90s Jams #53: The Cure "End" (1992)

Rock's all time heaviest album trilogies: Rubber Soul/Revolver/Pepper ... Bends/OKC/KidA ... Right up there with these is surely the immense sequence of Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me, Disintegration and Wish. The true masterpiece of these trilogies is usually the 2nd release, as is the case with Disintegration. And although Wish remains one of the great unheralded 90's rock albums, the lightness of "Friday I'm In Love" (while a great single in itself) seemed to taint the rest of the album. Similarly, "High" and "A Letter To Elise" are both great, but "Lovesong" and "Pictures Of You" just hit the mark that much closer.

As is the case with "Friday I'm In Love," their happiest moments were pure joy. But delving into the album tracks on all 3 of these records reveals the true depths of tortured despair... Wish closes with "End," which just might be the darkest and most tortured song The Cure ever recorded, which would really be saying something.