The Cure – Mixed Up – CD

REMASTERED 3 CD SET FEATURING 16 BRAND NEW MIXES BY ROBERT SMITH AND 11 RARE MIXES FROM 1982-1990

CD1 MIXED UP REMASTERED 2018 CD2 REMIXES 1982 -1990: MIXED UP EXTRAS 2018 CD3 TORN DOWN: MIXED UP EXTRAS 2018 – 16 BRAND NEW ROBERT SMITH REMIXES

Two tracks on the album, A Forest and The Walk, were not just remixed but entirely re-recorded, as the multi-track tapes for both songs had long been lost. Both songs were reconstructed in the studio with producer Mark Saunders, using original instruments and gear.

TORN DOWN: MIXED UP EXTRAS 2018 Once the remaining 1981 to 1990 12” / extended mixes were compiled, Robert realised that there were too many for one CD and too few for two CD’s. His solution was to deliver an entire disc of brand new mixes. “I wanted a 3-disc package, but we didn’t have enough ‘historic’ remixes – for a while I thought the ‘extra-extras’ CD would be Cure songs re-mixed by choice artists, rather than by choice re-mixers… that then got me thinking maybe I should have a go at one… so in early August 2017, I decided to experiment with Three Imaginary Boys. It is a pretty sparse multi-track; I pulled it apart at home and finished the initial re-mix in one session – and I really enjoyed the whole process”.

By choosing favourite songs rather than the usual singles, one of Smith’s objectives was to illustrate the variety of the Cure catalogue, and by October of 2017 working on songs in chronological release order, he had remixed entirely the 16 songs that appear on Torn Down: Mixed Up Extras 2018.

For the Torn Down cover, Robert decided on a self-portrait painted in oils during the summer of 1990 which was originally intended as the sleeve for Mixed Up. He chose Torn Down as the title for the ‘extra-extras’ album inspired by the way he had ‘torn down’ Never Enough, stripping the song back to resemble his original 1990 PhaseAGE demo. “I felt it was a good way to bring the project back full circle…in a Mixed Up kind of way”.

1. Lullaby – Extended Mix – 2018 Remaster
2. Close To Me – Closer Mix – 2018 Remaster
3. Fascination Street – Extended Mix – 2018 Remaster
4. The Walk – Everything Mix – 2018 Remaster
5. Lovesong – Extended Mix – 2018 Remaster
6. A Forest – Tree Mix – 2018 Remaster
7. Pictures of You – Extended Dub Mix – 2018 Remaster
8. Hot Hot Hot!!! – Extended Mix – 2018 Remaster
9. The Caterpillar – Flicker Mix – 2018 Remaster
10. Inbetween Days – Shiver Mix – 2018 Remaster
11. Never Enough – Big Mix – 2018 Remaster