Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
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| Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me | ||
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| Missing image The_Cure_-_Kiss_Me,_Kiss_Me,_Kiss_Me.jpg Album cover | ||
| Album by The Cure | ||
| Released | May 1987 | |
| Recorded | ??? | |
| Genre | Alternative Rock | |
| Length | 71 min 19 sec | |
| Label | Fiction | |
| Producers | Dave Allen, Robert Smith | |
| Professional reviews | ||
| AMG | 3.5/5 | link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47D1ED847A47E20E0B11A40DEB561F61A8F1AACD83E284541D1B43844C30E79EC40A6D8B1E8B800E203E3FE2FBB580DCCC8EE56F8906F37398BE4A362285E36&uid=MIDMR0411222146&sql=10:lyr9kebt7q7c~T1) |
| The Cure Chronology | ||
| The Head on the Door (1985) | Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me (1987) | Disintegration (1989) |
Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me is an 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.
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Track listing
all lyrics by Robert Smith; all music by Gallup, Smith, Thompson, Tolhurst, Williams
- "The Kiss" - 6:17
- "Catch" - 2:42
- "Torture" - 4:13
- "If Only Tonight We Could Sleep" - 4:50
- "Why Can't I Be You?" - 3:11
- "How Beautiful You Are" - 5:09
- "The Snakepit" - 6:56
- "Hey You!!!" [*]
- "Just Like Heaven" - 3:30
- "All I Want" - 5:18
- "Hot Hot Hot!!!" - 3:32
- "One More Time" - 4:29
- "Like Cockatoos" - 3:38
- "Icing Sugar" - 3:48
- "The Perfect Girl" - 2:33
- "A Thousand Hours" - 3:21
- "Shiver and Shake" - 3:26
- "Fight" - 4:26
* "Hey You!!!" was removed from the CD version for space reasons.
Personnel
- Robert Smith - guitar, keyboard, vocals
- Simon Gallup - bass
- Porl Thompson - guitar, keyboard, saxophone
- Laurence Tolhurst - keyboard
- Boris Williams - percussion, drums
Production
- Producers: Dave Allen, Robert Smith
- Assistant producers: Sean Burrows, Jacques Hermet
- Mixing: Bob Clearmountain
Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1987 | The Billboard 200 | 35 |
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 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 |