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"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 /TiVo
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Jon Farriss, Drums, Percussion - Kirk Pengilly, Saxophone, Backing Vocals, Rhythm Guitar - CHRIS THOMAS, Producer - Andrew Farriss, Drums, Backing Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Synthesizer - INXS, MainArtist - Michael Hutchence, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals, Writer - Tim Farriss, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar - Garry Gary Beers, Bass
Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company., © 1987, 2017 Atlantic Recording Corporation, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1987 Atlantic Records 2017 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Jon Farriss, Drums, Percussion - Kirk Pengilly, Guitar, Saxophone, Vocals - CHRIS THOMAS, Producer - BOB CLEARMOUNTAIN, MixingEngineer - Andrew Farriss, Guitar, Keyboards, Writer - INXS, MainArtist - Michael Hutchence, Vocals, Writer - Richard Moakes, AssistantEngineer - David Nicholas, Engineer - Tim Farriss, Guitar - Garry Gary Beers, Bass - Paula Jones, AssistantEngineer
Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company., © 1987, 2017 Atlantic Recording Corporation, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1987 Universal International Music B.V.
Jon Farriss, Drums, Percussion - Kirk Pengilly, Saxophone, Backing Vocals, Rhythm Guitar - CHRIS THOMAS, Producer - Andrew Farriss, Drums, Backing Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar, Synthesizer - INXS, MainArtist - Michael Hutchence, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals, Writer - Tim Farriss, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar - Garry Gary Beers, Bass
Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company., © 1987, 2017 Atlantic Recording Corporation, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1987 Atlantic Records 2017 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Jon Farriss, Drums, Percussion - Kirk Pengilly, Guitar, Saxophone, Vocals - CHRIS THOMAS, Producer, Produced by - Andrew Farriss, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Synthesizer - INXS, MainArtist, Compilation Artist - Michael Hutchence, Vocals, Writer - Tim Farriss, Guitar, Vocals - Garry Gary Beers, Bass
Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company., © 1987, 2017 Atlantic Recording Corporation, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1987 Inxs
Jon Farriss, Drums, Percussion - Kirk Pengilly, Saxophone, Backing Vocals, Rhythm Guitar - CHRIS THOMAS, Producer - Andrew Farriss, Drums, Backing Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar, Synthesizer - INXS, MainArtist - Michael Hutchence, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals - Tim Farriss, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar - Garry Gary Beers, Bass
Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company., © 1987, 2017 Atlantic Recording Corporation, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1987 Atlantic Records 2017 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Jon Farriss, Drums, Percussion - Kirk Pengilly, Saxophone, Backing Vocals, Rhythm Guitar - CHRIS THOMAS, Producer - Andrew Farriss, Drums, Backing Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Synthesizer - INXS, MainArtist - Michael Hutchence, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals - Tim Farriss, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar - Gerry Humphreys, Writer - Garry Gary Beers, Bass - Ian Clyne, Writer - Rob Lovett, Writer
Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company., © 1987, 2017 Atlantic Recording Corporation, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1987 Atlantic Records 2017 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Jon Farriss, Drums, Percussion - Kirk Pengilly, Saxophone, Backing Vocals, Rhythm Guitar - CHRIS THOMAS, Producer - Andrew Farriss, Drums, Backing Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar, Synthesizer - INXS, MainArtist - Michael Hutchence, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals, Writer - Tim Farriss, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar - Garry Gary Beers, Bass
Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company., © 1987, 2017 Atlantic Recording Corporation, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1987 Atlantic Records 2017 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Jon Farriss, Drums, Percussion - Kirk Pengilly, Saxophone, Backing Vocals, Rhythm Guitar - CHRIS THOMAS, Producer - Andrew Farriss, Drums, Backing Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar, Synthesizer - INXS, MainArtist - Michael Hutchence, Composer, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals, Writer - Tim Farriss, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar - Garry Gary Beers, Bass - Andrew Famiss, Composer
Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company., © 1987, 2017 Atlantic Recording Corporation, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1987 Inxs
Jon Farriss, Drums, Percussion - Kirk Pengilly, Guitar, Saxophone, Vocals - CHRIS THOMAS, Producer - Andrew Farriss, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Synthesizer - INXS, MainArtist - Michael Hutchence, Vocals, Writer - Tim Farriss, Guitar, Vocals - Garry Gary Beers, Bass
Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company., © 1987, 2017 Atlantic Recording Corporation, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1987 INXS
Andrew Farriss, Writer - INXS, MainArtist - Michael Hutchence, Writer
Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company., © 1987, 2017 Atlantic Recording Corporation, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1987 Mercury Records Limited (United Kingdom)
Jon Farriss, Drums, Percussion - Kirk Pengilly, Saxophone, Backing Vocals, Rhythm Guitar - CHRIS THOMAS, Producer - Andrew Farriss, Drums, Backing Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar, Synthesizer - INXS, MainArtist - Michael Hutchence, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals, Writer - Tim Farriss, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar - Garry Gary Beers, Bass
Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company., © 1987, 2017 Atlantic Recording Corporation, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1987 Atlantic Records 2017 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Jon Farriss, Drums, Percussion - Kirk Pengilly, Saxophone, Backing Vocals, Rhythm Guitar - CHRIS THOMAS, Producer - Andrew Farriss, Drums, Backing Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar, Synthesizer - INXS, MainArtist - Michael Hutchence, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals, Writer - Tim Farriss, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar - Garry Gary Beers, Bass
Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company., © 1987, 2017 Atlantic Recording Corporation, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1987 Atlantic Records 2017 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Album 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 /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:39:44
- Main artists: INXS
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Rhino Atlantic
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company., © 1987, 2017 Atlantic Recording Corporation, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company., ℗ 1987, 2017 Atlantic Recording Corporation, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved.
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