What is Disintegration (The Cure album)?
{{Infobox album | name = Disintegration | type = studio | artist = [[the Cure]] | cover = | alt = A collage of overlapping photos, including a black-and-white, blue-tinted photo of Robert Smith's face looking upward to the camera | released = {{start date|1989|5|2|df=yes}} | recorded = November 1988&nbsp;– February 1989 | studio = [[Hookend Recording Studios|Hookend]] ([[Checkendon]], England) | genre = * [[Gothic rock]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Chapstick|first=Kelsey|date=30 May 2019|title=See the Cure Perform Landmark 'Disintegration' Album Live at Sydney Opera House|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/see-cure-perform-landmark-disintegration-album-live-sydney-opera-house|access-date=29 March 2021|website=[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]|archive-date=5 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605052852/https://www.revolvermag.com/music/see-cure-perform-landmark-disintegration-album-live-sydney-opera-house|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[alternative rock]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Unterberger|first=Andrew|date=21 March 2007|title=Depeche Mode vs. The Cure|url=https://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/vs/depeche-mode-vs-the-cure.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231014539/https://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/vs/depeche-mode-vs-the-cure.htm|archive-date=31 December 2017|access-date=29 March 2021|website=[[Stylus Magazine]]}}</ref> * [[new wave music|new wave]]<ref name=Paste>{{cite web|last=Jackson|first=Josh|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/09/the-best-new-wave-albums.html?a=1|title=The 50 Best New Wave Albums|website=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]|date=8 September 2016|access-date=18 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922050634/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/09/the-best-new-wave-albums.html?a=1|archive-date=22 September 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[dream pop]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.treblezine.com/10-best-dream-pop-albums/|title=10 Essential Dream Pop Albums|date=5 April 2012 |