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The 10 greatest goth albums of all time

10. Juju – Siouxsie and The Banshees
9. The Drift – Scott Walker
8. Tender Prey – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
7. Clan of Xymox – Clan of Xymox
6. In the Flat Field – Bauhaus
5. It’ll End in Tears – This Mortal Coil
4. Pornography – The Cure

3. First and Last and Always – The Sisters of Mercy

One of the most gothic-sounding band names on our list, The Sisters of Mercy, are one of the scene’s most cherished acts. They also happen to be one of the most played gothic acts. Most of those songs will be from the band’s first LP, First and Last and Always.

Tracks like ‘Black Planet’, ‘Marian’ and ‘Walk Away’ stand out as some of the band’s best work and easily some of the most danceable goth music you will ever find. All of it is underpinned by the stunning baritone vocals of Andrew Eldritch, which brings a foreboding sense of vampiric doom to almost every single note of the album.

But it’s far from a one-note outfit. Sisters of Mercy are one goth band who are happy to incorporate countless instruments to build out their menacing melodies. There’s no doubt that the band are straight-up goth-rock but there’s more than a sense of musicianship that could see them equally aligned with the creation of groups like The Beatles.

A dirty word, in this regard, we know.

2. Closer – Joy Division

There’s an undeniable amount of sadness attached to Joy Division’s second and final album, Closer. The record, complete with some of the band’s finest work and the promise of more ahead, is weighed down by the loss of the group’s talisman. The LP was released just two months after lead singer Ian Curtis’ tragic suicide and is rendered with remorse at almost every turn.

At the tender age of 23, Curtis was a man weighed down by the expectations of a business he wasn’t ready to be a part of. It is this sense of helpless forbearance that makes the album what it is, however difficult that sentiment is to take.

It’s impossible to split the art from the artist in this regard, and it just so happens that the art’s power only increases when laid next to its creator.

It’s clear that the LP isn’t a singular piece crafted from the band’s minds but rather a composite of their musings. As such, somehow, it makes the album even more special. In this reference, the tracks are brought to us like dark and twisted diary entries; the fact they seem to like those of a coal-mining Victorian peasant and not that of Salford’s finest speaks to the band’s majesty.

1. Disintegration – The Cure

The top spot of this list could have easily been filled by any of the last four entries, such is the power of the individual in the goth scene. Each record has its own nature, its own ability to inspire and develop relationships with its listener. But, for us, there’s something greatly grotesque about taking a burgeoning pop career and metaphorically wiping your arse with it.

It is this delightful image that is conjured up whenever you listen to The Cure’s Disintegration. If it isn’t the first album you think of when we describe the goth scene, it should be.

The Cure had, by 1989, a serious career under their belts. They had emerged from punk as one of the artistic new auteurs of alternative rock music, and their sound had even gone as far as to develop the group into pop stars. A series of pop records that charted well and saw some commercial success could easily have swayed Robert Smith et al. to follow the money trail to the middle-of-the-road obliteration. Instead, they revolted with an album that would go on to define them as a singular entity on the sonic spectrum.

The band use the 12 tracks of the album to create landscapes that feel moodier and more menacing than ever before. In fact, ‘Landscapes’ is likely too bright an expression, The Cure were digging wells on Disintegration and were happy to throw us all down there in a bucket. Robert Smith’s delicate state of mind is explored and expressed on every track, with some particular favourites being ‘Plainsong’ and ‘Pictures of You’.

If goth music is all about seeing the beauty in the darkness of humanity, then there is perhaps no better expression than that of The Cure and their album Disintegration.

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