Wish (The Cure album)

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

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 Disintegration (1989), but Wish 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 (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).

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)

Singles

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

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1992	US Billboard 200	2

Year	Chart	Position
1992	Australian ARIA Albums Chart	1

Singles

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

External links

• Wish (The Cure album) at MusicBrainz