Edited sentence: It was relatively successful at its release.Most of the music was composed by Smith in his parents' home, on a Hammond organ.Smith said the record was produced, with Michael Hedges, quickly and with inspiration — he wrote the lyrics and music for most of the record on just two occasions.Some reviewers felt that Seventeen Seconds represented a far more mature Cure, who had come very far musically in less than one year.The album is mainly nocturnal in character, the songs bearing vague, often unsettling lyrics and "dark", spare melodies.The record features such qualities as echoing far-off vocals, acoustic-sounding guitar, minimalist drum beats, stripped-down lyrics, sparse piano, subterranean basslines, and dry and detached singing