Albums2010 Revisited: Disintegration
You can blame early South Park for this one. There's that Mecha-Streisand episode where the only person who can save the day is Robert Smith, lead singer of The Cure, who transforms into like a goth moth/butterfly to defeat her. And as he goes away, Kyle and Stan say goodbye and add, 'Disintegration is the best album ever!' Which naturally begs the question: is it? Honestly, I think I have a copy of this floating around somewhere on CD mainly because of this South Park episode, which is kind of hilarious if you think about it. Best album ever? Ehhhh, I don't know-- I think you could have it in the conversation, that's for sure. If you're showing me a list of 'Best Albums Ever' and this doesn't appear on it, I'm going to have questions and judge your list. A lot. A deep dive into the Wikipage of the album reveals more: Robert Smith had a lot of anxiety about turning 30 at the time and 'felt an increased pressure to follow up on th...