Artistically, emotionally and thematically, I think the best song on this album is the title track Disintegration. Written at a time when Smith was seriously considering ending The Cure, this track is driving, desperate, and desolate all at once. Built around a haunting repeated arpeggio, layered synth chords and an ominous stalking bass line, this eight minute assault on co-dependency, contrivance and adulation sounds like it's physically painful to sing; because it is.