Wish (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Wish
Type = Album
Artist = The Cure


Released = April 21, 1992
Recorded = 1991-1992 at The Manor in Oxfordshire, England
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 65:42
Label = Elektra Records
Producer = David M. Allen and The Cure
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kxkcikc6bbc9~T1 link]
* Robert Christgau (C+) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=cure link]
* Rolling Stone Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thecure/albums/album/154133/review/5941684/wish link]
Last album = "Disintegration"
(1989)
This album = "Wish"
(1992)
Next album = "Wild Mood Swings"
(1996)
Misc = Singles
Name = Wish
Type = studio
single 1 = High
single 1 date = February 8, 1992
single 2 = Friday I'm in Love
single 2 date = April 8, 1992
single 3 = A Letter to Elise
single 3 date = December 10, 1992

"Wish" is the ninth studio album by British alternative rock band The Cure, released in 1992 (see 1992 in music).

This is the last 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 the album was not as well-received by critics as its predecessor, "Disintegration", it is the band's most commercially successful given its debut at number one in the UK and number two in the United States, where it sold 1.2 million copies.

The album's second single, "Friday I'm in Love", quickly became one of the band's most popular songs (#6 in the UK, #18 in the US), as it was more light-hearted than most of the band's material and thus appealed to a larger audience. It hit number one on the South African charts (at that stage was run by 5FM).

One of the more unusual aspects about The Cure from this era (including "Lost Wishes", "Paris" and "Show") is that the band were simply called "Cure" on cover and promotional artwork. They did not officially change their name however, and "The" returned for their next album.

Most of the songs on this album continue to be played live at concerts with the exception of "Wendy Time", "Cut", "Trust", and "Apart".

Track listing

All songs by Bamonte, Gallup, Smith, Thompson and Williams.

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

Extra tracks

Lost Wishes E.P.

Personnel

*Robert Smith – bass, 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)

ingles

*"High", released in February, 1992
*"Friday I'm in Love", released in April, 1992
*"A Letter to Elise", released in December, 1992

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

External links

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succession box
before = "Up" by Right Said Fred
title = UK number one album
years = May 2, 1992 – May 8, 1992
after = "Stars" by Simply Redsuccession box
before = "Blood Sugar Sex Magik"
by Red Hot Chili Peppers
title = Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
years = May 10 - May 16 1992
after = "" by Neil Diamond