The Cure - Trilogy (Live In The Tempodrom Berlin November 2002)
[2009 Blu-ray Audio Demux LPCM Stereo 24/96]

The Cure: Trilogy (Live In The Tempodrom Berlin November 2002) is a double live album video by The Cure, released on two double layer DVD-9 discs, and later on a single Blu-Ray disc. It documents The Trilogy Concerts, in which the three albums, Pornography (1982), Disintegration (1989) and Bloodflowers (2000) were played live in their entirety one after the other each night, the songs being played in the order in which they appeared on the albums. Trilogy was recorded on two consecutive nights, 11–12 November 2002, at the Tempodrom arena in Berlin. A third, previous Trilogy concert in Brussels on 7 November was not used.

Robert Smith is quoted on the sleeve about the "trilogy" concept and its eventual execution:

"The albums Pornography, Disintegration and Bloodflowers are inextricably linked in so many ways, and the realisation of this Trilogy show is one of the highlights of my time in The Cure."

Smith began arranging the concerts days after seeing David Bowie's Heathen Tour concert at the Royal Festival Hall in London on 29 June 2002, when Bowie played 10 of the 11 Low tracks consecutively[citation needed] (though not in album order), and the whole of the Heathen album in order. It was, said Smith, "the best I'd seen him on stage for years and years".

The two DVDs feature a letterboxed 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio and a choice of Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound or regular PCM stereo. Two interviews with the band are also included, though one is hidden and requires the specific manipulation of a DVD player's remote control to be accessed. Another hidden feature is the "mic cam", a camera mounted on Smith's microphone pole which, when accessed with the angle control buttons, shows him in a fish-eye view, singing.

The band's line-up for this production was Smith (vocals, guitar, 6-string bass guitar), Simon Gallup (4- and 6-string bass guitars), Perry Bamonte (guitar, 6-string bass, keyboards), Jason Cooper (drums, percussion) and Roger O'Donnell (keyboards, percussion). The songs performed were written by the band members, and, in the case of the first two albums, by former members Laurence "Lol" Tolhurst, Porl Thompson and Boris Williams.

The first DVD contains the Pornography and Disintegration sets, and the second consists of the Bloodflowers set, a short encore—"If Only Tonight We Could Sleep" and "The Kiss" from the album Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me (1987)—and both interviews. Robert said that the two extra songs were included as a preview of "what was to come" in future Cure releases, despite later saying that the Trilogy concerts were supposed to be the Cure's swan song, though Smith has been notorious for saying such things in the past, usually coinciding with the release of new albums. In the two Trilogy shows at the Tempodrom a second encore was performed consisting of "M", "Play For Today" and "A Forest" the first night, and the same plus "Grinding Halt" and "Boys Don't Cry" the second night. ~From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Technical

Blu-ray audio track demux: PCM: English, 2.0, 96kHz, 24-bit, 4608kbps
Format: 31 x Files, FLAC, Album, 96kHz, 24-bit
Audio Codec: FLAC
Rip type: image+.cue
Quality: lossless
Sample rate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2961 kbps
Encoding: lossless
Tool: reference libFLAC 1.3.2 20170101
Embedded cuesheet: no
Duration: 3:12:34.688
Rip by: gonzalo76 (aka stones4ever)

Tracklist

Pornography Set

01. One Hundred Years 00:07:02,621
02. A Short Term Effect 00:04:19,949
03. The Hanging Garden 00:04:36,512
04. Siamese Twins 00:05:35,552
05. The Figurehead 00:06:45,354
06. A Strange Day 00:04:57,957
07. Cold 00:04:11,488
08. Pornography 00:06:26,128

Disintegration Set

09. Plainsong 00:04:52,197
10. Pictures of You 00:07:42,304
11. Closedown 00:04:22,165
12. Lovesong 00:03:44,410
13. Last Dance 00:05:04,277
14. Lullaby 00:04:41,333
15. Fascination Street 00:05:18,005
16. Prayers for Rain 00:05:59,285
17. The Same Deep Water as You 00:09:14,261
18. Disintegration 00:08:22,016
19. Homesick 00:07:12,768
20. Untitled 00:06:40,256

Bloodflowers Set

21. Out of This World 00:06:48,618
22. Watching Me Fall 00:11:28,746
23. Where the Birds Always Sing 00:05:47,946
24. Maybe Someday 00:05:20,021
25. The Last Day of Summer 00:05:47,168
26. There Is No If... 00:04:00,032
27. The Loudest Sound 00:05:17,600
28. 39 00:07:23,104
29. Bloodflowers 00:08:17,280

Encore section

30. If Only Tonight We
Could Sleep 00:05:12,128
31. The Kiss 00:07:33,973

Credits

Bass, Bass [6 String] – Simon Gallup
Drums, Percussion – Jason Cooper
Guitar, Bass [6 String], Keyboards – Perry Bamonte
Keyboards, Percussion – Roger O'Donnell
Music By – Williams* ( tracks: 9 to 19, 29, 30 ) Cooper* ( tracks: 20 to 28 ) Tolhurst* ( tracks: 1 to 19, 29, 30 ) Bamonte* ( tracks: 20 to 28 ) Thompson* ( tracks: 9 to 19, 29, 30 ) O'Donnell* ( tracks: 9 to 28 ), Gallup*
Voice, Guitar, Bass [6 String] – Robert Smith
Words By, Music By – Smith*

Notes

Recorded live in the Tempodrom Berlin, November 2002.

Video: 1080i High Definition Widescreen 16x9 (1.78:1)
Audio: LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS Master Audio 96/24

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