CMJ: Wish
- CMJ review: "we find The Cure are still adept at writing loads more of those wonderful, mournful songs that seem to mean the world to all those pale, wan adolescents in black cloaks."
- http://www.cmj.com/articles/display_article.php?id=15851

AMG All Music Guide: Wish
- Stephen Thomas Erlewine's review: "the even-handed production makes the record sound very similar, so it is less compelling than it might have been, but there are a handful of gems..." 2.5 stars
- http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=A67d1vwmva92k

Rolling Stone: Wish
- James Hunter's review: "this outstanding album, like all the Cure's best music, runs on its own brash logic, making a virtue of its emotional polarities." 4 stars.
- http://www.rollingstone.com/recordings/review.asp?aid=70169&cf=28