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Wild Mood Swings by The Cure
Wild Mood Swings is an album by The Cure, released in 1996. 7 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 24 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Mint Car”, on 15 lists with a best position of #24.
Wild Mood Swings, the Cure's tenth album, came out on Fiction in May 1996, produced by Robert Smith with Steve Lyon and recorded at St Catherine's Court and Haremere Hall. Smith fronted a lineup with Simon Gallup on bass, Roger O'Donnell on keyboards, Jason Cooper on drums and Perry Bamonte.
The title says it: this is the Cure hopping from style to style the way they did on Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me. "Mint Car" is sunny, jangling pop, "Gone!" swings with a jazzy lounge wink, and "The 13th" throws in a mariachi horn blast. Bright singles sit right up against brooding, inward-looking tracks, and the whiplash sequencing makes it play almost like a compilation. It was their weakest seller in 12 years, and it started a long slide in their album sales.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Wild Mood Swings on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mint Car | 15 | #24 | – | 1996–2005 | |
| 2 | The 13th | 4 | #87 | – | 1996–2003 | |
| 3 | Want | 1 | #1381 | – | 2003 | |
| 4 | Trap | 1 | #1794 | – | 2003 | |
| 5 | Gone | 1 | #1828 | – | 2003 | |
| 6 | Club America | 1 | #1931 | – | 2003 | |
| 7 | Strange Attraction | 1 | #97 | – | 1996 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.