Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me (180 Gram Vinyl) (2 Lp's) 5/29/2006 B4 I Don't Owe You

B4        I Don't Owe You Anything

Alan Lorber

Perhaps not surprisingly

and a melodic flair that approximates artists associated with the New Wave of British Heavy Metal

warmly humorous -- and yes

Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me (180 Gram Vinyl) (2 Lp's) 5/29/2006 B4 I Don't Owe YouThis hefty double album often sounds more like a compilation than a coherent whole, with musical ideas bouncing frantically back and forth. Nevertheless, in typical Cure style, KISS ME, KISS ME, KISS ME successfully combines catchy pop with bitter despair. Through 17 immensely sensual songs, Robert Smith is at his most poetic ("strange as angels, dancing in the deepest ocean, twisting in the water, you're just like a dream") and vitriolic ("get your