Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me - Cure (The)

This album by The Cure was released in 1987 and it sits comfortably between ‘The Head on the Door’ and ‘Disintegration’. No songs on the album totally demand your attention, but if listened to properly, the album is a journey through a wide range if emotions and scenarios. What the songs are about I do not remember very well, but Robert has on several occasions explained what he was thinking, ( mainly drugs!), so I suggest ...
.../> It starts off with ‘The Kiss’, the first 4 minutes are instrumental and by the time Robert starts singing the lyrics, almost everything has already been said. It is a very dramatic and powerful song, mainly because of the mood portrayed by the guitar and drums. The second song is like a breather, because after the onslaught of the first song, ‘Catch’ feels like a relief and is softly sweet, if only because of its portrayal ... more

This album by The Cure was released in 1987 and it sits comfortably between ‘The Head on the Door’ and ‘Disintegration’. No songs on the album totally demand your attention, but if listened to properly, the album is a journey through a wide range if emotions and scenarios. What the songs are about I do not remember very well, but Robert has on several occasions explained what he was thinking, ( mainly drugs!), so I suggest you try to find one of those articles.

It starts off with ‘The Kiss’, the first 4 minutes are instrumental and by the time Robert starts singing the lyrics, almost everything has already been said. It is a very dramatic and powerful song, mainly because of the mood portrayed by the guitar and drums. The second song is like a breather, because after the onslaught of the first song, ‘Catch’ feels like a relief and is softly sweet, if only because of its portrayal of sad innocence. ‘Torture’ brings us back to painful experiences and moody music. ‘If Only Tonight We Could Sleep’ is soft, light and thoughtful. ‘Why Can’t I Be You?’ is a cheerful song much in the spirit which created the later ‘Friday I’m in Love’ but is done with a lot more taste. ‘How Beautiful You Are’ has the lyrics clashing with the innocent music. How beautiful you are, indeed. ‘Snakepit’ is slightly more mysterious musically and has a good arrangement. ‘Just like Heaven’ is a song that is so sweet I have overdosed on it, but it made a good single. ‘All I Want’, about drugs again, if I remember correctly. It has a very good tune. ‘Hot Hot Hot’, again that more fun-loving spirit. Great fun. ‘One More Time’ is the quietest song on the album and in feeling it has a twin in a beautiful song not on any album,‘Breathe’. It is thoughtful and sad. ‘Like Cockatoos’ is strange and in my opinion one of the album’s weak links. “Icing Sugar’ is the other weak link, I find it a bit boring. “The Perfect Girl’ brings us back to the funny-ish side of the album. ‘A Thousand Hours’ is another quiet song full of melancholy. I like the music in particular. ‘Shiver and Shake’ goes with ‘Fight’, my favourite on the album, to first drain you of anger and then lift you up. Clever if intentional.

I have this album on CD, which means that the track 'Hey You' has been omitted. I have heard it, but I do not remember it well so I will not comment on it. All in all, the music is somewhere in between pop and rock and the quieter and the more cheerful songs still don’t go anywhere near proper pop music.

This album will stay in my record collection forever, but I do not listen to it very often. It is very good, but most of the songs I find I can live without for long periods of time. However, this does not mean that it does not have any moments, it does. I just think that several of their other albums carry more emotion and feeling and that is what The Cure is usually about.
 

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