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* BrokenRecord: The line "And again" in "A Forest".
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* BrokenRecord: The line "And again" in "A Forest". Live performances may play this up by Robert Smith sometimes adding even more "agains."
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* DarkerAndEdgier: As compared to ''Three Imaginary Boys''.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: As compared to ''Three Imaginary Boys''. This is their first album to contain their signature GothRock sound after "Three Imaginary Boys" was more closer to classic PunkRock.
* NightmareSequence: According to at least one interview, Robert Smith said that ''A Forest'' was based on a nightmare he had when he was young where he was lost in a forest. However in a later interview, he denies this saying "it's just just about a forest."
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* RecordProducer: Mike Hedges. The first of two albums he would produce for the band. Prior to this, he was the engineer for ''Three Imaginary Boys''.
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''Seventeen Seconds'' is the second album by Music/{{The Cure|Band}}, released in 1980. It established them as one of the most famous bands within the GothRock genre. The entire album had to work with a low budget and thus was recorded and mixed in seven days. Still it generated one of their SignatureSong hits, "A Forest" and broke them to the mainstream, earning respect from the critics at the same time.
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''Seventeen Seconds'' is the second album by Music/{{The Cure|Band}}, released in 1980.1980 through Fiction Records. It established them as one of the most famous bands within the GothRock genre. The entire album had to work with a low budget and thus was recorded and mixed in seven days. Still it generated one of their SignatureSong hits, "A Forest" and broke them to the mainstream, earning respect from the critics at the same time.
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* TheLostWoods: "A Forest", if the lyrics are to be understood literally, is about the protagonist looking for a girl lost in the woods, until he finally gets lost himself and realizes "the girl was never there" and "I'm running towards nothing."
--> ''The sound is deep''
--> ''In the dark''
--> ''I hear her voice and start to run''
--> ''Into the trees, into the trees''
--> ''Suddenly I stop, but I know it's too late''
--> ''I'm lost in the forest, all alone''
--> ''The sound is deep''
--> ''In the dark''
--> ''I hear her voice and start to run''
--> ''Into the trees, into the trees''
--> ''Suddenly I stop, but I know it's too late''
--> ''I'm lost in the forest, all alone''
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''Seventeen Seconds'' is the second album by Music/TheCure, released in 1980. It established them as one of the most famous bands within the GothRock genre. The entire album had to work with a low budget and thus was recorded and mixed in seven days. Still it generated one of their SignatureSong hits, "A Forest" and broke them to the mainstream, earning respect from the critics at the same time.
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''Seventeen Seconds'' is the second album by Music/TheCure, Music/{{The Cure|Band}}, released in 1980. It established them as one of the most famous bands within the GothRock genre. The entire album had to work with a low budget and thus was recorded and mixed in seven days. Still it generated one of their SignatureSong hits, "A Forest" and broke them to the mainstream, earning respect from the critics at the same time.
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* OneWordTitle: "Secrets" and "Three".
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* OneWordTitle: "Secrets" and "Three".OneWordTitle:
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** "Secrets"
** "Three", also a TitleByNumber.
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** Another song is named after Creator/FritzLang's ''Film/{{M}}''.
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** Another song is named after Creator/FritzLang's ''Film/{{M}}''.''Film/{{M}}''
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* IndecipherableLyrics: The vocals on "Three" are buried so deep in the mix, that it's pretty much impossible to understand anything on them. You can probably hear "scream" at some point, but that's about it.
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--> ''Seventeen seconds, a measure of life.''
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--> ''Seventeen seconds, ''[[TitleDrop Seventeen seconds]], a measure of life.''
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--> ''I ''I'm running towards nothing [[BrokenRecord again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and agaiiiin!]]''
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--> ''I ''I'm running towards nothing [[BrokenRecord again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and agaiiiin!]]''
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* EpicRocking: "A Forest" and "At Night", both over five minutes long.
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'''Seventeen Seconds''' is the second album by Music/TheCure, released in 1980. It established them as one of the most famous bands within the GothRock genre. The entire album had to work with a low budget and thus was recorded and mixed in seven days. Still it generated one of their SignatureSong hits, "A Forest" and broke them to the mainstream, earning respect from the critics at the same time.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: In comparison with the band's debut album, ''Three Imaginary Boys''.
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** "Play for Today" is named after a drama anthology series on Creator/TheBBC.
** Another song is named after Creator/FritzLang's ''Film/{{M}}''.
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** Another song is named after Creator/FritzLang's ''Film/{{M}}''.
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* UnrequitedLOve: "Secrets"
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[[caption-width-right:350: ''Seventeen Seconds, a measure of life.'']]
'''Seventeen Seconds''' is the second album by Music/TheCure, released in 1980. It established them as one of the most famous bands within the GothRock genre. The entire album had to work with a low budget and thus was recorded and mixed in seven days. Still it generated one of their SignatureSong hits, "A Forest" and broke them to the mainstream, earning respect from the critics at the same time.
'''Tracklist'''
# "A Reflection" (2:12)
# "Play For Today" (3:40)
# "Secrets" (3:20)
# "In Your House" (4:07)
# "Three" (2:36)
[[AC:Side Two]]
# "The Final Sound" (0:52)
# "A Forest" (5:55)
# "M" (3:04)
# "At Night" (5:54)
# "Seventeen Seconds" (4:00)
'''Personnel'''
* Robert Smith: vocals, guitar, production
* Matthieu Hartley: keyboards, synthesizer, piano, production
* Lol Tolhurst: drums, programming, production
* Simon Gallup: bass guitar, production
!! ''Troped in the forest, all alone''
* AlliterativeTitle: "'''S'''eventeen '''S'''econds".
* BrokenRecord: The line "And again" in "A Forest".
* CutShort: "The Final Sound" was originally planned to be much longer, but cut down to 53 seconds because, while recording, the tape ran out.
* DespairEventHorizon:
** "In Your House"
--> ''I hear no sound in your house. Silence.''
--> ''In the empty rooms I drown at night in your house''
--> ''Pretending to swim, pretending to swim''
** "A Forest"
--> ''I running towards nothing [[BrokenRecord again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and agaiiiin!]]''
* EpicRocking: "A Forest" and "At Night", both over five minutes long.
* GothRock: This album is one of the earliest records in the genre.
* {{Instrumentals}}: "A Reflection" and "The Final Sound".
* TheLostWoods: "A Forest", if the lyrics are to be understood literally, is about the protagonist looking for a girl lost in the woods, until he finally gets lost himself and realizes "the girl was never there" and "I'm running towards nothing."
--> ''The sound is deep''
--> ''In the dark''
--> ''I hear her voice and start to run''
--> ''Into the trees, into the trees''
--> ''Suddenly I stop, but I know it's too late''
--> ''I'm lost in the forest, all alone''
* LovingAShadow: "A Forest", if interpreted metaphorically, has the protagonist look for a girl who is supposedly lost, only to find out she "was never there". He then realizes, lost himself, he just ran "towards nothing", which we assume is not the first time in his life.
--> ''The girl was never there, it's always the same''
--> ''I running towards nothing [[BrokenRecord again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and agaiiiin!]]''
* MinimalisticCoverArt: Seriously: try to describe what you see on the cover!
* NewSoundAlbum: While their first album was already not the happiest record around it was "Seventeen Seconds" that established them as GothRock.
* OneLetterTitle: "M"
* OneWordTitle: "Secrets" and "Three".
* RecordProducer: Mike Hedges.
* TitleTrack: "Seventeen Seconds".
--> ''Seventeen seconds, a measure of life.''
* TragicDream: "Seventeen Seconds"
--> ''The dream had to end.''
--> ''The wish never came true''
* UnrequitedLOve: "Secrets"
--> ''I wish I was yours''
--> ''Strangers''
--> ''Nobody knows we love''
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[[caption-width-right:350: ''Seventeen Seconds, a measure of life.'']]
'''Seventeen Seconds''' is the second album by Music/TheCure, released in 1980. It established them as one of the most famous bands within the GothRock genre. The entire album had to work with a low budget and thus was recorded and mixed in seven days. Still it generated one of their SignatureSong hits, "A Forest" and broke them to the mainstream, earning respect from the critics at the same time.
'''Tracklist'''
# "A Reflection" (2:12)
# "Play For Today" (3:40)
# "Secrets" (3:20)
# "In Your House" (4:07)
# "Three" (2:36)
[[AC:Side Two]]
# "The Final Sound" (0:52)
# "A Forest" (5:55)
# "M" (3:04)
# "At Night" (5:54)
# "Seventeen Seconds" (4:00)
'''Personnel'''
* Robert Smith: vocals, guitar, production
* Matthieu Hartley: keyboards, synthesizer, piano, production
* Lol Tolhurst: drums, programming, production
* Simon Gallup: bass guitar, production
!! ''Troped in the forest, all alone''
* AlliterativeTitle: "'''S'''eventeen '''S'''econds".
* BrokenRecord: The line "And again" in "A Forest".
* CutShort: "The Final Sound" was originally planned to be much longer, but cut down to 53 seconds because, while recording, the tape ran out.
* DespairEventHorizon:
** "In Your House"
--> ''I hear no sound in your house. Silence.''
--> ''In the empty rooms I drown at night in your house''
--> ''Pretending to swim, pretending to swim''
** "A Forest"
--> ''I running towards nothing [[BrokenRecord again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and agaiiiin!]]''
* EpicRocking: "A Forest" and "At Night", both over five minutes long.
* GothRock: This album is one of the earliest records in the genre.
* {{Instrumentals}}: "A Reflection" and "The Final Sound".
* TheLostWoods: "A Forest", if the lyrics are to be understood literally, is about the protagonist looking for a girl lost in the woods, until he finally gets lost himself and realizes "the girl was never there" and "I'm running towards nothing."
--> ''The sound is deep''
--> ''In the dark''
--> ''I hear her voice and start to run''
--> ''Into the trees, into the trees''
--> ''Suddenly I stop, but I know it's too late''
--> ''I'm lost in the forest, all alone''
* LovingAShadow: "A Forest", if interpreted metaphorically, has the protagonist look for a girl who is supposedly lost, only to find out she "was never there". He then realizes, lost himself, he just ran "towards nothing", which we assume is not the first time in his life.
--> ''The girl was never there, it's always the same''
--> ''I running towards nothing [[BrokenRecord again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and agaiiiin!]]''
* MinimalisticCoverArt: Seriously: try to describe what you see on the cover!
* NewSoundAlbum: While their first album was already not the happiest record around it was "Seventeen Seconds" that established them as GothRock.
* OneLetterTitle: "M"
* OneWordTitle: "Secrets" and "Three".
* RecordProducer: Mike Hedges.
* TitleTrack: "Seventeen Seconds".
--> ''Seventeen seconds, a measure of life.''
* TragicDream: "Seventeen Seconds"
--> ''The dream had to end.''
--> ''The wish never came true''
* UnrequitedLOve: "Secrets"
--> ''I wish I was yours''
--> ''Strangers''
--> ''Nobody knows we love''
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