The subtleness with which the Cure assembles the eight songs befits Songs of a Lost World ‘s main themes, which mostly deal with loss and mortality. Smith, now 65, announced before the album’s ...

Bruce Springsteen is one of the few artists whose 83 leftover songs are better than most artists' hits. Here are the highlights of "Tracks II." ...

On the other side of that thunder is Songs of a Lost World ‘s most personal song, “I Can Never Say Goodbye,” which is a stylized account of the night his older brother, Richard, died in 2019.

The only previously released song is the enigmatic “Secret Garden,” which hasn’t lost the seductive luster provided by Springsteen’s murmured lyrics coated in innuendo.

Blue-collar hero: Bruce Springsteen’s Tracks II: The Lost Albums features seven unreleased albums and 83 original songs - Matt Rourke/AP This is surely the greatest box set of all time. It is ...

Yet here is “Lost World,” the Cure’s first album in 16 years, without a pop single or any trading-in on its gloom-merchant reputation. Smith has created an unrelentingly serious and sad work ...

Bruce Springsteen's music has always been political. The New Jersey native has peppered political messages about the American experience into his songs throughout his 50-plus-year career.