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  Name Wish
  Type Album
  Artist The Cure
  Cover TheCureWishjpg
  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 <br> The Cure
  Last Album '' Mixed Up '' <br /> (1990)
  This Album '''''Wish''''' <br /> (1992)
  Next Album '' Paris '' <br /> (1993)


''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 both Porl Thompson and Boris Williams and the first featuring Perry Bamonte . 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 most commercially successful given its debut at No. 1 in the UK and No. 2 in the United States, where it sold 1.2 million copies. The song "Friday I'm in Love" quickly became one of the band's most popular songs (#6 in the UK, #18 in the US), as the song was more light-hearted than most of the band's material and thus appealed to a larger audience.

One of the more unusual aspects about The Cure from this era (including '' 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.

A 2-disc remastered version is intended to be released in 2008 .


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


with:
  • 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



CHARTS

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)