Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me

Infobox Album
Name = Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
Type = studio
Artist = The Cure


Released = May 5 1987
Recorded = 1986
Genre = Alternative rock
Gothic rock
Length = 74:35
Label = Fiction
Producer = David M. Allen, Robert Smith
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:lyr9kebt7q7c~T1 link]
*Pitchfork Media (9.4/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/37816/The_Cure_The_Glove_The_Top_The_Head_on_the_Door_Kiss_Me_Kiss_Me link]
*Robert Christgau (B) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=cure link]
*"Rolling Stone" (Favorable) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thecure/albums/album/229857/review/5943080/kiss_me_kiss_me_kiss_me link]
Last album = "The Head on the Door"
(1985)
This album = "Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me"
(1987)
Next album = "Disintegration"
(1989)
Misc = Singles
Name = Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
Type = studio
single 1 = Why Can't I Be You?
single 1 date = April 8, 1987
single 2 = Catch
single 2 date = July, 1987
single 3 = Just Like Heaven
single 3 date = October, 1987
single 4 = Hot Hot Hot!!!
single 4 date = April 8, 1988

"Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me" is the seventh studio album by British alternative rock band The Cure. Released in 1987, this album put The Cure into the American mainstream, becoming their first album to reach the Billboard Top 40. It was a worldwide success. It was followed with another highly successful album in 1989 entitled "Disintegration".

History

It was originally a double album, and was also released on a single CD. One track, "Hey You!!!", had to be removed from the original CD release, due to time restrictions on the CD format at the time (approximately 74 minutes).

This is the last album supposedly featuring founding member Lol Tolhurst in some small capacity. Robert Smith has stated that he wrote the song "Shiver and Shake" about Lol's diminishing role in the band. [http://www.picturesofyou.us/94/94-2-26-mm-smith.htm] Even though Lol is credited for playing other instruments on the next album, "Disintegration", it has been officially stated that he did not contribute anything whatsoever. This is also the last studio album band member Porl Thompson played keyboards on; he plays guitar only on all subsequent studio releases. Special guest Andrew Brennan plays the saxophone on "Hey You!" and "Icing Sugar."

Kiss Me continues to dominate the bands live set, the 2008 "4 Tour" included performances of "The Kiss", "Torture", "Catch", "Why Can't I Be You", "How Beautiful You Are", "Just Like Heaven", "Hot Hot Hot", "If Only Tonight We Could Sleep", and "Shiver & Shake" at various shows.

"Hey You" was last performed in 2004 at a charity show.

"Like Cockatoos" was last performed on the 2004 Curiosa Tour

"The Snakepit" was last performed on the 2000 Dream Tour.

"The Perfect Girl" was last played on the 1989 Prayer Tour.

"Fight", "A Thousand Hours", "One More Time", and "All I Want" have not been played since the 1987 Kissing Tour.

"Icing Sugar" is one of a handful of studio album songs by The Cure that have never been played live.

2006 re-release

The album was re-released in August 2006. The first disc finally features "Hey You!!!", which had been omitted from previous CD issues, and the second disc is composed of a demo or live version of each song on the first disc, including a recording of "Why Can't I Be You?" from the final show of the Kissing Tour at the Wembley Arena. It was released August 8, 2006 in the U.S. and August 14, 2006 in the UK.

Robert Smith stated on his website that there were so many missing tracks that he made three discs. One had the original album, one had demos of the B-Sides and never-before-heard tracks, and one had alternate-tracks of the songs from the album. Of course, he could only release one of the latter two. After discussing it with family and friends, he decided that the latter one was more qualified to be released. He said it wasn't impossible that the other disc may show up in a leak or another release. [http://www.thecure.com/community/news_comment.asp?AssetID=1442838&ArtistID=491&Start=881&Year=]

Track listing

All lyrics by Robert Smith; all music by Gallup, Smith, Thompson, Tolhurst, Williams

Original 1987 release

#"The Kiss" – 6:17
#"Catch" – 2:42
#"Torture" – 4:13
#"If Only Tonight We Could Sleep" – 4:50
#"Why Can't I Be You?" – 3:11
#"How Beautiful You Are" – 5:10
#"The Snakepit" – 6:56
#"Hey You!" – 2:22
#"Just Like Heaven" – 3:30
#"All I Want" – 5:18
#"Hot Hot Hot!!!" – 3:32
#"One More Time" – 4:29
#"Like Cockatoos" – 3:38
#"Icing Sugar" – 3:48
#"The Perfect Girl" – 2:34
#"A Thousand Hours" – 3:21
#"Shiver and Shake" – 3:26
#"Fight" – 4:27

The track "Hey You!" was removed from the original CD version for space reasons.

2006 deluxe edition

Disc one

The first disc contains the original album, as above, including "Hey You!" as track 8.

Disc two: Rarities 1986–1987

#"The Kiss" (Robert Smith Home demo) - 3:40
#"The Perfect Girl" (Studio demo) - 3:26
#"Like Cockatoos" (Studio demo) - 2:11
#"All I Want" (Studio demo) - 3:33
#"Hot Hot Hot!!!" (Studio demo) - 3:49
#"Shiver and Shake" (Studio demo) - 2:55
#"If Only Tonight We Could Sleep" (Studio demo) - 3:16
#"Just Like Heaven" (Studio demo) - 3:26
#"Hey You!" (Studio demo) - 2:32
#"A Thousand Hours" (Studio alt mix) - 3:27
#"Icing Sugar" (Studio alt mix) - 3:20
#"One More Time" (Studio alt mix) - 4:36
#"How Beautiful You Are" (Live bootleg) - 5:22
#"The Snakepit" (Live bootleg) - 7:30
#"Catch" (Live bootleg) - 2:32
#"Torture" (Live bootleg) - 4:04
#"Fight" (Live bootleg) - 4:30
#"Why Can't I Be You?" (Live bootleg) - 7:43

Tracks 1–9 are instrumental.

Personnel

Line-up

*Robert Smith – guitar, keyboard, vocals
*Simon Gallup – bass
*Porl Thompson – guitar, keyboard, saxophone
*Lol Tolhurst – keyboard
*Boris Williams – percussion, drums
*Roger O'Donnell – keyboard on live songs from the Deluxe Edition

Guest musician

*Andrew Brennan – saxophone on "Icing Sugar" and "Hey You!"

Production

*David M. Allen, Robert Smith – production
*Sean Burrows, Jacques Hermet – assistant production
*Bob Clearmountain – mixing

Charts

Album

ingles

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