The Cure - Disintegration (Deluxe Edition) (3CD)
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Artist: The CureEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Box set, Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2010-06-08
Music Label: Rhino Records
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Plainsong
- Pictures Of You
- Closedown
- Lovesong
- Last Dance
- Lullaby
- Fascination Street
- Prayers For Rain
- The Same Deep Water As You
- Disintegration
- Homesick
- Untitled
- Prayers For Rain-RS Home Demo (Instrumental)
- Pictures Of You-RS Home Demo (Instrumental)
- Fascination Street-RS Home Demo (Instrumental)
- Homesick-Band Rehearsal (Instrumental)
- Fear Of Ghosts-Band Rehearsal (Instrumental)
- Noheart-Band Rehearsal (Instrumental)*
- Esten-Band Demo (Instrumental)*
- Closedown-Band Demo (Instrumental)
- Lovesong-Band Demo (Instrumental)
- 2 Late (alternate version)-Band Demo (Instrumental)
- The Same Deep Water As You-Band Demo (Instrumental)
- Disintegration-Band Demo (Instrumental)
- Untitled (alternate version)-Studio Rough (Instrumental)
- Babble (alternate version)-Studio Rough (Instrumental)
- Plainsong-Studio Rough (Guide Vocal)
- Last Dance-Studio Rough (Guide Vocal)
- Lullaby-Studio Rough (Guide Vocal)
- Out Of Mind-Studio Rough (Guide Vocal)
- Delirious Night-Rough Mix (Vocal)*
- Pirate Ships-RS Solo, Rough Mix (Vocal)*
- Homesick*
- Pictures Of You
- Closedown
- Lovesong*
- Last Dance
- Lullaby*
- Fascination Street
- Prayers For Rain
- The Same Deep Water As You*
- Disintegration
- Homesick
- Untitled
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Free Music Review: Are The Loudness Wars over for The Cure?
Hit: 5 Stars
When The Cure's reissue campaign began in 2004, many fans were anxiously awaiting the release of the Disintegration deluxe edition. Due to the band's lengthy touring schedule and album recordings, the reissue series began to falter and some years passed without any word on future releases. Fortunately, Robert Smith announced late last year that the Disintegration project was underway and scheduled for release. Unlike previous Cure reissues, the Disintegration deluxe features an extra bonus disc which consists of live material from the 1989 Prayer tour. Entitled Entreat Plus, this new mix expands on the original Entreat album by capturing the four missing album tracks from the Wembley concert. After six long years and several release date postponements, the Disintegration deluxe has finally arrived.
The original album was remastered by Kevin Metcalfe with Robert Smith at The Soundmasters in London. Although this is Metcalfe's first mastering stint with the Cure, he has an exhaustive resume that spans many decades of mastering expertise. On the first few listens, the remastered album didn't sound dramatically different to the original 1989 CD release. Although it wasn't much louder than the original (which is a good thing), the murkiness of the recording was unfortunately still evident. It wasn't until I A/B'd the remaster to the original which ultimately exposed some noticeable differences. One of the most obvious improvements of the remaster is in the bass region. There's more bass impact in this remaster than any other Cure reissue I've heard. I even remember Robert mentioning in an old interview once on how they couldn't flood the original CD with bass due to some technological restrictions at the time. And although I echo another reviewer's comments that the bass can sometimes be overbearing, the only real problem with this is in Prayers for Rain -- which is a bassy song to begin with. Robert's vocals are not only higher in the mix but cleaner as well. The keyboards, as well as Boris Williams drums, are more pronounced and better defined. Stereo separation has been improved and the whole album sounds a bit cleaner; the entire thing just sounds more convincing.
While the rarities disc is probably best served for only the diehard fans of the band, it does contain several interesting instrumental demos and even some unreleased songs from the era. The only true worthy songs that require repeated listens are Esten, Delirious Night, and Robert's cover of Pirate Ships. The alternative version of the songs are quite different as well and I actually prefer the alt. version of Babble to the released b-side. The only real disappointment with the set is the bonus disc, Entreat Plus. It does not retain the same quality of the original Entreat album and has been mixed to sound identical to the 2009 live Cure sound more than anything. Seeing that Robert has mixed many high quality live albums in the past like the original Entreat and Paris, the new mix will disappoint many who already have high expectations. It does not capture the true sound of the 1989 Prayer tour and the dynamics are pretty lousy to boot.
Despite Entreat Plus's shortcomings, the Disintegration deluxe can be chalked up as a success due to the improvements in the original album. While the remastering is far from perfect, it offers an improvement over the original album and is sonically superior to anything the Cure has released since 2000. It may be a bit louder and bassier, but it's still listenable and enjoyable at louder volumes and in the year 2010 that's a hard feat to do (try playing 4:13 Dream loud in a decent setup, ouch!!!). Let's hope that the Mixed Up and Wish deluxe editions, as well as the future "Dark album", will soon see the light of day and are mastered with the same amount of care which Disintegration has received, albeit with even more headroom to spare.
Disintegration (Deluxe Edition) (3CD) Poster
Digitally remastered and expanded deluxe three CD edition of the Alt-Rock band's 1989 dark tour de force containing the remastered original album, a disc of unreleased outtakes and demos, plus a third disc that contains a live performance of the entire album recorded in 1989 at Wembley Arena, London. This edition comes with a 20 page booklet containing previously unseen pictures and art, as well as lyrics and an in depth overview of the period by The Cure's founder Robert Smith. Robert Smith compiled, produced, and supervised the mastering of this three-disc collection, which covers the evolution of Disintegration, from demos and rehearsals to studio and stage.Pop Music CDs
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