Wish - The Cure

The Cure - Wish (1992) Producer: Robert Smith, David M. Allen Open High Apart From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea Wendy Time Doing the Unstuck Friday I'm in Love Trust A Letter to Elise Cut To Wish Impossible Things End Released in 1992, Wish is the ninth studio album by The Cure. Unleashed three years after Disintegration set a new benchmark for popular music, it is at first near impossible to view Wish as anything but a step backwards in terms of quality after such a mesmerising achievement as Disintegration. The history of popular music is littered by musicians who have released ...  Read the complete review

In 1992 I was 16, and suffering from a broken heart. It was so badly broken that I thought I’d never get over it. Then I found my salvation, in the form of a band of lipstick-smeared, huge-trainered, backcombed boys, and the rest, as they say, is history. I went to see The Cure play the Wish tour in 1992. Held in Dundee’s Caird Hall, with half the school attending, it was a pivotal couple of hours that shaped my life, and my musical taste, back into some semblance of order. I still have my ticket. After the gig I was hooked. They sounded like nothing I’d ever heard before, with lyrics that I could relate to and music that was neither ...  Read the complete review

I have been a fan of the Cure since 1991, when i first saw a documentary on them on MTV. The first album I bought was Wish and I was suddenly a hugh Cure fan. I went from happy whilst listening to Friday I'm in Love to very melancholy whilst listening to Trust. It is a very emotional album and I think that like most Cure albums every song tells a story. Wish is essential listening for every cure fan and also every music fan as there is something in there for everyone. I recommend this album as a great album that is one of my top ten always. Letter To Elise has got to be my all time favourite song, it is tragic and yet uplifting. It ...  Read the complete review