The Cure - Wish

Another band that had to follow up a genre defining album.  Disintegration is not only the best Cure album; it is arguably one of the best albums by anyone ever. Wish was never going to reach those heights, but it is definitely a worthy addition to the Cure’s catalogue.

It features the polarising Friday I’m In Love.  Cure aficionados hate it.  It’s too bright, too up, too poppy.  I think they forget the Cure that made Love Cats, Just Like Heaven, Boys Don’t Cry etc.  The Cure are a band that have always had two sides to it.  The gloomy, dark and, yes, gothic songs.  But they also had a pop side. 

Wish features both of these sides.  From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, to Open or Apart, these songs express the dark and brooding side of the Cure.  Whereas High and Friday I’m in Love will satisfy those looking for a pop hit.  A Letter To Elise is one of those rare Cure songs that seems to do both things at the same time.  Really brilliant. 

At the end of the day Wish is great.  It’s not Disintegration.  But then again, not many albums are