Mixes of a Lost World

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Mixes of a Lost World
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Remix album by
Released13 June 2025 (2025-06-13)
Length122:30
Label
The Cure chronology
Songs of a Lost World
(2024)
Mixes of a Lost World
(2025)
Singles from Mixes of a Lost World
  1. "Alone (Four Tet Remix)"
    Released: 21 April 2025
  2. "I Can Never Say Goodbye (Paul Oakenfold 'Cinematic' Remix)"
    Released: 21 April 2025
  3. "Warsong (Chino Moreno Remix)"
    Released: 2 May 2025
  4. "Endsong (Orbital Remix)"
    Released: 16 May 2025
  5. "A Fragile Thing (Mark Saunders Heartbroken Remix)"
    Released: 21 June 2025

Mixes of a Lost World is the third remix album by English rock band the Cure, released on 13 June 2025 by Fiction, and Polydor. [1] [2] The album features 24 remixes of songs from the band's 2024 album Songs of a Lost World . [3]

Contents

Background

The origins of Mixes of a Lost World come from a collection of unsolicited remixes of Songs of a Lost World tracks sent to Robert Smith who fancied them and was curious of how the whole album would sound entirely reinterpreted by others. [4] In December, Smith confirmed the "companion release" was to be released, [5] adding that there was yet a "third one which is completely different. It's really kind of random stuff, it's like late-night studio stuff." [6]

On 21 April 2025, the band announced a remix album, featuring reworks by artists including Four Tet, Paul Oakenfold, and Orbital. [1] [2] It is the third collection of remixes of the Cure songs, after Mixed Up (1990), and Torn Down (2018). [6]

The band announced that all of its recording royalties of Mixes of a Lost World will benefit the charity War Child UK, that supports children living with the effects of war and conflict, [1] similarly to the case of the live album Songs of a Live World Troxy London MMXXlV, recorded at The Cure's album launch show at the Troxy in East London. [7]

When inviting the Danish electronic musician Trentemøller to the project, Smith wrote him a direct email, asking "if [he]’d be up for remixing a track from the Cure album." He could choose whichever song. [8] Around the time of announcement of the project, the English electronic musician and DJ Four Tet have been closing his recent shows with his own remix of "Alone". [9]

Release

The two-disc edition feature all eight tracks from the album in remixed form. A three-disc deluxe set includes additional eight remixes and reworks of each tracks from the original album, by artists including Chino Moreno of Deftones, Mogwai, and 65daysofstatic. Therefore, the three-disc version of Mixes of a Lost World features three versions of each original song in a remixed form. [10]

All editions of the remix album feature alternative artwork by the band's longtime collaborator Andy Vella. [7]

On 21 June 2025, an additional remix of "A Fragile Thing" by record producer Mark Saunders, was digitally released post-album, namely "A Fragile Thing (Mark Saunders Heartbroken Remix)". [11] [12]

Track listing

Mixes of a Lost World track listing
No.TitleLength
1."I Can Never Say Goodbye (Paul Oakenfold 'Cinematic' Remix)"4:15
2."Endsong (Orbital Remix)"6:23
3."Drone:Nodrone (Daniel Avery Remix)"5:20
4."All I Ever Am (meera Remix)"8:02
5."A Fragile Thing (Âme Remix)"5:33
6."And Nothing Is Forever (Danny Briottet & Rico Conning Remix)"5:28
7."Warsong (Daybreakers Remix)"6:17
8."Alone (Four Tet Remix)"6:16
9."I Can Never Say Goodbye (Mental Overdrive Remix)"7:10
10."And Nothing Is Forever (Cosmodelica Electric Eden Remix)"8:41
11."A Fragile Thing (Sally C Remix)"4:43
12."Endsong (Gregor Tresher Remix)"6:05
13."Warsong (Omid 16B Remix)"6:04
14."Drone:Nodrone (Anja Schneider Remix)"5:00
15."Alone (Shanti Celeste 'February Blues' Remix)"5:54
16."All I Ever Am (Mura Masa Remix)"6:39
17."I Can Never Say Goodbye (Craven Faults Rework)"9:03
18."Drone:Nodrone (JoyCut 'Anti-Gravitational' Remix)"6:22
19."And Nothing Is Forever (Trentemøller Rework)"4:58
20."Warsong (Chino Moreno Remix)"4:17
21."Alone (Ex-Easter Island Head Remix)"4:41
22."All I Ever Am (65daysofstatic Remix)"5:16
23."A Fragile Thing (The Twilight Sad Remix)"4:27
24."Endsong (Mogwai Remix)"10:46
Total length:122:30

Charts

Chart performance for Mixes of a Lost World
Chart (2025)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [13] 9
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [14] 5
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [15] 3
Croatian International Albums (HDU) [16] 21
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [17] 21
French Albums (SNEP) [18] 29
French Rock & Metal Albums (SNEP) [19] 2
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [20] 5
Hungarian Physical Albums (MAHASZ) [21] 21
Irish Albums (IRMA) [22] 86
Polish Albums (ZPAV) [23] 10
Scottish Albums (OCC) [24] 3
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [25] 4
UK Albums (OCC) [26] 9
UK Dance Albums (OCC) [27] 1

References

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  7. 1 2 Lewrypublished, Fraser (21 April 2025). "The Cure launch 24-track Mixes Of A Lost World album, donate royalties to charity". Louder. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
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  21. "Album Top 40 slágerlista (fizikai hanghordozók) – 2025. 25. hét". MAHASZ . Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  22. "IRMA – Irish Charts (Week 25, 2025)". Irish Recorded Music Association . Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  23. "OLiS - oficjalna lista sprzedaży - albumy" (in Polish). OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Note: Change the date to 13.06.2025–19.06.2025 under "zmień zakres od–do:". Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  24. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
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