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Professional reviews
All Music Guide 
Rolling Stone 
OVERVIEW
Wild Mood Swings is The Cure's tenth studio album, released in 1996.
Released: 21 May 1996
Recorded: 1995-1996
Genre: Alternative rock
Length: 61:34
Label: Fiction Records
Producer(s): Steve Lyon,
Robert
Smith
HISTORY
After Wish, it seemed The Cure was on the brink of being disbanded for good due to the departure of Porl Thompson and Boris Williams. Simon Gallup was also forced to take a vacation due to health problems,
which narrowed the lineup down to Robert Smith and Perry Bamonte. Nevertheless, it seems the two of them managed to keep
things afloat long enough for Simon to return once he recovered and convince Roger O'Donnell to rejoin the band. This is also the first album featuring drummer Jason
Cooper, who played on 9 of the 14 tracks on the album, because several drummers were auditioning
for the job at the time it was being recorded. (See below.)
This album was poorly received by many Cure fans (selling just one million copies worlwide compared
to the four million sales of Wish). In concerts since the record's corresponding tour, only "Want", "Jupiter Crash" and "Treasure"
appear to have remained in The Cure's repertoire.
A minor theme present on the album is the mocking of the excessive lifestyle of the 90s club
scene. This is seen most in the tracks "Club America" and "Want".
TRACK LISTING
All songs by Bamonte, Cooper, Gallup, O'Donnell and Smith, except where noted
- "Want" - 5:06
- "Club America" (Bamonte, Cooper, Gallup, Smith) - 5:01
- "This Is a Lie" - 4:29
- "The 13th" - 4:08
- "Strange Attraction" - 4:19
- "Mint Car" - 3:32
- "Jupiter Crash" - 4:15
- "Round & Round & Round" - 2:38
- "Gone!" - 4:31
- "Numb" - 4:49
- "Return" - 3:28
- "Trap" - 3:37
- "Treasure" - 3:45
- "Bare" - 7:56
- Bonus track
- 15. "It Used to Be Me" - 6:50
- (Japanese edition only - available world wide as a B-side in the "The 13th" single).
PERSONNEL
Additional personnel
Brass
- Jesus Alemany - trumpet
- John Barclay - trumpet
- Steve Dawson - trumpet
- Richard Edwards - trombone
- Sid Gauld - trumpet
- Will Gregory - saxophone
- Steve Sidwell - trumpet
Strings
- Mister Chandrashekhar - violin
- Sue Dench - viola
- Leo Payne - violin
- Audrey Riley - cello
- Chris Tombling - violin
Percussion
- Ronald Austin - drums on "This is a Lie"
- Louis Pavlou - drums on "Club America"
- Mark Price - drums on "Mint Car", "Trap" and "Treasure"
PRODUCTION
- Producers: Steve Lyon, Robert Smith
- Engineer: Steve Lyon
- Mixing: Paul Corkett, Spike Drake, Paul Q. Kolderie, Tom Lord-Alge, Steve Lyon, Alan Moulder, Tim Palmer,
Mark Saunders, Adrian Maxwell Sherwood, Sean Slade, Robert Smith
- Mastering: Ian Cooper
- Arrangers: Ronald Austin, Sid Gauld, Will Gregory, Audrey Riley, Robert Smith
- Art direction: The Cure, Andy Vella
SINGLES
CHARTS
Album - Billboard (North America)
Singles - Billboard (North America)
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The Cure chronology
Swings
(1993) (1996) (1997)
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