The Cure - Mixes Of A Lost World (2LP Remix Album) [Polydor]

Format: 2x12" pressed on heavy 180-gram vinyl + gatefold sleeve. 

A four-sided selection of remixes from the acclaimed and long-awaited latest album by the kings of goth: Songs of a Lost World. From the moment Paul Oakenfold's version of I Can Never Say Goodbye kicks things off—with sweeping strings, half-submerged vocals, and a cinematic beat—it's clear that this was curated, not just a collection of loose contributions.

Orbital transforms Endsong into a brilliant spiral of sequencers and tension, while Sally C takes A Fragile Thing into raw house territory that quickens the pulse without breaking the melancholy. Smith—still the same unmistakable outsider from Crawley, West Sussex—guides the whole with restraint, letting space speak louder than noise.

Four Tet's remix of Alone closes the first disc like a forgotten lullaby: broken and shimmering. Not all remixes are included—the more textural, post-rock-oriented versions were left out—but it offers a sharp cut that respects both atmosphere and drive.

It's the kind of album that feels made for the night: not exactly to lift it, but to let oneself sink into it, track after track.