What's a good album to get by The Cure?  All I have is a random bunch of tracks my friend gave me.  I like their pop songs more than their crazy evil 80's robot stuff...

i prefer their darker stuff, but i would start off with "Head on the Door" and "Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me".  any earlier albums may seed thoughts of slitting your wrists.  i think Disintegration is a classic, but still a bit moody.

I love not having heard a great album in a long time and then falling in love all over again. That's how I feel about this one right now:

What's a good album to get by The Cure?  All I have is a random bunch of tracks my friend gave me.  I like their pop songs more than their crazy evil 80's robot stuff...

I like the dark early trilogy of Seventeen Seconds, Faith and Pornography, their best work for me, but I also love Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me and Disintegration. If you can get the Japanese remasters, they are the best quality Cure releases I've ever heard.