Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me

Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
Studio album by The Cure
Released 25 May 1987
Recorded 1986–1987
Genre
Length 74:35
Label
Producer
The Cure chronology
The Head on the Door
(1985)The Head on the Door1985		 Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
(1987)		 Disintegration
(1989)Disintegration1989
Singles from Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
  1. "Why Can't I Be You?"
    Released: 6 April 1987
  2. "Catch"
    Released: 22 June 1987
  3. "Just Like Heaven"
    Released: 5 October 1987
  4. "Hot Hot Hot!!!"
    Released: 8 February 1988
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Blender[2]
Chicago Sun-Times[3]
Los Angeles Times[4]
Pitchfork9.4/10[5]
Q[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[7]
Sounds[8]
Uncut[9]
The Village VoiceB[10]

Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me is the seventh studio album by British alternative rock band The Cure, released in May 1987.

The album helped put The Cure into the American mainstream, becoming their first album to reach the Billboard Top 40 (achieving Platinum certification). It was also a big international success, as was its predecessor, The Head on the Door, reaching the Top 10 in numerous countries.[11]

Production and content

This is the last studio album band member Porl Thompson played keyboards on; he played guitar only on all subsequent studio releases. Special guest Andrew Brennan played the saxophone on "Hey You!!!" and "Icing Sugar".

Release

Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me was released on 25 May 1987 by record label Fiction (in the UK) and Elektra in the US. Though a double album, it was released as a single CD, and single cassette. One track, "Hey You!!!", was omitted from the original CD release (due to the 74:33 Red Book time restriction on the CD format at the time) to fit the album on one disc, but was included on all cassette releases. A limited vinyl edition came with an extra six-track 12" (orange vinyl, featuring the songs "Sugar Girl", "Snow in Summer", "Icing Sugar" (Weird Remix), "A Japanese Dream", "Breathe" and "A Chain Of Flowers").

The album was re-released in August 2006. The first disc includes "Hey You!!!", which had been omitted from the previous CD issue. The second disc is composed of demos and live versions of the songs on the first disc, including a recording of "Why Can't I Be You?" from the final show of the Kissing Tour at the Wembley Arena. It was released 8 August 2006 in the U.S. and 14 August 2006 in the UK.

Robert Smith stated on his website that there were so many missing tracks that he made three discs. One had the original album, one had demos of the B-Sides and unreleased tracks, and one had alternate tracks of the songs from the album. After discussing it with family and friends, he decided that former of the extra discs was more qualified to be released. He said it wasn't impossible that the other disc may show up in a leak or another release.[12]

Live performances

Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me continues to dominate the band's live set; the 2008 4Tour included performances of "The Kiss", "Torture", "Catch", "Why Can't I Be You?", "How Beautiful You Are", "Just Like Heaven", "Hot Hot Hot!!!", "If Only Tonight We Could Sleep", and "Shiver and Shake" at various shows.

In April 2014, the Cure announced that in late 2014 they would be performing The Top, The Head on the Door and Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me in their entirety as part of their 3rd Trilogy tour.[13]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Robert Smith; all music composed by The Cure (Smith, Simon Gallup, Porl Thompson, Lol Tolhurst, and Boris Williams).

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."The Kiss"6:17
2."Catch"2:42
3."Torture"4:13
4."If Only Tonight We Could Sleep"4:50
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Why Can't I Be You?"3:11
2."How Beautiful You Are"5:10
3."The Snakepit"6:56
4."Hey You!!!"2:22
Side C
No.TitleLength
1."Just Like Heaven"3:30
2."All I Want"5:18
3."Hot Hot Hot!!!"3:32
4."One More Time"4:29
5."Like Cockatoos"3:38
Side D
No.TitleLength
1."Icing Sugar"3:48
2."The Perfect Girl"2:34
3."A Thousand Hours"3:21
4."Shiver and Shake"3:26
5."Fight"4:27

Note

  • The track "Hey You!!!" was omitted from the original CD release, as CDs of the time could only hold 74 minutes of music. When the album was reissued in 2006, the song was included, as CD technology had improved to allow run times up to 80 minutes.

Personnel

The Cure

Guest musician

  • Andrew Brennen – saxophone on "Icing Sugar" and "Hey You!!!"

Production

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1987 US Billboard 200 35
UK Albums Chart 6
Australia (Kent Music Report)[14] 9
Austria Top 40 4
France Top 50 2
Germany Top 40 4
Sweden Top 40 13
Switzerland Top 40 3

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1987 "Just Like Heaven" Hot Dance Music/Club Play 28
Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 27
The Billboard Hot 100 40
"Why Can't I Be You?" Hot Dance Music/Club Play 27
Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 8
The Billboard Hot 100 54
1988 "Hot Hot Hot!!!" Hot Dance Music/Club Play 11
Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 50

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/Sales
France (SNEP)[15] Gold 215,600[16]
United States (RIAA)[17] Platinum 1,000,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[18] Gold 100,000^
Worldwide (IFPI) N/A 2,000,000+[19]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me – The Cure". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  2. ↑ Wolk, Douglas (20 September 2005). "The Cure: Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me". Blender. Archived from the original on 23 November 2005. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  3. ↑ McLeese, Don (25 June 1987). "The Cure: 'Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me' (Elektra)". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 12 June 2016. (Subscription required (help)).
  4. ↑ Willman, Chris (31 May 1987). "The Cure: A Double Dose". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  5. ↑ Abebe, Nitsuh (25 August 2006). "The Cure / Robert Smith: The Top / The Head on the Door / Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me / Blue Sunshine". Pitchfork. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  6. ↑ Heath, Chris (June 1987). "Fuzzy". Q (9).
  7. ↑ Sheffield, Rob (2004). "The Cure". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian. The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 205–06. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  8. ↑ Gibson, Robin (30 May 1987). "Tongue-Twister". Sounds.
  9. ↑ Martin, Piers (September 2006). "From Meltdown to Megastardom". Uncut (112): 102.
  10. ↑ Christgau, Robert (28 July 1987). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  11. ↑ Hit Parade
  12. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 21 March 2007.
  13. ↑ CBS
  14. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  15. ↑ "French album certifications – The Cure – Kiss me" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
  16. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20081118055830/http://www.infodisc.fr/CDCertif_O.php?debut=400
  17. ↑ "American album certifications – Morcheeba – Big Calm". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
  18. ↑ "British album certifications – The Cure – Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  19. ↑ https://books.google.hr/books?id=Y6O0Pv8aG44C&pg=PT339&lpg=PT339&dq=kiss+me+kiss+me+kiss+me+the+cure+worldwide+sales&source=bl&ots=Hf70MYhKEX&sig=HzUFzdBZvrb1_B_IOP8mICeBdUI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjK2-rWhbDYAhUJoaQKHdlhBl8Q6AEIUDAF#v=onepage&q=kiss%20me%20kiss%20me%20kiss%20me%20the%20cure%20worldwide%20sales&f=false
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