Tracklist
| 1 | Alone | 6:50 | |
| 2 | And Nothing Is Forever | 6:53 | |
| 3 | A Fragile Thing | 4:43 | |
| 4 | Warsong | 4:17 | |
| 5 | Drone: Nodrone | 4:45 | |
| 6 | I Can Never Say Goodbye | 6:03 | |
| 7 | All I Ever Am | 5:21 | |
| 8 | Endsong | 10:21 |
Companies, etc.
- Record Company – Polydor Records
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Lost Music Limited
- Copyright © – Lost Music Limited
- Licensed To – Universal Music Operations Ltd.
- Record Company – Universal International Music B.V.
- Recorded At – Rockfield Studios
- Produced At – Lostworld Studios
- Mixed At – Lostworld Studios
- Mastered At – Metropolis Studios
- Manufactured By – Optimal Media GmbH – AO23517
Credits
- Artwork By, Design – Andy Vella
- Artwork ['Bagatelle' Sculpture By] – Janez Pirnat
- Bass – Simon Gallup
- Drums, Percussion – Jason Cooper
- Guitar – Reeves Gabrels
- Keyboards – Roger O'Donnell
- Mastered By – Matt Colton
- Performer [All Songs Performed By] – The Cure
- Producer, Mixed By – Robert Smith
- Recorded By – Paul Corkett
- Sleeve [Sleeve Concept], Photography By [Pictures Of Stone] – RS*
- Songwriter [All Songs Written By] – Robert Smith
- Voice, Guitar, 6-String Bass, Keyboards – Robert Smith
Notes
Gatefold card sleeve with 16-page staple bound booklet insert.
'Bagatelle' sculpture by Janez Pirnat (1975)
A Polydor Records release. ℗ & © 2024 Lost Music Limited under exclusive licence to Universal Music Operations Limited.
Made in the EU, Universal International Music B.V.
Made in [sticker]
'Bagatelle' sculpture by Janez Pirnat (1975)
A Polydor Records release. ℗ & © 2024 Lost Music Limited under exclusive licence to Universal Music Operations Limited.
Made in the EU, Universal International Music B.V.
Made in [sticker]
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Text): 6 02475 03674 6
- Barcode (Scanned): 602475036746
- Label Code: LC 00309
- Rights Society: BIEM/SDRM
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): [Universal logo x 2] 7503674 AO23517-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH
- Mastering SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI L578
- Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 9723
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): [Universal logo x 2] 7503674 AO23517-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH
- Mastering SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI L578
- Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 9757
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 3): [Universal logo x 2] 7503674 AO23517-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH
- Mastering SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI L578
- Mould SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI 9746
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 4): [Universal logo x 2] 7503674 AO23517-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH
- Mastering SID Code (Variant 4): IFPI L578
- Mould SID Code (Variant 4): IFPI 9712
Other Versions (5 of 29)
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| Songs Of A Lost World (LP, Album, 180g) | Capitol Records | 00602468089216 | US | 2024 | |||
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Songs Of A Lost World (LP, Album, Pallas Pressing, Grey Marbled [Marble Stone], 180g) | Fiction Records | 7503683, 00602475036838 | Europe | 2024 | ||
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Songs Of A Lost World (LP, Album, 180g, Pallas Pressing) | Fiction Records | 6803377, 00602468033776 | Worldwide | 2024 | ||
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Songs Of A Lost World (LP, Album, Limited Edition, Gray [Marble Stone], 180g) | Capitol Records | 00602475041320 | US | 2024 | ||
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Songs Of A Lost World (8×File, WAV, Album, 24-Bit/96 kHz) | Polydor | none | Worldwide | 2024 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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File Name | Format | SR | Word Length | Max. TPL | LUFSi | DR (PMF) |
01-01 Alone | .aiff | 44.1k | 16 | +1.00 | -7.30 | 5 |
01-02 And Nothing Is Forever | .aiff | 44.1k | 16 | +0.28 | -8.40 | 6 |
01-03 A Fragile Thing | .aiff | 44.1k | 16 | +0.30 | -7.90 | 6 |
01-04 Warsong | .aiff | 44.1k | 16 | +0.04 | -7.14 | 5 |
01-05 Drone-Nodrone | .aiff | 44.1k | 16 | +0.46 | -7.30 | 6 |
01-06 I Can Never Say Goodbye | .aiff | 44.1k | 16 | +0.52 | -7.78 | 5 |
01-07 All I Ever Am | .aiff | 44.1k | 16 | +0.35 | -7.48 | 4 |
01-08 Endsong | .aiff | 44.1k | 16 | +0.24 | -7.22 | 5 |
Number of EP/Album Files: 8
Official EP/Album DR: 5 -
Absolute masterpiece, this is what people who lived with Faith and Pornography, Disintegration and Bloodflowers, could expect for the best -
Edited 6 months agoThe album is not exactly great, but there are a few gems. Unfortunately, the music was once again ruined by excessive compression. It's impossible to listen to it without having a gag reflex. Into the garbage can.
Maybe the days when natural sounding CDs were recorded will yet return.
ps.
Let's stop buying new CD releases, maybe it will make a change.
+😊I acquired RIP LP 7503682 () Half Speed Master in 192kHz FLAC format. What a relief, it is now possible to listen to it with pleasure.
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Edited 6 months agoAn album full of great songs completely destroyed by its production: loudness compression, nasty distortion and the application of all kinds of gimmick tricks to create an incredible sound stage where everything is everywhere at the same time, and no where in particular at all. Simply awful on my Hifi system, and a total horror when played over a JBL Flip 6 Bluetooth speaker, which of course does some extra processing on top of the already over-the-top production of this album, making matters worse.
I ripped the CD, loaded the files into Audacity, applied the 'narrow stereo' effect as well as attenuating the treble a bit, and that did change to the sound to a tolerable level, although it is still far from anything decent.
I hope that one day, in an future where it becomes fashionable (read:profitable) to create pre-1990 high-dynamic-range style masters again, that this album will be remixed and remastered properly and take the glory of this music to a level it deserves. Now it's giving me headaches.
ETA Nov. 17th: I also bought the cassette version, which sounds way more tolerable, my review of that is over here:
https://discogs.sitiosdesbloqueados.info/release/32168979-The-Cure-Songs-Of-A-Lost-World
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