Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me

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Kiss Me. Kiss Me. Kiss Me.
Studio album by The Cure
Released	May 1987
Recorded	--
Genre	Gothic Rock, Alternative Rock, New Wave
Length	74:31
Label	Fiction
Producer(s)	David M. Allen, Robert Smith
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link The Music Box link Pitchfork Media (9.4/10) link
The Cure chronology
Staring at the Sea: the Singles (1986)	Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me (1987)	Disintegration (1989)

Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me is the seventh studio album by British alternative rock band The Cure, released in 1987 (see 1987 in music). This album put The Cure into the American mainstream, and was followed with another highly successful album in 1989 entitled Disintegration.

Contents 1 History 2 Track listing 2.1 Original 1987 release 2.2 2006 deluxe edition 2.2.1 Disc one 2.2.2 Disc two: Rarities 1986-1987 3 Personnel 4 Production 5 Charts 6 Sample

[edit] History

It was originally a double album, and was also released on a single CD. The album was made for CD, as Robert Smith wanted to take advantage of the CD's storage capabilities, which was almost double that of a two sided record. As such, this is the first Cure album to go over an hour (Approx 74 minutes), as opposed to the normal 30-45 minutes. In fact, one track had to be removed from the original album, due to time and space restrictions, on the CD.

This is the last album featuring founding member Lol Tolhurst in some small capacity. Even though Lol is credited for playing other instruments on the next album, Disintegration, it has been officially stated that he did not contribute anything whatsoever. Special guest Andrew Brennan plays the saxophone on "Hey You!" and "Icing Sugar."

The album was re-released in August 2006. The first disc finally features "Hey You!", the omitted track, and the second disc is comprised of a demo or live version of each song on the first disc, including a recording of "Why Can't I Be You?" from the final show of the Kissing Tour at the Wembley Arena. It was released August 8 in the U.S. and August 14 in the UK.

[edit] Track listing

All lyrics by Robert Smith; all music by Gallup, Smith, Thompson, Tolhurst, Williams

[edit] Original 1987 release

1. "The Kiss" – 6:17
2. "Catch" – 2:42
3. "Torture" – 4:13
4. "If Only Tonight We Could Sleep" – 4:50
5. "Why Can't I Be You?" – 3:11
6. "How Beautiful You Are" – 5:09
7. "The Snakepit" – 6:56
8. "Hey You!!!" [*] – 2:21
9. "Just Like Heaven" – 3:30
10. "All I Want" – 5:18
11. "Hot Hot Hot !!!" – 3:32
12. "One More Time" – 4:29
13. "Like Cockatoos" – 3:38
14. "Icing Sugar" – 3:48
15. "The Perfect Girl" – 2:33
16. "A Thousand Hours" – 3:21
17. "Shiver and Shake" – 3:26
18. "Fight" – 4:26

* "Hey You!!!" was removed from the original CD version for space reasons.

[edit] 2006 deluxe edition

[edit] Disc one

Original album, as above

(including "Hey You!!!" as track 8)

[edit] Disc two: Rarities 1986-1987

1. "The Kiss" (Robert Smith Home demo)
2. "The Perfect Girl" (Studio demo)
3. "Like Cockatoos" (Studio demo)
4. "All I Want" (Studio demo)
5. "Hot Hot Hot !!!" (Studio demo)
6. "Shiver and Shake" (Studio demo)
7. "If Only Tonight We Could Sleep" (Studio demo)
8. "Just Like Heaven" (Studio demo)
9. "Hey You!!!" (Studio demo)
10. "A Thousand Hours" (Studio alt mix)
11. "Icing Sugar" (Studio alt mix)
12. "One More Time" (Studio alt mix)
13. "How Beautiful You Are" (Live bootleg)
14. "The Snakepit" (Live bootleg)
15. "Catch" (Live bootleg)
16. "Torture" (Live bootleg)
17. "Fight" (Live bootleg)
18. "Why Can't I Be You?" (Live bootleg)

• Tracks 1-9 are instrumental.

[edit] Personnel

• Robert Smith - guitar, keyboard, vocals
• Simon Gallup - bass
• Porl Thompson - guitar, keyboard, saxophone
• Laurence Tolhurst - keyboard
• Boris Williams - percussion, drums
• Andrew Brennan - saxophone on "Icing Sugar" and "Hey You!"

[edit] Production

• Producers: Dave Allen, Robert Smith
• Assistant producers: Sean Burrows, Jacques Hermet
• Mixing: Bob Clearmountain

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1987	The Billboard 200	35

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1987	"Just Like Heaven"	Hot Dance Music/Club Play	28
1987	"Just Like Heaven"	Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	27
1987	"Just Like Heaven"	The Billboard Hot 100	40
1987	"Why Can't I Be You?"	Hot Dance Music/Club Play	27
1987	"Why Can't I Be You?"	Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	8
1987	"Why Can't I Be You?"	The Billboard Hot 100	54
1988	"Hot Hot Hot !!!"	Hot Dance Music/Club Play	11
1988	"Hot Hot Hot !!!"	Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	50
1988	"Hot Hot Hot !!!"	The Billboard Hot 100	68

[edit] Sample

The Cure

Robert Smith | Porl Thompson | Simon Gallup | Jason Cooper

The Cure personnel

Discography

Studio albums: Three Imaginary Boys | Seventeen Seconds | Faith | Pornography | The Top | The Head on the Door | Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me | Disintegration | Wish | Wild Mood Swings | Bloodflowers | The Cure

Live albums: Concert | Entreat | Paris | Show | Trilogy

Compilations: Boys Don't Cry | Japanese Whispers | Standing on a Beach / Staring at the Sea | Mixed Up | Galore | Greatest Hits | Join the Dots

EPs: Half an Octopuss & Quadpus | Lost Wishes | Five Swing Live

Singles: "Killing an Arab" | "Boys Don't Cry" | "Jumping Someone Else's Train" | "A Forest" | "Primary" | "Charlotte Sometimes" | "A Single" | "Let's Go to Bed" | "The Walk" | "The Lovecats" | "The Caterpillar" | "In Between Days" | "Close to Me" | "Why Can't I Be You?" | "Catch" | "Just Like Heaven" | "Hot Hot Hot!!!" | "Fascination Street" | "Lullaby" | "Lovesong" | "Pictures of You" | "Never Enough" | "Close to Me (remix)" | "High" | "Friday I'm in Love" | "A Letter to Elise" | "The 13th" | "Mint Car" | "Gone!" | "Strange Attraction" | "Wrong Number" | "Cut Here" | "End of the World" | "Taking Off" & "alt.end"

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