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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Chicago Tribune[2]
Christgau's Consumer GuideC+[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB[4]
Los Angeles Times[5]
Q[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[8]
Select5/5[9]

Wish is the ninth studio album by British alternative rock band The Cure, released on 21 April 1992, through Fiction Records in the UK and Elektra Records in the US.[10] The record is the final studio album featuring Boris Williams and the first featuring Perry Bamonte, as well as being the last album featuring Porl Thompson for sixteen years.[11] Whilst retaining the sound and mood of Disintegration (1989) on some tracks, Wish often found the band moving into more of a pop direction, and received positive reviews upon release, including a four-star review in Rolling Stone that stated: "For its cult of millions, the Cure offers the only kind of optimism that makes sense."[7][8] Wish was also the band's overall highest charting album, and most commercially successful in the band's career, given its debut at number one in the UK and number two in the United States, where it sold more than 1.2 million copies.[12][13] Wish was also nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album in 1993.

The album's first single was "High", released on 16 March 1992. The single peaked at number eight in the UK Singles Chart, forty-two in the US Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks.[14][15][16] The album's second single, "Friday I'm in Love", released on 11 May 1992, became one of the band's most popular songs – reaching number six in the UK Singles Chart and number eighteen in the Billboard Hot 100, and number one in the Modern Rock Tracks.[12][15][16] The final single was for "A Letter to Elise", going at number twenty-eight in the UK and 2 in the Modern Rock Tracks.[12][16] On 16 November 1993, a limited EP called Lost Wishes was released on cassette with four new tracks on it.[17]

In 1995, Q included Wish in its publication "In Our Lifetime: Q's 100 Best Albums 1986–94", a list compiled to celebrate its 100th issue.[18]

Track listing

All songs composed by The Cure (Perry Bamonte, Simon Gallup, Robert Smith, Porl Thompson, Boris Williams).

  1. "Open" – 6:51
  2. "High" – 3:37
  3. "Apart" – 6:40
  4. "From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea" – 7:44
  5. "Wendy Time" – 5:13
  6. "Doing the Unstuck" – 4:24
  7. "Friday I'm in Love" – 3:39
  8. "Trust" – 5:33
  9. "A Letter to Elise" – 5:14
  10. "Cut" – 5:55
  11. "To Wish Impossible Things" – 4:43
  12. "End" – 6:46

Lost Wishes EP

A Side
  1. "Uyea Sound" – 5:21
  2. "Cloudberry" – 5:19
B Side
  1. "Off to Sleep" – 3:38
  2. "The Three Sisters" – 4:11

Personnel

All credits taken from liner notes [11]

The Cure
Additional musicians
Production
  • Producers: Dave Allen, The Cure
  • Engineers: Dave Allen, Steve Whitfield
  • Assistant engineer: Chris Bandy
  • Mixing: Mark Saunders
  • Mixing assistants: Andy Baker, William Parry, Danton Supple, Mark Warner
  • Album Cover: Parched Art (Porl Thompson and Andy Vella)

Charts

Chart (1992) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[19] 1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[20] 14
Illegal chart entered Germany2 6
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[21] 22
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[22] 3
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[23] 7
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[24] 10
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[25] 8
UK Albums (OCC)[26] 1
US Billboard 200[27] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (1992) Position
US Billboard Chart 55

Certifications

Country Certification
UK Gold
US Platinum
Australia Platinum
Switzerland Gold

References

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Wish – The Cure". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  2. ^ Kot, Greg (21 April 1992). "They're Lonely At The Top". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert. "The Cure: Wish". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  4. ^ Arnold, Gina (24 April 1992). "Wish". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  5. ^ Willman, Chris (19 April 1992). "This Cure Is Not Worth the Pain". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  6. ^ "The Cure: Wish". Q (68): 72. May 1992.
  7. ^ a b Hunter, James (21 April 1992). "Wish". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  8. ^ a b Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 205–06. ISBN 0-743-20169-8.
  9. ^ Morrison, Dave (May 1992). "The Cure: Wish". Select (23): 73.
  10. ^ "The Cure : Official Site: Discography :: Wish". thecure.com. Retrieved December 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  11. ^ a b Wish (CD, Vinyl, Cassette). The Cure. Fiction. 1992. {{cite AV media notes}}: Unknown parameter |titlelink= ignored (|title-link= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  12. ^ a b c http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/cure/
  13. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/wish-mw0000275947/awards
  14. ^ http://www.officialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/1/1992-03-28/
  15. ^ a b http://www.billboard.com/artist/397801/cure/chart
  16. ^ a b c "The Cure Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Alternative Songs for The Cure. Nielsen Business Media
  17. ^ http://www.thecure.com/discography/1263/lost_wishes
  18. ^ "In Our Lifetime: Q's 100 Best Albums 1986–94". Q (100). London. January 1995.
  19. ^ "Australiancharts.com – The Cure – Wish". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 2013.
  20. ^ "Austriancharts.at – The Cure – Wish" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 2013.
  21. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – The Cure – Wish" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 2013.
  22. ^ "Charts.nz – The Cure – Wish". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 2013.
  23. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – The Cure – Wish". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 2013.
  24. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – The Cure – Wish". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 2013.
  25. ^ "Swisscharts.com – The Cure – Wish". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 2013.
  26. ^ "Cure | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved December 2013.
  27. ^ "The Cure Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 2013.
Preceded by UK number one album
2 May 1992 – 8 May 1992 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
10–16 May 1992 		Succeeded by
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