Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me

Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
Studio album by the Cure
Released	26 May 1987
Recorded	August 1986 – January 1987
Studio	Miraval (Correns, France); Compass Point (Nassau, Bahamas);
Genre	Alternative rock; new wave; pop; post-punk; gothic rock; neo psychedelia;
Length	74:35
Label	Fiction
Producer	David M. Allen; Robert Smith;
the Cure chronology
Singles from Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
	"Why Can't I Be You?"; Released: 6 April 1987; "Catch"; Released: 22 June 1987; "Just Like Heaven"; Released: 5 October 1987; "Hot Hot Hot!!!"; Released: 8 February 1988;

Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me is the seventh studio album by the English rock band the Cure. It was released on 26 May 1987 by Fiction Records. This double album was recorded at Studio Miraval in Correns, France.^[7]

The album helped make the Cure popular in the United States, becoming the band's first album to reach the top 40 of the Billboard 200 chart and achieving platinum certification.

The album received mixed-to-positive reviews when it was released. In 2000, the album was voted number 256 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.^[8]

Notes

↑ Saxophone parts

References

↑ "Index". Record Mirror. 23 May 1987. p. 3. Retrieved 21 July 2022 – via Flickr.
↑ "THE CURE RAUNCHY, ABRASIVE". Sun Sentinel. 25 October 1987.
↑ "When the Cure Reached Pop Heaven with 'Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me'". 25 May 2022.
↑ "The Cure: A Double Dose". Los Angeles Times. 31 May 1987.
↑ "The ultimate beginner's guide to The Cure". faroutmagazine.co.uk. 8 November 2020.
↑ Daltonpublished, Stephen (2024-12-03). "All hail the goth Led Zeppelin: Every album by The Cure ranked from worst to best". Louder. Retrieved 2025-05-01.
↑ "Happy 30th: The Cure, KISS ME KISS ME KISS ME". Rhino Entertainment. 25 May 2017.
↑ Colin Larkin (2000). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 114. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.

[2] Saxophone parts

[UKrelease-1] "Index". Record Mirror. 23 May 1987. p. 3. Retrieved 21 July 2022 – via Flickr.

[3] "THE CURE RAUNCHY, ABRASIVE". Sun Sentinel. 25 October 1987.

[4] "When the Cure Reached Pop Heaven with 'Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me'". 25 May 2022.

[5] "The Cure: A Double Dose". Los Angeles Times. 31 May 1987.

[6] "The ultimate beginner's guide to The Cure". faroutmagazine.co.uk. 8 November 2020.

[7] Daltonpublished, Stephen (2024-12-03). "All hail the goth Led Zeppelin: Every album by The Cure ranked from worst to best". Louder. Retrieved 2025-05-01.

[8] "Happy 30th: The Cure, KISS ME KISS ME KISS ME". Rhino Entertainment. 25 May 2017.

[Larkin-9] Colin Larkin (2000). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 114. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.

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The Cure
Robert Smith Simon Gallup Roger O'Donnell Jason Cooper Reeves Gabrels Andy Anderson Perry Bamonte Michael Dempsey Matthieu Hartley Pearl Thompson Phil Thornalley Lol Tolhurst Boris Williams
Studio albums	Three Imaginary Boys Seventeen Seconds Faith Pornography The Top The Head on the Door Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me Disintegration Wish Wild Mood Swings Bloodflowers The Cure 4:13 Dream Songs of a Lost World
Live albums	Concert: The Cure Live Entreat Show Paris Bestival Live 2011
Compilations	Boys Don't Cry Japanese Whispers Standing on a Beach Galore Greatest Hits Join the Dots
Remix albums	Mixed Up Torn Down
Extended plays	The Peel Sessions Festival 2005 Hypnagogic States EP
Singles	"Killing an Arab" "Boys Don't Cry" "Jumping Someone Else's Train" "A Forest" "Primary" "Charlotte Sometimes" "The Hanging Garden" "Let's Go to Bed" "The Walk" "The Love Cats" "The Caterpillar" "In Between Days" "Close to Me" "Why Can't I Be You?" "Catch" "Just Like Heaven" "Hot Hot Hot!!!" "Lullaby" "Fascination Street" "Lovesong" "Pictures of You" "Never Enough" "High" "Friday I'm in Love" "A Letter to Elise" "The 13th" "Mint Car" "Strange Attraction" "Gone!" "Wrong Number" "Cut Here" "The End of the World" "The Only One" "Freakshow" "Sleep When I'm Dead" "The Perfect Boy"
Other songs	"10:15 Saturday Night"
Video albums	The Cure in Orange Trilogy Festival 2005
Tours	The Cure: 'Reflections'
Related articles	Discography Band members "I'm a Cult Hero" Perfect as Cats: A Tribute to The Cure Babacar COGASM Fools Dance The Glove Levinhurst The Magazine Spies Presence Shelleyan Orphan Siouxsie and the Banshees Nocturne Hyæna
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