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Simultaneously more accessible and ambitious than any of the Cure's previous albums, the double album Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me finds Robert Smith expanding his pop vocabulary by tentatively adding bigger guitars, the occasional horn section, lite-funk rhythms, and string sections. It's eclectic, to be sure, but it's also a mess, bouncing from idea to idea and refusing to develop some of the most intriguing detours. Even if Kiss Me doesn't quite gel, its best moments -- including the deceptively bouncy "Why Can't I Be You?" and the stately "Just Like Heaven" -- are remarkable and help make the album one of the group's very best.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Tim Young, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Smith, Composer, Author, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jacques Hermet, Producer, Assistant Producer - The Cure, MainArtist - BORIS WILLIAMS, Composer, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - LAURENCE TOLHURST, Composer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - SIMON GALLUP, Composer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Allen, Producer - Porl Thompson, Composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Michel Dierickx, Producer, Assistant Producer - Sean Burrows, Producer, Assistant Producer
℗ 1987 Fiction Records Ltd.
Tim Young, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Smith, Composer, Author, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jacques Hermet, Producer, Assistant Producer - The Cure, MainArtist - BORIS WILLIAMS, Composer, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - LAURENCE TOLHURST, Composer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - SIMON GALLUP, Composer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Allen, Producer - Porl Thompson, Composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Michel Dierickx, Producer, Assistant Producer - Sean Burrows, Producer, Assistant Producer
℗ 1987 Fiction Records Ltd.
Tim Young, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Smith, Composer, Author, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jacques Hermet, Producer, Assistant Producer - The Cure, MainArtist - BORIS WILLIAMS, Composer, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - LAURENCE TOLHURST, Composer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - SIMON GALLUP, Composer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Allen, Producer - Porl Thompson, Composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Michel Dierickx, Producer, Assistant Producer - Sean Burrows, Producer, Assistant Producer
℗ 1987 Fiction Records Ltd.
Tim Young, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Smith, Composer, Author, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jacques Hermet, Producer, Assistant Producer - The Cure, MainArtist - BORIS WILLIAMS, Composer, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - LAURENCE TOLHURST, Composer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - SIMON GALLUP, Composer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Allen, Producer - Porl Thompson, Composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Michel Dierickx, Producer, Assistant Producer - Sean Burrows, Producer, Assistant Producer
℗ 1987 Fiction Records Ltd.
Tim Young, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Smith, Composer, Author, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jacques Hermet, Producer, Assistant Producer - The Cure, MainArtist - BORIS WILLIAMS, Composer, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - LAURENCE TOLHURST, Composer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - SIMON GALLUP, Composer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Allen, Producer - Porl Thompson, Composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Michel Dierickx, Producer, Assistant Producer - Sean Burrows, Producer, Assistant Producer
℗ 1987 Fiction Records Ltd.
Tim Young, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Smith, Composer, Author, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jacques Hermet, Producer, Assistant Producer - The Cure, MainArtist - BORIS WILLIAMS, Composer, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - LAURENCE TOLHURST, Composer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - SIMON GALLUP, Composer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Allen, Producer - Porl Thompson, Composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Michel Dierickx, Producer, Assistant Producer - Sean Burrows, Producer, Assistant Producer
℗ 1987 Fiction Records Ltd.
Tim Young, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Smith, Composer, Author, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jacques Hermet, Producer, Assistant Producer - The Cure, MainArtist - BORIS WILLIAMS, Composer, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - LAURENCE TOLHURST, Composer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - SIMON GALLUP, Composer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Allen, Producer - Porl Thompson, Composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Michel Dierickx, Producer, Assistant Producer - Sean Burrows, Producer, Assistant Producer
℗ 1987 Fiction Records Ltd.
Tim Young, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Smith, Composer, Author, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jacques Hermet, Producer, Assistant Producer - The Cure, MainArtist - BORIS WILLIAMS, Composer, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - LAURENCE TOLHURST, Composer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - SIMON GALLUP, Composer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Allen, Producer - Porl Thompson, Composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Michel Dierickx, Producer, Assistant Producer - Sean Burrows, Producer, Assistant Producer - Andrew Brennen, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1987 Fiction Records Ltd.
BOB CLEARMOUNTAIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tim Young, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Smith, Composer, Author, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jacques Hermet, Producer, Assistant Producer - The Cure, MainArtist - BORIS WILLIAMS, Composer, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - LAURENCE TOLHURST, Composer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - SIMON GALLUP, Composer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Allen, Producer - Porl Thompson, Composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Michel Dierickx, Producer, Assistant Producer - Sean Burrows, Producer, Assistant Producer
℗ 1987 Fiction Records Ltd.
Tim Young, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Smith, Composer, Author, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jacques Hermet, Producer, Assistant Producer - The Cure, MainArtist - BORIS WILLIAMS, Composer, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - LAURENCE TOLHURST, Composer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - SIMON GALLUP, Composer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Allen, Producer - Porl Thompson, Composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Michel Dierickx, Producer, Assistant Producer - Sean Burrows, Producer, Assistant Producer
℗ 1987 Fiction Records Ltd.
Tim Young, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Smith, Composer, Author, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jacques Hermet, Producer, Assistant Producer - The Cure, MainArtist - BORIS WILLIAMS, Composer, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - LAURENCE TOLHURST, Composer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - SIMON GALLUP, Composer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Allen, Producer - Porl Thompson, Composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Michel Dierickx, Producer, Assistant Producer - Sean Burrows, Producer, Assistant Producer
℗ 1987 Fiction Records Ltd.
Tim Young, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Smith, Composer, Author, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jacques Hermet, Producer, Assistant Producer - The Cure, MainArtist - BORIS WILLIAMS, Composer, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - LAURENCE TOLHURST, Composer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - SIMON GALLUP, Composer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Allen, Producer - Porl Thompson, Composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Michel Dierickx, Producer, Assistant Producer - Sean Burrows, Producer, Assistant Producer
℗ 1987 Fiction Records Ltd.
Tim Young, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Smith, Composer, Author, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jacques Hermet, Producer, Assistant Producer - The Cure, MainArtist - BORIS WILLIAMS, Composer, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - LAURENCE TOLHURST, Composer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - SIMON GALLUP, Composer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Allen, Producer - Porl Thompson, Composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Michel Dierickx, Producer, Assistant Producer - Sean Burrows, Producer, Assistant Producer
℗ 1987 Fiction Records Ltd.
Tim Young, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Smith, Composer, Author, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jacques Hermet, Producer, Assistant Producer - The Cure, MainArtist - BORIS WILLIAMS, Composer, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - LAURENCE TOLHURST, Composer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - SIMON GALLUP, Composer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Allen, Producer - Porl Thompson, Composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Michel Dierickx, Producer, Assistant Producer - Sean Burrows, Producer, Assistant Producer - Andrew Brennen, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1987 Fiction Records Ltd.
Tim Young, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Smith, Composer, Author, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jacques Hermet, Producer, Assistant Producer - The Cure, MainArtist - BORIS WILLIAMS, Composer, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - LAURENCE TOLHURST, Composer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - SIMON GALLUP, Composer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Allen, Producer - Porl Thompson, Composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Michel Dierickx, Producer, Assistant Producer - Sean Burrows, Producer, Assistant Producer
℗ 1987 Fiction Records Ltd.
Tim Young, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Smith, Composer, Author, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jacques Hermet, Producer, Assistant Producer - The Cure, MainArtist - BORIS WILLIAMS, Composer, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - LAURENCE TOLHURST, Composer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - SIMON GALLUP, Composer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Allen, Producer - Porl Thompson, Composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Michel Dierickx, Producer, Assistant Producer - Sean Burrows, Producer, Assistant Producer
℗ 1987 Fiction Records Ltd.
Tim Young, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Smith, Composer, Author, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jacques Hermet, Producer, Assistant Producer - The Cure, MainArtist - BORIS WILLIAMS, Composer, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - LAURENCE TOLHURST, Composer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - SIMON GALLUP, Composer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Allen, Producer - Porl Thompson, Composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Michel Dierickx, Producer, Assistant Producer - Sean Burrows, Producer, Assistant Producer
℗ 1987 Fiction Records Ltd.
Tim Young, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Smith, Composer, Author, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jacques Hermet, Producer, Assistant Producer - The Cure, MainArtist - BORIS WILLIAMS, Composer, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - LAURENCE TOLHURST, Composer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - SIMON GALLUP, Composer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Allen, Producer - Porl Thompson, Composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Michel Dierickx, Producer, Assistant Producer - Sean Burrows, Producer, Assistant Producer
℗ 1987 Fiction Records Ltd.
Album review
Simultaneously more accessible and ambitious than any of the Cure's previous albums, the double album Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me finds Robert Smith expanding his pop vocabulary by tentatively adding bigger guitars, the occasional horn section, lite-funk rhythms, and string sections. It's eclectic, to be sure, but it's also a mess, bouncing from idea to idea and refusing to develop some of the most intriguing detours. Even if Kiss Me doesn't quite gel, its best moments -- including the deceptively bouncy "Why Can't I Be You?" and the stately "Just Like Heaven" -- are remarkable and help make the album one of the group's very best.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 01:14:09
- Main artists: The Cure
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
© 2006 Polydor Ltd. (UK) ℗ 1987 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
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