Wild Mood Swings Songwriting Credits by The Cure

Wild Mood Swings lived up to its title by ranging across pop, jazz inflections and Latin rhythms, a deliberate stylistic spread after the more unified Wish. The music was again credited collectively to The Cure while Robert Smith wrote the lyrics, and Smith produced the record with Steve Lyon rather than longtime collaborator David M. Allen. Singles such as The 13th and Mint Car showed Smith pushing the band toward brighter, more eclectic arrangements. The album charted lower than its predecessors and is often viewed as the start of a commercial decline, though Smith initially regarded it as the band's best work.