Comments on: The Cure’s ‘Disintegration’ gets 3CD deluxe reissue in 2010, plus ‘In Orange’ on DVD

By: bootytroll

bootytroll — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 02:50:34 +0000

I just picked this up and it’s an absolute waste of money. the quality of the supposed re-mastering could be done with free ware downloaded from the internet at a much higher quality than what they just re-leased. sad, but true.

By: Oilkink

Oilkink — Mon, 24 May 2010 12:00:17 +0000

Isn’t ‘Disintegration’ re-released, like the previous remasters, with all the B-sides included? This “deluxe” package only included demo versions, and most of them are instrumental.

By: Guest

Guest — Fri, 07 May 2010 18:34:15 +0000

Yes they re issue the albums

and all the b-sides

but when the hell are they gonna put all the singles in a box set like the 12 inches love cats/boys dont cry (new club vocal)/A Forest and so forth

we keep getting everything but the Singles

i know alot of the early singles had only 7 inches but still it would be nice to buy box set like duran duran did with mini album replicas and so forth

By: Martin Farnworth

Martin Farnworth — Wed, 05 May 2010 19:58:18 +0000

i wonder if lol is on any of the unreleased songs. ha ha

By: Martin Farnworth

Martin Farnworth — Wed, 05 May 2010 19:56:47 +0000

Hmmm. I bought the reissue of Pornography. The extra disc was mostly tosh. crappy demo’s- that were inferior sketches of the finished article, that were likely never meant to be heard. unreleased songs maybe. it’s a free world still even if it all reeks of expanded works, for those with expanded wallets (and waistlines-20 years on!!) i’ll keep with my cassette formats of “Disintegration” and “Head On The Door”-a have a quality tape player after all

By: leroy tyrone

leroy tyrone — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:35:32 +0000

I sincerely hope the remastering of the original album does remedy the ‘murkiness’. With all due respect, I side with Sid Luscious and totally disagree with Steeve’s comment. Indeed, the original album does say “this album must be played loud”. However, increased volume only amplifies the muddiness. The narratives of each component becomes lost in what I believe to be an unintentional quagmire. The emotional quagmire invoked by the lyrics and instruments is done a real disservice by the often indistinguishableness of the individual elements. Sometimes acoustic murkiness serves to invoke a certain mood, to tell its own story as it were. The murkiness on Disintegration does not succeed in this vein. The gated snare sounds like you’re being slapped in the face with a wet piece of paper rather than driving a point home. In fact, the whole percussion schema is the greatest offender and will hopefully get a kick in the pants on the remaster. And then there’s the bottom end. Yes, the album is supposed to be bleak, damp and cold but the bass falls flat. As a result, the melodic wanderings that should be yanking us violently by the heartstrings and forcing a total embodied experience can only ambiguously clasp in the general direction of the listener and leave us praying for (bassier) rain. Please please please Robbo, please can we have more shrill and warmth? I promise it wont distract from the bleakness, it will only enhance my ability to leap into the darkest and most beautiful void that has ever been…

By: Ty

Ty — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:28:11 +0000

I love The Cure and I’m glad Robert’s re-released all the albums. They have all sounded much better than the original releases and I’m thrilled. People should stop complaining. Now we just need a Wish remaster. Everything after that sounds fairly good.

By: marc nicholson

marc nicholson — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:21:06 +0000

I completely agree with Manford about the difference between Boris & Jason. Most of my favorite albums were those including Mr. Williams; genius that he is. I just want to make sure he gets the credit he deserves. I can’t wait to here him sound ever better on the remasters. The true fans know what it’s all about. I feel sorry for ustexasjoe completely missing the point!

By: Manfrod

Manfrod — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:44:51 +0000

Disintegration Remastered will outsell all of the albums relesed from 1996-now! alltogether!

Since Boris Williams left the band, Robert never managed to have those songs with long spaces (left by Boris) where the other instruments could easily float…

Jason is too busy and lacks creativity.

By: Danno

Danno — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:12:06 +0000

You all need to read please, there is a lot going on for 2010!

Following a rather eventful 2008, The Cure remained virtually silent over the last 365+ days. But with yesterday‚Äôs new of Robert Smith‚Äôs inclusion on the Alice in Wonderland soundtrack, it appears as if we‚Äôll be hearing from the band in some form or matter in 2010.

In fact, as a recent blog entry by Smith revealed, Cure fans have a few things to look forward to in the weeks and months to come. Though subtle in details, the frontman did confirm that he has ‚Äúrecorded a cover for a John Martyn tribute album, as well as a couple or three other ‚Äòcollaborations.‚Äô‚Äù He also added that that an exclusive iTunes album is in the works and the band has begun part two of the ‚ÄúDream‚Äù sessions, which could indicate that a followup to 2008‚Äôs 4:13 Dream might not be all too far off. However, as the reliable Cure news site, Chain of Flowers, reports, there is no timetable for its release.