EP
Lost Wishes
Lost Wishes is an EP by the Cure, released in 1992 on Fiction. It is an instrumental companion to Wish, the band's ninth studio album, which came out the same year and went on to become the most commercially successful record of their career, debuting at number one in the UK and number two in the US.
The Lost Wishes instrumental cassette later turned up again as part of the remastered 30th-anniversary deluxe edition of Wish, released on 25 November 2022, alongside demos and remixes. It's one for fans who want to hear the music of that era with the vocals set aside.
Lost Wishes: tracklist, credits and charts
4 tracks · 18:42Tracklist
- 1Uyea Sound5:25
- 2Cloudberry5:21
- 3Off to Sleep3:44
- 4The Three Sisters4:12
- Produced by
- David M. Allen, the Cure
- Recorded at
- The Manor (Shipton-on-Cherwell, England)
- Recorded
- Fall 1991 – January 1992
- Label
- Fiction
- Length
- 18:42
Singles
- “High” · 16 March 1992
- “Friday I'm in Love” · 15 May 1992
- “A Letter to Elise” · 5 October 1992
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| UK Albums Chart · 1992 | 1 |
| US Billboard 200 · 1992 | 2 |
| Australian Albums (ARIA) · 1992 | 1 |
| US Tastemaker · 2022 | 1 |
| US Top 200 Pop Albums (Cash Box) · 1992 | 1 |
| Belgian Albums (IFPI) · 1992 | 2 |
| Irish Albums (IFPI) · 1992 | 2 |
| New Zealand Albums · 1992 | 3 |
| German Albums · 2022 | 4 |
| Belgian Albums (Wallonia) · 2022 | 5 |
All 34 charts
| Swiss Albums · 2022 | 5 |
| US Alternative · 2022 | 5 |
| European Albums (Music & Media) · 1992 | 6 |
| Danish Albums (Hitlisten) · 1992 | 7 |
| Hungarian Albums · 2022 | 7 |
| Italian Albums (Musica e dischi) · 1992 | 7 |
| Norwegian Albums · 1992 | 7 |
| Portuguese Albums (AFP) · 1992 | 7 |
| Scottish Albums · 2022 | 7 |
| US Top Rock Albums · 2022 | 8 |
| Belgian Albums (Flanders) · 2022 | 9 |
| Swedish Albums · 1992 | 10 |
| Canadian Albums (RPM) · 1992 | 12 |
| Austrian Albums · 1992 | 14 |
| Finnish Albums · 2022 | 17 |
| Spanish Albums (AFYVE) · 1992 | 17 |
| Dutch Albums · 2022 | 18 |
| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) · 1992 | 18 |
| Ireland 2 · 2022 | 21 |
| Spanish Albums · 2022 | 21 |
| US Catalog Albums · 2022 | 22 |
| Danish Albums · 2022 | 23 |
| Polish Albums · 2022 | 23 |
| Italian Albums · 2022 | 30 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification |
|---|---|
| Australia · 1992 | Platinum |
| Canada · 1992 | Gold |
| New Zealand | Gold |
| Switzerland · 1993 | Gold |
| United Kingdom · 1992 | Gold |
| United States · 1992 | Platinum |
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date sources disagree on the year (1992, 1993)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 16 November 1993 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 21 April 1992 | |
| Wikidata | 16 November 1993 |
1 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 November 1993 | GB | Fiction | original |
Cover art sources
coverartarchive · padded: padded: 600x797 cover placed on a 1500px square (not square at source)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| coverartarchive ✓ | 600×797 | padded: padded: 600x797 cover placed on a 1500px square (not square at source) |