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12) Japanese Whispers (1983)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Whispers

Strictly speaking Japanese Whispers isn't an album but rather an 8 track singles compilation recorded after Smith almost dissolved the band in the wake of their previous album and the spiraling depression and addiction problems recording that brought to the fore. Working with only Tolhurst and some session musicians, The Cure's frontman set out to see if he could write commercially friendly pop music and wildly succeeded about half the time.