WILD MOOD SWINGS

 

 

 

TRACKLIST:

 

Want (5:08)

Club America (5:01)

This is a lie (4:32)

The 13th (4:06)

Strange attraction (4:20)

Mint car (3:32)

Jupiter crash (4:16)

Round & round & round (2:39)

Gone! (4:31)

Numb (4:50)

Return (3:28)

Trap (3:37)

Treasure (3:46)

Bare (7:57)

 

Total Running Time: 61:42

 

The Japanese CD includes IT USED TO BE ME (6:56) as no.15

 

Lyrics

 

Release Date:

2 LP: April 1996 (England & United States)

tape: April 1996 (Europe, North America, Oceania, South America, Thailand)

CD: April 1996 (France, North America, Oceania, South America, Asia, South Africa) - May 1996

(Japan)

Digital download: March 2001? (Europe, Japan) - June 2004? (North America) - 2005 (Oceania)

 

Words by Robert Smith

Music by Smith/Gallup/Bamonte/Cooper/O'Donnell

 

Robert Smith: voices, guitars, 6-string bass

Simon Gallup: basses

Perry Bamonte: guitars, 6-string bass

Roger O’Donnell: keyboards

Jason Cooper: drums, percussion

 

Produced by Robert Smith and Steve Lyon

Engineered by Steve Lyon

Recorded on Amek Big Desk and Alesis Adats at St. Catherines Court, Avon and Haremere Hall, Sussex

Lyon, Smith mixes created on Neve VRP Desk and Stuff… at St. Catherines Court, Avon

Mastered by Ian Cooper at Metropolis, London

 

JUPITER CRASH, ROUND & ROUND & ROUND, GONE!, TREASURE, BARE mixed by Steve Lyon

Robert Smith

THE 13TH, NUMB mixed by Mike “Spike” Drake

WANT Mixed by Alan Moulder

CLUB AMERICA mixed by Paul Q. Kolderie and Sean Slade

THIS IS A LIE mixed by Tim Palmer

STRANGE ATTRACTIONS mixed by Adrian Sherwood

MINT CAR mixed by Paul Corkett

RETURN mixed by Mark Saunders

TRAP mixed by Tom Lord Alge

 

Drums on MINT CAR, TRAP, TREASURE: Mark Price – THIS IS A LIE: Ronald Austin – CLUB

AMERICA: Louis Pavlou

String Quartet on WANT, ROUND & ROUND & ROUND, NUMB, TREASURE, BARE: Audrey Riley

(cello), Leo Pyen (violin), Chris Tombling (violin), Sue Dench (viola)

Violins on NUMB: Mr. Chandrashekar

Brass section on RETURN, GONE!: Will Gregory (saxophone), John Barclay (trumpet), Steve Sidwell

(trumpet), Richard Edwards (trombone) – Arrangements by RS & WG

Brass section on THE 13TH: Sid Gauld (trumpet), Jesus Alemany (trumpet), Steve Dawson (trumpet)

Arrangements by RS & SG

 

Artwork by Andy Vella and The Cure

 

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