Editing Robert Smith (musician) (section)

====Remixes, Cranes, Pirate Ships, And Also the Trees: 1984–1993====
[[File:PrayerTour89.jpg|right|170px|thumb|Smith with the Cure during the 1989 Prayer Tour]]

With the completion of the ''Blue Sunshine'' project and his departure from Siouxsie and the Banshees, by 1984 Robert Smith had returned to recording and touring with the Cure as his full-time primary band. Between 1985 and 1996, his musical outings beyond the Cure were comparatively rare, with notable exceptions including remix work for And Also the Trees and [[Cranes (band)|Cranes]]. During 1989, Smith and producer [[Mark Saunders (record producer)|Mark Saunders]] remixed 7{{''}} and 12{{''}} versions of the song "The Pear Tree", by And Also the Trees. The "Round Mix" of the song also appeared on the band's album ''Farewell to the Shade'' in 1989, followed by a US-only release of ''The Pear Tree EP'' the following year.<ref name="Cure News 10">"Questions and Answers", ''Cure News 10'', December 1990</ref><ref>Raggett, Ned,[https://www.allmusic.com/song/the-pear-tree-mt0032962295 "The Pear Tree" (review) at Allmusic.com]; retrieved 9 October 2012.</ref><ref>Raggett, Ned, [https://www.allmusic.com/album/farewell-to-the-shade-mw0000690833 "Farewell to the Shade" (review) at Allmusic.com]; retrieved 9 October 2012.</ref> In December that year while mixing the Cure's live album ''[[Entreat]]'', he also recorded a solo cover version of [[Wendy Waldman]]'s "Pirate Ships",<ref group="note">Credited by Smith to [[Judy Collins]], who had previously also recorded a version of the song – see [https://www.allmusic.com/album/judith-mw0000193332 "Judith – Judy Collins" (review)], ''Allmusic''. Retrieved 12 October 2012.</ref> originally intended for ''[[Rubáiyát: Elektra's 40th Anniversary]]''; a compilation album celebrating the history of the Cure's US label [[Elektra Records]].<ref name="NME, Kiss Me FM">Smith, Jerry, "Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me FM", ''NME'', 15 September 1990.</ref> Instead, however, the full band line-up of the Cure recorded "[[Hello, I Love You]]" by [[the Doors]] for Elektra,<ref name="NME, Kiss Me FM"/> and "Pirate Ships" did not see official CD release until ''[[Disintegration (The Cure album)|Disintegration]]'''s "Deluxe Edition" reissue in 2010.<ref name="Eyeballs, August 2009">{{cite web |url=http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2009/10/08/the-cure-disintegration-tracklist-reissue-remaster-deluxe-edition |title=The Cure's 'Disintegration' gets 3CD deluxe reissue in 2010, plus 'In Orange' on DVD |work=[[Slicing Up Eyeballs]] |access-date=28 September 2014 |date=2009-10-08}}</ref><ref>[http://www.thecuredisintegration.com/bin/#/about/] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529140438/http://www.thecuredisintegration.com/bin/#/about/|date=29 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thecure.com/blog/default.aspx?nid=25518 |title=The Cure – Disintegration... THE PUFF |author=The Cure |publisher=Thecure.com |access-date=28 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131018030023/http://www.thecure.com/blog/default.aspx?nid=25518 |archive-date=18 October 2013}}</ref><ref group="note">"Pirate Ships" did, however, see release as a download from the Cure's website in 2001 – see [http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2009/10/08/the-cure-disintegration-tracklist-reissue-remaster-deluxe-edition "The Cure's 'Disintegration' gets 3CD deluxe reissue in 2010, plus 'In Orange' on DVD"], ''[[Slicing Up Eyeballs]]'', 8 August 2009; retrieved 12 October 2012.</ref>

In 1992, Smith invited Cranes to support the Cure live on the [[Wish (The Cure album)|Wish]] Tour.<ref>Laurence, Alexander, [http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/june_2002/cranes.html "Cranes – An Interview with Alison Shaw"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130828103347/http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/june_2002/cranes.html |date=28 August 2013 }}, at [http://www.freewilliamsburg.com FreeWilliamsburg.com], June 2002; retrieved 10 October 2012.</ref><ref name="Loved Cranes">"Loved Cranes" (Dedicated/Arista Press Release), 1994.</ref> For one of the French dates of the tour ([[Stade Couvert Régional]], [[Liévin]], 15 November 1992), Cranes' vocalist Alison Shaw was ill and the group had to revise their entire set, with Robert Smith replacing Alison's vocal melodies on [[Fender Bass VI|6-string bass]], and joined by the Cure's guitarist Porl Thompson.<ref name="Loved Cranes"/><ref name="Hartmann & Fabien, 1993">Hartmann, Olivier, & Laurence Fabien, "Forever Interview", ''Prémonition (No. 14)'', September 1993.</ref><ref group="note">Thompson had also joined the group on stage on 8 November, and on the final night of the tour in Ireland on 3 December, Cranes joined the Cure on stage for the final encore of the Cure's "Forever".</ref> Cranes wrote most of their next album (1993's ''[[Forever (Cranes album)|Forever]]'') while on the Wish Tour,<ref>Moed, Alison, "Cranes", ''NET Magazine'', June 1993.</ref> and the album's title was partly influenced by touring with the Cure.<ref name="Hartmann & Fabien, 1993"/><ref name="Raggett, Forever">Raggett, Ned, [https://www.allmusic.com/album/forever-mw0000096240 "Forever" (Review)], ''Allmusic''. Retrieved 10 October 2010.</ref> In 1993, Smith and Bryan "Chuck" New remixed the extended 12" version of Cranes' single "Jewel" from the album; Smith again contributing his trademark [[Fender Bass VI]] sound and additional guitars to the remixed track. The single gave Cranes their first Top 30 single in Britain and Norway,<ref name="Loved Cranes"/> and also became their biggest commercial breakthrough in the US.<ref name="Raggett, Forever"/><ref>Raggett, Ned. [https://www.allmusic.com/album/jewel-mw0000108264 Jewel (CD Single Review) at Allmusic.com]; retrieved 10 October 2012.</ref>