- rock, pop rock, alternative rock, pop
- 40 min
- 12 tracks
- wea
Kick is the sixth studio album by Australian rock band INXS, released on 12 October 1987 through WEA in Australia, Mercury Records in Europe, and Atlantic Records in the United States and Canada. The album was produced by British producer Chris Thomas, recorded by David Nicholas in Sydney and Paris and mixed by Bob Clearmountain at AIR Studios in London.
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Spare, grave, classical in form and character-led.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- warmbleak
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- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Chicago Sun-Times3/4 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideB
- Classic Rock4.5/5 ★
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 ★
- Los Angeles Times2.5/4 ★
- Pitchfork8.4/10
- Q4/5 ★
- (The New)Rolling Stone Album Guide3.5/5 ★
- Sound & Vision4.5/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Guns in the Sky2:21
- 2New Sensation3:40
- 3Devil Inside5:15
- 4Need You Tonight3:01
- 5Mediate2:37
- 6The Loved One3:38
- 7Wild Life3:10
- 8Never Tear Us Apart3:06
- 9Mystify3:18
- 10Kick3:14
- 11Calling All Nations3:04
- 12Tiny Daggers3:30
12 tracks, 40 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- INXS
- Label
- wea
- Released
- 1987
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- AU
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