Disintegration (The Cure album)

***Disintegration*** is the eighth studio album by English gothic rock band The Cure. It was released on  2 May 1989 through Fiction Records. It went to number 2 in Belgium, Germany, Ireland and number 3 in France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, number 6 in New Zealand, number 9 in Australia and number 12 in the United States. In 2020 it was ranked #116 in *Rolling Stone* magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".

## Track listing 
*US Elektra CD and cassette copies of *Disintegration* listed "Last Dance" and "Homesick" as bonus tracks, as they were not included on the original vinyl issue of the album in any country. Vinyl reissues of the album 2010-onwards were expanded to double LPs and include these tracks.

### 2010 deluxe edition disc two: *Rarities 1988–1989*
# "Prayers for Rain" – Robert Smith home demo (Instrumental) – 4/88
# "Pictures of You" – Robert Smith home demo (Instrumental) – 4/88
# "Fascination Street" – Robert Smith home demo (Instrumental) – 4/88
# "Homesick" – Band rehearsal (Instrumental) – 6/88
# "Fear of Ghosts" – Band rehearsal (Instrumental) – 6/88
# "Noheart" – Band rehearsal (Instrumental) – 6/88
# "Esten" – Band demo (Instrumental) – 9/88
# "Closedown" – Band demo (Instrumental) – 9/88
# "Lovesong" – Band demo (Instrumental) – 9/88
# "2 Late" (alternate version) – Band demo (Instrumental) – 9/88
# "The Same Deep Water as You" – Band demo (Instrumental) – 9/88
# "Disintegration" – Band demo (Instrumental) – 9/88
# "Untitled" (alternate version) – Studio rough (Instrumental) – 11/88
# "Babble" (alternate version) – Studio rough (Instrumental) – 11/88
# "Plainsong" – Studio rough (Guide vocal) – 11/88
# "Last Dance" – Studio rough (Guide vocal) – 11/88
# "Lullaby" – Studio rough (Guide vocal) – 11/88
# "Out of Mind" – Studio rough (Guide vocal) – 11/88
# "Delirious Night" – Rough mix (vocal) – 12/88
# "Pirate Ships" (Robert Smith solo) – Rough mix (vocal) – 12/89

### Disc three: *Entreat Plus: Live at Wembley 1989*
# "Plainsong"
# "Pictures of You"
# "Closedown"
# "Lovesong"
# "Last Dance"
# "Lullaby"
# "Fascination Street"
# "Prayers for Rain"
# "The Same Deep Water as You"
# "Disintegration"
# "Homesick"
# "Untitled"

### Online only: *Alternative Rarities: 1988–1989*
# "Closedown" (RS Home Instrumental Demo 5/88) – 1:24
# "Last Dance" (RS Home Instrumental Demo 5/88) – 3:11
# "Lullaby" (RS Home Instrumental Demo 5/88) – 2:10
# "Tuned Out on RTV5" (Instrumental Rehearsal 6/88) – 2:20
# "Fuknnotfunk" (Instrumental Rehearsal 6/88) – 2:08
# "Babble" (Instrumental Rehearsal 6/88) – 2:08
# "Plainsong" (Instrumental Demo 9/88) – 2:24
# "Pictures of You" (Instrumental Demo 9/88) – 3:11
# "Fear of Ghosts" (Instrumental Demo 9/88) – 4:04
# "Fascination Street" (Instrumental Demo 9/88) – 3:45
# "Homesick" (Instrumental Demo 9/88) – 4:37
# "Delirious Night" (Instrumental Demo 9/88) – 3:26
# "Out of Mind" (Studio Instrumental Jam 10/88) – 2:40
# "2 Late" (Studio 'WIP' Mix 11/88) – 2:30
# "Lovesong" (Studio 'WIP' Mix 11/88) – 3:19
# "Prayers for Rain" (Studio 'WIP' Mix 11/88) –
# "The Same Deep Water as You" (Live Dallas Starplex 9/15/89) – 10:28
# "Disintegration" (Live Dallas Starplex 9/15/89) – 7:08
# "Untitled" (Live Dallas Starplex 9/15/89) – 7:07
# "Faith" (Live Rome Palaeur 6/4/89—Crowd Bootleg) – 14:06
These recordings were found only on www.thecuredisintegration.com, now closed.

## References