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A lush, pictorial look at one of the world's most successful alternative rock bands, available in time to celebrate their 40th anniversary. Into the chaos of British punk rock, a handful of school friends led by Robert Smith announced their musical arrival in 1978 with a brash single pulled from the pages of Albert Camus. The Cure soon graduated into a series of increasingly dark and brooding albums, drawing the world's attention to goth rock. But they resisted categorization, and subsequent albums - suffused with raw, intense emotion and featuring the breakout hits "In Between Days" and "Just Like Heaven" - attracted new legions of fans worldwide. Then, with the grand and somber Disintegration, the Cure achieved global domination, and, through fluctuating lineups and shifting sounds, they have flourished.