The Cure hit No.1 in the Official UK Album Charts

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The Cure have hit No.1 in the Official UK Album Charts with their long-awaited new LP, Songs Of A Lost World.

Of the reception to the critically acclaimed record, their first new release in 16 years, Robert Smith commented: “It is enormously uplifting, genuinely heartwarming to experience such a wonderful reaction to the release of the new Cure album – to everyone who has bought it, listened to it, loved it, believed in us over the years – THANK YOU!”

A week ago today, The Cure performed their only scheduled show of the year at Troxy in London, which is available to stream for a limited time on The Cure’s YouTube page. See below:

Universal Acclaim

Songs Of A Lost World was written and arranged by Robert Smith, produced and mixed by Smith and Paul Corkett. The Cure, featuring Robert Smith (voice / guitar / six-string bass / keyboard), Simon Gallup (bass), Jason Cooper (drums / percussion), Roger O’Donnell (keyboard), and Reeves Gabrels (guitar), recorded the album at Rockfield Studios in Wales.

Robert Smith also created the sleeve concept, and Andy Vella, a long-time Cure collaborator, handled the album’s art and design. The cover art features Bagatelle, a 1975 sculpture by Janez Pirnat.

Songs Of A Lost World is available as a 1LP, a Miles Showell Abbey Road half-speed master 2LP, and marble-coloured 1LP. It is also available as a double Cassette, CD, a deluxe CD package with a Blu-ray featuring an instrumental version of the record and a Dolby Atmos mix of the album.

Songs Of A Lost World

Alone
And Nothing Is Forever
A Fragile Thing
Warsong
Drone:Nodrone
I Can Never Say Goodbye
All I Ever Am
Endsong

The band’s only previous UK No.1 was their ninth studio album Wish, which was released in 1992 and featured the singles High, Friday I’m In Love and A Letter To Elise.

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