The Cure - Disintegration (Audio CD - 2010) [3-Disc Box Set]

The 2010 Deluxe Edition of the Cure’s 1989 masterwork Disintegration offers a plethora of riches as it is expanded by not just one but two CDs for a whopping total of 32 tracks. Dig into the details and the deluxe Disintegration winds up seeming a little underwhelming. All the non-live B-sides -- a grand total of four -- wound up on the 2004 rarities clearinghouse Join the Dots, so they’re not recycled here. Instead, all the live tracks that were used as B-sides in various territories for the album’s four singles are here, presented as the live album Entreat, which itself was released in 1991 as an easy roundup of these cuts. As an enticement for collectors, this live album is augmented by four previously unreleased cuts, so it is now an in-concert replica of Disintegration, something that is perfectly fine but doesn’t stray much from the original blueprint. The rarities disc contains the first sketches of those blueprints and they’re pretty rough indeed: instrumental home demos, band rehearsals, rough cuts with guide vocals, the kind of stuff that is archivally interesting.
Condition: NEW.

TRACK LISTING

Disc 1

1 Plainsong
2 Pictures of You
3 Closedown
4 Lovesong
5 Last Dance
6 Lullaby
7 Fascination Street
8 Prayers For Rain
9 The Same Deep Water as You
10 Disintegration
11 Homesick
12 Untitled

Disc 2

1 Prayers For Rain previously unreleased / RS Home Demo / Instrumental / Demo Version 3:01
2 Pictures of You previously unreleased / RS Home Demo / Instrumental / Demo Version 3:31
3 Fascination Street previously unreleased / RS Home Demo / Instrumental / Demo Version 2:41
4 Homesick previously unreleased / Band Rehearsal / Instrumental / Demo Version 3:13
5 Fear of Ghosts previously unreleased / Band Rehearsal / Instrumental / Demo Version 2:59
6 Noheart previously unreleased / Band Rehearsal / Instrumental / Demo Version 2:41
7 Esten previously unreleased / Band Demo / Instrumental / Demo Version 3:15
8 Closedown previously unreleased / Band Demo / Instrumental / Demo Version 2:50
9 Lovesong previously unreleased / Band Demo / Instrumental / Demo Version 3:41
10 2 Late [ previously unreleased / Alternate version / Band Demo / Instrumental / Demo Version 2:52
11 The Same Deep Water as You previously unreleased / Band Demo / Instrumental / Demo Version 6:06
12 Disintegration previously unreleased / Band Demo / Instrumental / Demo Version 6:37
13 Untitled previously unreleased / Alternate Version / Studio Rough / Instrumental / Version 3:39
14 Babble previously unreleased / Alternate Version / Studio Rough / Instrumental / Version 3:00
15 Plainsong previously unreleased / Studio Rough / Guide Vocal / Version 4:45
16 Last Dance previously unreleased / Studio Rough / Guide Vocal / Version 4:43
17 Lullaby previously unreleased / Studio Rough / Guide Vocal / Version 3:48
18 Out of Mind previously unreleased / Studio Rough / Guide Vocal / Version 3:00
19 Delirious Night previously unreleased / Rough Mix / Vocal / Version 4:31
20 Pirate Ships / Robert Smith previously unreleased / Rough Mix / Vocal 3:37

Disc 3

1 Plainsong Live / previously unreleased
2 Pictures of You Live / previously unreleased
3 Closedown Live / previously unreleased
4 Lovesong Live / previously unreleased
5 Last Dance Live / previously unreleased
6 Lullaby Live / previously unreleased
7 Fascination Street Live / previously unreleased
8 Prayers For Rain Live / previously unreleased
9 The The Same Deep Water As You Live / previously unreleased
10 Disintegration Live / previously unreleased
11 Homesick Live / previously unreleased
12 Untitled Live / previously unreleased