Release
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Robert Christgau | C |
| Pitchfork | 8.4/10 |
| Rolling Stone | (1982) (2004) |
Pornography was released on 3 May 1982. The album debuted and peaked at no. 8 in the UK singles chart, staying in the chart for nine weeks.
Following the album's release, Simon Gallup left the group.
When Pornography was performed live it was this period where the band started wearing their trademark big hair, smudged makeup and black clothes.
In 2002, The Cure performed Pornography live in its entirety, along with Disintegration and Bloodflowers, as part of the Trilogy concerts.
Pornography was remastered by Chris Blair at Abbey Road Studios and reissued in the UK on 25 April 2005 as part of Universal's Deluxe Edition series. The new edition featured a remastered version of the album on disc one, fixing the glitch on "Siamese Twins", while disc two contained demo and live tracks. The bonus disc contains never-before-heard songs (in demo format; all instrumental) and an alternative version (demo or live) of each song on the album. It also contains the song "All Mine" from the Curiosity cassette and the soundtrack from the movie Airlock that aired prior to Cure concerts in 1982. The Cure's logo featured on their previous releases before the 1982 release of the album was included on a sticker on the Deluxe edition.
There also exists a one-disc version of the reissue, released on 5 September in the UK, which contains only the original album. It is also released in the standard jewel case, and not a box. In some countries, the Deluxe Edition has become a collector's item due to the phasing out of production, being replaced by the more economic one-disc version.
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