Here are our picks for the 40 best songs from TheCure
If The Cure's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame does absolutely nothing else for their musical legacy, hopefully it will at least mark the end of anyone thinking that they're solely the province of goth-rock mopers and those otherwise obsessed with things that go bump in the night.
It's already been clear for most of the band's history, which kicked off in earnest on record 40 years ago with the release of theirdebut LP in 1979. Since then, they've evolved from post-punk misfits to new wave superstars and alt-rock elder statesmen, while scoring massive crossover hits, becoming one of rock's biggest and most reliable touring attractions, and seeing their influence trickle down to all corners of popular music.
And if you don't buy any of that, you can be quite sure of this: Niche bands with entirely subterranean fanbases don't get into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It's hard enough to get the institution to acknowledge even the most massive and obvious alt-rock success stories -- from U.K. peers like Kate Bush, The Smiths and Depeche Mode to next-generation artists like Smashing Pumpkins, Hole and Nine Inch Nails .
Of course, this should've been most obvious from the music itself. The Cure may have existed in extremes -- their 1996 albumboasted one of the more on-the-nose LP titles in recent memory -- but even though their enduring image is one of grey, bleak depression, they were equally adept at vivid, brighter-than-the-sun joyfulness.
You'll find both of those songs below in our list of the top 40 songs The Cure ever did -- a list spanning 13 albums and even more lineup changes, as well as dozens of singles , and so many great B-sides they eventually had to release a friggin'.
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