The Cure Seventeen Seconds Psychcic Friends ostensibly a concept album about

ostensibly a concept album about an outlaw figure of the Old West

With over-the-top show-stoppers about gonorrhea ("The Jack")

Evanescence further pushes the envelope on the aforementioned description

" hence the song titles)

United Western Studios

The Cure Seventeen Seconds Psychcic Friends ostensibly a concept album aboutWithin the space of two short years the Cure mysteriously transformed themselves from a more accessible Wire Buzzcocks hybrid into the grandiose haired gloom merchants they resembled for decades. While the international success of singles like "Boys Don't Cry" might have pointed to a continuation of the same formula, Smith decided to take the band into choppier waters. SEVENTEEN SECONDS marked the start of the Cure Phase II. Somewhat reminiscent of