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Kick

 

  • Artist: INXS
  • Rating: StarStarStarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: 1987
  • Total Time: 39:17
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: Rock

Review

"What You Need" had taken INXS from college radio into the American Top Five, but there was little indication that the group would follow it with a multi-platinum blockbuster like Kick. Where the follow-ups to "What You Need" made barely a ripple on the pop charts, Kick spun off four Top Ten singles, including the band's only American number one, "Need You Tonight." Kick crystallized all of the band's influences -- Stones-y rock & roll, pop, funk, contemporary dance-pop -- into a cool, stylish dance/rock hybrid. It was perfectly suited to lead singer Michael Hutchence's feline sexuality, which certainly didn't hurt the band's already inventive videos. But it wasn't just image that provided their breakthrough. For the first (and really only) time, INXS made a consistently solid album that had no weak moments from top to bottom. More than that, really, Kick is an impeccably crafted pop tour de force, the band succeeding at everything they try. Every track has at least a subtly different feel from what came before it; INXS freely incorporates tense guitar riffs, rock & roll anthems, swing-tinged pop/rock, string-laden balladry, danceable pop-funk, horn-driven '60s soul, '80s R&B, and even a bit of the new wave-ish sound they'd started out with. More to the point, every song is catchy and memorable, branded with indelible hooks. Even without the band's sense of style, the flawless songcraft is intoxicating, and it's what makes Kick one of the best mainstream pop albums of the '80s. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Guns in the Sky (Lyrics) Michael Hutchence INXS (2:20)
New Sensation (Lyrics) Andrew Farriss, Michael Hutchence INXS (3:39)
Devil Inside (Lyrics) Andrew Farriss, Michael Hutchence INXS (5:11)
Need You Tonight (Lyrics) Andrew Farriss, Michael Hutchence INXS (3:04)
Mediate (Lyrics) Andrew Farriss INXS (2:32)
The Loved One Ian Clyne, Gerry Humphries, Rob Lovett INXS (3:25)
Wild Life (Lyrics) Andrew Farriss, Michael Hutchence INXS (3:07)
Never Tear Us Apart (Lyrics) Andrew Farriss, Michael Hutchence INXS (3:02)
Mystify (Lyrics) Andrew Farriss, Michael Hutchence INXS (3:15)
Kick (Lyrics) Andrew Farriss, Michael Hutchence INXS (3:13)
Calling All Nations (Lyrics) Andrew Farriss, Michael Hutchence INXS (3:00)
Tiny Daggers (Lyrics) Andrew Farriss, Michael Hutchence INXS (3:29)

Credits

INXS (Main Performer), Bob Clearmountain (Engineer), Bob Clearmountain (Mixing), Nick Egan (Art Direction), Nick Egan (Design), Nick Egan (Cover Art Concept), Andrew Farriss (Guitar), Andrew Farriss (Keyboards), Jon Farriss (Percussion), Jon Farriss (Drums), Tim Farriss (Guitar), Michael Hutchence (Vocals), Michael Hutchence (Cover Art Concept), Paula Jones (Assistant Engineer), Richard Moakes (Assistant Engineer), David Nicholas (Engineer), Kirk Pengilly (Guitar), Kirk Pengilly (Saxophone), Kirk Pengilly (Vocals), Chris Thomas (Producer), Bob Withers (Art Direction), Bob Withers (Design), Ken Smith (Art Direction), Ken Smith (Design)
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Kick
Studio album by INXS
Released 19 October 1987
Recorded 1987
Genre Rock, pop rock
Length 39:17
Language English
Label Atlantic
Producer Chris Thomas
Professional reviews
INXS chronology
Listen Like Thieves
(1985)
Kick
(1987)
X
(1990)
Singles from Kick
  1. "Need You Tonight"/"Mediate"
    Released: September 23, 1987
  2. "Devil Inside"
    Released: February 13, 1988
  3. "New Sensation"/"Guns in the Sky"
    Released: March 31, 1988
  4. "Never Tear Us Apart"
    Released: August 8, 1988
  5. "Mystify"/"Kick"
    Released: March 1989

Kick is an album by the Australian rock band INXS, released in 1987 by Atlantic Records in the United States and Phonogram Records in the United Kingdom. It is their best-selling album to date and according to Story to Story: The Official Autobiography has sold more than 10 million copies in the U.S. alone (as of 2005).[citation needed] Kick spawned four top 10 singles, including "Need You Tonight"/"Mediate", "Devil Inside", "New Sensation", and "Never Tear Us Apart". At the 1988 MTV Video Music Awards, the band took home five Moonmen for the "Need You Tonight"/"Mediate" video.[citation needed]

The album has been reissued on numerous occasions. Rhino Entertainment released a remastered reissue four previously unreleased bonus tracks in 2002. Mercury/Universal reissued the album in 2004 as part of their Deluxe Edition series of albums. The two-disc collection was bolstered by a disc of remixes, B-sides and outtakes.

Track listing

All songs were written by Michael Hutchence and Andrew Farriss except "The Loved One" by Gerry Humphries, Rob Lovett, and Ian Clyne.

  1. "Guns in the Sky" – 2:21
  2. "New Sensation" – 3:39
  3. "Devil Inside" – 5:14
  4. "Need You Tonight" – 3:01
  5. "Mediate" – 2:36
  6. "The Loved One" – 3:37
  7. "Wild Life" – 3:10
  8. "Never Tear Us Apart" – 3:05
  9. "Mystify" – 3:17
  10. "Kick" – 3:14
  11. "Calling All Nations" – 3:02
  12. "Tiny Daggers" – 3:29
2002 Reissue bonus tracks
  1. "Move On" (Guitar Version) – 3:48
  2. "Jesus Was a Man" – 6:10
  3. "Mystify" (Chicago Demo) – 4:11
  4. "The Trap" (Demo) – 2:32
Deluxe Edition disc two
  1. "Move On" – 4:48
  2. "I'm Coming (Home)" – 4:51
  3. "On the Rocks" – 3:08
  4. "Mystify" (Chicago Demo) – 4:08
  5. "Jesus Was a Man" (Demo/Outtakes) – 6:08
  6. "The Trap" (Demo) – 2:31
  7. "New Sensation" (Nick's 12" Mix) – 6:32
  8. "Guns in the Sky" (Kick Ass Remix) – 6:03
  9. "Need You Tonight" (Mendelson Extended Mix) – 7:15
  10. "Mediate" (Live from America) – 3:53
  11. "Never Tear Us Apart" (Live from America) – 3:37
  12. "Kick" (Live from America) – 3:48

 
 

 

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