The early 1990s were a great time for alternative music, college radio, and record sales. Of the bands who were able to segue from a respectable underground appeal in the ’80s into massive success later was The Cure, who did so without completely feeding the pop beast.
Wish, The Cure’s first album to debut at #2 on the US charts, was released on Robert Smith’s birthday in 1992.
The album birthed three singles “High,” “A Letter to Elise,” and “Friday I’m In Love” that helped catapult the album to more success the band had had with their previous eight studio albums.
So they recorded a live album that September in Michigan and titled it Show. And then they made another one over three October nights in the city of lights called Paris, naturally.
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