Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Blender	^[2]
Chicago Sun-Times	^[3]
Los Angeles Times	^[4]
Pitchfork	9.4/10^[5]
Q	^[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[7]
Sounds	^[8]
Uncut	^[9]
The Village Voice	B^[10]

Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me is the seventh studio album by British alternative rock band The Cure, released in May 1987.

The album helped put The Cure into the American mainstream, becoming their first album to reach the Billboard Top 40 (achieving Platinum certification). It was also a big international success, as was its predecessor, The Head on the Door, reaching the Top 10 in numerous countries.^[11]

Production and content

	"Just Like Heaven" (1987) Sample of "Just like Heaven" by The Cure
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This is the last studio album band member Porl Thompson played keyboards on; he played guitar only on all subsequent studio releases. Special guest Andrew Brennan played the saxophone on "Hey You!!!" and "Icing Sugar".

Release

Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me was released on 25 May 1987 by record label Fiction (in the UK) and Elektra in the US. Though a double album, it was released as a single CD, and single cassette. One track, "Hey You!!!", was omitted from the original CD release (due to the 74:33 Red Book time restriction on the CD format at the time) to fit the album on one disc, but was included on all cassette releases. A limited vinyl edition came with an extra six-track 12" (orange vinyl, featuring the songs "Sugar Girl", "Snow in Summer", "Icing Sugar", "A Japanese Dream", "Breathe" and "A Chain Of Flowers").

The album was re-released in August 2006. The first disc includes "Hey You!!!", which had been omitted from the previous CD issue. The second disc is composed of demos and live versions of the songs 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 8 August 2006 in the U.S. and 14 August 2006 in the UK.

Robert Smith stated on his website that there were so many missing tracks that he made three discs. One had the original album, one had demos of the B-Sides and unreleased tracks, and one had alternate tracks of the songs from the album. After discussing it with family and friends, he decided that former of the extra discs was more qualified to be released. He said it wasn't impossible that the other disc may show up in a leak or another release.^[12]

Live performances

Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me continues to dominate the band's live set; the 2008 4Tour included performances of "The Kiss", "Torture", "Catch", "Why Can't I Be You?", "How Beautiful You Are", "Just Like Heaven", "Hot Hot Hot!!!", "If Only Tonight We Could Sleep", and "Shiver and Shake" at various shows.

In April 2014, the Cure announced that in late 2014 they would be performing The Top, The Head on the Door and Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me in their entirety as part of their 3rd Trilogy tour.^[13]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Robert Smith; all music composed by The Cure (Smith, Simon Gallup, Porl Thompson, Lol Tolhurst, and Boris Williams).

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Kiss"	6:17
2.	"Catch"	2:42
3.	"Torture"	4:13
4.	"If Only Tonight We Could Sleep"	4:50

Side B
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Why Can't I Be You?"	3:11
2.	"How Beautiful You Are"	5:10
3.	"The Snakepit"	6:56
4.	"Hey You!!!"	2:22

Side C
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Just Like Heaven"	3:30
2.	"All I Want"	5:18
3.	"Hot Hot Hot!!!"	3:32
4.	"One More Time"	4:29
5.	"Like Cockatoos"	3:38

Side D
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Icing Sugar"	3:48
2.	"The Perfect Girl"	2:34
3.	"A Thousand Hours"	3:21
4.	"Shiver and Shake"	3:26
5.	"Fight"	4:27

2006 Deluxe Edition bonus disc: Rarities 1986–1987
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Kiss (RS Home Demo 3/86) Instrumental"	3:40
2.	"The Perfect Girl (Beethoven St. Studio Demo 6/86) Instrumental"	3:26
3.	"Like Cockatoos (Beethoven St. Studio Demo 6/86) Instrumental"	2:11
4.	"All I Want (Beethoven St. Studio Demo 6/86) Instrumental"	3:33
5.	"Hot Hot Hot!!! (Beethoven St. Studio Demo 6/86) Instrumental"	3:49
6.	"Shiver and Shake (Jean Costas Studio Demo 8/86) Instrumental"	2:55
7.	"If Only Tonight We Could Sleep (Jean Costas Studio Demo 8/86) Instrumental"	3:16
8.	"Just Like Heaven (Jean Costas Studio Demo 8/86) Instrumental"	3:26
9.	"Hey You! (Jean Costas Studio Demo 8/86) Instrumental"	2:32
10.	"A Thousand Hours (Miraval Studio Guide Vocal/Rough Mix 10/86)"	3:27
11.	"Icing Sugar (Miraval Studio Guide Vocal/Rough Mix 10/86)"	3:20
12.	"One More Time (Miraval Studio Guide Vocal/Rough Mix 10/86)"	4:36
13.	"How Beautiful You Are ... (Live Bootleg – County Bowl Santa Barbara 7/87)"	5:22
14.	"The Snakepit (Live Bootleg – County Bowl Santa Barbara 7/87)"	7:30
15.	"Catch (Live Bootleg – NEC Birmingham 12/87)"	2:32
16.	"Torture (Live Bootleg – NEC Birmingham 12/87)"	4:04
17.	"Fight (Live Bootleg – Bercy Paris 12/87)"	4:30
18.	"Why Can't I Be You? (Live Bootleg – Wembley Arena London 12/87)"	7:43

Note

The track "Hey You!!!" was omitted from the original CD release, as CDs of the time could only hold 74 minutes of music. When the album was reissued in 2006, the song was included, as CD technology had improved to allow run times up to 80 minutes.

Personnel

The Cure

Robert Smith – guitar, keyboards, vocals
Simon Gallup – bass guitar
Porl Thompson – guitar, keyboards
Lol Tolhurst – keyboards
Boris Williams – drums, percussion
Roger O'Donnell – keyboards on live songs from the deluxe edition

Guest musician

Andrew Brennen – saxophone on "Icing Sugar" and "Hey You!!!"

Production

David M. Allen, Robert Smith – production
Sean Burrows, Jacques Hermet – assistant production
Bob Clearmountain – mixing on "Just Like Heaven"

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1987	US Billboard 200	35
	UK Albums Chart	6
	Australia (Kent Music Report)^[14]	9
	Austria Top 40	4
	France Top 50	2
	Germany Top 40	4
	Sweden Top 40	13
	Switzerland Top 40	3

Singles

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

References

↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me – The Cure". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
↑ Wolk, Douglas (20 September 2005). "The Cure: Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me". Blender. Archived from the original on 23 November 2005. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
↑ McLeese, Don (25 June 1987). "The Cure: 'Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me' (Elektra)". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 12 June 2016. (Subscription required (help)).
↑ Willman, Chris (31 May 1987). "The Cure: A Double Dose". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
↑ Abebe, Nitsuh (25 August 2006). "The Cure / Robert Smith: The Top / The Head on the Door / Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me / Blue Sunshine". Pitchfork. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
↑ Heath, Chris (June 1987). "Fuzzy". Q (9).
↑ Sheffield, Rob (2004). "The Cure". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian. The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 205–06. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
↑ Gibson, Robin (30 May 1987). "Tongue-Twister". Sounds.
↑ Martin, Piers (September 2006). "From Meltdown to Megastardom". Uncut (112): 102.
↑ Christgau, Robert (28 July 1987). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
↑ Hit Parade
↑ http://www.thecure.com/community/news_comment.asp?AssetID=1442838&ArtistID=491&Start=881&Year=
↑ CBS
↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

External links

Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me at MusicBrainz (list of releases)

The Cure

Studio albums

EPs

Hypnagogic States EP

Live albums

Compilation albums

Boys Don't Cry
Japanese Whispers
Standing on a Beach (Staring at the Sea)
Galore
Greatest Hits

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Mixed Up

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The Cure: 'Reflections'

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Labels	Fiction Suretone Geffen Polydor Elektra Asylum Sire Warner
Bands	The Associates Babacar COGASM Cult Hero Easy Cure Fools Dance The Glove Levinhurst Lockjaw The Magazine Spies Malice Presence Shelleyan Orphan Siouxsie and the Banshees
Albums	Nocturne Hyæna Essential Glastonbury Perfect as Cats: A Tribute to The Cure
Songs	"I'm a Cult Hero"

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