Show | ||||
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Live album by | ||||
Released | 13 September 1993 | |||
Recorded | 18–19 July 1992 | |||
Venue | The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, Michigan | |||
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Producer | Robert Smith | |||
The Cure chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Calgary Herald | C [2] |
NME | 7/10 [3] |
Rolling Stone | [4] |
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. [5]
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 which 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
Disc two
Single-disc release:
Sideshow EP:
Chart (1993) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA) [6] | 16 |
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [7] | 16 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [8] | 71 |
European Albums ( Music & Media ) [9] | 63 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [10] | 37 |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [11] | 36 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [12] | 34 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [13] | 37 |
UK Albums (OCC) [14] | 29 |
US Billboard 200 [15] | 42 |
Chart (2023) | Peak position |
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Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [16] | 30 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [17] | 17 |
Scottish Albums (OCC) [18] | 35 |
UK Albums Sales (OCC) [19] | 21 |
UK Physical Albums (OCC) [20] | 21 |
UK Vinyl Albums (OCC) [21] | 12 |
US Billboard 200 [22] | 77 |
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [23] | 11 |
US Top Catalog Albums (Billboard) [24] | 26 |
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [25] | 12 |
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [26] | 4 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI) [27] | Silver | 60,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
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