| Wish | ||||
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| Studio album by The Cure | ||||
| Released | 21 April 1992 | |||
| Recorded | 1991-1992 at The Manor in Oxfordshire, England | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, gothic rock | |||
| Length | 65:42 | |||
| Label | Fiction (UK) Elektra (U.S.) |
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| Producer | David M. Allen and Robert Smith | |||
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| Allmusic | link |
| Robert Christgau | (C+) link |
| Rolling Stone | link |
Wish is the ninth studio album by British band The Cure, released in 1992.
The record is the final 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 not as well-received by critics as Disintegration (1989), Wish is the band's overall highest charting album, given its debut at number one in the UK and number two in the United States, where it sold more than 1.2 million copies.
The album's second single, "Friday I'm in Love", became one of the band's most popular songs – reaching number six in the UK, number seventeen in the US and number one in South Africa.
The popularity of the album also saw the Cure nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album in 1993.
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All songs by The Cure (Bamonte, Gallup, Smith, Thompson, Williams).
Lost Wishes E.P.
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1992 | US Billboard 200 | 2 |
| Australian ARIA Albums Chart | 1 |
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1992 | "Friday I'm in Love" | Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 32 |
| Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | 29 | ||
| Mainstream Rock Tracks | 21 | ||
| Modern Rock Tracks | 1 | ||
| The Billboard Hot 100 | 18 | ||
| "High" | Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 22 | |
| Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | 27 | ||
| Modern Rock Tracks | 1 | ||
| The Billboard Hot 100 | 42 | ||
| "A Letter to Elise" | Modern Rock Tracks | 2 |
| Preceded by Up by Right Said Fred |
UK number one album 2 May 1992 – 8 May 1992 |
Succeeded by Stars by Simply Red |
| Preceded by Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers |
Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album 10–16 May 1992 |
Succeeded by Greatest Hits: 1966-1992 by Neil Diamond |