Wish (The Cure album)

Wish
Studio album by The Cure
Released	21 April 1992
Recorded	1991-1992 at The Manor in Oxfordshire, England
Genre	Alternative rock, gothic rock
Length	65:42
Label	Fiction (UK) Elektra (U.S.)
Producer	David M. Allen and Robert Smith
The Cure chronology
Disintegration (1989) Wish (1992) Wild Mood Swings (1996)
Singles from Wish
"High" Released: 16 March 1992 "Friday I'm in Love" Released: 11 May 1992 "A Letter to Elise" Released: 5 October 1992

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Wish is the ninth studio album by British band The Cure, released in 1992.

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. Special guest Kate Wilkinson plays the viola on the track "To Wish Impossible Things".

Although not as well-received by critics as Disintegration (1989), Wish is the band's overall highest charting album, 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.

The album's second single, "Friday I'm in Love", became one of the band's most popular songs – reaching number six in the UK, number seventeen in the US and number one in South Africa.

The popularity of the album also saw the Cure nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album in 1993.

Track listing

All songs by The Cure (Bamonte, Gallup, Smith, Thompson, 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

Extra tracks

Lost Wishes E.P.

Personnel

• Robert Smith – guitar, keyboard, vocals, 6 string bass Fender VI
• Perry Bamonte – 6 string bass Fender VI, guitar, keyboard
• Simon Gallup – bass, keyboard
• Porl Thompson – guitar
• Boris Williams – percussion, drums
• Kate Wilkinson – viola

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

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1992	US Billboard 200	2
	Australian ARIA Albums Chart	1

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1992	"Friday I'm in Love"	Hot Dance Music/Club Play	32
		Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	29
		Mainstream Rock Tracks	21
		Modern Rock Tracks	1
		The Billboard Hot 100	18
	"High"	Hot Dance Music/Club Play	22
		Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	27
		Modern Rock Tracks	1
		The Billboard Hot 100	42
	"A Letter to Elise"	Modern Rock Tracks	2

External links

• Wish at Discogs.
• Wish (The Cure album) at MusicBrainz.

Preceded by Up by Right Said Fred	UK number one album 2 May 1992 – 8 May 1992	Succeeded by Stars by Simply Red
Preceded by Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers	Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album 10–16 May 1992	Succeeded by Greatest Hits: 1966-1992 by Neil Diamond