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====Bowie, Reeves Gabrels, Mark Plati, and COGASM: 1994β1999==== From 1993, Smith's primary musical engagement was the recording of The Cure's album ''[[Wild Mood Swings]]'', released in 1996 and followed by the Swing Tour, concluding in early 1997. He was meanwhile invited to perform at [[David Bowie]]'s 50th Birthday concert at [[Madison Square Garden]] (9 January 1997), where he duetted with Bowie on "[[The Last Thing You Should Do]]" and "[[Quicksand (David Bowie song)|Quicksand]]".<ref name="Three Imaginary Decades">Lindsay, Cam, [http://exclaim.ca/Features/Timeline/cure-three_imaginary_decades "Three Imaginary Decades"], ''[[Exclaim!]]'', July 2004. (Part of ''Exclaim!'''s [http://exclaim.ca/Features/Timeline "Timeline"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018145915/http://exclaim.ca/Features/Timeline |date=18 October 2012 }} Features); retrieved 11 October 2012.</ref> Here Smith met Bowie's guitarist [[Reeves Gabrels]] and co-producer [[Mark Plati]], leading to their collaboration on the single "[[Wrong Number (The Cure song)|Wrong Number]]".<ref>Sullivan, Jim. "Robert Smith Gets Happy", ''[[The Boston Globe]]'', 28 November 1997</ref><ref>"The Cure "Galore β The Singles 1987β1997": 'Song Thoughts' by Robert", [http://www.thecure.com www.thecure.com], November 1997. (Smith's "Song Thoughts" no longer appears on the band's official site, but have been archived by the [http://www.chainofflowers.com/robertgalorethoughts.html chainofflowers.com] fan-site; retrieved 11 October 2012).</ref> Although released under the name of the Cure, "Wrong Number" was one of several "one-off" studio projects recorded during this period by Robert Smith either performing solo, or with guest musicians from outside the full-time line-up of the Cure. Earlier versions of the song had already been recorded by the band, but Plati and Smith completely reconstructed the track, built around a [[Sampling (music)|sampled]] [[drum loop]] by Cure drummer [[Jason Cooper (musician)|Jason Cooper]]. Smith and Plati added keyboards, effects and new vocals, while Gabrels laid down "a gazillion guitar tracks".<ref>Apter, Jeff. Never Enough: The Story of The Cure, (2009), Omnibus Press, pp. 279β280; {{ISBN|978-1-84772-739-8}}</ref> In February 1998, Robert again collaborated with Reeves Gabrels in the studio, co-writing, singing and playing on the song "Yesterday's Gone" (eventually finding its way to CD release in 2000).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chainofflowers.com/robertint.html |title=''Chain of Flowers'' Interview with Robert Smith |publisher=Chainofflowers.com |access-date=28 September 2014}}</ref> The following month, Smith was again recording solo between [[RAK Studios|RAK]] and [[Outside Studios|Outside]] studios, assisted this time by co-producer Paul Corkett, whose production credits included [[Nick Cave]], [[BjΓΆrk]], [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]], [[Tori Amos]] and [[Suede (band)|Suede]]. These sessions produced "More Than This" (not to be confused with the [[More than This (Roxy Music song)|Roxy Music song]]) for ''[[The X-Files: The Album]]'',{{citation needed|date=October 2012}} and a cover of [[Depeche Mode]]'s "[[World in My Eyes]]" for the [[tribute album]] ''[[For the Masses]]''.<ref name="Three Imaginary Decades"/> Again, both were released under the name of the Cure, but were essentially Robert Smith solo recordings. Having made a guest appearance on an episode of ''[[South Park]]'' earlier in the year, Smith again collaborated with [[Trey Parker]] under the name [[COGASM]], featuring Reeves Gabrels and Jason Cooper, releasing the track "A Sign from God" for the film ''[[Orgazmo]]''.<ref name="Three Imaginary Decades"/> Smith's contribution to "Yesterday's Gone" appeared on Gabrels' solo album ''Ulysses (Della Notte)'' released in 1999 via Internet and in 2000 on CD by E-magine Music.<ref>Parker, Lyndsey, [http://www.music.yahoo.ca/read/interview/12048571 Reeves Gabrels Interview] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130101131934/http://www.music.yahoo.ca/read/interview/12048571 |date=1 January 2013 }}, LAUNCH.com/Yahoo! Music, 29 November 2000; retrieved 12 October 2012.</ref>
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