Songs of a Lost World
The Cure's first new album in 16 years, and a UK number one.
Songs of a Lost World is the Cure's fourteenth studio album, released on 1 November 2024, the day after Halloween at Robert Smith's request. It was their first new material since 4:13 Dream in 2008, and Smith wrote every song alone for the first time since The Head on the Door in 1985.
Quick Facts
- Artist
- the Cure
- Released
- 1 November 2024
- Studio
- Rockfield (Monmouthshire, Wales)
- Recorded
- 2019–2022
- Genre
- Gothic rock
- post-rock
- ethereal wave
- dark wave
- Label
- Fiction
- Lost
- Polydor
- Universal
- Capitol
- Producer
- Robert Smith; Paul Corkett
Lore & Background
First planned for 2019, it is the first full album with guitarist Reeves Gabrels, a member since 2012, and marks keyboardist Roger O'Donnell's studio return after he rejoined in 2011. Five of its songs, including "Alone", were already being played on the 2022-23 Shows of a Lost World tour.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alone | 6:48 |
| 2 | And Nothing Is Forever | 6:53 |
| 3 | A Fragile Thing | 4:43 |
| 4 | Warsong | 4:17 |
| 5 | Drone:Nodrone | 4:45 |
| 6 | I Can Never Say Goodbye | 6:03 |
| 7 | All I Ever Am | 5:21 |
| 8 | Endsong | 10:23 |
| Total length | 49:13 | |
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