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{{Short description|1992 studio album by the Cure}}
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{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
| Name = Wish
| Type = [[Album]]
| name = Wish
| Artist = [[The Cure]]
| type = studio
| Cover = TheCureWish.jpg
| artist = [[the Cure]]
| Released = 20 April 1992
| cover = TheCureWish.jpg
| alt =
| Recorded = 1991-1992 at [[The Manor Studio|The Manor]] in [[Oxfordshire|Oxfordshire, England]]
| Genre = [[Alternative rock]]
| released = 21 April 1992
| Length = 65:42
| recorded = 1991–1992
| Label = [[Fiction Records|Fiction]], [[Elektra Records|Elecktra]]
| studio = [[The Manor Studio|The Manor]] ([[Shipton-on-Cherwell]], England)
| Producer = [[David M. Allen]] and Robert Smith
| genre = * [[Alternative rock]]
* [[gothic rock]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Classic album: The Cure: The Head On The Door |date=October 17, 2020 |publisher=NLA Media |location=Telford, England |page=51 |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Classic+album%3B+The+Cure%3A+The+Head+On+The+Door.-a0638618435 |access-date=May 11, 2022}}</ref>
| Reviews =
* [[jangle pop]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sutherland |first1=Mark |title=THE CURE Wild Mood Swings |url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101001084reviews.html |website=NME |access-date=May 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000817221217/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101001084reviews.html |archive-date=August 17, 2000}}</ref>
* [[Allmusic]] {{Rating|2.5|5}} [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kxkcikc6bbc9~T1 link]
*[[shoegaze]]<ref>https://therockreview.net/the-cure-wish-eng/</ref>
* [[Robert Christgau]] (C+) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=cure link]
| length = 66:23
* ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' {{Rating|4|5}} [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thecure/albums/album/154133/review/5941684/wish link]
| label = [[Fiction Records|Fiction]]
| Last album = ''[[Disintegration]]'' <br /> (1989)
| producer = * [[David M. Allen]]
| This album = '''''Wish''''' <br /> (1992)
* Robert Smith
| Next album = ''[[Wild Mood Swings]]'' <br /> (1996)
| Misc =
| prev_title = [[Entreat]]
| prev_year = 1991
{{Singles
| next_title = [[Show (The Cure album)|Show]]
| Name = Wish
| Type = studio
| next_year = 1993
| single 1 = [[High (The Cure song)|High]]
| misc = {{Singles
| single 1 date = 16 March 1992
| name = Wish
| single 2 = [[Friday I'm in Love]]
| type = studio
| single1 = [[High (The Cure song)|High]]
| single 2 date = 11 May 1992
| single1date = 16 March 1992
| single 3 = [[A Letter to Elise]]
| single2 = [[Friday I'm in Love]]
| single 3 date = 5 October 1992
| single2date = 15 May 1992
}}
| single3 = [[A Letter to Elise]]
| single3date = 5 October 1992
}}
}}
}}


'''''Wish''''' is the ninth studio album by English [[Rock music|rock]] band [[the Cure]], released on 21 April 1992<ref>{{cite journal |editor1-last=Redmond |editor1-first=Steve |title=Cure aim for wider sales |journal=Music Week |date=18 April 1992 |page=5 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1992/MW-1992-04-18.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309083322/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1992/MW-1992-04-18.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2021-03-09 |publisher=Spotlight Publications |location=London, England, U.K. |issn=0265-1548 |quote=the release of the band's 10th studio album, Wish, next Tuesday (April 21)}}</ref> by [[Fiction Records]] in the United Kingdom and [[Elektra Records]] in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecure.com/discography/1230/wish|title=The Cure : Official Site: Discography :: Wish|publisher=thecure.com|access-date=10 December 2013}}</ref> ''Wish'' was the most commercially successful album in the band's career, debuting at number one in the UK and number two in the US, where it sold more than 1.2 million copies.
'''''Wish''''' is the ninth studio [[album]] by [[Great Britain|British]] band [[The Cure]], released in 1992.


On 25 November 2022, a remastered 30th-anniversary deluxe edition of ''Wish'' was released, containing four previously unreleased demos with vocals, instrumental demos, the ''Lost Wishes'' instrumental cassette and remix versions.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-07-28 |title=The Cure to Reissue Wish With 24 Unreleased Tracks for 30th Anniversary |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/the-cure-to-reissue-wish-with-24-unreleased-tracks-for-30th-anniversary/ |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref>
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."


== Recording ==
Although not as well-received by critics as ''[[Disintegration]]'' (1989), ''Wish'' is the band's most commercially successful album, given its debut at number one in the UK and number two in the United States, where it sold 1.2 million copies.
The record is the final studio album by the Cure to feature drummer [[Boris Williams]] and the first to feature guitarist/keyboardist [[Perry Bamonte]], who previously worked as a roadie for the band,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1503188/the-cure-cut-two-ending-10-year-run-with-same-lineup/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214020249/http://www.mtv.com/news/1503188/the-cure-cut-two-ending-10-year-run-with-same-lineup/|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 December 2019|title = The Cure Cut Two, Ending 10-Year Run with Same Lineup|website = [[MTV]]}}</ref> as well as being the last album to feature guitarist [[Porl Thompson]] for sixteen years.<ref name="notes">{{cite AV media notes|title=Wish|title-link=Wish|others=The Cure|year=1992|type=CD, Vinyl, Cassette|publisher=Fiction}}</ref>


Whilst retaining their trademark [[gothic rock]] sound and mood on some tracks, ''Wish'' often found the band emphasizing the lighter, broader guitar-driven [[alternative rock]] direction that was hinted on their previous three records. According to Thompson, ''Wish'' was recorded on 48 tracks and "almost everything was used".<ref name="musicfanclubs.org">{{Cite web|url=http://www.musicfanclubs.org/cure/press/I10.html|title=Interview: Confessions of a Pop Mastermind}}</ref> [[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]] also revealed the hit song "[[Friday I'm in Love]]" was accidentally sped up a quarter-tone sharp on the tape, halfway between D and E-flat. Smith commented on the speeding up of the tape of the song in a 1993 interview: "[…] that was an accident. I was playing with the vari-speed and forgot to turn it off. But the whole feel changed, and the fact that it's the only song on Wish that's not in concert pitch really lifts it out and makes it sound different. After working on the record for months, hearing something a quarter-tone off makes your brain take a step backwards."<ref name="musicfanclubs.org"/> Smith also revealed that the "detuning" of the guitars played a role in the unique "sound" of the album, as did the subliminal overdubs and the extensive use of feedback.<ref name="musicfanclubs.org"/> "A lot of things on our record that sound like heavy chorusing are actually just detuned instruments. The only drawback to that is onstage it's very confusing sometimes, especially with lots of phasing effects going on. It turns into this overwhelming pulsing sound, and you can't hear anything."<ref name="musicfanclubs.org"/> From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea is considered by many to be their greatest track and a live anthem.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
The album's second single, "[[Friday I'm in Love]]", quickly became one of the band's most popular songs (number six in the UK, number seventeen in the US). It hit number one on the South African charts (at that stage was run by [[5FM]]).


Smith also revealed that the songs "[[Mesmerise (song)|Mesmerise]]" by [[Chapterhouse (band)|Chapterhouse]], and "[[Human (The Human League song)|Human]]" by [[The Human League]] were an influence on the album, he commented on both songs in 1993: "For every album we do, I assemble a bunch of songs that have something that I'm trying to capture. For ''Wish'', I would listen to 'Mesmerise' by Chapterhouse for its feeling of abandon and 'Human' by The Human League. You couldn't spot anything sonically or structurally that would influence anything we did, but there's an indefinable something that I'm trying to capture. One night I must have played 'Mesmerise' 20 times, drinking and turning it louder and louder, putting myself into a trance."<ref name="musicfanclubs.org"/>
==Track listing==
All songs by The Cure (Bamonte, Gallup, Smith, Thompson, Williams).


== Release ==
#"Open" – 6:51
{{Music ratings
#"[[High (The Cure song)|High]]" – 3:37
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
#"Apart" – 6:40
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/wish-mw0000275947 |title=''Wish'' – The Cure |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=1 June 2024 |last=Thomas |first=Fred |author-link=Fred Thomas (rock musician)}}</ref>
#"From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea" – 7:44
| rev2 = ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''
#"Wendy Time" – 5:13
| rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1992/04/21/theyre-lonely-at-the-top/ |title=They're Lonely At The Top |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=21 April 1992 |access-date=8 January 2016 |last=Kot |first=Greg |author-link=Greg Kot}}</ref>
#"Doing the Unstuck" – 4:24
| rev3 = ''[[Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s|Christgau's Consumer Guide]]''
#"[[Friday I'm in Love]]" – 3:39
| rev3score = C+<ref>{{cite book |chapter=The Cure: ''Wish'' |chapter-url=https://robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=8694 |access-date=8 January 2016 |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s |title-link=Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |publisher=[[St. Martin's Griffin]] |year=2000 |isbn=0-312-24560-2 |pages=67–68}}</ref>
#"Trust" – 5:33
| rev4 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
#"[[A Letter to Elise]]" – 5:14
| rev4score = B<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/1992/04/24/wish/ |title=''Wish'' |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=24 April 1992 |access-date=8 January 2016 |last=Arnold |first=Gina |author-link=Gina Arnold}}</ref>
#"Cut" – 5:55
| rev5 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
#"To Wish Impossible Things" – 4:43
| rev5score = {{Rating|2|4}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-04-19-ca-666-story.html |title=This Cure Is Not Worth the Pain |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=19 April 1992 |access-date=8 January 2016 |last=Willman |first=Chris}}</ref>
#"End" – 6:46
| rev6 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev6score = 8/10<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Bats' Entertainment! |magazine=[[NME]] |date=18 April 1992 |last=Quantick |first=David |author-link=David Quantick |page=26}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev7score = 8.4/10<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-cure-wish/ |title=The Cure: ''Wish'' |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=29 May 2022 |access-date=29 May 2022 |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.qonline.co.uk/reviews/server.asp?id=9310 |title=The Cure: ''Wish'' |magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |issue=68 |date=May 1992 |access-date=11 April 2019 |last=Sandall |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Sandall |page=72 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000510023240/http://www.qonline.co.uk/reviews/server.asp?id=9310 |archive-date=10 May 2000 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev9score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="RS">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/wish-113089/ |title=''Wish'' |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |issue=630 |date=14 May 1992 |access-date=8 January 2016 |last=Hunter |first=James |page=101 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529053707/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/wish-113089/ |archive-date=29 May 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[Select (magazine)|Select]]''
| rev10score = 5/5<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Cure: ''Wish'' |magazine=[[Select (magazine)|Select]] |issue=23 |date=May 1992 |last=Morrison |first=Dave |page=73}}</ref>
}}


The album's [[lead single]] was "[[High (The Cure song)|High]]", released on 16 March 1992.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=21|date=14 March 1992}}</ref> The single peaked at number eight on the [[UK Singles Chart]], number 42 on the US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]], and number one on the ''Billboard'' [[Modern Rock Tracks]] chart.<ref>[https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19920322/7501/ Official Charts]</ref><ref name="billboard100">{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/397801/cure/chart |title=The Cure - Chart history |website=Billboard |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130411122710/http://www.billboard.com/artist/397801/cure/chart |archive-date=2013-04-11}}</ref><ref name="modernrocktracks">"[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=the cure|chart=Alternative Songs}} The Cure Album & Song Chart History]" ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Alternative Songs]] for The Cure. [[Nielsen Business Media]]</ref> The album's second single, "Friday I'm in Love", was released on 15 May 1992, a Friday,<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Chart Focus|magazine=Music Week|page=9|date=23 May 1992|quote=The Cure's idiosyncratic decision to release Friday I'm In Love on Friday instead of Monday...}}</ref> later reaching number six on the UK Singles Chart, number 18 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and number one on the Modern Rock Tracks chart.<ref name="uksingles">{{Cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/cure/|title = Artists|website = [[OfficialCharts.com]]}}</ref><ref name="billboard100"/><ref name="modernrocktracks"/> The final single was "[[A Letter to Elise]]", issued on 5 October 1992.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=19|date=3 October 1992}}</ref> This song reached number twenty-eight in the UK and number two on the Modern Rock Tracks chart.<ref name="uksingles"/><ref name="modernrocktracks"/>
===Extra tracks===

''[[Lost Wishes]]'' E.P.
''Wish'' was released on 21 April. It 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."<ref name="RS"/> ''Wish'' was also the band's overall highest-charting album, and most commercially successful in the band's career. Upon release, ''Wish'' would soon debut at number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]], and number two on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], where it sold more than 1.2 million copies.<ref name="uksingles"/><ref name="allmusic.com award">{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/wish-mw0000275947/awards|title=Album Search for "wish"|website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> It also reached number one on ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]''{{'s}} Top 200 Pop Albums chart in the US on 16 May 1992.<ref name="cashbox"/> ''Wish'' was nominated for the [[Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album]] in 1993.

On 16 November 1993, a limited-edition EP titled ''Lost Wishes'' was released on cassette with four new tracks on it.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thecure.com/discography/1263/lost_wishes |title=The Cure : Official Site : Discography :: Lost Wishes |website=www.thecure.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215054108/http://www.thecure.com/discography/1263/lost_wishes |archive-date=2013-12-15}}</ref> In 1995, ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' included ''Wish'' in its publication "In Our Lifetime: ''Q''{{'}}s 100 Best Albums 1986–94", a list compiled to celebrate its 100th&nbsp;issue.<ref>{{cite journal|title=In Our Lifetime: Q's 100 Best Albums 1986–94|journal=Q|location=London|date=January 1995|issue=100}}</ref> In 2000 it was voted number 646 in [[Colin Larkin]]'s ''[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]''.<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]|author=Colin Larkin|author-link=Colin Larkin|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=2000|edition=3rd|isbn=0-7535-0493-6|page=212}}</ref>

==Reissues==
On 13 April 2018, in an interview with [[BBC Radio 6 Music]], Robert Smith confirmed that the deluxe edition of ''Wish'' had been finished.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.post-punk.com/robert-smith-says-the-cures-wish-remaster-is-finished-for-deluxe-edition/|title = Robert Smith Says the Cure's "Wish" Remaster is Finished for Deluxe Edition|date = 13 April 2018}}</ref> On 28 July 2022, the band announced a remastered and expanded 30th-anniversary deluxe edition of ''Wish'', releasing it on 25 November 2022. The 30th-anniversary edition contains 24 previously unreleased demos, out-takes, the ''Lost Wishes'' EP and a collection of 12-inch remixes of all three singles from the ''Wish'' period.<ref name=":0" /> The recordings were remastered by Smith and Miles Showell at [[Abbey Road Studios]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=2022-07-28 |title=The Cure's 'Wish' Set for 30th-Anniversary Set Featuring 24 Unreleased Tracks |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/the-cure-wish-30th-anniversary-edition-unreleased-tracks-1235119201/ |access-date=2022-08-03 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Young |first=Alex |date=2022-07-28 |title=The Cure announce Wish 30th anniversary deluxe edition with 24 unreleased tracks |url=https://consequence.net/2022/07/the-cure-wish-deluxe-edition/ |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Track listing==
All songs composed by the Cure ([[Perry Bamonte]], [[Simon Gallup]], [[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]], [[Porl Thompson]], [[Boris Williams]]).
{{Track list
|title1 = Open
|length1 = 6:51
|title2 = [[High (The Cure song)|High]]
|length2 = 3:37
|title3 = Apart
|length3 = 6:40
|title4 = From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea
|length4 = 7:44
|title5 = Wendy Time
|length5 = 5:13
|title6 = Doing the Unstuck
|length6 = 4:24
|title7 = [[Friday I'm in Love]]
|note7 =
|length7 = 3:39
|title8 = Trust
|length8 = 5:33
|title9 = [[A Letter to Elise]]
|length9 = 5:14
|title10 = Cut
|length10 = 5:55
|title11 = To Wish Impossible Things
|length11 = 4:43
|title12 = End
|length12 = 6:45
}}

=== 2022 Deluxe Edition ===
{{Track listing
| headline = Disc 2: Demos
| extra_column = Details
| title1 = The Big Hand
| note1 = 1990 Demo
| extra1 = final version on B-side to "A Letter To Elise" 7-inch
| length1 = 4:38
| title2 = Cut
| note2 = 1990 Demo aka “Away"
| extra2 = final version appears on ''Wish''
| length2 = 3:31
| title3 = A Letter to Elise
| note3 = 1990 Demo, aka “Cut”
| extra3 = final version appears on ''Wish''
| length3 = 5:01
| title4 = Wendy Time
| note4 = 1990 Demo
| extra4 = final version appears on ''Wish''
| length4 = 5:13
| title5 = This Twilight Garden
| note5 = instrumental demo
| extra5 = final version on B-side to "High" 7-inch
| length5 = 3:25
| title6 = Scared As You
| note6 = instrumental demo
| extra6 = final version on B-side to "Friday I’m in Love" 12-inch
| length6 = 2:33
| title7 = To Wish Impossible Things
| note7 = instrumental demo
| extra7 = final version appears on ''Wish''
| length7 = 3:33
| title8 = Apart
| note8 = instrumental demo
| extra8 = final version appears on ''Wish''
| length8 = 3:38
| title9 = T7
| note9 = instrumental demo
| extra9 = previously unreleased
| length9 = 2:40
| title10 = Now Is the Time
| note10 = Instrumental demo
| extra10 = previously unreleased
| length10 = 2:20
| title11 = Miss van Gogh
| note11 = Instrumental demo
| extra11 = previously unreleased
| length11 = 2:48
| title12 = T6
| note12 = instrumental demo
| extra12 = previously unreleased
| length12 = 3:14
| title13 = Play
| note13 = instrumental demo
| extra13 = final version on B-side to High 12-inch
| length13 = 2:28
| title14 = A Foolish Arrangement
| note14 = instrumental demo
| extra14 = final version on B-side to "A Letter To Elise" 12-inch
| length14 = 2:28
| title15 = Halo
| note15 = instrumental demo
| extra15 = final version on B-side to "Friday I’m in Love" 7-inch
| length15 = 3:06
| title16 = Trust
| note16 = instrumental demo
| extra16 = final version appears on ''Wish''
| length16 = 4:02
| title17 = Abetabw
| note17 = instrumental demo
| extra17 = previously unreleased
| length17 = 2:26
| title18 = T8
| note18 = instrumental demo
| extra18 = previously unreleased
| length18 = 2:17
| title19 = Heart Attack
| note19 = instrumental demo
| extra19 = previously unreleased
| length19 = 2:41
| title20 = Swing Change
| note20 = instrumental demo
| extra20 = previously unreleased
| length20 = 2:10
| title21 = Frogfish
| note21 = instrumental demo
| extra21 = previously unreleased
| length21 = 2:35
| total_length =
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Disc 3: ''Lost Wishes'', studio out-takes, 12-inch remixes, live, rare, previously unreleased
| extra_column = Details
| title1 = Uyea Sound
| note1 = Instrumental Dim-D Mix
| extra1 = from ''Lost Wishes'' Cassette, 1993
| length1 = 5:28
| title2 = Cloudberry
| note2 = Instrumental Dim-D Mix
| extra2 = from ''Lost Wishes'' Cassette, 1993
| length2 = 5:22
| title3 = Off To Sleep...
| note3 = Instrumental Dim-D Mix
| extra3 = from ''Lost Wishes'' Cassette, 1993
| length3 = 3:47
| title4 = The Three Sisters
| note4 = Instrumental Dim-D Mix
| extra4 = from ''Lost Wishes'' Cassette, 1993
| length4 = 4:12
| title5 = A Wendy Band
| note5 = Instrumental
| extra5 = previously unreleased
| length5 = 3:47
| title6 = From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea
| note6 = Partscheckruf Mix
| extra6 = previously unreleased version
| length6 = 7:36
| title7 = Open
| note7 = Fix Mix
| extra7 = B-side to "High" 12-inch
| length7 = 6:51
| title8 = High
| note8 = Higher Mix
| extra8 = "High" 12-inch
| length8 = 7:15
| title9 = Doing the Unstuck
| note9 = Extended 12-inch Mix
| length9 = 5:54
| extra9 = Join the Dots: B-Sides & Rarities box set
| title10 = Friday I’m in Love
| note10 = Strangelove Mix
| extra10 = "Friday I’m in Love" 12-inch
| length10 = 5:29
| title11 = A Letter to Elise
| note11 = Blue Mix
| extra11 = "A Letter to Elise" 12-inch
| length11 = 6:36
| title12 = End
| note12 = Paris Live 92
| extra12 = previously unreleased version
| length12 = 8:38
}}


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
All credits taken from liner notes <ref name="notes"/>
*[[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]] – [[guitar]], [[keyboard instrument|keyboard]], [[Singing|vocals]], 6 string bass [[Fender VI]]

*[[Perry Bamonte]] – 6 string bass [[Fender VI]], guitar, keyboard
'''The Cure'''
*[[Simon Gallup]] – bass, keyboard
*[[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]] – vocals, guitars, six-string bass, keyboards
*[[Porl Thompson]] – guitar
*[[Perry Bamonte]] – guitars, keyboards, six-string bass on "Friday I'm In Love" and "A Letter to Elise"
*[[Boris Williams]] – [[Percussion instrument|percussion]], [[Drum kit|drums]]
*[[Porl Thompson]] – guitars
*Kate Wilkinson – [[viola]]
*[[Simon Gallup]] – bass
*[[Boris Williams]] – drums, percussion

'''Additional musicians'''
*Kate Wilkinson – viola on "To Wish Impossible Things"


==Production==
'''Production'''
*Producers: Dave Allen, The Cure
*Producers: Dave Allen, the Cure
*Engineers: Dave Allen, Steve Whitfield
*Engineers: Dave Allen, Steve Whitfield
*Assistant engineer: Chris Bandy
*Assistant engineer: Chris Bandy
*Mixing: [[Mark Saunders]]
*Mixing: [[Mark Saunders (record producer)|Mark Saunders]]
*Mixing assistants: Andy Baker, William Parry, Danton Supple, Mark Warner
*Mixing assistants: Andy Baker, William Parry, Danton Supple, Mark Warner
*Album Cover: Parched Art (Porl Thompson and Andy Vella)
*Album cover: Parched Art (Porl Thompson and Andy Vella)

==Singles==
*"[[High (The Cure song)|High]]", released in February, 1992
*"[[Friday I'm in Love]]", released in April, 1992
*"[[A Letter to Elise]]", released in December, 1992


==Charts==
==Charts==
{{col-begin}}
===Album===
{{col-2}}
{| class="wikitable"

!align="left"|Year
===Weekly charts===
!align="left"|Chart
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!align="left"|Position
|+ Weekly chart performance for ''Wish''
! scope="col"| Chart (1992)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
|-
{{album chart|Australia|1|artist=The Cure|album=Wish|rowheader=true|access-date=10 December 2013}}
|align="left"|1992
|align="left"|[[Billboard 200|US ''Billboard'' 200]]
|align="left"|2
|-
|-
{{album chart|Austria|14|artist=The Cure|album=Wish|rowheader=true|access-date=10 December 2013}}
|}

{| class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Position
|-
|-
! scope="row"| Belgian Albums ([[IFPI Belgium|IFPI]])<ref name="MM-1992-05-30">{{cite magazine |title=Top 10 Sales in Europe |magazine=[[Music & Media]] |volume=9 |issue=22 |date=30 May 1992 |page=31 |oclc=29800226}}</ref>
|align="left"|1992
| 2
|align="left"|Australian [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]] Albums Chart
|align="left"|1
|-
|-
! scope="row"| Danish Albums ([[Hitlisten]])<ref name="MM-1992-05-30"/>
| 7
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|22|artist=The Cure|album=Wish|rowheader=true|access-date=10 December 2013}}
|-
! scope="row"| [[European Top 100 Albums|European Albums]] (''[[Music & Media]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine |title=European Top 100 Albums |magazine=Music & Media |volume=9 |issue=20 |date=16 May 1992 |page=29 |oclc=29800226}}</ref>
| 6
|-
! scope="row"| Finnish Albums ([[The Official Finnish Charts|Suomen virallinen lista]])<ref>{{cite book |last=Pennanen |first=Timo |section=The Cure |url=https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf |title=Sisältää hitin – Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 |language=fi |edition=2nd |location=Helsinki |publisher=[[Otava (publisher)|Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava]] |year=2021 |page=55 |isbn=978-952-7460-01-6}}</ref>
| 18
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|6|id=1413|artist=The Cure|album=Wish|rowheader=true|access-date=8 December 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Hungary|28|year=1992|week=31|rowheader=true|access-date=30 March 2022|refname=hung28}}
|-
! scope="row"| Irish Albums ([[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|IFPI]])<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Top 10 Sales in Europe |magazine=Music & Media |volume=9 |issue=19 |date=9 May 1992 |page=29 |oclc=29800226}}</ref>
| 2
|-
! scope="row"| Italian Albums (''[[Musica e dischi]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php |title=Classifiche |magazine=[[Musica e dischi]] |language=it |access-date=30 December 2023}} ''Select "Album" in the "Tipo" field, type "Cure" in the "Artista" field, type "Wish" in the "Titolo" field and press "cerca".''</ref>
| 7
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|3|artist=The Cure|album=Wish|rowheader=true|access-date=10 December 2013}}
|-
{{album chart|Norway|7|artist=The Cure|album=Wish|rowheader=true|access-date=10 December 2013}}
|-
! scope="row"| Portuguese Albums ([[Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa|AFP]])<ref name="MM-1992-05-30"/>
| 7
|-
! scope="row"| Spanish Albums ([[Productores de Música de España|AFYVE]])<ref>{{cite book |last=Salaverrie |first=Fernando |date=September 2005 |title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 |language=es |edition=1st |location=Madrid |publisher=[[Sociedad General de Autores y Editores|Fundación Autor/SGAE]] |isbn=84-8048-639-2}}</ref>
| 17
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|10|artist=The Cure|album=Wish|rowheader=true|access-date=10 December 2013}}
|-
{{album chart|Switzerland|8|artist=The Cure|album=Wish|rowheader=true|access-date=10 December 2013|refname=swiss1}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|1|date=19920426|rowheader=true|access-date=30 March 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|2|artist=The Cure|rowheader=true|access-date=10 December 2013}}
|-
! scope="row"| US Top 200 Pop Albums (''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'')<ref name="cashbox">{{cite magazine |title=Top 200 Pop Albums |magazine=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]] |volume=LV |issue=38 |date=16 May 1992 |page=14 |issn=0008-7289}}</ref>
| 1
|}
|}


{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
===Singles===
|+ Weekly chart performance for ''Wish''<br/>(30th anniversary edition)
{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col"| Chart (2022)
!align="left"|Year
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
!align="left"|Single
|-<!-- Only new peaks or entries explicitly credited as the 30th anniversary edition here -->
!align="left"|Chart
{{album chart|Australia|37|artist=The Cure|album=Wish|rowheader=true|access-date=30 December 2023|refname=aus-2022}}
!align="left"|Position
|-
|-
{{album chart|Flanders|9|artist=The Cure|album=Wish|rowheader=true|access-date=4 December 2022}}
|align="left"|1992
|align="left"|"Friday I'm in Love"
|align="left"|Hot Dance Music/Club Play
|align="left"|32
|-
|-
{{album chart|Wallonia|5|artist=The Cure|album=Wish|rowheader=true|access-date=4 December 2022}}
|align="left"|1992
|align="left"|"Friday I'm in Love"
|align="left"|Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales
|align="left"|29
|-
|-
{{album chart|Denmark|23|artist=The Cure|album=Wish|rowheader=true|access-date=30 December 2023}}
|align="left"|1992
|align="left"|"Friday I'm in Love"
|align="left"|Mainstream Rock Tracks
|align="left"|21
|-
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|18|artist=The Cure|album=Wish|rowheader=true|access-date=3 December 2022|refname=NLD2022}}
|align="left"|1992
|align="left"|"Friday I'm in Love"
|align="left"|Modern Rock Tracks
|align="left"|1
|-
|-
{{album chart|Finland|17|artist=The Cure|album=Wish|rowheader=true|access-date=4 December 2022}}
|align="left"|1992
|align="left"|"Friday I'm in Love"
|align="left"|The Billboard Hot 100
|align="left"|18
|-
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|4|id=1413|artist=The Cure|album=Wish|rowheader=true|access-date=2 December 2022|refname=ger-2022}}
|align="left"|1992
|align="left"|"High"
|align="left"|Hot Dance Music/Club Play
|align="left"|22
|-
|-
{{album chart|Hungary|7|year=2022|week=48|rowheader=true|access-date=9 December 2022}}
|align="left"|1992
|align="left"|"High"
|align="left"|Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales
|align="left"|27
|-
|-
{{album chart|Ireland2|21|artist=The Cure|rowheader=true|access-date=30 December 2023}}
|align="left"|1992
|align="left"|"High"
|align="left"|Modern Rock Tracks
|align="left"|1
|-
|-
{{album chart|Italy|30|artist=The Cure|album=Wish|rowheader=true|access-date=30 December 2023}}
|align="left"|1992
|align="left"|"High"
|align="left"|The Billboard Hot 100
|align="left"|42
|-
|-
{{album chart|Poland|23|id=1472|rowheader=true|access-date=8 December 2022}}
|align="left"|1992
|align="left"|"A Letter to Elise"
|align="left"|Modern Rock Tracks
|align="left"|2
|-
|-
{{album chart|Scotland|7|date=20221202|rowheader=true|access-date=30 December 2023}}
|-
{{album chart|Spain|21|artist=The Cure|album=Wish|rowheader=true|access-date=30 December 2023}}
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|42|artist=The Cure|album=Wish|rowheader=true|access-date=30 December 2023|refname=swe-2022}}
|-
{{album chart|Switzerland|5|artist=The Cure|album=Wish|rowheader=true|access-date=4 December 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|9|date=20221202|rowheader=true|access-date=30 December 2023|refname=uk-2022}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|45|M|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2022-12-10/|title=Billboard 200 – Week of December 10, 2022|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|rowheader=true|access-date=30 December 2023}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardAlternative|5|artist=The Cure|rowheader=true|access-date=30 December 2023}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCatalog|22|artist=The Cure|rowheader=true|access-date=30 December 2023}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardRock|8|artist=The Cure|rowheader=true|access-date=30 December 2023}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardTastemaker|1|artist=The Cure|rowheader=true|access-date=30 December 2023}}
|}
|}
{{col-2}}


===Year-end charts===
== External links ==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
* {{MusicBrainz release|id=8068c3b5-fe31-4277-be2a-391a80d30754}}
|+ Year-end chart performance for ''Wish''
! scope="col"| Chart (1992)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| Canada Top Albums/CDs (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The RPM Top 100 Albums of 1992 |magazine=RPM |volume=56 |issue=25 |date=19 December 1992 |page=13 |issn=0033-7064}}</ref>
| 62
|-
! scope="row"| European Albums (''Music & Media'')<ref>{{cite magazine |title=1992 Year-End Sales Charts – Eurochart Top 100 Albums |magazine=Music & Media |volume=9 |issue=51/52 |date=19 December 1992 |page=17 |oclc=29800226}}</ref>
| 28
|-
! scope="row"| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1992|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts – 1992|language=de|publisher=GfK Entertainment|access-date=28 April 2021}}</ref>
| 35
|-
! scope="row"| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/1992-12-31 |title=Top Selling Albums of 1992 |publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]] |access-date=16 November 2021}}</ref>
| 32
|-
! scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Year End Charts – Top Albums |magazine=[[Music Week]] |date=16 January 1993 |page=10 |issn=0265-1548}}</ref>
| 82
|-
! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1992/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1992|magazine=Billboard|access-date=28 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422164807/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1992/top-billboard-200-albums|archive-date=22 April 2020}}</ref>
| 55
|}
{{col-end}}


== Certifications and sales ==
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{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications and sales for ''Wish''}}
{{succession box
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|artist=The Cure|title=Wish|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=1992|certyear=1992|source=book|id=71}}
| before = ''[[Up (Right Said Fred album)|Up]]'' by [[Right Said Fred]]
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=The Cure|title=Wish|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1992|certyear=1992}}
| title = [[List of number-one albums (UK)|UK number one album]]
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=The Cure|title=Wish|award=Gold|type=album|id=1992-08-28|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|relyear=1992}}
| years = 2 May 1992 – 8 May 1992
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Switzerland|artist=The Cure|title=Wish|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1992|certyear=1993}}
| after = ''[[Stars (album)|Stars]]'' by [[Simply Red]]
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=The Cure|title=Wish|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1992|certyear=1992|id=8293-1031-2}}
}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=The Cure|title=Wish|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=1992|certyear=1992}}
{{succession box
{{Certification Table Summary}}
| before = ''[[Blood Sugar Sex Magik]]''<br /> by [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Worldwide|nocert=yes|salesamount=3,000,000|salesref=<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/44567/The-Cure-Wish/|title = The Cure - Wish (Album review ) &#124; Sputnikmusic}}</ref>}}
| title = Australian [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Albums Chart]] [[Number-one albums of 1992 (Australia)|number-one album]]
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}
| years = 10 May - 16 May 1992
| after = ''[[Greatest Hits: 1966-1992]]'' by [[Neil Diamond]]
}}
{{end}}


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Wish
Studio album by
the Cure
Released21 April 1992
Recorded1991–1992
StudioThe Manor (Shipton-on-Cherwell, England)
Genre
Length66:23
LabelFiction
Producer
The Cure chronology
Entreat
(1991) 		Wish
(1992) 		Show
(1993)
Singles from Wish
  1. "High"
    Released: 16 March 1992
  2. "Friday I'm in Love"
    Released: 15 May 1992
  3. "A Letter to Elise"
    Released: 5 October 1992

Wish is the ninth studio album by English rock band the Cure, released on 21 April 1992[4] by Fiction Records in the United Kingdom and Elektra Records in the United States.[5] Wish was the most commercially successful album in the band's career, debuting at number one in the UK and number two in the US, where it sold more than 1.2 million copies.

On 25 November 2022, a remastered 30th-anniversary deluxe edition of Wish was released, containing four previously unreleased demos with vocals, instrumental demos, the Lost Wishes instrumental cassette and remix versions.[6]

Recording

[edit]

The record is the final studio album by the Cure to feature drummer Boris Williams and the first to feature guitarist/keyboardist Perry Bamonte, who previously worked as a roadie for the band,[7] as well as being the last album to feature guitarist Porl Thompson for sixteen years.[8]

Whilst retaining their trademark gothic rock sound and mood on some tracks, Wish often found the band emphasizing the lighter, broader guitar-driven alternative rock direction that was hinted on their previous three records. According to Thompson, Wish was recorded on 48 tracks and "almost everything was used".[9] Robert Smith also revealed the hit song "Friday I'm in Love" was accidentally sped up a quarter-tone sharp on the tape, halfway between D and E-flat. Smith commented on the speeding up of the tape of the song in a 1993 interview: "[…] that was an accident. I was playing with the vari-speed and forgot to turn it off. But the whole feel changed, and the fact that it's the only song on Wish that's not in concert pitch really lifts it out and makes it sound different. After working on the record for months, hearing something a quarter-tone off makes your brain take a step backwards."[9] Smith also revealed that the "detuning" of the guitars played a role in the unique "sound" of the album, as did the subliminal overdubs and the extensive use of feedback.[9] "A lot of things on our record that sound like heavy chorusing are actually just detuned instruments. The only drawback to that is onstage it's very confusing sometimes, especially with lots of phasing effects going on. It turns into this overwhelming pulsing sound, and you can't hear anything."[9] From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea is considered by many to be their greatest track and a live anthem.[citation needed]

Smith also revealed that the songs "Mesmerise" by Chapterhouse, and "Human" by The Human League were an influence on the album, he commented on both songs in 1993: "For every album we do, I assemble a bunch of songs that have something that I'm trying to capture. For Wish, I would listen to 'Mesmerise' by Chapterhouse for its feeling of abandon and 'Human' by The Human League. You couldn't spot anything sonically or structurally that would influence anything we did, but there's an indefinable something that I'm trying to capture. One night I must have played 'Mesmerise' 20 times, drinking and turning it louder and louder, putting myself into a trance."[9]

Release

[edit]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[10]
Chicago Tribune[11]
Christgau's Consumer GuideC+[12]
Entertainment WeeklyB[13]
Los Angeles Times[14]
NME8/10[15]
Pitchfork8.4/10[16]
Q[17]
Rolling Stone[18]
Select5/5[19]

The album's lead single was "High", released on 16 March 1992.[20] The single peaked at number eight on the UK Singles Chart, number 42 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and number one on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.[21][22][23] The album's second single, "Friday I'm in Love", was released on 15 May 1992, a Friday,[24] later reaching number six on the UK Singles Chart, number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100, and number one on the Modern Rock Tracks chart.[25][22][23] The final single was "A Letter to Elise", issued on 5 October 1992.[26] This song reached number twenty-eight in the UK and number two on the Modern Rock Tracks chart.[25][23]

Wish was released on 21 April. It 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."[18] Wish was also the band's overall highest-charting album, and most commercially successful in the band's career. Upon release, Wish would soon debut at number one on the UK Albums Chart, and number two on the US Billboard 200, where it sold more than 1.2 million copies.[25][27] It also reached number one on Cash Box's Top 200 Pop Albums chart in the US on 16 May 1992.[28] Wish was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album in 1993.

On 16 November 1993, a limited-edition EP titled Lost Wishes was released on cassette with four new tracks on it.[29] 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.[30] In 2000 it was voted number 646 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.[31]

Reissues

[edit]

On 13 April 2018, in an interview with BBC Radio 6 Music, Robert Smith confirmed that the deluxe edition of Wish had been finished.[32] On 28 July 2022, the band announced a remastered and expanded 30th-anniversary deluxe edition of Wish, releasing it on 25 November 2022. The 30th-anniversary edition contains 24 previously unreleased demos, out-takes, the Lost Wishes EP and a collection of 12-inch remixes of all three singles from the Wish period.[6] The recordings were remastered by Smith and Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios.[33][34]

Track listing

[edit]

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

No.TitleLength
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"6:45

2022 Deluxe Edition

[edit]
Disc 2: Demos
No.TitleDetailsLength
1."The Big Hand" (1990 Demo)final version on B-side to "A Letter To Elise" 7-inch4:38
2."Cut" (1990 Demo aka “Away")final version appears on Wish3:31
3."A Letter to Elise" (1990 Demo, aka “Cut”)final version appears on Wish5:01
4."Wendy Time" (1990 Demo)final version appears on Wish5:13
5."This Twilight Garden" (instrumental demo)final version on B-side to "High" 7-inch3:25
6."Scared As You" (instrumental demo)final version on B-side to "Friday I’m in Love" 12-inch2:33
7."To Wish Impossible Things" (instrumental demo)final version appears on Wish3:33
8."Apart" (instrumental demo)final version appears on Wish3:38
9."T7" (instrumental demo)previously unreleased2:40
10."Now Is the Time" (Instrumental demo)previously unreleased2:20
11."Miss van Gogh" (Instrumental demo)previously unreleased2:48
12."T6" (instrumental demo)previously unreleased3:14
13."Play" (instrumental demo)final version on B-side to High 12-inch2:28
14."A Foolish Arrangement" (instrumental demo)final version on B-side to "A Letter To Elise" 12-inch2:28
15."Halo" (instrumental demo)final version on B-side to "Friday I’m in Love" 7-inch3:06
16."Trust" (instrumental demo)final version appears on Wish4:02
17."Abetabw" (instrumental demo)previously unreleased2:26
18."T8" (instrumental demo)previously unreleased2:17
19."Heart Attack" (instrumental demo)previously unreleased2:41
20."Swing Change" (instrumental demo)previously unreleased2:10
21."Frogfish" (instrumental demo)previously unreleased2:35
Disc 3: Lost Wishes, studio out-takes, 12-inch remixes, live, rare, previously unreleased
No.TitleDetailsLength
1."Uyea Sound" (Instrumental Dim-D Mix)from Lost Wishes Cassette, 19935:28
2."Cloudberry" (Instrumental Dim-D Mix)from Lost Wishes Cassette, 19935:22
3."Off To Sleep..." (Instrumental Dim-D Mix)from Lost Wishes Cassette, 19933:47
4."The Three Sisters" (Instrumental Dim-D Mix)from Lost Wishes Cassette, 19934:12
5."A Wendy Band" (Instrumental)previously unreleased3:47
6."From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea" (Partscheckruf Mix)previously unreleased version7:36
7."Open" (Fix Mix)B-side to "High" 12-inch6:51
8."High" (Higher Mix)"High" 12-inch7:15
9."Doing the Unstuck" (Extended 12-inch Mix)Join the Dots: B-Sides & Rarities box set5:54
10."Friday I’m in Love" (Strangelove Mix)"Friday I’m in Love" 12-inch5:29
11."A Letter to Elise" (Blue Mix)"A Letter to Elise" 12-inch6:36
12."End" (Paris Live 92)previously unreleased version8:38

Personnel

[edit]

All credits taken from liner notes [8]

The Cure

Additional musicians

  • Kate Wilkinson – viola on "To Wish Impossible Things"

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

[edit]

Certifications and sales

[edit]
Certifications and sales for Wish
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[79] Platinum 70,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[80] Gold 50,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[81] Gold 7,500^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[82] Gold 25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[83] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[84] Platinum 1,000,000^
Summaries
Worldwide — 3,000,000[85]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ Classic album: The Cure: The Head On The Door. Telford, England: NLA Media. 17 October 2020. p. 51. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  2. ^ Sutherland, Mark. "THE CURE Wild Mood Swings". NME. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  3. ^ https://therockreview.net/the-cure-wish-eng/
  4. ^ Redmond, Steve, ed. (18 April 1992). "Cure aim for wider sales" (PDF). Music Week. London, England, U.K.: Spotlight Publications: 5. ISSN 0265-1548. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2021. the release of the band's 10th studio album, Wish, next Tuesday (April 21)
  5. ^ "The Cure : Official Site: Discography :: Wish". thecure.com. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  6. ^ a b "The Cure to Reissue Wish With 24 Unreleased Tracks for 30th Anniversary". Pitchfork. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  7. ^ "The Cure Cut Two, Ending 10-Year Run with Same Lineup". MTV. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019.
  8. ^ a b Wish (CD, Vinyl, Cassette). The Cure. Fiction. 1992.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ^ a b c d e "Interview: Confessions of a Pop Mastermind".
  10. ^ Thomas, Fred. "Wish – The Cure". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  11. ^ Kot, Greg (21 April 1992). "They're Lonely At The Top". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  12. ^ Christgau, Robert (2000). "The Cure: Wish". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. St. Martin's Griffin. pp. 67–68. ISBN 0-312-24560-2. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  13. ^ Arnold, Gina (24 April 1992). "Wish". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  14. ^ Willman, Chris (19 April 1992). "This Cure Is Not Worth the Pain". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
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