80s Jams #16: The Cure "Disintegration" (1989)

Blasting along at a quick, roaring pace but completely drowning in sorrow and collapse while it does so, the title track to the Cure's masterful 1989 album in some ways encapsulates the album as a whole -- accessible but ultimately harrowing destruction. Beginning with the sampled sound of shattering glass that immediately blends into an energetic Boris Williams drum line and higher-pitched bass motif from Simon Gallup, "Disintegration" almost pitilessly portrays a relationship tearing itself to pieces in drama and soul-wrenching grief. Relentlessly building to a final, blasting climax, "Disintegration" remains a monstrous, compelling listening. -- Allmusic http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=33:apfixxyjld0e