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This is the latest edition in The Cure's series of "Deluxe editions". This time however, instead of a previous studio album, they have re-mastered their remix album in the form of a three disk box set of remixes. This makes it a little different from their past Deluxe Editions, in that instead of featuring outtakes, demos, and bootlegs, they have collected some of their more obscure remixes, and added some new ones.
Disk 1 contains the original Mixed Up album from 1991. Remixes can be hit and miss at the best of times but Mr Smith really did know how to give his songs a whole new life. Each of the 11 tracks provide something extra to that of their original version. The Tree Mix of 'A forest' feels like little bit more chilling, the Flicker Mix of 'The caterpillar' feels like little bit more playful, and the Everything mix of 'The walk' feels that little bit more lively. In addition the Shiver mix of 'Inbetween days' transforms the song completely into a massive dance anthem.
Disk 2 features some of the remixes that didn't make the cut of Mixed Up first time around, including the beautiful reworking of 'Just like heaven', the industrial reworking of 'Primary' (both of which were b-sides at the time), and the danced up version of 'Why can't I be you' which originally made it onto the cassette and vinyl versions but was left off the CD version due to time limitations at the time. In addition there are some great 12 inch versions of the band's early singles such as 'Let's go to bed' and the ultra rare 1986 reworking of 'Boys don't cry'.
Finally Disc 3 provides some new remixes, making this the first deluxe edition to feature new music (not just previously unreleased work). The disc features a remix of one song off each of the Cure's past albums. Instead of going for the hits Robert Smith elected to go for the more obscure (and largely underappreciated) songs such as the title track off the band's debut "Three imaginary boys", "Seventeen seconds" moody 'M', and the Gormenghast inspired 'Downing man' from their Faith album. Once again each remix offers something new and different while also shining light on some of the Cure's best works that often is overlooked when compiling "Best of" lists.
This record has it all. There is the obscure rarities for the hard core fans, and a great collection of their past work that casual fans might have missed first time round. If you are to only buy one Deluxe Edition, it should be this one!
Disk 1 contains the original Mixed Up album from 1991. Remixes can be hit and miss at the best of times but Mr Smith really did know how to give his songs a whole new life. Each of the 11 tracks provide something extra to that of their original version. The Tree Mix of 'A forest' feels like little bit more chilling, the Flicker Mix of 'The caterpillar' feels like little bit more playful, and the Everything mix of 'The walk' feels that little bit more lively. In addition the Shiver mix of 'Inbetween days' transforms the song completely into a massive dance anthem.
Disk 2 features some of the remixes that didn't make the cut of Mixed Up first time around, including the beautiful reworking of 'Just like heaven', the industrial reworking of 'Primary' (both of which were b-sides at the time), and the danced up version of 'Why can't I be you' which originally made it onto the cassette and vinyl versions but was left off the CD version due to time limitations at the time. In addition there are some great 12 inch versions of the band's early singles such as 'Let's go to bed' and the ultra rare 1986 reworking of 'Boys don't cry'.
Finally Disc 3 provides some new remixes, making this the first deluxe edition to feature new music (not just previously unreleased work). The disc features a remix of one song off each of the Cure's past albums. Instead of going for the hits Robert Smith elected to go for the more obscure (and largely underappreciated) songs such as the title track off the band's debut "Three imaginary boys", "Seventeen seconds" moody 'M', and the Gormenghast inspired 'Downing man' from their Faith album. Once again each remix offers something new and different while also shining light on some of the Cure's best works that often is overlooked when compiling "Best of" lists.
This record has it all. There is the obscure rarities for the hard core fans, and a great collection of their past work that casual fans might have missed first time round. If you are to only buy one Deluxe Edition, it should be this one!