''Entreat'' is a live album by British

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, recorded at

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in July 1989. It consists entirely of songs performed from the band's 1989 record '' Disintegration''; while they were on their international Prayer tour. Initially, ''Entreat'' was distributed exclusively in France as a promotional tool in 1989 and then was given away free by

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stores in the UK and Ireland to customers who purchased two CDs from the band's back catalogue in May 1990. It was then given a full commercial release in March 1991. The last two tracks were released in 1989 as B-sides to the US version of "

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". "Fascination Street", "Last Dance", "Prayers For Rain", and "Disintegration" were also included as B-sides on the " Pictures of You" CD single. The re-release of ''Disintegration'' in 2010 featured a remastered and remixed version of ''Entreat'', entitled ''Entreat Plus'' because it featured all twelve songs from the album, including the four excluded from the original. It was the first time the album was released worldwide, though it had already been released on CD before.

Track listing

# "Pictures of You" – 7:08 # "Closedown" – 4:23 # "Last Dance" – 4:41 # "

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" – 5:20 # "Prayers for Rain" – 4:49 # "Disintegration" – 7:41 # "Homesick" – 6:49 # "Untitled" – 6:33

''Entreat Plus''

#"Plainsong" – 5:19 #"Pictures of You" – 7:04 #"Closedown" – 4:22 #"Lovesong" – 3:24 #"Last Dance" – 4:37 #"Lullaby" – 4:14 #"

" – 5:10 #"Prayers for Rain" – 4:50 #"The Same Deep Water as You" – 10:03 #"Disintegration" – 7:54 #"Homesick" – 6:47 #"Untitled" – 6:45

Personnel

* Robert Smith – vocals, guitar, six-string bass *

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– bass guitar *

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– guitar *

Boris Williams Boris Peter Bransby Williams (born 24 April 1957) is a French-born English drummer best known for his extensive work with the Cure (1984–1994). Biography Born in Versailles, France, he had previously worked with various artists, including T ...

– drums *

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– keyboards

References

{{Authority control The Cure live albums 1991 live albums Fiction Records live albums