The Cure

Cure also released a live album titled Entreat (1991), which compiled songs entirely off Disintegration from their performance at Wembley Arena, and despite claims that The Cure would never tour again, Smith accepted an invitation to headline the Glastonbury Festival. O'Donnell, after two years with the group, left to pursue a solo career, and was replaced by the band's guitar technician Perry Bamonte. Smith, who was influenced by the acid

house movement that had exploded in London that summer, released a predominantly electronic remix album, Mixed Up, in 1990.[36]

Track listing

All lyrics by Robert Smith, all music by The Cure (Smith/Gallup/O'Donnell/Thompson/Williams).

1."Plainsong" – 5:12

2."Pictures of You" – 7:24

3."Closedown" – 4:16

4."Lovesong" – 3:29

5."Last Dance" – 4:42

6."Lullaby" – 4:08

7."Fascination Street" – 5:16

8."Prayers for Rain" – 6:05

9."The Same Deep Water as You" – 9:19

10."Disintegration" – 8:18

11."Homesick" – 7:06

12."Untitled" – 6:30

•Original copies of Disintegration listed "Last Dance" and "Homesick" as bonus tracks, as they were not included on the original vinyl issue of the album.

2010 deluxe edition disc two: Rarities 1988–1989

1."Prayers for Rain" – Robert Smith home demo (Instrumental) – 4/88

2."Pictures of You" – Robert Smith home demo (Instrumental) – 4/88

3."Fascination Street" – Robert Smith home demo (Instrumental) – 4/88

4."Homesick" – Band rehearsal (Instrumental) – 6/88

5."Fear of Ghosts" – Band rehearsal (Instrumental) – 6/88

6."Noheart" – Band rehearsal (Instrumental) – 6/88

7."Esten" – Band demo (Instrumental) – 9/88

8."Closedown" – Band demo (Instrumental) – 9/88

9."Lovesong" – Band demo (Instrumental) – 9/88

10."2Late" (alternate version) – Band demo (Instrumental) – 9/88

11."The Same Deep Water as You" – Band demo (Instrumental) – 9/88

12."Disintegration" – Band demo (Instrumental) – 9/88

13."Untitled" (alternate version) – Studio rough (Instrumental) – 11/88

14."Babble" (alternate version) – Studio rough (Instrumental) – 11/88

15."Plainsong" – Studio rough (Guide vocal) – 11/88

16."Last Dance" – Studio rough (Guide vocal) – 11/88

17."Lullaby" – Studio rough (Guide vocal) – 11/88

18."Out of Mind" – Studio rough (Guide vocal) – 11/88

19."Delirious Night" – Rough mix (vocal) – 12/88

20."Pirate Ships" (Robert Smith solo) – Rough mix (vocal) – 12/89

Disc three: Entreat Plus: Live at Wembley 1989

1."Plainsong"

2."Pictures of You"

3."Closedown"

4."Lovesong"

5."Last Dance"

6."Lullaby"

7."Fascination Street"

8."Prayers for Rain"

9."The Same Deep Water as You"

10."Disintegration"

11."Homesick"

12."Untitled"

Online only: Alternative Rarities: 1988-1989

1."Closedown" (RS Home Instrumental Demo 5/88) – 1:24

2."Last Dance" (RS Home Instrumental Demo 5/88) – 3:11

3."Lullaby" (RS Home Instrumental Demo 5/88) – 2:10

4."Tuned Out on RTV5" (Instrumental Rehearsal 6/88) – 2:20

5."Fuknnotfunk" (Instrumental Rehearsal 6/88) – 2:08

6."Babble" (Instrumental Rehearsal 6/88) – 2:08

7."Plainsong" (Instrumental Demo 9/88) – 2:24

8."Pictures of You" (Instrumental Demo 9/88) – 3:11

9."Fear of Ghosts" (Instrumental Demo 9/88) – 4:04

10."Fascination Street" (Instrumental Demo 9/88) – 3:45

11."Homesick" (Instrumental Demo 9/88) – 4:37

12."Delirious Night" (Instrumental Demo 9/88) – 3:26

13."Out of Mind" (Studio Instrumental Jam 10/88) – 2:40

14."2 Late" (Studio 'WIP' Mix 11/88) – 2:30

15."Lovesong" (Studio 'WIP' Mix 11/88) – 3:19

16."Prayers for Rain" (Studio 'WIP' Mix 11/88) –

17."The Same Deep Water as You" (Live Dallas Starplex 9/15/89) – 10:28

18."Disintegration" (Live Dallas Starplex 9/15/89) – 7:08

19."Untitled" (Live Dallas Starplex 9/15/89) – 7:07

20."Faith" (Live Rome Palaeur 6/4/89—Crowd Bootleg) – 14:06

Personnel

•Robert Smith – vocals, guitars, keyboards, 6-string bass, production, engineering

•Simon Gallup – bass guitar, keyboards

•Porl Thompson – guitars

•Boris Williams – drums

•Roger O'Donnell – keyboards

•Lol Tolhurst – credited for "other instruments", but later revealed to have had no involvement.[11]

Production

•David M. Allen – production, engineering

•Richard Sullivan – engineering

• Roy Spong – engineering

Chart positions

Album

Singles

"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

References

• Apter, Jeff (2005). Never Enough: The Story Of The Cure. Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-8256-7340-5.

Notes

[1]Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Disintegration album review" (http://www.allmusic.com/album/r4933). Allmusic. . Retrieved 2008-06-29.

[2]Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Cure Biography" (http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p4004). Allmusic. . Retrieved 2008-06-29.

[3]Apter, 2005. p. 181

[4]Apter, 2005. p. 176

[5]Apter, 2005. pp. 213–216

[6]Apter, 2005. pp. 227–229

[7]Apter, 2005. pp. 230–231

[8]Apter, 2005. p. 233

[9]Apter, 2005. pp. 234–235

[10]Apter, 2005. pp. 236–238

[11]Apter, 2005. pp. 230–240

[12]Apter, 2005. pp. 241–244

[13]Brown, James. "Ten Years in Lipstick and Powder". NME. 8 April 1989.

[14]Apter, 2005. p. 244

[15]Apter, 2005. pp. 242–243

[16]Raggett, Ned. ""Lovesong" critical review" (http://www.allmusic.com/song/t2327482). Allmusic. . Retrieved 2008-07-09.

[17]Raggett, Ned. ""Prayers For Rain" critical review" (http://www.allmusic.com/song/t2327486). Allmusic. . Retrieved 2008-07-09.

[18]Raggett, Ned. ""Disintegration" critical review" (http://www.allmusic.com/song/t2327488). Allmusic. . Retrieved 2008-07-09.

[19]Raggett, Ned. ""Pictures Of You" critical review" (http://www.allmusic.com/song/t2327480). Allmusic. . Retrieved 2008-07-09.

[20]Roberts, David (ed.) (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). HIT Entertainment. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

[21]Apter, 2005. p 246

[22]"Artist Chart History: Singles" (http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=4388&model. vnuAlbumId=635627). Billboard.com. . Retrieved 2008-07-21.

[23]Apter, 2005. p 249

[24]"Certified Awards Search" (http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx). BPI.co.uk. . Retrieved 2011-12-14.

[25]Collins, Andrew. "The Mansion Family". NME. 18 April 1992.

[26]Azerrad, Michael (13 July 1989). "Disintegration review" (http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/disintegration-19890713). Rolling Stone. . Retrieved 2012-01-06.

[27]Roberts, Chris. Disintegration album review. Melody Maker. 6 May 1989.

[28]Christgau, Robert. "The Cure Discography rating" (http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=cure). The Village Voice. . Retrieved 2008-07-02.

[29]"Best Albums of the 80s" (http://web.archive.org/web/20080617073341/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/36736/

Top_100_Albums_of_the_1980s). Pitchfork Media. 20 November 2002. Archived from the original (http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/ article/feature/36736/Top_100_Albums_of_the_1980s) on 17 June 2008. . Retrieved 2008-07-08.

[30]"500 Greatest Albums of All Time" (http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5938174/the_rs_500_greatest_albums_of_all_time/4). Rolling Stone. November 2003. . Retrieved 2008-07-08.

[31]"500 Greatest Albums of All Time" (http://www.poplist.de/poplist.php?l=465). Rolling Stone Germany. . Retrieved 2008-07-08.

[32]"Best Albums of 1989" (http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/mmpage.html#1989). Melody Maker. . Retrieved 2008-07-08.

[33]"The 40 Best Albums of the 80s." Q. August 2006.

[34]"New Classics: 100 Best Albums from 1983 to 2008" (http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20207076_20207387_20207337,00.html).

Entertainment Weekly. .

[35]Best Albums of the 1980s | Music | Slant Magazine (http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/feature/best-albums-of-the-1980s/308/ page_9)

[36]Apter, 2005. pp. 245–250

[37]"Artist Chart History: Albums" (http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums& model.vnuArtistId=4388&model.vnuAlbumId=635627). Billboard. . Retrieved 2008-07-19.

[38]"Discography The Cure" (http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Cure). Australian-charts.com. . Retrieved

2008-07-19.

[39]"Discographie The Cure" (http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Cure) (in Austrian German). Austriancharts.at. . Retrieved 2008-07-19.

[40]"RPM 100 Albums" (http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6360&volume=50& issue=7&issue_dt=June 12 1989&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=8aho5e5hgd232dsfmjcib5d5f3). RPM (Library and Archives Canada) 50 (7). 12 June 1989. . Retrieved 2008-07-19.

[41]"Discography The Cure" (http://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Cure). Norwegiancharts.com. . Retrieved 2008-07-19.

[42]"Discography The Cure" (http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Cure). Swedishcharts.com. . Retrieved 2008-07-19.

[43]"Discography The Cure" (http://swisscharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Cure). Swisscharts.com. . Retrieved 2008-07-21.

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2008-07-21.

[45] "The Irish Charts - All there is to know" (http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement). Irish Recorded Music Association. . Retrieved 2008-07-21.

External links

•Disintegration (http://www.radio3net.ro/dbartists/supersearch/RGlzaW50ZWdyYXRpb24gKEZpY3Rpb24p/ Disintegration (Fiction)) (Adobe Flash) at Radio3Net (streamed copy where licensed)

•Disintegration (Deluxe Edition) (http://www.myspace.com/thecure/music/albums/ disintegration-deluxe-edition-15776166) (Adobe Flash) at Myspace (streamed copy where licensed)

Wish

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

Singles from Wish

1. "High"

Released: 16 March 1992

2. "Friday I'm in Love"

Released: 11 May 1992

3. "A Letter to Elise"

Released: 5 October 1992

Professional ratings

Review scores

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.

Wish also 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

The Cure

•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

Additional musicians

• 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

Singles

External links

•Wish [3] at Discogs.

•Wish (The Cure album) [4] at MusicBrainz.

References

[1]http://www.allmusic.com/album/r4934

[2]http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/wish-19920421

[3]http://www.discogs.com/Cure-Wish/master/32019

[4]http://musicbrainz.org/release/8068c3b5-fe31-4277-be2a-391a80d30754

Wild Mood Swings

Singles from Wild Mood Swings

1. "The 13th"

Released: 22 April 1996

2. "Mint Car"

Released: 17 June 1996

3. "Strange Attraction"

Released: 8 October 1996

4. "Gone!"

Released: 2 December 1996

Professional ratings

Review scores

Wild Mood Swings is the tenth studio album by British band The Cure, released in 1996 (see 1996 in music).

History

After Wish, it seemed The Cure was on the brink of being disbanded due to the departure of Porl Thompson and Boris Williams. Simon Gallup was also forced to take a vacation due to health problems, which narrowed the lineup down to Robert Smith and Perry Bamonte. Nevertheless, it seems the two of them managed to keep things afloat long enough for Gallup to return once he recovered and convinced Roger O'Donnell to rejoin the band. This is also the first album featuring drummer Jason Cooper, who played on 9 of the 14 tracks on the album, because several drummers were auditioning for the job at the time it was being recorded. (See below.)

This album was poorly received by many Cure fans, with Wild Mood Swings selling just one million copies worldwide compared to the estimated four million sales of Wish. As of 2005, US sales stand at 363,410 according to SoundScan. However, Smith has gone on record to say, "It's one of my top five favourite Cure albums."[4]

Wild Mood Swings also joins The Top as one of the least performed albums in the Cure's repertoire.

On the recent 2008 4Tour, the band only performed "Want" at a few dates and "Club America" in Mexico City.

"Jupiter Crash" was played on the 2004 Curiosa Tour, and "Want" was usually played as the third song during the 2000 Bloodflowers Tour.[5]

Want was played during the bands headline set at Reading Festival 2012.

All other songs were last played live at the 1996 Swing Tour, with a few festival performances in 1998 of "Treasure".This is a Lie was the most welcome by the audience, because it was close to their previous albums.

Track listing

All songs by Bamonte, Cooper, Gallup, O'Donnell and Smith, except where noted.

1."Want" – 5:06

2."Club America" (Bamonte, Cooper, Gallup, Smith) – 5:02

3."This Is a Lie" – 4:29

4."The 13th" – 4:08

5."Strange Attraction" – 4:19

6."Mint Car" – 3:32

7."Jupiter Crash" – 4:15

8."Round & Round & Round" – 2:39

9."Gone!" – 4:31

10."Numb" – 4:49

11."Return" – 3:28

12."Trap" – 3:37

13."Treasure" – 3:45

14."Bare" – 7:57

Bonus track

15. "It Used to Be Me" – 6:50

(Japanese edition only - available worldwide as the B-side of the "The 13th" single).

Personnel

•Robert Smith - guitar, 6-string bass Fender VI, vocals

•Perry Bamonte - guitar, 6-string bass Fender VI

•Jason Cooper - percussion, drums

•Simon Gallup - bass

•Roger O'Donnell - keyboard