The Cure
Seventeen Seconds LP vinyl

The second Cure album from 1980, dense bleak and with the addition of perennial favourite Simon Gallup on bass and the short-lived but effective Mathleu Hartley on keyboards expanded The Cure's previously sparse sound, adding layers of texture that complemented Smith's longer, less accessible songs.

While "Play For Today" harkens back to the bands poppier days, "Seventeen Seconds" and "Secrets" show that the band was not about to turn back from its new approach and ultimately paved the way for what was to follow. Also includes live favourite "A Forest".

NEW / Released in 1980 / Reissue 2016 

Tracklist:

A1 A Reflection

A2 Play For Today

A3 Secrets

A4 In Your House

A5 Three

B6 The Final Sound

B7 A Forest

B8 M

B9 At Night

B10 Seventeen Seconds