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Here Come the Aliens takes its title from a possible close encounter Kim Wilde had in her garden in 2009, but the campy cover art -- designed by her niece Scarlet -- suggest that the singer doesn't take herself too seriously, at least as far as extra-terrestrials go. Music is a different matter. Working once again with her brother Ricky -- he produced the whole thing and co-wrote the songs -- Wilde is cool and confident, creating a nice hybrid of arena rock and Euro-pop filtered through just a slight prism of New Wave nostalgia. She provides enough callbacks to her pulsating neon salad days to pull in punters, but she and her brother fight against retro signifiers, choosing to operate thoroughly in the present. Some of her lyrics may be a bit stridently modern -- the titles of "Kandy Krush" and "Cyber Nation War" say it all -- but Wilde kicks up some very appealing glam ("A Different Story") and heartfelt bubblegum ("Pop Don't Stop") that makes this record a welcome surprise: It not only holds true to Wilde's roots, it deepens them.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Ricky Wilde, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Kim Wilde, Vocals, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2017 Wildeflower Records Ltd (P) 2017 Wildeflower Records Ltd
Ricky Wilde, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Scarlett Wilde, ComposerLyricist - Kim Wilde, Vocals, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2017 Wildeflower Records Ltd (P) 2017 Wildeflower Records Ltd
Anders Wikstrom, ComposerLyricist - Ricky Wilde, Producer - Fredrik Thomander, ComposerLyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Kim Wilde, Vocals, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2017 Wildeflower Records Ltd (P) 2017 Wildeflower Records Ltd
Ricky Wilde, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Scarlett Wilde, ComposerLyricist - Kim Wilde, Vocals, MainArtist
(C) 2017 Wildeflower Records Ltd (P) 2017 Wildeflower Records Ltd
Ricky Wilde, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Neil Jones, ComposerLyricist - Kim Wilde, Vocals, MainArtist
(C) 2017 Wildeflower Records Ltd (P) 2017 Wildeflower Records Ltd
Ricky Wilde, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Scarlett Wilde, ComposerLyricist - Kim Wilde, Vocals, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2017 Wildeflower Records Ltd (P) 2017 Wildeflower Records Ltd
Ricky Wilde, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Kim Wilde, Vocals, MainArtist - Roxanne Wilde, ComposerLyricist - Sean J Vincent, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2017 Wildeflower Records Ltd (P) 2017 Wildeflower Records Ltd
Ricky Wilde, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Bass, ComposerLyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Neil Jones, Guitar - Scarlett Wilde, Vocals, ComposerLyricist - Kim Wilde, Vocals, MainArtist - Bucks Music, MusicPublisher - Shane Lee, ComposerLyricist - Jonathan Atkinson, Drums
(C) 2017 Wildeflower Records Ltd (P) 2017 Wildeflower Records Ltd
Ricky Wilde, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Kim Wilde, Vocals, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2017 Wildeflower Records Ltd (P) 2017 Wildeflower Records Ltd
Ricky Wilde, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Scarlett Wilde, ComposerLyricist - Kim Wilde, Vocals, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2017 Wildeflower Records Ltd (P) 2017 Wildeflower Records Ltd
Ricky Wilde, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Scarlett Wilde, ComposerLyricist - Kim Wilde, Vocals, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2017 Wildeflower Records Ltd (P) 2017 Wildeflower Records Ltd
Ricky Wilde, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Kim Wilde, Vocals, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Frida Sundemo, Vocals, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2017 Wildeflower Records Ltd (P) 2017 Wildeflower Records Ltd
Album review
Here Come the Aliens takes its title from a possible close encounter Kim Wilde had in her garden in 2009, but the campy cover art -- designed by her niece Scarlet -- suggest that the singer doesn't take herself too seriously, at least as far as extra-terrestrials go. Music is a different matter. Working once again with her brother Ricky -- he produced the whole thing and co-wrote the songs -- Wilde is cool and confident, creating a nice hybrid of arena rock and Euro-pop filtered through just a slight prism of New Wave nostalgia. She provides enough callbacks to her pulsating neon salad days to pull in punters, but she and her brother fight against retro signifiers, choosing to operate thoroughly in the present. Some of her lyrics may be a bit stridently modern -- the titles of "Kandy Krush" and "Cyber Nation War" say it all -- but Wilde kicks up some very appealing glam ("A Different Story") and heartfelt bubblegum ("Pop Don't Stop") that makes this record a welcome surprise: It not only holds true to Wilde's roots, it deepens them.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:49:15
- Main artists: Kim Wilde
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Wildeflower Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
(C) 2017 Wildeflower Records Ltd (P) 2017 Wildeflower Records Ltd
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