Cure* – Wish

Bought this one back in 1992 in Paris flea market "les puces de clignancourt", was brand new and sealed, the seller had a full box and knew it was the Wish album printed on.

File Name | Format | SR | Word Length | Max. TPL | LUFSi | DR (PMF) |

01-01 Open | .aiff | 44.1k | 16 | -1.07 | -13.69 | 11 |
01-02 High | .aiff | 44.1k | 16 | -1.63 | -14.73 | 11 |
01-03 Apart | .aiff | 44.1k | 16 | -0.44 | -16.08 | 11 |
01-04 From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea | .aiff | 44.1k | 16 | +0.02 | -12.72 | 11 |
01-05 Wendy Time | .aiff | 44.1k | 16 | -0.71 | -14.26 | 11 |
01-06 Doing The Unstuck | .aiff | 44.1k | 16 | -2.46 | -15.65 | 12 |
01-07 Friday I'm In Love | .aiff | 44.1k | 16 | -0.52 | -15.20 | 12 |
01-08 Trust | .aiff | 44.1k | 16 | -2.48 | -17.62 | 12 |
01-09 A Letter To Elise | .aiff | 44.1k | 16 | -2.31 | -16.16 | 12 |
01-10 Cut | .aiff | 44.1k | 16 | -0.29 | -13.74 | 12 |
01-11 To Wish Impossible Things | .aiff | 44.1k | 16 | -4.64 | -17.82 | 11 |
01-12 End | .aiff | 44.1k | 16 | -0.08 | -12.61 | 11 |

Number of EP/Album Files: 12
Official EP/Album DR: 11

After some doubts i had to buy it. I never liked the sound of the original CD i have and the streaming versions. The remastered version I streamed was slightly better, but now i FINALLY own a version of this album that sounds quite acceptable, in a way that i now enjoy the album as it should. Previously i barely could and would listen to this.
It will never be the best sounding album i heard in my life, but it's The Cure. The productions and older masterings are always a bit weird or bad.
Soundwise, i like this enough! WAY better than the original CD. Now this has a bit of dynamics for a change instead of a harsh wall of sound. I can actually hear whats going on now, including some Simon Bass for gods' sake.
Plastic wise, its made very well, silent, centred and all that stuff.
If only it had a gatefold packaging yes, that would be nice for the price.
I can recommend, if you theoretically like the album but have the same issues as I did.

Hi! I ordered this record a long time ago and only now I noticed that I have both records with sides 3-4, 3-4.
The person who got the record with sides 1-2 and 1-2, I'm looking for you!!!)))))
The sound is very pleasant for a bootleg.

The ultimate Cure guitar album. They'd always had fantastic guitar bits in their albums but this one goes overboard with 3 guitarists including Bobbie and Pearl Thompson playing multiple jangly/fuzzy layered guitar parts occasionally in alternate tunings, just like Bobbie's shoegaze pupils were doing at the time. All of these rendered in great guitar tones captured expertly by Dave Allen in 3D technicolor stereo. This edition includes Lost Wishes which is a particularly ambient version of this sound.

Great follow up to "Disintegration" and captures some of that record's gloom and doom, but then along comes :Fridays I'm In Love" which changes everything. The lead single, "High" is basically a rewrite of the song "How Beautiful You Are" from "Kiss Me...." and "Apart" could have fit easily on "Disintegration".

Overall, "Wish" is a perfect follow up to "Disintegration" but also signals a change in direction for the band.

Let’s call it what it is. A 12 inch low bitrate CD pressed on wax. It’s not horrible but it’s not great either. The vinyl itself is flat and silent so good job there but this album wasn’t recorded well to begin with. If you’re chasing that audiophile recording of this album keep digging. It’s CD quality at best with some added separation. They tried. And for what they were working with I’d say they did a good job. It’s just not a high quality product

I love The Cure. Sadly, this is probably their last really, really great album. Not on par with Disintegration, but nothing ever will be on par with that album. But I digress. Wish comes with 2 CDs of extras, demos, and remixes. I love the 12" version of "Doing The Unstuck", which is tons better than the original, IMHO. It was already released on The Dots, but I can forgive the double dip. Really nice to have The Lost Wishes on CD finally, previously only available on a limited edition cassette tape. I can't believe how many demos Robert and Co. went through before they settled on the Wish album track list. An interesting look into the creative process. Can't wait for the deluxe edition treatment of Bloodflowers, which we will probably see sometime in 2045. Seriously though, why such a long wait between deluxe editions of these Cure albums?

After reviews here I'd ordered this picture disc. And I can't compare it to other releases of this album too, but for me the surface noise is clearly audible in the whole album. For sure the most time overlaid from music but in quiet songs and ages like in 'trust' or 'to wish impossible things' for example audible also in the background. On the other hand I'd subscribe that this release sounds really pretty good. Dynamical and clear. But I can't deny that I'm a little bit disappointed about the surface noise that narrows the pleasure of this fantastic Cure-Album a little bit.

But actually price tags for older versions comforting me about this and I don't know whether older versions (or other releases) comes without surface noise but with a sound like on this one.

Very pleased with my copy, no surface noise or skips. No warps or any quality control issues either. The remaster is pretty good too! Purchased at Bucket O’ Blood Records