Wish (deluxe edition)

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Annotation

30th Anniversary Edition of the Cure’s best-selling, Grammy-nominated album. This deluxe 45 track edition (compiled by Robert Smith) features 24 previously unreleased tracks and 4 new to CD tracks across three discs.

CD1 the original album, newly remastered by Robert Smith and Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios.

CD2 features 21 previously unreleased demos, including four studio vocal demos from 1990 and seventeen instrumental demos from 1991, 9 of which are previously unreleased songs.

CD3 features the four tracks from the mail-order only cassette ‘Lost Wishes’ released in 1993, which have never appeared on CD or digitally. Also included are the previously unreleased song ‘A Wendy Band’ from the 1992 Manor Studio sessions, a previously unheard mix of the epic fan favourite ‘From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea’, as well as five rare 12” mixes. Finally, closing the set is an unheard live version of ‘End’ from Paris, Bercy in October 1992.

Annotation last modified on 2022-11-26 15:59 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Original Album
2▼CD: Demos
#TitleRatingLength
1The Big Hand (1990 demo)
recording of:
The Big Hand
lyricist:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
composer:
Perry Bamonte, Simon Gallup, Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure), Porl Thompson and Boris Williams
44:40
2Cut (1990 demo)
recording of:
Cut
lyricist:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
composer:
Perry Bamonte, Simon Gallup, Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure), Porl Thompson and Boris Williams
43:33
3A Letter to Elise (1990 demo)
recording of:
A Letter to Elise
lyricist:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
composer:
Perry Bamonte, Simon Gallup, Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure), Porl Thompson and Boris Williams
45:02
4Wendy Time (1990 demo)
recording of:
Wendy Time
lyricist:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
composer:
Perry Bamonte, Simon Gallup, Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure), Porl Thompson and Boris Williams
45:14
5This Twilight Garden (instrumental demo)
instrumental recording of:
This Twilight Garden
lyricist:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
composer:
Perry Bamonte, Simon Gallup, Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure), Porl Thompson and Boris Williams
publisher:
Fiction Songs Ltd.
43:27
6Scared as You (instrumental demo)
instrumental recording of:
Scared as You
lyricist:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
composer:
Perry Bamonte, Simon Gallup, Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure), Porl Thompson and Boris Williams
42:35
7To Wish Impossible Things (instrumental demo)
instrumental recording of:
To Wish Impossible Things
lyricist:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
composer:
Perry Bamonte, Simon Gallup, Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure), Porl Thompson and Boris Williams
43:32
8Apart (instrumental demo)
instrumental recording of:
Apart
lyricist:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
composer:
Perry Bamonte, Simon Gallup, Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure), Porl Thompson and Boris Williams
43:40
9T7 (instrumental demo)
42:42
10Now Is the Time (instrumental demo)
42:23
11Miss Van Gogh (instrumental demo)
42:51
12T6 (instrumental demo)
43:15
13Play (instrumental demo)
instrumental recording of:
Play
lyricist:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
composer:
Perry Bamonte, Simon Gallup, Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure), Porl Thompson and Boris Williams
publisher:
Fiction Songs Ltd.
42:29
14A Foolish Arrangement (instrumental demo)
instrumental recording of:
A Foolish Arrangement
lyricist:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
composer:
Perry Bamonte, Simon Gallup, Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure), Porl Thompson and Boris Williams
42:29
15Halo (instrumental demo)
instrumental recording of:
Halo
lyricist:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
composer:
Perry Bamonte, Simon Gallup, Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure), Porl Thompson and Boris Williams
43:08
16Trust (instrumental demo)
instrumental recording of:
Trust
lyricist:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
composer:
Perry Bamonte, Simon Gallup, Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure), Porl Thompson and Boris Williams
44:04
17Abetabw (instrumental demo)
42:27
18T8 (instrumental demo)
42:19
19Heart Attack (instrumental demo)
42:43
20Swing Change (instrumental demo)
32:11
21Frogfish (instrumental demo)
32:35
3▶CD: ‘Lost Wishes’ / Studio Out‐Takes / 12” Remixes / Live / Rare / Previously Unreleased