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Wishville is the fifth and final studio album by English alternative rock band Catherine Wheel, released 23 May 2000 by Columbia Records. It was the band's only album not to feature bassist Dave Hawes, who was fired prior to its recording. Without a permanent bassist, the band focused on guitar-centered hard rock arrangements. The album's only single was "Sparks Are Gonna Fly".

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Release

Wishville was also released in a deluxe edition featuring special packaging and a second CD of live recordings, recorded live 11 July 2000 in New York.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	54/100^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Pitchfork	1.7/10^[3]
Dotmusic	8/10^[1]
Wall of Sound	67/100^[4]

Wishville has received a mixed-to-negative reaction from critics.

A negative review came from AllMusic, which wrote: "You'd be hard pressed to get the Catherine Wheel of 1992 or even 1997 to do more than sneeze at the majority of the album. Most of these songs wouldn't have seen the mixing process at any earlier point in their career. [...] Though the record contains some of the most spartan arrangements the band has composed, much of it seems forced and awkward. The lyrics are no help, containing Rob Dickinson's weakest songwriting."^[2] Pitchfork's review was highly negative, describing it as "absolutely terrible, a total abomination".^[3]

Track listing

"Sparks Are Gonna Fly" – 4:16
"Gasoline" – 4:22
"Lifeline" – 4:29
"What We Want to Believe In" – 4:50
"All of That" – 4:40
"Idle Life" – 4:26
"Mad Dog" – 4:04
"Ballad of a Running Man" – 4:50
"Crème Caramel" – 4:32

Deluxe edition bonus disc

"Lifeline" – 4:56
"Crank" – 3:37
"Fripp" – 7:22
"Ma Solituda" (with Andrew Montgomery of Geneva on Vocals) – 5:45
"Heal" – 7:21
"Future Boy" – 7:40
"Intravenous"/"Little Muscle" – 8:00

Singles

"Gasoline"
- US promo CD single
  1. "Gasoline" – 4:22
"Sparks Are Gonna Fly"
- UK promo CD single
  1. "Sparks Are Gonna Fly" (Radio Edit) – 3:44
  2. "Sparks Are Gonna Fly" (Danny Saber Remix) – 4:33
- US promo CD single with tracks from previous albums
  1. "Sparks Are Gonna Fly" (Album Edit) – 3:47
  2. "Sparks Are Gonna Fly" (Radio Edit) – 3:43
  3. "Delicious" – 4:15
  4. "Judy Staring at the Sun" – 3:57
  5. "Waydown" – 3:14
  6. "Crank" – 3:46
  7. "Black Metallic" – 7:18

Personnel

Musicians

Rob Dickinson – vocals, guitar, bass
Brian Futter – guitar, bass, vocals
Neil Sims – bass, percussion, drums, loops, vocals
Tim Friese-Greene – organ, piano
Sara Lee – vocals

Production

Rob Dickinson – producer
Jason Corsaro – engineer
Mike Shipley – mixing
Storm Thorgerson – cover art
Peter Curzon – cover art
Stephen Stickler – photography
Rupert Truman – photography

References

^ ^a ^b "Critic Reviews for Wishville". Metacritic. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
^ ^a ^b Kellman, Andy. "Wishville – Catherine Wheel | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
^ ^a ^b Garrett, Beatty (23 May 2000). "Catherine Wheel: Wishville Album Review | Pitchfork". Pitchfork. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
^ Strickman, Andrew. "Review: Wishville". Wall of Sound. Archived from the original on 15 April 2001. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

External links

Wishville at Discogs (list of releases)

v t e Catherine Wheel
Rob Dickinson Brian Futter Dave Hawes Neil Sims Ben Ellis
Studio albums	Ferment Chrome Happy Days Adam and Eve Wishville
Extended plays	Painful Thing
Singles	"Black Metallic" "Crank"
Compilations	Like Cats and Dogs

MusicBrainz release group

This page was last edited on 25 October 2023, at 20:26

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