The Cure's website proudly displays a press release announcing that the band will soon release a deluxe three-disc reissue of their moody, atmospheric 1989 opus Disintegration, as Slicing Up Eyeballs points out. The reissue is due for a May 24 release date in the UK, via Polydor/Universal. According to Amazon, Rhino will release it in the U.S. on the very next day.
The original album is the place to go if you want to hear "Pictures of You", "Fascination Street", and "Lovesong". For many of us, it's the single greatest point-blank go-to classic in the Cure's huge catalog. The new edition includes a remastered version of the original album and a disc of outtakes and demos. The third disc contains an expanded version of the live album Entreat, containing live versions of every song on Disintegration recorded during a 1989 three-night stand at London's Wembley Arena.
You also get a 20-page booklet with previously unreleased photos and art and a period overview from Cure frontman Robert Smith. Smith is responsible for compiling, producing, and supervising the mastering of the whole shebang.
Disintegration: Deluxe Edition:
CD1 (remastered album):
01 Plainsong 02 Pictures of You 03 Closedown 04 Lovesong 05 Last Dance 06 Lullaby 07 Fascination Street 08 Prayers for Rain 09 The Same Deep Water as You 10 Disintegration 11 Homesick 12 Untitled
CD2 (rarities):
01 Prayers for Rain (RS Home Demo [Instrumental]) 02 Pictures of You (RS Home Demo [Instrumental]) 03 Fascination Street (RS Home Demo [Instrumental]) 04 Homesick (Band Rehearsal [Instrumental]) 05 Fear of Ghosts (Band Rehearsal [Instrumental]) 06 Noheart (Band Rehearsal [Instrumental]) * 07 Esten (Band Demo [Instrumental]) * 08 Closedown (Band Demo [Instrumental]) 09 Lovesong (Band Demo [Instrumental]) 10 2 Late (Alternate Version) (Band Demo [Instrumental]) 11 The Same Deep Water as You (Band Demo [Instrumental]) 12 Disintegration (Band Demo [Instrumental]) 13 Untitled (Alternate Version) (Studio Rough [Instrumental]) 14 Babble (Alternate Version) (Studio Rough [Instrumental]) 15 Plainsong (Studio Rough [Guide Vocal]) 16 Last Dance (Studio Rough [Guide Vocal]) 17 Lullaby (Studio Rough [Guide Vocal]) 18 Out of Mind (Studio Rough [Guide Vocal]) 19 Delirious Night (Rough Mix [Vocal]) * 20 Pirate Ships(RS Solo, Rough Mix [Vocal]) *
CD3 (Entreat Plus -- Disintegration performed live at Wembley Arena in 1989):
01 Plainsong * 02 Pictures of You 03 Closedown 04 Lovesong * 05 Last Dance 06 Lullaby * 07 Fascination Street 08 Prayers for Rain 09 The Same Deep Water as You * 10 Disintegration 11 Homesick 12 Untitled
* Previously unreleased
