Wish (The Cure album)

Wish is the ninth studio album by English gothic rock band The Cure and released on 21 April, 1992 through Fiction Records. It topped the album charts in Australia and the United Kingdom, number 2 in Belgium, Ireland, the United States and number 3 in New Zealand and was commercially successful in the band's career.

Wish
Studio album by
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

Track listing

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

No. Title Length
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

Lost Wishes EP Four instrumental tracks taken from the Wish sessions at the Manor Winter 1991. Released in 1994 as a limited edition cassette, through mail order only.

Side A
No. Title Length
1. "Uyea Sound"   5:21
2. "Cloudberry"   5:19
Side B
No. Title Length
3. "Off to Sleep..."   3:38
4. "The Three Sisters"   4:11

2022 Deluxe Edition

Disc 2: Demos
No. TitleDetails Length
1. "The Big Hand" (1990 Demo)final version on B-side to A Letter To Elise 7” 4:38
2. "Cut" (1990 Demo aka “Away")final version appears on Wish 3:31
3. "A Letter to Elise" (1990 Demo, aka “Cut”)final version appears on Wish 5:01
4. "Wendy Time" (1990 Demo)final version appears on Wish 5:13
5. "This Twilight Garden" (Instrumental Demo)final version on B-side to "High" 7" 3:25
6. "Scared As You" (Instrumental Demo)final version on B-side to "Friday I’m in Love" 12" 2:33
7. "To Wish Impossible Things" (Instrumental Demo)final version appears on Wish 3:33
8. "Apart" (Instrumental Demo)final version appears on Wish 3:38
9. "T7" (Instrumental Demo)Previously unreleased 2:40
10. "Now Is the Time" (Instrumental demo)Previously unreleased 2:20
11. "Miss van Gogh" (Instrumental demo)Previously unreleased 2:48
12. "T6" (Instrumental Demo)Previously unreleased 3:14
13. "Play" (Instrumental Demo)final version on B-side to High 12" 2:28
14. "A Foolish Arrangement" (Instrumental Demo)final version on B-side to "A Letter To Elise" 12" 2:28
15. "Halo" (Instrumental Demo)final version on B-side to "Friday I’m in Love" 7" 3:06
16. "Trust" (Instrumental Demo)final version appears on Wish 4:02
17. "Abetabw" (Instrumental Demo)Previously unreleased 2:26
18. "T8" (Instrumental Demo)Previously unreleased 2:17
19. "Heart Attack" (Instrumental Demo)Previously unreleased 2:41
20. "Swing Change" (Instrumental Demo)Previously unreleased 2:10
21. "Frogfish" (Instrumental Demo)Previously unreleased 2:35
Disc 3: Lost Wishes, Studio Out-Takes, 12” Remixes, Live, Rare, Previously Unreleased
No. TitleDetails Length
1. "Uyea Sound" (Dim-D Mix)from Lost Wishes Cassette, 1993 5:28
2. "Cloudberry" (Dim-D Mix)from Lost Wishes Cassette, 1993 5:22
3. "Off To Sleep..." (Dim-D Mix)from Lost Wishes Cassette, 1993 3:47
4. "The Three Sisters" (Dim-D Mix)from Lost Wishes Cassette, 1993 4:12
5. "A Wendy Band" (Instrumental)Previously unreleased 3:47
6. "From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea" (Partscheckruf Mix)Previously unreleased version 7:36
7. "Open" (Fix Mix)B-side to "High" 12" 6:51
8. "High" (Higher Mix)"High" 12" 7:15
9. "Doing the Unstuck" (Extended 12” Mix)Join the Dots: B-Sides & Rarities box set 5:54
10. "Friday I’m in Love" (Strangelove Mix)"Friday I’m in Love" 12" 5:29
11. "A Letter to Elise" (Blue Mix)"A Letter to Elise" 12" 6:36
12. "End" (Paris Live 92)Previously unreleased version 8:38

References

  1. Classic album: The Cure: The Head On The Door. Telford, England: NLA Media. October 17, 2020. p. 51. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
  2. Sutherland, Mark. "THE CURE Wild Mood Swings". NME. Archived from the original on August 17, 2000. Retrieved May 11, 2022.