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Frequently Bought Together
What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?
1) One Hundred Years2) A Short Term Effect3) The Hanging Garden4) Siamese Twins5) The Figurehead6) A Strange Day7) Cold8) Pornography
Disintegration Set
9) Plainsong10) Pictures Of You11) Closedown12) Lovesong13) Last Dance14) Lullaby15) Fascination Street16) Prayers For Rain17) The Same Deep Water As You18) Disintegration19) Homesick20) Untitled
Bloodflowers Set
21) Out Of This World22) Watching Me Fall23) Where The Birds Always Sing24) Maybe Someday25) The Last Day Of Summer26) There Is No If…27) The Loudest Sound28) 3929) Bloodflowers
Bonus Encore Tracks
1) If Only Tonight We Could Sleep2) The Kiss
Bonus Features
2 tracks from the Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me album performed as the encore of the Trilogy concerts/ 37 minute interview with The Cure / Interview outtakes / Alternate angles on The Same Deep Water As You and Plainsong.
Synopsis
In 2002, the Cure performed in Berlin, playing three of their darkest and most revered albums--PORNOGRAPHY, DISINTEGRATION, and BLOODFLOWERS--in their entirety. Robert Smith's band paved the way for the gothic rock movement of the 1980s, and ended up out-living many of their peers, becoming a worldwide, stadium-filling phenomena along the way. These live performances are a special treat for their fans, who can witness the band performing many tracks for the first time in more than a decade. Songs include 'One Hundred Years', 'The Hanging Garden', 'Pictures Of You', 'Lovesong', 'Lullaby', 'Fascination Street', 'Out Of This World', 'Maybe Someday', and many more.
Every once in a while, bands have their defining moment, both live and in the studio. This in one of those moments for The Cure in my opinion.
Back in November 2002, The Cure decided to perform three of their best albums in their entirety, back to back at the Tempodrom in Berlin. Those albums were Pornography, Disintegration and Bloodflowers. Robert Smith claimed that these were a 'trilogy' in 2000 when Bloodflowers was released.
I was fortunate to be at these concerts, as well as the Brussels Forest National warm up show and can honestly say that the experience was phenomenal. Many of the tracks performed here were played for the first time in many years (Short Term Effect, Closedown, Homesick etc)
Captured in HD 1080i (the best available at the time) the quality of this Blu Ray is excellent. The video quality is far superior to the original DVD release with outstanding contrast and fine detail, especially in the close up scenes.
Audio is presented in DTS-HD MA 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1, and LPCM.
It would have been nice to see the extras also in hi def, as these are the same standard def versions found on the DVD. The two encore tracks (The Kiss and If Only Tonight We Could Sleep) are in Hi-Definition.
Despite this shortcoming, I would recommend upgrading to the Blu-Ray from the DVD as the image and sound quality is far superior. I also recommend this to anyone looking for an example of a great band, performing at their very best.
Roll on Trilogy II (Faith, Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me and Wish)!... In my dreams!