The Cure – Wish - 3 x CD SET DELUXE EDITION
Release date: 25 November 2022
'Wish' released in April 1992 was The Cure’s 9th studio album and reached Number 1 in the UK Album Chart on its release. It also reached Number 2 in the USA, where it was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Alternative Music Album category. The first single to be released from the album, “High” was released in March 1992 and reached #8 in the UK Singles chart, but the album is probably best known for the 2nd single, “Friday I’m In Love” which reached #6 in May 1992. The 3rd and final single from the album was “A Letter To Elise” which peaked at #28 in October 1992. The 3CD deluxe edition includes:
Disc One: “Demos”- All Previously Unreleased Versions 4 x 1990 Studio Vocal Demos (3 x Album Songs & 1 B-Side) 18 x 1991 Studio Instrumental Demos
Disc Two: The Original 1992 album remastered by Robert Smith
Disc Three: “Studio Out-Takes / 12” Remixes / Live Performances” 1 x 1992 Manor Studio Instrumental -Previously Unreleased 4 x ‘Lost Wishes’ ( 4 x Instrumental Demos / Mail Order-only Cassette release -First Time on CD 4 x 12” Single Mixes (Unavailable since 1992) 3 x Live tracks recorded at the Kilburn National, London in 1992 – Previously Unreleased
Track Listing
Disc: 1
1 Open (Remastered 2022)
2 High (Remastered 2022)
3 Apart (Remastered 2022)
4 From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea (Remastered 2022)
5 Wendy Time (Remastered 2022)
6 Doing The Unstuck (Remastered 2022)
7 Friday I'm In Love (Remastered 2022)
8 Trust (Remastered 2022)
9 A Letter To Elise (Remastered 2022)
10 Cut (Remastered 2022)
11 To Wish Impossible Things (Remastered 2022)
12 End (Remastered 2022)
Disc: 2
1 The Big Hand (1990 Demo)
2 Cut (1990 Demo)
3 A Letter To Elise (1990 Demo)
4 Wendy Time (1990 Demo)
5 This Twilight Garden (Instrumental Demo)
6 Scared As You (Instrumental Demo)
7 To Wish Impossible Things (Instrumental Demo)
8 Apart (Instrumental Demo)
9 T7 (Instrumental Demo)
10 Now Is The Time (Instrumental Demo)
11 Miss Van Gogh (Instrumental Demo)
12 T6 (Instrumental Demo)
13 Play (Instrumental Demo)
14 A Foolish Arrangement (Instrumental Demo)
15 Halo (Instrumental Demo)
16 Trust (Instrumental Demo)
17 Abetabw (Instrumental Demo)
18 T8 (Instrumental Demo)
19 Heart Attack (Instrumental Demo)
20 Swing Change (Instrumental Demo)
21 Frogfish (Instrumental Demo)
Disc: 3
1 Uyea Sound (Dim-D Mix)
2 Cloudberry (Dim-D Mix)
3 Off To Sleep... (Dim-D Mix)
4 The Three Sisters (Dim-D Mix)
5 A Wendy Band (Instrumental)
6 From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea (Partscheckruf Mix)
7 Open (Fix Mix)
8 High (Higher Mix)
9 Doing The Unstuck (Extended 12" Mix)
10 Friday I'm In Love (Strangelove Mix)
11 A Letter To Elise (Blue Mix)
12 End (Live In Paris / 1992)