The Cure release ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ deluxe edition “due to demand”

November 7, 2024 3

Robert Smith performing live on stage with The Cure

The Cure have released a deluxe edition of their new album ‘Songs Of A Lost World‘, featuring five exclusive live tracks.

READ MORE: The Cure play ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ in full and celebrate ‘Seventeen Seconds’ at spectacular London Troxy show

Robert Smith and co’s first full-length record in 16 years – the follow-up 2008’s ‘4:13 Dream’ – arrived last Friday (November 1).

It was revealed earlier this week that ‘…Lost World’ was outselling the rest of the UK top 10 combined, and was on course to become The Cure’s first Number One album since their 1992 LP ‘Wish’ (via Official Charts).

Later, it was reported that the album had surpassed 40,000 physical sales alone. It was said that downloads accounted for 3,234 units, with streaming making up 1,691 (via Music Week).

Now, as The Cure continue to vie for the top spot, the band have made ‘Songs Of A Lost World (Deluxe Edition)’ available for digital download.

DUE TO DEMAND… ‘SONGS OF A LOST WORLD’ (DELUXE EDITION) IS NOW AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. PLEASE BE SURE TO CHECK EMAILS & DOWNLOAD TO HEAR THE FIVE EXCLUSIVE LIVE TRACKS AT https://t.co/g3zoYsFXQn pic.twitter.com/61V4oEWF7B

— The Cure (@thecure) November 7, 2024

The collection is made up of the original tracklist plus five live bonus songs that were recorded during the group’s show at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California last year.

These are ‘Alone’, ‘And Nothing Is Forever’, ‘A Fragile Thing’, ‘I Can Never Say Goodbye’ and ‘Endsong’.

“Due to demand… ‘Songs Of A Lost World (Deluxe Edition)’ is now available to download until midnight tonight. Please be sure to check emails & download to hear the five exclusive live tracks,” The Cure wrote on social media.

Fans can download the expanded version of the album in MP3 and FLAC formats, priced at £5.99 (tax included) – buy your copy here. It is not yet available on online streaming platforms.

Smith and co. played ‘…Lost World’ in its entirety during an intimate, three-hour show at London’s Troxy last week. The group also treated the audience to many fan favourites and greatest hits, and celebrated the 45th anniversary of their seminal second record, ‘Seventeen Seconds’. Fans around the world could live-stream the full set on YouTube – where it is still available on-demand.

The one-off gig in the capital looks likely to be The Cure’s final live date before they embark on a headline tour next autumn. This comes after Smith revealed that the band have another new album that’s “virtually finished” – with a third new record on the way too. He is aiming to complete one of the LPs before hitting the road again in 2025.

In addition to the Troxy performance, The Cure recently recorded sessions for BBC Radio 6 Music and BBC Radio 2. The latter appearance was filmed for BBC iPlayer too.

In a five-star review of ‘Songs Of A Lost World’, NME wrote: “Merciless? Yes, but there’s always enough heart in the darkness and opulence in the sound to hold you and place these songs alongside The Cure’s finest. The frontman suggested that another two records may be arriving at some point, but ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ feels sufficient enough for the wait we’ve endured, just for being arguably the most personal album of Smith’s career. Mortality may loom, but there’s colour in the black and flowers on the grave.”

The record has since landed at Number Four in NME‘s ranking of The Cure’s 14 studio albums to date – just behind classics ‘The Head On The Door’ (Number Three), ‘Pornography’ (Number Two) and ‘Disintegration’ (Number One).

Meanwhile, Robert Smith is auctioning off new artwork inspired by The Cure’s latest LP in support of Heart Research UK.

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