Paris (The Cure album)

Paris
Live album by
The Cure
Released25 October 1993[1]
Recorded19–21 October 1992
VenueLe Zénith de Paris, France
Length57:37
Label
The Cure chronology
Show
(1993) 		Paris
(1993) 		Wild Mood Swings
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Calgary HeraldB+[3]
Hot Press(favourable)[4]
Rolling Stone(favourable)[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]
Vox8/10[7]

Paris is a live album recorded by The Cure at Le Zénith de Paris, in October 1992 during their Wish tour, but released in October 1993. The band announced the album in July 1993.[8]

Paris was released at the same time as Show, which was recorded in the United States. The album features more cult classics like "The Figurehead" and "One Hundred Years" than Show, which is generally more single-friendly.

50% of the royalties earned by the album were given to the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement charities in support of their international relief work.

In mid-1996, Billboard reported that Paris had sold 95,000 copies in the United States by that point, much less than the 213,000 copies of Show sold there by the same point.[9] The magazine described the release of the album "within a few weeks" of Show as exemplifying the "unorthodox career path" that the band had taken.[9]

  1. ^ "none". NME. 30 October 1993. p. 52.
  2. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Paris – The Cure". AllMusic.
  3. ^ Phillips, Shari (7 November 1993). "Recent Releases". Calgary Herald.
  4. ^ Brennan, Patrick (17 November 1993). "Paris". Hot Press. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  5. ^ Evans, Paul (23 December 1993). "Paris". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  6. ^ "The Cure: Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Kirsch was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ "Take the Cure Twice" (JPG). Thecure.nz. 10 July 1993. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  9. ^ a b "Billboard". 30 March 1996. p. 77. Retrieved 8 September 2016.