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Show (The Cure album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Show

| type = live

| artist = the Cure

| cover = Show (Cure album).jpg

| alt =

| released = 13 September 1993

| recorded = 18–19 July 1992

| venue = The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, Michigan

| genre =

| length = {{Duration|m=128|s=34}}

| label = * Fiction

| producer = Robert Smith

| prev_title = Wish

| prev_year = 1992

| next_title = Paris

| next_year = 1993

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r188454}}

| rev2 = Calgary Herald

| rev2score = CBell, Mike (26 September 1993). "Recent Releases". Calgary Herald.

| rev3 = NME

| rev3score = 7/10{{cite web|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1405584&style=music|title=The Cure - Show CD Album 2|website=Cduniverse.com|accessdate=6 June 2016}}

| rev4 = Rolling Stone

| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/show-19931014|title=The Cure Show Album Review|website=Rollingstone.com|accessdate=6 June 2016}}

| rev5 = Select

| rev5score = {{rating|4|5|full=U+25A0.svg|empty=U+25A1.svg|rating=medal}}{{cite magazine|first=Stuart|last=Maconie|url=https://selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk/showpage.php?file=wp-content/uploads/2014/08/albums12.jpg|title=New Albums|work=Select|date=October 1993|page=91|access-date=4 January 2025|author-link=Stuart Maconie}}

}}

Show is a live album released in 1993 by the British alternative rock band the Cure. It was recorded live over two nights at The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, Michigan (a suburb of Detroit) in 1992, during the successful Wish tour. Show was also released as a concert video.

This live album was released along with Paris, which was recorded in Paris. Show leaned somewhat more towards the band's poppier and more recent material such as "Just Like Heaven", "Pictures of You" and "Friday I'm in Love" while Paris skewed towards their older cult-classics.

The album was re-issued on vinyl as a double LP in the UK as part of Record Store Day on 22 April 2023. This release was remastered by Robert Smith and Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios.{{Cite web |title=Show |url=https://recordstoreday.co.uk/rsd-list/cure-the/ |access-date=2023-04-26 |website=Record Store Day |language=en}}

Track listing

Show is a double-CD release in most cases. There are various versions with differing track listings. The US version is the only one-disc edition. The songs that did not fit onto the US disc ("Tape", "Fascination Street", "The Walk" and "Let's Go to Bed") were released as the EP Sideshow. The video version, released on VHS, CD-i and LaserDisc, contains extra tracks.

Disc one

  1. "Tape" – 2:25
  2. "Open" (Wish) – 7:18
  3. "High" (Wish) – 3:31
  4. "Pictures of You" (Disintegration) – 7:38
  5. "Lullaby" (Disintegration) – 4:25
  6. "Just Like Heaven" (Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me) – 3:37
  7. "Fascination Street" (Disintegration) – 5:00
  8. "A Night Like This" (The Head on the Door) – 4:46
  9. "Trust" (Wish) – 5:15

Disc two

  1. "Doing the Unstuck" (Wish) – 4:20
  2. "The Walk" (Japanese Whispers) – 3:32
  3. "Let's Go to Bed" (Japanese Whispers) – 3:41
  4. "Friday I'm in Love" (Wish) – 3:45
  5. "In Between Days" (The Head on the Door) – 3:12
  6. "From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea" (Wish) – 7:54
  7. "Never Enough" (Mixed Up) – 4:52
  8. "Cut" (Wish) – 5:25
  9. "End" (Wish) – 7:58

Single-disc release:

  1. "Open" (Wish) – 7:20
  2. "High" (Wish) – 3:31
  3. "Pictures of You" (Disintegration) – 7:38
  4. "Lullaby" (Disintegration) – 4:15
  5. "Just Like Heaven" (Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me) – 3:34
  6. "A Night Like This" (The Head on the Door) – 4:45
  7. "Trust" (Wish) – 5:14
  8. "Doing the Unstuck" (Wish) – 4:00
  9. "Friday I'm in Love" (Wish) – 3:34
  10. "In Between Days" (The Head on the Door) – 2:55
  11. "From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea" (Wish) – 7:54
  12. "Never Enough" (Mixed Up) – 4:45
  13. "Cut" (Wish) – 5:32
  14. "End" (Wish) – 8:04

Sideshow EP:

  1. "Tape (intro) – 3:07
  2. "Just Like Heaven" (Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me) – 3:47
  3. "Fascination Street" (Disintegration) – 5:01
  4. "The Walk" (Japanese Whispers) – 3:32
  5. "Let's Go to Bed" (Japanese Whispers) – 3:38

=CD-i release (2-disc music video)=

==CD-i disc one==

  1. "Tape"
  2. "Open" (Wish)
  3. "High" (Wish)
  4. "Pictures of You" (Disintegration)
  5. "Lullaby" (Disintegration)
  6. "Just Like Heaven" (Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me)
  7. "Fascination Street" (Disintegration)
  8. "A Night Like This" (The Head on the Door)
  9. "Trust" (Wish)
  10. "Doing the Unstuck" (Wish)
  11. "The Walk" (Japanese Whispers)
  12. "Let's Go to Bed" (Japanese Whispers)
  13. "Friday I'm in Love" (Wish)

==CD-i disc two==

  1. "In Between Days" (The Head on the Door)
  2. "From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea" (Wish)
  3. "Never Enough" (Mixed Up)
  4. "Cut" (Wish)
  5. "End" (Wish)
  6. "To Wish Impossible Things" (Wish)
  7. "Primary" (Faith)
  8. "Boys Don't Cry" (Boys Don't Cry)
  9. "Why Can't I Be You?" (Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me)
  10. "A Forest" (Seventeen Seconds)

Personnel

Charts

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|+ Chart performance for Show

! scope="col"| Chart (1993)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{album chart|Australia|16|artist=The Cure|album=Show|rowheader=true|access-date=1 July 2023}}
{{album chart|Austria|16|artist=The Cure|album=Show|rowheader=true|access-date=1 July 2023}}
{{album chart|Netherlands|71|artist=The Cure|album=Show|rowheader=true|access-date=1 July 2023}}
scope="row"| European Albums (Music & Media){{cite magazine |title=European Top 100 Albums |magazine=Music & Media |volume=10 |issue=41 |date=9 October 1993 |page=14 |oclc=29800226}}

| 63

{{album chart|Germany4|37|id=1699|artist=The Cure|album=Show|rowheader=true|access-date=1 July 2023}}
{{album chart|New Zealand|36|artist=The Cure|album=Show|rowheader=true|access-date=1 July 2023}}
{{album chart|Sweden|34|artist=The Cure|album=Show|rowheader=true|access-date=1 July 2023}}
{{album chart|Switzerland|37|artist=The Cure|album=Show|rowheader=true|access-date=1 July 2023}}
{{album chart|UK2|29|date=19930919|rowheader=true|access-date=1 July 2023}}
{{album chart|Billboard200|42|artist=The Cure|rowheader=true|access-date=1 July 2023}}

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|+ Chart performance for Show
(30th anniversary edition)

! scope="col"| Chart (2023)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{album chart|Wallonia|30|artist=The Cure|album=Show|rowheader=true|access-date=17 September 2023}}
{{album chart|Germany4|17|id=1699|artist=The Cure|album=Show|rowheader=true|access-date=15 September 2023|refname=ger-2023}}
{{album chart|Scotland|35|date=20230915|rowheader=true|access-date=30 December 2023}}
scope="row"| UK Albums Sales (OCC){{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-sales-chart/20230428/7511/ |title=Official Albums Sales Chart |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=30 December 2023}}

| 21

scope="row"| UK Physical Albums (OCC){{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/physical-albums-chart/20230428/2/ |title=Official Physical Albums Chart |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=30 December 2023}}

| 21

scope="row"| UK Vinyl Albums (OCC){{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/vinyl-albums-chart/20230428/9/ |title=Official Vinyl Albums Chart |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=30 December 2023}}

| 12

{{album chart|Billboard200|77|M|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2023-05-06/|title=Billboard 200 – Week of May 6, 2023|work=Billboard|rowheader=true|access-date=30 December 2023}}
{{album chart|BillboardAlternative|11|artist=The Cure|rowheader=true|access-date=30 December 2023}}
{{album chart|BillboardCatalog|26|artist=The Cure|rowheader=true|access-date=30 December 2023}}
{{album chart|BillboardRock|12|artist=The Cure|rowheader=true|access-date=30 December 2023}}
{{album chart|BillboardTastemaker|4|artist=The Cure|rowheader=true|access-date=30 December 2023}}

Certifications

{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for Show}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|award=Silver|type=album|artist=Cure|title=Show|relyear=1993|certyear=2020|id=16493-1031-2|access-date=26 June 2020}}

{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true | noshipments=true | streaming=true}}

References

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