Wish
by The Cure
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The Cure bestography
Wish is ranked 6th best out of 40 albums by The Cure on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Cure is Disintegration which is ranked number 27 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 25,543.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Wish track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Wish rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Olli | Top 50 Music Albums of 1992 | 4/50 | 5 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 33 Music Albums of 1992 | 9/33 | 4 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Q magazine Recordings Of The Year 1992 | 2/50 | - |
| 2026 | edguyerrison | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 15/40 | 61 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Greatest Music Albums: 301-400 | 4/100 | - |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 54 Music Albums of 1992 | 20/54 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Rhyner | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 41/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | Untitled | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 30/100 | 69 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Indie albums of the year 1992 by Radio X | 11/25 | - |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Best albums from '85 to '94 | 13/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 392 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 2,411 | |||
Wish collection
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Wish ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/03/2026 13:49 | duelek | 2,135 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/30/2026 20:37 |  Special | 3,008 | 72/100 |
| ! | 07/26/2026 09:02 |  CellarDoor | 8,856 | 79/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.8/100, a mean average of 76.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 31 hours ago in Chart of the day (#5437): By Untitled BestEverAlbums 08/18/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5408): By VascoWish comments
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Best tracks 1, 3, 5, 8 ??? (Edited)
I really thought I had listened to all of their best albums. How wrong I was. This is exceptional, even by The Cure´s high standards. (Edited)
HoldenM 09/08/2023 21:15 | #299051 | TOP COMMENT
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It's a thankless task having to follow up one of the greatest pieces of recorded music ever. And while Wish does approach the, well, highs of Disintegration at times, it's best appreciated for the ways it diverges from its predecessor. The Cure pivots away from rapturous soundscapes into what might be new wave's final hurrah. By the time Wish is released, grunge is taking over. The emphasis on space and gloss is secondary to the harsh immediacy of heavy guitars and post-Reagan-era dissolution. While The Cure may not be embracing the trends, they're still at height of their powers, producing some of the sweetest and most enthralling music of their career. There's still room for the vast textures of their previous work, but room for a bubblegum bop here and there, as well. It is, if not the culmination of their career, a well-earned victory leap. Wish is perhaps the last masterpiece album the band might ever produce, but it caps what might be the finest run of the era (give or take a The Top), one with creative versatility and staying power that continues to reward. (Edited)
Surprisingly good album and quite underrated in my opinion, its sound encapsulates almost all of their styles developed in previous 10 years. There are some astonishing songs here like Open, Apart or From The Edge Of A Deep Green Sea and of course catchy smash hit Friday I'm In Love.
Brandon8 12/25/2022 04:19 | #292191
Admirable follow up to Disintegration a bit uneven but has a lot to offer stronger in the front with High, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea and the poppy Friday I’m in Love. End of an era for the band. (Edited)
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