Yeah, brilliant...

"Plainsong" is my favourite piece of music, period.  Seeing them play it live in San Diego was one of the most incredible and affecting moments of my life.

The only songs on the album that I'm not nuts about are "Lovesong" and "Fascination Street".

You're right about winter.  I bought the album in November, and about a month later our town had the heaviest fall of snow it had seen in ten or so years.  Myself and a friend were snowed in at my house for nearly a week with nowhere to go.  We stayed inside and played Nintendo, listened to "Disintegration", "Staring At The Sea" (Cure singles album) and The Sisters Of Mercy.  At night we'd go on treks into the foot and a half of snow.  Such a great memory...