記念すべき日本でのデビュー作。現在のキュアーと比べるとかなりエキセントリックで粘着質のサウンドですが、中期のサウンドを彩るワウ・ギターやそれまでとは比べ物にならない重さと独特なうねりが聴くものの心に沈殿する重要作。キュアー補完作戦もいよいよ佳境といった感じの名作です。
タワーレコード(2009/04/08)
Rolling Stone (p.79) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[T]his goth milestone brings the heaviness of metal without its clichés. Smith wails, guitars blare and drums pound in an echo-laden maelstrom of decay and loathing..."
Spin (p.102) - "Where all aspiring new-wavers go to study enunciation."
Spin (p.109) - "[A] druggy steel-cage match between death-disco drums and tarnished hooks that's somehow still fun to shimmy to."
Q (12/99, p.171) - Included in Q Magazine's Best Gothic Albums Of All Time - "...something uniquely, irresistibly nasty....It made sense of the abject horror of those mock A levels."
Uncut (p.124) - 5 stars out of 5 - "Smith's unearthed demos and live tracks from this period do not prepare you for the pure shock and awe of PORNOGRAPHY. Even today, nothing can."
NME (Magazine) (8/12/00, p.29) - Ranked #24 in The NME "Top 30 Heartbreak Albums" - "...Fueled by LSD, [it] is a dense, unrelenting wall of ugly noise..."
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