There is a growing maturity in smith s lyrics as he sings of doomed love affairs and the increasingly empty lifestyle of a rock icon with its attendant parties.
The cure wish vinyl reissue.
Back cover picture labels black print the copyright in this sound recording is owned by fiction records ltd.
Mixed up with the disintegration album and its accompanying global prayer tour 1989 had delivered a triumphant end to the 80s but the first year of the 90s found the cure unexpectedly unsettled.
Upon its release wish was the cure s overall highest charting album and most commercially successful in the band s career given its debut at number one in the uk and number two in the united states where it sold more than 1 2.
During the radio show hosted by shaun keaveny it is mentioned that torn down is the last disc in a 3 cd set.
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Wish is the ninth studio album by british alternative rock band the cure released on 21 april 1992 through record label fiction in the uk and elektra in the us.
The cure mixed up double vinyl lp.
At long last eight years to be exact robert smith is resuming the deluxe reissues of albums by the cure beginning with an expanded 3 disc edition of the 1990 remix collection mixed up that s due out in june to be followed he says by the long awaited reissue of 1992 s wish.
Now wish may not be quite as magnificent as disintegration but it s still pretty darn good in my humble opinion and remains the cure s only album to reach number 1 in the u k.