1987 was quite the year for prolific songwriters releasing double albums. Like Prince’s Sign O’ The Times, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me was a cacophonous set on which its creators let loose, experimenting with a variety of musical styles and expanding their musical scope. Continuing to hone the pop sensibilities he displayed on The Head On The Door, Robert Smith once again shows his versatility as a songwriter, displaying his range from upbeat, danceable tracks such as Catch and How Beautiful You Are to the menacing The Snakepit, the eastern goth of If Only Tonight We Could Sleep, the beautiful One More Time and A Thousand Hours to the glorious hits Just Like Heaven and Why Can’t I Be You? The album may be varied in style, but it’s utterly consistent in quality. Even at 18 tracks and more than 70 minutes in length, Smith said that he had so many songs that it could have been a triple album, with leftover material relegated to B-sides… though The Cure’s B-sides are renowned for being of a similar high standard to album tracks and even singles.
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