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Track Listings
| 1. Guns In The Sky |
| 2. New Sensation |
| 3. Devil Inside |
| 4. Need You Tonight |
| 5. Mediate |
| 6. The Loved One |
| 7. Wildlife |
| 8. Never Tear Us Apart |
| 9. Mystify |
| 10. Kick |
| 11. Calling All Nations |
| 12. Tiny Daggers |
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Throughout the early 1980s, INXS kept threatening to go big league, and with 1987's Kick they broke wide open, sending a sharp quartet of singles--"New Sensation", "Devil Inside", "Need You Tonight" and the shimmering ballad "Never Tear Us Apart"--right to the charts. The rest of Kick, especially the strutting "Guns in the Sky" and the groovy "Wild Life", is of similar quality; all of it is marked by the band's Stones-y guitars and angular, funk-tinged rhythms. Vocalist Michael Hutchence's MTV good looks and Aretha-meets-Aerosmith swagger completed the musical equation for both the girls and the boys. --Michael Ruby
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This album was released only one year after i was born, and so i never realised INXS' potential as a great band until many years later. 'Kick' is a fantastically made and presented album and shows just how good their music is. The one flaw found on this album would be the length, it lasts only 40 minutes, but within those 40 minutes you are fed some brilliant rock songs with the exception of one superb ballad, 'never tear us apart'. One of the best songs on the album 'guns in the sky' is very short and should have been made longer since it is an excellent track. Every song on here is worth listening to, both 'new sensation' and 'need you tonight'(their two biggest hits) are excellent guitar-driven songs, as well as the brilliance of 'devil inside' which is a personal favourite of mine. Michael Hutchence's wonderful vocals and the rest of the bands brilliant instrumentals make it an album that will stay in a persons collection for many years to come. A great display of rock at its australian-best.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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INXS threatened to break globally for years before this album and 'Listen Like Thieves' almost did it for them.
Finally, this album hit it big, especially state-side. Surprizingly fresh and funky for its time, this album does last well.
Positive and fresh, they didn't match the quality of this album again until 'Welcome to Wherever you are'. Unfortunately, by then the bulk of their fanbase had noticeably diminished and it never recieved the 'Achtung Baby' status it deserved.
However, this is a pleasant reminder of how good they were. Worth a listen!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
»Kick« is one of the greatest rock albums released in the 1980s, and thus ever released.
Most of the songs are built up around the same model: simplistic guitar rhythms which are catching from the first tune and in no way showing off or pretentious - with a touch of punk. Very simple, but delivered by an extremely awake sextet in its best days!
The tracks are short. So, even though »Kick« is from back when an album only lasted 40 minutes, there's space for as many as 12 tracks. Which are good every single one of them! Therefore, it is difficult to pick out the best songs, though hits such as »Need You Tonight«, »Mystify« or »Tiny Daggers« will ring a bell in most people's ears and whistling lips.
INXS' best album! A must in any collection of rock and/or typical 1980s music!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Flash back to the 80s
Remembering the kicks album during the summers of the 80s was greta - now having a cd version in the car travelling up and down the country is brilliant, taking me back to singing... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Mr B
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Published 13 months ago by Paul
just like I remember it!
Had this album on tape as a kid. Great to have it on cd.One of their best.
Published on 14 Mar 2010 by MissT Piper
Kick
Initially the CD Jumped like Hell but after cleaning it's fine - a good bargain
Published on 23 Dec 2009 by Robert Hilliard
Kick!
Following on the heels of Listen Like Thieves, with tracks as diverse as the title track itself, New Sensation and Never Tear Us Apart, this launched INXS into the... Read more
Published on 6 July 2009 by Mr Jes M Turner
Sometimes you kick, and sometimes you get kicked
With a Rock attitude (and in lead singer Michael Hutchence a lifestyle and death to match), pop sensibilities and knowing lyrics; INXS took the world by stormed in the late... Read more
Published on 16 May 2009 by Captain Pugwash
Live on
I personally think this album is one of the seminal albums that set the tone for the 80's, nobody said what that decade had to say better than INXS's brand of enthusiastic Rock Pop... Read more
Published on 22 July 2008 by Mr. D. Swan
Kicks and Highs
This album still infuses energy..18 years on. 'Never Tears Us Apart' is a perfect song- lyrics , guitar riffs, drums- it has everything. Read more
Published on 12 Mar 2007 by Jay
Hasn't aged well i'm afraid
This album would be great for those of you that love 80s music.If you don't however stay clear, this album is very dated and like most 80s music hasn't aged well. Read more
Published on 31 Dec 2006 by Mr. Simon Swallow
Classic Rock at its best...
Some records stand the test of time and "Kick" is certainly one of those. It is an iconic late 1980's rock album full of well composed ,melodic, guitar-driven anthems and ballads. Read more
Published on 22 Aug 2005 by L. Davidson
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