The Cure
Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
Label:  Elektra 
Date:  5/1987
Length:  0:00
Format:  2LP
Genre:  Rock; Gothic Rock
  Category:  rock
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 The Kiss    
      2.  
      		 Catch    
      3.  
      		 Torture    
      4.  
      		 If Only Tonight We Could Sleep    
      5.  
      		 Why Can't I Be You?    
      6.  
      		 How Beautiful You Are    
      7.  
      		 The Snakepit    
      8.  
      		 Just Like Heaven    
      9.  
      		 All I Want    
      10.  
      		 Hot Hot Hot!!!    
      11.  
      		 One More Time    
      12.  
      		 Like Cockatoos    
      13.  
      		 Icing Sugar    
      14.  
      		 The Perfect Girl    
      15.  
      		 A Thousand Hours    
      16.  
      		 Shiver And Shake    
      17.  
      		 Fight    
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      Released in 1987, at the height of the compact-disc revolution, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me is the prototypical CD album. Cure architect Robert Smith knew that the newly popular format could handle almost twice as much music as records, and he wasn't about to waste the space. Unfortunately, many of Kiss Me's 17 tracks sound more like B-sides. The cream is certainly worth culling, however; "Catch," "How Beautiful You Are," and the alternative-rock staple "Just Like Heaven" are among the Cure's finest moments. "Hot Hot Hot!!!" and "Why Can't I Be You?" reveal that underneath all the dyed-black hair and glum stares lay a fervent dance band. Who knew? --Bill Crandall