Released on this day in 1981 (14 April 1981), Faith caught The Cure at their most austere. The guitars are distant, the drums heavy with space — and the silences speak almost as loudly as the music.
It’s an album that doesn’t offer answers, only atmosphere. Some tracks unfold like forgotten memories; others feel like unresolved questions. Few bands at the time were brave enough to slow things down and strip them back.
Chris True of AllMusic called Faith "a depressing record, certainly, but also one of the most underrated and beautiful albums the Cure put together." In 2010, Fact ranked the album as one of the 20 best "goth records ever made".