Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me Vinyl by The Cure 2Record

Rating

Album: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me Vinyl by The Cure 2Record
#	Song Title		Time
	Disc 1
1)	The Kiss	More Info...	0:06
2)	Catch	More Info...	0:02
3)	Torture	More Info...	0:04
4)	If Only Tonight We Could Sleep	More Info...	0:05
5)	Why Can't I Be You?	More Info...	0:03
6)	How Beautiful You Are...	More Info...	0:05
7)	The Snakepit	More Info...	0:07
8)	Hey You!	More Info...	0:02
9)	Just Like Heaven	More Info...	0:03
10)	All I Want	More Info...	0:05
11)	Hot Hot Hot!!!	More Info...	0:03
12)	One More Time	More Info...	0:04
13)	Like Cockatoos	More Info...	0:03
14)	Icing Sugar	More Info...	0:03
15)	The Perfect Girl	More Info...	0:02
16)	A Thousand Hours	More Info...	0:03
17)	Shiver and Shake	More Info...	0:03
18)	Fight	More Info...	0:04

Album: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me Vinyl by The Cure 2Record
#	Song Title		Time
	Disc 1
1)	The Kiss	More Info...	0:06
2)	Catch	More Info...	0:02
3)	Torture	More Info...	0:04
4)	If Only Tonight We Could Sleep	More Info...	0:05
5)	Why Can't I Be You?	More Info...	0:03
6)	How Beautiful You Are...	More Info...	0:05
7)	The Snakepit	More Info...	0:07
8)	Hey You!	More Info...	0:02
9)	Just Like Heaven	More Info...	0:03
10)	All I Want	More Info...	0:05
11)	Hot Hot Hot!!!	More Info...	0:03
12)	One More Time	More Info...	0:04
13)	Like Cockatoos	More Info...	0:03
14)	Icing Sugar	More Info...	0:03
15)	The Perfect Girl	More Info...	0:02
16)	A Thousand Hours	More Info...	0:03
17)	Shiver and Shake	More Info...	0:03
18)	Fight	More Info...	0:04

Performer Notes

This hefty double album often sounds more like a compilation than a coherent whole, with musical ideas bouncing frantically back and forth. Nevertheless, in typical Cure style, KISS ME, KISS ME, KISS ME successfully combines catchy pop with bitter despair. Through 17 immensely sensual songs, Robert Smith is at his most poetic ("strange as angels, dancing in the deepest ocean, twisting in the water, you're just like a dream") and vitriolic ("get your fucking voice out of my head...I never wanted any of this, I wish you were dead"). The joyous pop of "Just Like Heaven" and "The Perfect Girl" still delights, and the frisson provided by "Shiver And Shake" reinforces the physical nature of this collection.

Professional Reviews

Uncut (p.102) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Glossy, even sexy, here the excesses of that decade finally caught up with Smith, which he twisted into stunning pop..."

Alternative Press (p.200) - "[With] the heartfelt 'Just Like Heaven,' one of the classic alt-rock singles of the 1980s."

Magnet (p.106) - "Smith pens the prettiest pop, unleashes seven minutes of sitar-driven stonerdom, uses accordions to punctuate Parisian travelogues, plays with psychedelic Hendrixian guitar textures and -- as always -- lets bassist Simon Gallup have all the best riffs and melodies."

CMJ (1/5/04, p.20) - Ranked #3 in CMJ's "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1987"