The Cure / Disintegration
Artist The Cure
Album Title: Disintegration
Album Cover:
Primary Genre Rock: Goth Rock
Format CD
Released 05/02/1989
Label Elektra/Asylum Records
Catalog No 9 60855-2
Bar Code No 0 7559-60855-2 6
Packaging Jewelcase
Tracks
1. Plainsong (5:15)
2. Pictures Of You (7:28)
3. Closedown (4:20)
4. Love Song (3:30)
5. Last Dance (4:47)
6. Lullaby (4:10)
7. Fascination Street (5:15)
8. Prayers For Rain (6:09)
9. The Same Deep Water As You (9:21)
10. Disintegration (8:23)
11. Homesick (7:10)
12. Untitled (6:26)
Date Acquired 05/05/1989
Personal Rating
Acquired from Down In The Valley
Purchase Price 15.00

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Notes

Notes:
[Insert]
Recorded at Outside Studios, Berkshire.
Mixed at Rak Studio Three, London.
THIS MUSIC HAS BEEN MIXED TO BE PLAYED LOUD SO TURN IT UP
[CD]
℗ © 1989 Elektra/Asylum Records
Printed in U.S.A.
Made In U.S.A. By WEA Manufacturing Inc.
Released in jewel case with 4 panel fold-out poster lyric insert & picture back tray.
Tracks 5 "Last Dance" & 11 "Homesick" are denoted as bonus tracks.
Catalog numbers:
60855-2 on CD and insert.
9 60855-2 on spine.
This release made by Specialty Records Corporation (SRC).
The Mother/Stamper (M#S#) part of the matrix is inscribed mechanically.
Another version was pressed by Allied Record Company (ARC) from the same SRC glass-master.
Also exists made by Disctronics H with "Made In U.S.A. By Disctronics Inc." printed on CD.

Credits:
Artwork – Parched Art
Bass, Keyboards – Simon Gallup
Drums – Boris Williams
Engineer [Assistant At Outside] – Richard Sullivan
Engineer [Assistant At Rak] – Roy Spong
Guitar – Porl Thompson
Instruments [Other] – Laurence Tolhurst
Keyboards – Roger O'Donnell
Music By – Williams, Tolhurst, Thompson, Smith, O'Donnell, Gallup
Producer, Engineer – David M. Allen, Robert Smith
Songwriter [All Songs Written By] – Williams, Tolhurst, Thompson, Smith, O'Donnell, Gallup
Voice, Guitar, Keyboards – Robert Smith
Words By – Robert Smith

Companies Etc.:
Record Company – Warner Communications
Record Company – Warner Communications Inc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Elektra/Asylum Records
Copyright © – Elektra/Asylum Records
Published By – APB Music Co. Ltd.
Published By – Bleu Disque Music Co., Inc.
Published By – Wb Music Corp.
Recorded At – Outside Studios
Mixed At – RAK Studio Three
Made By – WEA Manufacturing Inc.
Glass Mastered At – Specialty Records Corporation
Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation

Barcode and other Identifiers:
Barcode (Text): 0 7559-60855-2 6
Barcode (Scanned): 075596085526
Rights Society: ASCAP
Rights Society: PRS
SPARS Code: AAD
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): 2 60855-2 SRC-01 M1 S13
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): 2 60855-2 SRC-01 M1 S7
Matrix / Runout (Variant 3): 2 60855-2 SRC-01 M1 S4
Matrix / Runout (Variant 4): 2 60855-2 SRC=17 M3S9
Matrix / Runout (Variant 5): 2 60855-2 SRC=17 M2S15
Matrix / Runout (Variant 6): 2 60855-2 SRC=07 M1-S8
Matrix / Runout (Variant 7): 2 60855-2 SRC+05 M2 S4
Matrix / Runout (Variant 8): 2 60855-2 SRC-04 M1 S2
Matrix / Runout (Variant 9): 2 60855-2 SRC=17 M2S8
Matrix / Runout (Variant 10): 2 60855-2 SRC-01 M1 S12
Matrix / Runout (Variant 11): 2 60855-2 SRC=16 M7S19
Matrix / Runout (Variant 12): 2 60855-2 SRC=17 M3S1
Matrix / Runout (Variant 13): 2 60855-2 SRC=17 M3S5
Matrix / Runout (Variant 14): 2 60855-2 SRC=07 M5S1
Matrix / Runout (Variant 15): 2 60855-2 SRC=17 M1S8
Matrix / Runout (Variant 16): 2 60855-2 SRC+05 *M3 S5
Matrix / Runout (Variant 17): 2 60855-2 SRC-01 M1-S2
Matrix / Runout (Variant 18): 2 60855-2 SRC+05 M5 S1
Matrix / Runout (Variant 19): 2 60855-2 SRC-01 M1 S14
Matrix / Runout (Variant 20): 2 60855-2 SRC=17 M2S10
Matrix / Runout (Variant 21): 2 60855-2 SRC=07 M6 M4
Matrix / Runout (Variant 22): 2 60855-2 SRC+05 M4 S3
Matrix / Runout (Variant 23): 2 60855-2 SRC=17 M3S2
Matrix / Runout (Variant 24): 2 60855-2 SRC=07 M1 S1
Matrix / Runout (Variant 25): 2 60855-2 SRC=15 M3S22
Matrix / Runout (Variant 26): 2 60855-2 SRC=07 M1-S6

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Analyzed Folder: The Cure - Disintegration_dr.txt
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DR        Peak         RMS      Filename          
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DR11   -2.21 dB   -14.81 dB  01 - Plainsong.flac      
DR13   -0.52 dB   -15.28 dB  02 - Pictures of You.flac    
DR11   -1.43 dB   -14.38 dB  03 - Closedown.flac      
DR13   -0.82 dB   -16.01 dB  04 - Love Song.flac      
DR12   -0.20 dB   -14.52 dB  05 - Last Dance.flac      
DR14   -0.20 dB   -17.11 dB  06 - Lullaby.flac        
DR11   -0.92 dB   -13.72 dB  07 - Fascination Street.flac  
DR11   -0.20 dB   -14.86 dB  08 - Prayers for Rain.flac    
DR12   -1.69 dB   -15.85 dB  09 - The Same Deep Water as You.flac
DR11   -0.40 dB   -14.07 dB  10 - Disintegration.flac      
DR12   -0.87 dB   -16.59 dB  11 - Homesick.flac        
DR13   -1.48 dB   -17.07 dB  12 - Untitled.flac        
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Number of Files: 12
Official DR Value: DR12
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Reviews
All Music Guide Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine:

Expanding the latent arena rock sensibilities that peppered Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me by slowing them down and stretching them to the breaking point, the Cure reached the peak of their popularity with the crawling, darkly seductive Disintegration. It's a hypnotic, mesmerizing record, comprised almost entirely of epics like the soaring, icy "Pictures of You." The handful of pop songs, like the concise and utterly charming "Love Song," don't alleviate the doom-laden atmosphere. The Cure's gloomy soundscapes have rarely sounded so alluring, however, and the songs -- from the pulsating, ominous "Fascination Street" to the eerie, string-laced "Lullaby" -- have rarely been so well-constructed and memorable. It's fitting that Disintegration was their commercial breakthrough, since, in many ways, the album is the culmination of all the musical directions the Cure were pursuing over the course of the '80s.
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