Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me is the seventh studio album by The Cure, released in May 1987. It is a double album, recorded at Studio Miraval in Correns, France. Robert Smith saw it as a way of closing a decade of work: one album's worth of material drawing on the bits of their past he liked best, and another of things the band had never really tried before.
It follows The Head on the Door and proved to be their American breakthrough, becoming their first album to reach the Billboard 200 top 40 and going platinum. It also reached the top 10 in numerous countries. Four singles came from it, among them "Just Like Heaven", the band's first US top 40 hit. Reviews at the time praised its variety but balked at the length; since then it has won considerable acclaim, and Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums placed it at number 256 in 2000.
Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me: tracklist, credits and charts
17 tracks · 1:11:19Tracklist
- 1The KissGallup, Smith, Thompson, Tolhurst, Williams6:17
- 2CatchGallup, Smith, Thompson, Tolhurst, Williams2:42
- 3TortureGallup, Smith, Thompson, Tolhurst, Williams4:13
- 4If Only Tonight We Could SleepGallup, Smith, Thompson, Tolhurst, Williams4:50
- 5Why Can’t I Be You?Gallup, Smith, Thompson, Tolhurst, Williams3:11
- 6How Beautiful You Are...Gallup, Smith, Thompson, Tolhurst, Williams5:09
- 7The Snake PitGallup, Smith, Thompson, Tolhurst, Williams6:56
- 8Just Like HeavenGallup, Smith, Thompson, Tolhurst, Williams3:30
- 9All I WantGallup, Smith, Thompson, Tolhurst, Williams5:18
- 10Hot Hot Hot!!!Gallup, Smith, Thompson, Tolhurst, Williams3:32
- 11One More TimeGallup, Smith, Thompson, Tolhurst, Williams4:29
- 12Like CockatoosGallup, Smith, Thompson, Tolhurst, Williams3:38
- 13Icing SugarGallup, Smith, Thompson, Tolhurst, Williams3:48
- 14The Perfect GirlGallup, Smith, Thompson, Tolhurst, Williams2:33
- 15A Thousand HoursGallup, Smith, Thompson, Tolhurst, Williams3:21
- 16Shiver and ShakeGallup, Smith, Thompson, Tolhurst, Williams3:26
- 17FightGallup, Smith, Thompson, Tolhurst, Williams4:26
- Produced by
- David M. Allen, Robert Smith
- Recorded at
- Compass Point Studios, ICP Recording Studios, Studio Miraval, Miraval (Correns, France), Compass Point (Nassau, Bahamas)
- Recorded
- August 1986 – January 1987
- Mixed by
- David M. Allen, Robert Smith, Bob Clearmountain
- Labels
- Elektra, Fiction
- Length
- 1:11:19
Line-up
- Simon Gallup · electric bass guitar
- Robert Smith · keyboard, electric guitar, lead vocals, recorder
- Porl Thompson · keyboard, electric guitar, saxophone
- Lol Tolhurst · keyboard
- Boris Williams · percussion, drums (drum set)
- Andrew Brennen · saxophone · guest
Singles
- “Why Can't I Be You?” · 6 April 1987
- “Catch” · 22 June 1987
- “Just Like Heaven” · 5 October 1987
- “Hot Hot Hot!!!” · 8 February 1988
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| UK Albums Chart · 1987 | 6 |
| US Billboard 200 · 1987 | 35 |
| Dutch Albums · 1987 | 3 |
| Swiss Albums · 1987 | 3 |
| Austrian Albums · 1987 | 4 |
| European Albums (Music & Media) · 1987 | 4 |
| German Albums · 1987 | 4 |
| Australian Albums (ARIA) · 1987 | 9 |
| Italian Albums (Musica e dischi) · 1987 | 13 |
| Swedish Albums · 1987 | 13 |
All 13 charts
| New Zealand Albums · 1987 | 14 |
| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) · 1987 | 25 |
| Canadian Albums (RPM) · 1987 | 30 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification |
|---|---|
| France · 1987 | Gold |
| New Zealand · 2026 | Gold |
| Portugal | Gold |
| United Kingdom · 1987 | Gold |
| United States · 1990 | Platinum |
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Released the same week
Also released on 26 May
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How we know the release date wikipedia 1987-05-26 vs 1987-05-05 (musicbrainz), 1987-05-25 (wikidata)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 5 May 1987 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 26 May 1987 | |
| Wikidata | 25 May 1987 | |
| US release | 26 May 1987 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 5 May 1987 | earliest UK or European date |
30 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | XE | Fiction | 600753095263 | other |
| — | US | Elektra | other | |
| — | AU | Fiction | 022925685025 | other |
| — | CA | Elektra | 081227848767 | other |
| 1987 | US | Elektra | 075596073721 | other |
| 1987 | US | Elektra | other | |
| 1987 | CA | Columbia House | 075596073721 | other |
| May 1987 | US | Elektra | 075596073745 | other |
| May 1987 | US | Elektra | 075596073745 | other |
| 5 May 1987 | GB | Fiction | 042283213043 | original |
| 5 May 1987 | DE | Fiction | 042283213012 | original |
| 5 May 1987 | GB | Fiction | 042283213029 | original |
| 25 May 1987 | GB | Fiction | 042283213012 | other |
| 26 May 1987 | US | Elektra | 075596073714 | other |
| 1 June 1987 | JP | Polydor | 4988005019400 | other |
| 7 July 1987 | US | Elektra | 075596073721 | other |
| December 1987 | GB | Fiction | 042283213012 | deluxe |
| 1990 | GB | Fiction | 042283213029 | other |
| 2006 | US | Elektra | 081227475024 | other |
| 2006 | DZ | — | 602498400807 | other |
| 2006 | AL | UMC | 602498400807 | other |
| 8 August 2006 | US | Fiction | 081227406424 | other |
| 8 August 2006 | CA | Rhino | 081227406462 | remaster |
| 14 August 2006 | XE | Fiction | 602498400814 | other |
| 14 August 2006 | XE | Fiction | 602498400807 | deluxe |
| 30 October 2006 | DE | — | other | |
| 21 May 2008 | JP | Fiction | 4988005514431 | other |
| 9 November 2012 | XE | Fiction | 600753270226 | other |
| 2013 | US | Rhino | 081227967451 | other |
| 20 April 2013 | US | Fiction | 081227967451 | other |
Cover art sources
coverartarchive · cropped: cropped from 2851x2824 to 2824x2824
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| coverartarchive ✓ | 2851×2824 | cropped: cropped from 2851x2824 to 2824x2824 |
| deezer | 1200×1200 | upscaled |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |