Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me

Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
Studio album by
Released26 May 1987[1]
Recorded1986–1987
Studio
Genre
Length74:35
LabelFiction
Producer
the Cure chronology
Standing on a Beach
(1986)
Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
(1987)
Disintegration
(1989)
Singles from Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
  1. "Why Can't I Be You?"
    Released: 6 April 1987
  2. "Catch"
    Released: 22 June 1987
  3. "Just Like Heaven"
    Released: 5 October 1987
  4. "Hot Hot Hot!!!"
    Released: 8 February 1988
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
Blender[7]
Chicago Sun-Times[8]
Los Angeles Times[9]
Pitchfork9.4/10[10]
Q[11]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[12]
Sounds[13]
Uncut[14]
The Village VoiceB[15]

Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me is the seventh studio album by English rock band the Cure, released on 26 May 1987 by Fiction Records. The album was recorded at Studio Miraval in Correns, France.[16]

The album helped bring the Cure into the American mainstream, becoming the band's first album to reach the top 40 of the Billboard 200 chart and achieving platinum certification. Like its predecessor, The Head on the Door, it was also a great international success, reaching the top 10 in numerous countries.

In 2000, the album was voted number 256 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.[17]

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  2. ^ "THE CURE RAUNCHY, ABRASIVE". Sun Sentinel. 25 October 1987.
  3. ^ "When the Cure Reached Pop Heaven with 'Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me'". 25 May 2022.
  4. ^ "The Cure: A Double Dose". Los Angeles Times. 31 May 1987.
  5. ^ "The ultimate beginner's guide to The Cure". faroutmagazine.co.uk. 8 November 2020.
  6. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me – The Cure". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  7. ^ Wolk, Douglas (20 September 2005). "The Cure: Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me". Blender. Archived from the original on 23 November 2005. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  8. ^ McLeese, Don (25 June 1987). "The Cure: 'Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me' (Elektra)". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on 20 March 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  9. ^ Willman, Chris (31 May 1987). "The Cure: A Double Dose". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  10. ^ Abebe, Nitsuh (25 August 2006). "The Cure / Robert Smith: The Top / The Head on the Door / Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me / Blue Sunshine". Pitchfork. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  11. ^ Heath, Chris (June 1987). "Fuzzy". Q. No. 9. Archived from the original on 11 May 2000. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  12. ^ Sheffield, Rob (2004). "The Cure". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 205–06. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  13. ^ Gibson, Robin (30 May 1987). "Tongue-Twister". Sounds.
  14. ^ Martin, Piers (September 2006). "From Meltdown to Megastardom". Uncut. No. 112. p. 102.
  15. ^ Christgau, Robert (28 July 1987). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". Village Voice. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  16. ^ "Happy 30th: The Cure, KISS ME KISS ME KISS ME". Rhino Entertainment. 25 May 2017.
  17. ^ Colin Larkin (2000). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 114. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.


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