Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me

Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
Studio album by
Released26 May 1987
Recorded1986–1987
Studio
Genre
Length74:35
LabelFiction
Producer
The Cure chronology
Standing on a Beach
(1986)
Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
(1987)
Disintegration
(1989)
Singles from Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
  1. "Why Can't I Be You?"
    Released: 6 April 1987
  2. "Catch"
    Released: 22 June 1987
  3. "Just Like Heaven"
    Released: 5 October 1987
  4. "Hot Hot Hot!!!"
    Released: 8 February 1988

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 was recorded at Studio Miraval in Correns, France. Robert Smith described the album as "like an end to what we’ve been doing for the last 10 years. It seemed to be like the singles album—literally a retrospective album. This one is taking bits from everything we’ve done, all the bits that I’ve liked. But there’s a single album’s worth of that and a single album’s worth of stuff we’ve never really attempted before."

The album helped bring the Cure into the mainstream in the United States, becoming the band's first album to reach the top 40 of the Billboard 200 chart and achieving platinum certification. Like its predecessor, The Head on the Door, it was also a great international success, reaching the top 10 in numerous countries. Four singles were released from the album, including "Just Like Heaven", becoming the band's first top 40 hit in the United States and one of the band's most popular songs.

The album received mixed-to-positive reviews upon release, with praise for its eclectic nature, but criticism for its runtime. Retrospectively, the album has received critical acclaim, and is regarded by some as one of their best albums. In 2000, the album was voted number 256 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.