Wild Mood Swings | ||||
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Released | 6 May 1996 | |||
Recorded | Late 1994–1996[1] | |||
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Genre | Alternative rock, neo-psychedelia[2] | |||
Length | 61:36 | |||
Label | Fiction | |||
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Wild Mood Swings is the tenth studio album by English rock band the Cure, released on 6 May 1996 by Fiction Records.[3] The album charted at number nine on the UK Albums Chart, staying on chart for six weeks, and charted at number 12 in the US Billboard 200.[4][5]
Four singles were released from the album, the first being "The 13th", released in 22 April 1996, followed by "Mint Car" released on 17 June, "Strange Attraction" released in United States on 8 October and "Gone!" released in Europe on 2 December 1996.
The album saw the band explore various styles, similar to their double album Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me (1987),[6] incorporating jangle pop, with Mint Car[7] and Return,[8] jazz, with Gone, mariachi, with The 13th,[9] and as the title suggests the album exhibits various different moods, from lighter poppier songs to introspective, darker material, often paired next to one another, which NME described as, "rather like a compilation album, with all the disjointedness that implies."[8]