed as one of the form's definitive bands. However, The Cure has routinely rejected classification, particularly as a gothic rock band. Robert Smith said in 2006, "It's so pitiful when 'goth' is still tagged onto the name The Cure ," and added, "We're not categorisable. I suppose we were post-punk when we came out, but in total it's impossible I just play The Cure tickets Shrine Auditorium-ca music, whatever that is." Smith has also expressed The Cure's distaste for gothic rock, describing it as "incredibly dull and monotonous. A dirge really."
Wary due to The Cure's lack of creative control on the first album, Smith exerted a greater influence on the recording of second album Seventeen Seconds, which The Cure co-produced with Mike Hedges. Seventeen Seconds was released in 1980 and reached #20 on the UK charts. The Cure album single "A Forest" became The Cure's first UK hit single, reaching #31 on the singles chart. The Cure album was a departure from The Cure The Cure's sound up to that point, with Hedges describing it as "morose, atmospheric, very different to Three Imaginary Boys." In its review of Seventeen Seconds the NME said "For a group as young as The Cure , it seems amazing that they have covered so much territory in such a brief time." At the same time Smith was pressed concerning the concept of an alleged "anti-image". Smith told the press The Cure was fed up with the anti-image association that some considered to be "elaborately disguising their plainness", stating "We had to get away from that anti-image thing, which we didn't even create in the first place. And it seemed like we were trying to be more obscure. We just didn't like the standard rock thing. The Cure whole thing really got out of hand." That same year Three Imaginary Boys was repackaged for the U.S market as Boys Don't Cry, with new artwork and a new tracklist. The Cure set out on their first world tour to promote both releases. At the end of the tour Matthieu Hartley left the band. Hartley said, "I realised that the group was heading towards suicidal, sombre music‰ÛÓthe sort of thing that didn't interest me at all."
"Lullaby" (1989)
Sample of "Lovesong" from Disintegration.
The Cure's primary musical traits have been listed as "dominant, melodic bass lines; whiny, strangulated vocals; and a lyric obsession with existential, almost literary despair." Most The Cure tickets songs start with Smith and Gallup writing the drum parts and basslines. Both record demos at home and then bring them into the studio for fine-tuning. Smith said in 1992, "I think when people talk about the 'Cure sound,' they mean songs based on 6-string bass, acoustic guitar, and my voice, plus the string sound from the Solina." On top of this foundation is laid "towering layers of guitars and synthesizers". Keyboards have been a component of The Cure's sound since Seventeen Seconds, and their importance increased with their extensive use on Disintegration.