New Wave legends, The Cure have revealed that they will reissue their hit record Wish. The 2022 reissue has been remastered by Smith and Miles Showell at north-west London’s famed Abbey Road Studios and will contain the original album and 24 previously-unreleased tracks – including rare 12” mixes, instrumentals and demos.
The 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of ‘Wish’ newly remastered by Robert Smith and Miles Showell at @AbbeyRoad Studios is now available to pre-order on CD, Deluxe CD & Black Vinyl. Shipping dates starting from October 7th 2022. Pre-order now at https://t.co/LgKJHS7V8k pic.twitter.com/pqwlHogWKH
— The Cure (@thecure) July 28, 2022
Originally released in 1992, the album reached Number One on the UK charts and Number Two on the US Billboard 200. The record contains the singles “High”, “A letter To Elise”, and one of their most famous songs, “Friday I’m In Love”, which reached number six on the UK charts. The song also won the gong for European Viewer’s Choice for Best Music Video at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards.
On July 29th, the band announced on their Twitter page that the special deluxe reissue of Wish will be available to buy on October 7 via UMC/Fiction/Polydor, the 2LP version following on November 25. You can pre-order the special edition here.
In a press release for the reissue of Wish, the band revealed that the album was born out of demo sessions at The Live House in Cornwall and at Farmyard Studios in the Cotswold. Smith said in a statement of the time, “We got around 40 songs put down during those two sessions. We were on fire!”
On revisiting the album in 2022, he said, “There’s a side to the album which I had kind of forgotten, a very gentle, yearning thing which is quite beautiful.” Smith went on, “‘Trust’ is one of the best things we’ve ever done I think, it’s played with great feeling, and ‘To Wish Impossible Things’ is another gorgeous, melancholic piece… in fact it could well be my favourite song on the record.”
A small mistake on the album, which has annoyed Smith for 30 years, was another reason for the band to revisit their hit, he revealed, “It was too late to do anything about it; the album was out, and we were off around the world again. It has really bugged for me for a very long time. It has taken 30 years, but finally, finally my Wish has come true.”
The band will also release a 3CD edition with an extra four songs that originally appeared on Lost Wishes, a 1993 mail-order special edition cassette and never available anywhere else.
You can listen to “Uyea Sound” from Lost Wishes below.
The full running order for the Wish 30th-anniversary reissues is below.
Wish: CD1 Original Album Remastered by Robert Smith and Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios:
“Open”
“High”
“Apart”
“From The Edge of The Green Sea”
“Wendy Time”
“Doing The Unstuck”
“Friday I’m In Love”
“Trust”
“A Letter To Elise”
“Cut”
“To Wish Impossible Things”
“End”
CD2 Demos – All previously unreleased versions. (*Unreleased track)
“The Big Hand” [1990 Demo][final version on B-side to A Letter To Elise 7”]
“Cut” [1990 Demo] aka “Away” [final version appears on WISH]
“A Letter To Elise” [1990 Demo] aka “Cut” [final version appears on WISH]
“Wendy Time” [1990 Demo] [final version appears on WISH]
“This Twilight Garden” [Instrumental Demo] [final version on B-side to High 7″]
“Scared As You” [Instrumental Demo] [final version on B-side to Friday I’m In Love 12″]
“To Wish Impossible Things” [Instrumental Demo] [final version appears on WISH]
“Apart” [Instrumental Demo] [final version appears on WISH]
“T72” [Instrumental Demo]*
“Now Is The Time” [Instrumental demo]*
“Miss van Gogh” [Instrumental demo]*
“T6” [Instrumental Demo]*
“Play” [Instrumental Demo] [final version on B-side to High 12″]
“A Foolish Arrangement” [Instrumental Demo] [final version on B-side to A Letter To Elise 12″]
“Halo” [Instrumental Demo] [final version on B-side to Friday I’m In Love 7″]
“Trust” [Instrumental Demo] [final version appears on WISH]
“Abetabw” [Instrumental Demo]*
“T8” [Instrumental Demo]*
“Heart Attack” [Instrumental Demo]*
“Swing Change” [Instrumental Demo]*
“Frogfish” [Instrumental Demo]*
CD3: ’Lost Wishes’ / Studio Out-Takes / 12” Remixes / Live / Rare / Previously Unreleased.
(*Unreleased track **Unreleased version)
“Uyea Sound” [Dim-D Mix] [from Lost Wishes MC 1993]
“Cloudberry” [Dim-D Mix] [from Lost Wishes MC 1993]
“Off To Sleep…” [Dim-D Mix] [from Lost Wishes MC 1993]
“The Three Sisters” [Dim-D Mix] [from Lost Wishes MC 1993]
“A Wendy Band” [Instrumental]*
“From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea”[Partscheckruf Mix]**
“Open [Fix Mix]” [B-side to High 12″]
“High [Higher Mix]” [High 12″]
“Doing The Unstuck” [Extended 12” Mix]
“Friday I’m In Love” [Strangelove Mix] [Friday I’m In Love 12″]
“A Letter To Elise” [Blue Mix] [A Letter To Elise 12″]
“End” [Paris Live 92]**
The Cure will be touring UK and Ireland this December, dates are below and tickets are available here.
01/12/22 – 3Arena – Dublin
02/12 – SSE – Belfast
04/12 – OVO Hydro – Glasgow
06/12 – First Direct Arena – Leeds
07/12 – Utilita Arena – Birmingham
08/12 – Mortorpoint Arena – Cardiff
11/12 – The Wembley OVO Arena – London
12/12 – The Wembley OVO Arena – London
13/12 – The Wembley OVO Arena – London
