Robert Smith plumbed the depths again, facing the realisation that he was growing old because he was turning 30... my near-40-year-old heart bleeds for him.
Smith felt pressured to follow up on the Cure's prior successes. They had initially had a Gothic vibe to them, but once people came to expect that, he switched to a more accessible pop vein, but disliked the increased popularity so returned again to the goth fold.
This album certainly doesn't appear to court MTV or commercial radio, with the songs being lengthy morose grooves that take their time creating an atmosphere (though still with a keen sense of melody on display). Whatever Smith's intentions, the album did reasonably well commercially.
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