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.

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Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
Studio album by The Cure
Released	26 May 1987[1]
Recorded	1986–1987
Studio	Miraval (Correns, France) Compass Point (Nassau, Bahamas)[lower-alpha 1]
Genre	Alternative rock new wave[2] gothic rock[3] post-punk[4]
Length	74:35
Label	Fiction
Producer	David M. Allen Robert Smith
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
"Why Can't I Be You?" Released: 6 April 1987 "Catch" Released: 22 June 1987 "Just Like Heaven" Released: 5 October 1987 "Hot Hot Hot!!!" Released: 8 February 1988

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Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Blender	[6]
Chicago Sun-Times	[7]
Los Angeles Times	[8]
Pitchfork	9.4/10[9]
Q	[10]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[11]
Sounds	[12]
Uncut	[13]
The Village Voice	B[14]

The album helped bring the Cure into the American mainstream, 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.

In 2000, the album was voted number 256 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.[15]