The Cure - Mansolidgone (1985)

The third volume of Cure rarities concentrates on demos and out-takes recorded during the sessions for 'Faith' , 'Pornography', and 'The Head On The Door'. Some are studio demos by the whole band, a few are Robert Smith's home demos, while the songs recorded during the 'Faith' sessions were completed tracks which were left off the eventual album. Most of these tracks are instrumentals, possibly being tried out as the basis for a song once some lyrics had been added, but 'Airlock - The Soundtrack' doesn't really fit into that category at all, as it's a decidedly odd 13 minute piece of musique concrete that no-one could possibly sing over! When Smith does decide to add a vocal then we get great songs like 'Screw' and 'Lime Time', and even though this album is mostly just the band experimenting in the studio, it's still interesting to hear them trying things out for possible future songs.  

Track listing

01 Going Home Time (out-take 1981)
02 The Violin Song (out-take 1981)
03 A Normal Story (out-take 1981)
04 Demise (studio demo 1981)
05 Airlock - The Soundtrack (previously unreleased 1981) 
06 Break (Group home demo 1981)
07 Mansolidgone (studio demo 1985)
08 Inwood (Robert Smith home demo 1984)
09 Screw (studio demo 1985)
10 Push (Robert Smith home demo 1984)
11 Innsbruck (Robert Smith home demo 1984)
12 Lime Time (studio demo 1985)