The Cure‘s ‘Songs Of A Lost World‘ has been outselling the rest of the current UK top 10 combined in its opening weekend of release. Robert Smith and co. recently released their 14th studio album and during a week which saw them play two shows at the iconic BBC Radio Theatre before performing the new record in full at London’s The Troxy on the day of its release.
‘Songs Of A Lost World’ has tallied 40,918 sales, outselling the rest of the top 10 albums combined in the midweek charts. “36,970 units account for the record’s physical release, whilst downloads account for 2,838 and streams make up 1,110 sales,” the outlet reported.
Top 3 most streamed songs of The Cure
The band’s new album which also marked The Cure’s first release of original material in 16 years is also on its way being their first record to land the Number One spot on the charts since their 1992 LP ‘Wish’.
Official Charts Company reported that ‘Just Like Heaven’ that was released in 1987 is at Number three with total UK streams of 82 million. Called by Robert Smith himself as the best pop song The Cure ever made, Just Like Heaven does – indeed – sound like a miracle. At Number two is ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ released in 1979. It has total UK streams of 93 million.
Boys Don’t Cry is a deliciously bittersweet lament, perfectly pitched by Smith as an interrogation of that very British tendency to not show any emotion, even when struggling. Meanwhile, ‘Friday I’m In Love’ released in 1992 has total UK streams of 137 million. The most mainstream offering of The Cure’s entire career, the story goes that after first creating Friday I’m In Love, Robert Smith became paranoid that he’d accidentally stolen the song’s melody from someone, since it sounded so familiar.
