Seventeen Seconds

album by the Cure

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In the Cure: Formation and early years
The album Seventeen Seconds (1980) marked the Cure’s first turn into their signature sound—that is, minimalist instrumentation marked by heavy, pulsing bass lines and warbling, sometimes frantic, single-noted guitar progressions. This sound is exemplified in “A Forest,” which was released as a single in early 1980. This…
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