The Cure – The Head On The Door (VG/VG) – LP, AU 1985

The Head On The Door is an LP by The Cure from 1985 released on the Fiction Records, WEA label.

About this album

The Head on the Door is the album where The Cure sharpened their post-punk unease into something more direct, melodic and influential. Released in 1985, it broadened the band’s sound without losing Robert Smith’s anxious edge, balancing jangling pop, gothic mood and wiry guitar lines. Informed by a tighter, more accessible approach than their earlier work, the record produced some of the band’s best-known songs, including In Between Days and Close to Me, and helped push The Cure towards wider international success. It remains one of the key albums of 1980s alternative rock, admired for its restless contrasts and unmistakable emotional pull.