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Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Faith is the third studio album by English rock band The Cure, released on 14 April 1981. Preceded by the single InchPrimaryInch, the album was a moderate success commercially but was received ambivalently by critics. Faith saw The Cure continuing in the gloomy vein of 1980's Seventeen Seconds, which would conclude with the band's next album, Pornography. Following the tour for Seventeen Seconds, The Cure returned to Morgan Studios on 27 September 1980 to record a new album. During this session, recordings of songs InchAll Cats Are GreyInch and InchPrimaryInch were attempted, but neither ended up on the album. Robert Smith was hoping the tracks would sound InchfunerealInch, but instead he said Inchthey just sounded dullInch. Most of Faith was written in the studio. At least two songs on the album, InchAll Cats Are GreyInch and InchThe Drowning ManInch, were inspired by the Gormenghast novels of Mervyn Peake. Faith was the first album by The Cure to feature six-string bass guitar; InchAll Cats Are GreyInch features Smith on keyboards and piano, with no guitar at all. The front cover, designed by former and future member Porl Thompson, is a picture of Bolton Priory in the village of Bolton Abbey in the fog. Album Tracks 1. The Holy Hour 2. Primary 3. Other Voices 4. All Cats Are Grey 1. The Funeral Party 2. Doubt 3. The Drowning Man 4. Faith
