''Paris'' is a live album recorded by
The Cure at
Le Zénith de Paris, in October 1992 during their ''
Wish'' tour, but released in October 1993. The band announced the album in July 1993.
''Paris'' was released at the same time as ''
Show
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** Dog show
** Horse show
** Sp ...
'', which was recorded in the United States. The album features more cult classics like "The Figurehead" and "One Hundred Years" than ''Show'', which is generally more single-friendly.
50% of the royalties earned by the album were given to the
Red Cross and
Red Crescent Movement charities in support of their international relief work.
In mid-1996, ''
Billboard
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'' reported that ''Paris'' had sold 95,000 copies in the United States by that point, much less than the 213,000 copies of ''Show'' sold there by the same point.
The magazine described the release of the album "within a few weeks" of ''Show'' as exemplifying the "unorthodox career path" that the band had taken.
Michele Kirsch of ''
Vox'' praised the album's "top shelf sound engineers" and "good editing".
Rating the album eight out of ten, he noted "there's nothing here that doesn't work."
Track listing
#"
The Figurehead" (''
Pornography
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#"
One Hundred Years
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" (''Pornography'') – 7:15
#"At Night" (''
Seventeen Seconds'') – 6:39
#"Play for Today" (''Seventeen Seconds'') – 3:50
#"Apart" (''
Wish'') – 6:37
#"In Your House" (''Seventeen Seconds'') – 3:59
#"
Lovesong" (''
Disintegration'') – 3:31
#"
Catch
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Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
''Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me'' is the seventh studio album by English rock band the Cure, released on 26 May 1987 by Fiction Records.
The album helped bring the Cure into the American mainstream, becoming the band's first album to reach the to ...
'') – 2:41
#"
A Letter to Elise" (''Wish'') – 4:50
#"Dressing Up" (''
The Top'') – 2:49
#"
Charlotte Sometimes" (stand-alone single) – 3:58
#"
Close to Me" (''
The Head on the Door'') – 3:57
Personnel
*
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Business
* Robert MacKay Smith (1802–1888), Scottish businessman, meteorologist and philanthropist who founded Glasgow University's Mackay Smith Prizes
* Robert Barr Smith (1824–1915), ...
– vocals, guitar
*
Simon Gallup
Simon Jonathon Gallup (born 1 June 1960) is an English musician and bassist with the alternative rock band The Cure. He is the second longest-serving member of the band after lead vocalist/guitarist Robert Smith.
Early years
Born in Duxhurst ...
– bass guitar
*
Porl Thompson – guitar
*
Boris Williams – drums
*
Perry Bamonte – keyboard, guitar
Production
*Robbie Williams – production manager
*Howard Hopkins – stage manager
*Tom Wilson – keyboard tech and backstage coordinator
References
The Cure live albums
1993 live albums
Fiction Records live albums
Elektra Records live albums
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