Seventeen Seconds

Seventeen Seconds is the title of the second studio album by British band The Cure, released on 22 April 1980 on Fiction Records.

The release of the album was preceded by the single A Forest which was the band's first Top 40 single, and Seventeen Seconds became their first chart album reaching no.20 in May 1980.

The Cure had also recorded their second session for Radio 1's John Peel in March featuring four tracks from the album A Forest / 17 Seconds / Play For Today and M. The session was first broadcast on 10 March 1980 and repeated no less than four times throughout the year by Peel on his show. A Forest featured in Peel's traditional Festive Fifty both in 1980 and again in 1981.

A deluxe edition with bonus CD was released in 2005.