The Cure land first Number One album in 32 years with ‘Songs Of A Lost World’: “It is genuinely heartwarming”

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The Cure have scored their first Number One UK album in 32 years with ‘Songs Of A Lost World‘.Robert Smith and co’s first full-length record in 16 years – the follow-up to 2008’s ‘4:13 Dream’ – arrived last Friday (November 1) during a week which saw them play two shows at the iconic BBC Radio Theatre before performing their new record in full at London Troxy’s venue the same day their album was released.It outsold the rest of the Top Five combined to reach the summit, which included Sabrina Carpenter‘s ‘Short N’ Sweet’, Tyler, The Creator‘s ‘CHROMAKOPIA’, Charli XCX‘s ‘Brat’ and Ed Sheeran‘s ‘Mathematics (Tour Collection)’.The album also topped the official UK vinyl album charts, surpassing more than 40,000 physical album sales by the midweek alone.Reacting to the news, Smith the Official Charts Company: “It is enormously uplifting, genuinely heartwarming to experience such a wonderful reaction to the release of the new Cure album.“To everyone who has bought it, listened to it, loved it, believed in us over the years – THANK YOU!”Reviewing ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ in a five-star review, NME wrote: “‘Songs Of A Lost World’ feels sufficient enough for the wait we’ve endured, just for being arguably the most personal album of Smith’s career.“Mortality may loom, but there’s colour in the black and flowers on the grave.”In a lengthy interview with Matt Everitt, which saw Smith reveal that The Cure have another new album that’s “virtually finished” – with a third new record also on the way, Smith shared that The Cure plan to tour in 2025.“We’ll start up again next year,” said Smith. “Seriously, I have to finish the second album.