‘Play All’ to hear Robert Smith’s inspirations such as Wire, Nick Drake and Jimi Hendrix and The Cure’s contemporaries like Cocteau Twins and Siouxsie and the Banshees on our ‘Disintegration’ Musical Lead-Up Playlist.
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The Police ‘Synchronicity’ with Kent Horne & Rob Young at Classic Albums at Home
The album marked a significant reduction in the reggae influences that were a part of the band's first four records, instead featuring production-heavy textures and liberal use of synthesizers that, at times, drove entire songs.
Brian Eno ‘Ambient 1: Music for Airports’ with Kent Horne at Classic Albums at...
Four compositions created by layering tape loops of differing lengths, and was designed to be continuously looped as a sound installation, with the intent of defusing the tense, anxious atmosphere of an airport terminal.
