Paris (The Cure album)

Paris
Live album by
Released25 October 1993
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
Calgary HeraldB+
Hot Press(favourable)
Rolling Stone(favourable)
The Rolling Stone Album Guide
Vox8/10

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

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.

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. 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.