The Wonder is the sixth studio album by rock artist Tom Verlaine.

The album was engineered by Mario Salvati and mixed by Tom Verlaine and Fred Smith except side 1 tracks 1, 2, 4, 5 and side 2 track 1 mixed by Julian Mendelsohn.

Recorded after a three year break, The Wonder featured Verlaine using a more affected singing style, described by Allmusic’s David Cleary as "an oily manner...suggesting a smarmy Bryan Ferry" (Ferry was the lead singer of Roxy Music).

[2] Verlaine also used the guitarist of The Church Marty Willson-Piper uncredited to fill out the guitar sound on the album.

[3] Willson-Piper recalls playing on "Stalingrad" with Jay Dee Daugherty, who also wasn't credited.