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European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol.9, no.20. 16 May 1992. p.29. OCLC 29800226– via World Radio History. Redmond, Steve, ed. (18 April 1992). "Cure aim for wider sales" (PDF). Music Week. London, England, U.K.: Spotlight Publications: 5. ISSN 0265-1548. the release of the band's 10th studio album, Wish, next Tuesday (April 21) Originally released in 1992, Wish features their hits ‘Friday I’m In Love’, ‘A Letter To Elise’, and ‘High’.
Willman, Chris (19 April 1992). "This Cure Is Not Worth the Pain". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 8 January 2016.
a b Hunter, James (14 May 1992). " Wish". Rolling Stone. No.630. p.101. Archived from the original on 29 May 2022 . Retrieved 8 January 2016. Perry Bamonte – guitars, keyboards, six-string bass on "Friday I'm In Love" and "A Letter to Elise" Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDFed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p.71.
fun fact: "friday i'm in love" is out of tune. its pitch is a notch too high. i used to play to the album on my guitar, tuned to the A notes of "apart". you can accompany the whole album with that tuning, except for "friday". a b Wish (CD, Vinyl, Cassette). The Cure. Fiction. 1992. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link)Smith says that he had a plan for the making of Wish, which was the follow-up to the hugely successful Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me (1987) and Disintegration (1989): "The overall sound was in my head from the start. We used a pretty small palette of sounds, as we did with Disintegration, but managed to create a lot of different kinds of song with it. I think Kiss Me was more of a reference than Disintegration.” The Cure are reissuing their Wish album in a 30th anniversary edition, via UMC/Polydor this October. The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (The Cure; 'Wish ')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
a b c " The Cure Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Alternative Songs for The Cure. Nielsen Business Media The Cure’s 1992 album Wish is to be reissued for its 30th anniversary in October. The album topped the charts in the UK and reached #2 in the USA. It features the single ‘Friday I’m In Love’, arguably one of the group’s best-loved songs.Reluctantly bought this because i was to impatient to wait for a US standard pressing but Sound wise i cant even tell this is a picture disc it sounds very good. Album – Classifica settimanale WK 48 (dal 25.11.2022 al 01.12.2022)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved 3 December 2022. a b c "Top 10 Sales in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol.9, no.22. 30 May 1992. p.31. OCLC 29800226– via World Radio History.
