The Head on the Door

After years of bleak, difficult records that nearly ended the band, Robert Smith decided to prove the Cure could write hits. The Head on the Door is the result and the turning point: ten tight songs, two of them, In Between Days and Close to Me, becoming the singles that broke the band onto radio and MTV. For the first time Smith plays every instrument except drums and bass himself, and the variety shows. He had figured out he could be catchy and still be the Cure.