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
3▼CD: ‘Lost Wishes’ / Studio Out‐Takes / 12” Remixes / Live / Rare / Previously Unreleased
#TitleRatingLength
1Uyea Sound (Dim‐D mix)
45:27
2Cloudberry (Dim‐D mix)
45:22
3Off to Sleep… (Dim‐D mix)
43:43
4The Three Sisters (Dim‐D mix)
44:12
5A Wendy Band (instrumental)
43:46
6From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea (Partscheckruf mix)
recording of:
From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea
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
47:36
7Open (Fix mix)
recording of:
Open
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
56:52
8High (Higher mix)
producer:
David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth)
mixer:
Mark Saunders (UK record producer)
recording of:
High
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.
57:13
9Doing the Unstuck (extended 12″ mix)
producer:
David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth) and The Cure
remixer:
Mark Saunders (UK record producer)
remix of:
Doing the Unstuck (album original mix) by The Cure
recording of:
Doing the Unstuck
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
45:54
10Friday I’m in Love (Strangelove mix)
producer:
David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth) and The Cure
mixer:
Bryan “Chuck” New (Engineer/ Producer)
recording of:
Friday I’m in Love
lyricist:
Robert J. Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
composer:
Boris Williams, Paul S. Thompson, Perry Bamonte, Robert J. Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) and Simon Gallup
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd., BMG Songs, Inc. and Fiction Songs Ltd.
45:29
11A Letter to Elise (Blue mix)
producer:
David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth) and The Cure
mixer:
Bryan “Chuck” New (Engineer/ Producer)
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
46:37
12End (Paris live 92)
live recording of:
End (in 1992)
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
48:40