The Cure - Seventeen Seconds LP cocteau twins and building the album bit

and building the album bit by bit over a year with just my producer and partner Toby Butler – with whom I co-wrote all the music

- James Hopkin

An often absurd search for meaning in a world jammed full of white noise

2-1 Van Dyke Parks - Be Careful

The Cure - Seventeen Seconds LP cocteau twins and building the album bitThe 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