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INXS: Kick

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Label: Mercury Records
Released: 1987
Time:
 39:47
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): Chris Thomas
Rating: *********. (9/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: ww.inxsweb.com
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Purchase date: 2000.10.28
Price in €: 7,99



 S o n g s ,   T r a c k s


[1] Guns in the Sky (Hutchence) - 2:20
[2] New Sensation (Farriss/Hutchence) - 3:39
[3] Devil Inside (Farriss/Hutchence) - 5:11
[4] Need You Tonight (Farriss/Hutchence) - 3:04
[5] Meditate (Farriss) - 2:32
[6] Loved One (Clyne/Humphries/Lovett) - 3:25
[7] Wild Life (Farriss/Hutchence) - 3:07
[8] Never Tear Us Apart (Farriss/Hutchence) - 3:02
[9] Mystify (Farriss/Hutchence) - 3:15
[10] Kick (Farriss/Hutchence) - 3:13
[11] Calling All Nations (Farriss/Hutchence) - 3:00
[12] Tiny Daggers (Farriss/Hutchence) - 3:29

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Andrew Farriss - Guitar, Keyboards
Jon Farriss - Percussion, Drums
Tim Farriss - Guitar
Michael Hutchence - Vocals, Cover Art Concept
Paula Jones - Assistant Engineer
Richard Moakes - Assistant Engineer
Kirk Pengilly - Guitar, Saxophone, Vocals

Bob Clearmountain - Engineer, Mixing
David Nicholas - Engineer
Nick Egan - Art Direction, Design, Cover Art Concept
Bob Withers - Art Direction, Design

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


AUS: 255080-1 (vinyl) 10/87 WEA
AUS: 255080-6 (vinyl picture disk) - WEA
AUS: 255080-2 (CD) - WEA
UK: MERH 114 (vinyl w/gatefold) - 10/87 - Mercury
UK: MERHP 114 (vinyl picture disk) - Mercury
UK: 832721-2 (CD) - Mercury
US: 781796-1 (vinyl w/gatefold) - 10/87 - Atlantic
US: 781796-2 (CD) - Atlantic



Kick, INXS's commercial and artistic breakthrough, overflows with hit singles, including "Need You Tonight," "Devil Inside," "New Sensation," and "Never Tear Us Apart." The band's mix of Stonesy rock & roll, melodic pop, and dance-oriented beats has never sounded fresher — even the album tracks are fully developed songs that never seem like filler. It's easily their best album.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine - All Music Guide



INXS hailed from the pubs of Australia, which is part of the reason they never comfortably fit in with new wave. Even when the band branched out into synth-pop on its early recordings, they were underpinned by a hard, Stonesy beat and lead singer Michael Hutchence's Jaggeresque strut. Ultimately, these were the very things that made INXS into international superstars in the late '80s. By that time, the group had harnessed their hard rock, dance and new wave influences into a sleek, stylish groove that made their 1987 album Kick into a multi-million-selling hit. While that sound was their key to stardom, it also proved to be their undoing; the group became boxed in by their Stonesy pop-funk in the early '90s, when their audience became entranced by harder-edged alternative rock. In spite of declining sales, INXS soldiered on, continuing to tour and record for a dedicated fan base into the late '90s until Hutchence's 1997 death brought the band to a close. Appropriately for a band that featured three brothers, INXS had its roots in a family act, the Farriss Brothers. The group came together while Andrew Farriss (keyboard, guitar), the middle brother, was in high school with Michael Hutchence (vocals). The two formed a band with Garry Gary Beers (bass). Simultaneously, Tim Farriss (guitar) was playing in various groups with his friend, Kirk Pengilly (guitar, saxophone). Eventually the two groups merged in 1977, with Jon Farriss joining as drummer. Two years later, when Jon graduated from high school, the band renamed itself INXS, moved from Perth to Sydney, and began to play the pub circuit. Within a year, the group landed an Australian record contract, releasing an eponymous debut on Deluxe in 1980.

INXS and Underneath the Colours (1981) became Australasian hits, leading the band to an American contract with Atco Records. In 1983, they released their U.S. debut, Shabooh Shoobah, and embarked on an extensive tour which, thanks to the hit single "Don't Change," made them minor new wave stars. For their next album, INXS recorded a few sessions with producer Nile Rodgers, which resulted in the sleek, funky "Original Sin," the first inclination that the band was making a move toward a fusion of Stonesy rock and dance music. "Original Sin" made 1984's The Swing a minor hit, yet the group didn't have a genuine mainstream breakthrough until 1985's Listen Like Thieves, which climbed to number 11 in the U.S. on the strength of the single "What You Need."

Listen Like Thieves laid the ground work for Kick, the album that made INXS international superstars. Released late in 1987, Kick worked its way to multi-platinum status over the course of 1988, as four singles — the number one "Need You Tonight," "Devil Inside," "New Sensation," and "Never Tear Us Apart" — climbed into the U.S. Top Ten. In the wake of the album's success, Hutchence was hailed in some quarters as the heir to Mick Jagger's throne, and the group was considered to rival U2 in terms of international popularity. However, such success went to the group's head. Hutchence released the "experimental" side project Max Q in early 1990, and the record tanked. X, INXS' follow-up to Kick, appeared in the fall of 1990 to mostly negative reviews. While the album generated several hits, including "Disappear" and "Bitter Tears," only its first single, "Suicide Blonde," reached the Top Ten in the U.S., and the sales of X were disappointing when compared to Kick.

X hurt INXS' momentum considerably. Although the group was still quite popular on its accompanying tour — the 1991 live album Live Baby Live was recorded at Wembley Stadium — the group could no longer be considered in the same league as U2, or now R.E.M. Hutchence continued to live a jet-setting lifestyle, dating Kylie Minogue and various supermodels, which did not wear well in the wake of alternative rock's commercial breakthrough in 1992. By the time INXS released Welcome to Wherever You Are, the group's most adventurous record, they were out of date in 1992, and even a rash of reviews that compared the record favorably to U2's Achtung Baby couldn't make it a hit. Full Moon, Dirty Hearts followed in 1993, and it was generally ignored. Following its release, the group left Atlantic, releasing Greatest Hits as its last album for the label.

INXS signed with PolyGram in 1994, yet it took them three years to release a new album. During that time, Hutchence was involved in several tabloid scandals, most notably his love affair with British TV personality Paula Yates (which brought an end to her marriage to Bob Geldof), and he hinted that he was recording a solo album. That record didn't materialize, but INXS returned in the spring of 1997 with Elegantly Wasted. While the album was greeted with poor reviews, its hedonistic dance-rock was better suited to the late '90s than the early '90s, which made the record the group's biggest hit since X. On November 22 of that year, Hutchence was found dead in his Sydney hotel room, the victim of an apparent hanging; his long-in-the-works solo debut was posthumously issued in late 1999.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine - All Music Guide



In den frühen 80er Jahren waren INXS immer kurz davor, endlich in die Rockoberliga aufzusteigen. Mit Kick von 1987 stießen sie die Tore dann auch weit auf. Sie schickten eine Viererpackung schärfster Singles in die Charts: "New Sensation", "Devil Inside", "Need You Tonight" und die glanzvolle Ballade "Never Tear Us Apart".

Der Rest auf Kick, insbesondere das pompöse "Guns In The Sky" und das wundervolle "Wild Life", ist von ähnlich hoher Qualität. Auf allen Songs findet man die Stones-artigen Gitarren und diese eckigen, funk-angehauchten Rhythmen. Michael Hutchence' tolles Aussehen und seine Aretha-trifft-auf-Aerosmith-Attitüde machten das Bild komplett und INXS sowohl für Jungs wie für Mädchen tauglich. Eine der wirklich großen Livebands dieses Jahrzehnts.

Michael Ruby - Amazon.de



Zuhause in Australien schafften sie den Durchbruch 1985. In der Bundesre- publik dagegen steht der Rock-Sechser um die Gebrüder Farris noch auf der Warteliste. Vielleicht klappt's diesmal: "Kick" präsentiert die Stars vom fünften Kontinent als Meister spröde arrangierter Rock-Hymnen.

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Stones-Ersatz vom fünften Kontinent: Auf ihrem mittlerweile vierten Album spielt die Gruppe INXS einen energischen Schmuddelrock, der auch ins Re- pertoire der Altherren-Riege um Mick Jagger passen würde. Zudem erinnert der schnaubende Gesang des Band-Chefs Michael Hutchence an den Ober-Stone. Von purem Plagiat sind INXS dennoch weit entfernt: Das schleppende "Need You Tonight" und vor allem die synthi-verzierte Nummer "Never Tear Us Apart" offenbaren durchaus eine eigene Note.

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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. One of the decade's great live bands, too.

Michael Ruby - Amazon.com



Well, the Aussies may have lost their claim to the America's Cup, but no big loss, they still have INXS. From the opening James Brown grunts straight through to the last slice of this licorice pizza, the BEAT reigns supreme. It's the band's boundless energy that makes this album so much fun-and also explains why the uptempo tunes wipe the floor with the slower ones. But while chest-throbbing rhythms have come to dominate the band's sound of late, their pub-rock roots are too well ingrained to be completely obliterated-the tom-dominated drum sound is accented throughout with muscular guitar lines, a devilish bass (which occasionally trades lines with the guitar, as on "Kick"), understated brass flourishes, and an underused sax. Topping it all off are the grainy vocals of chameleon singer Michael Hutchence, who can mutter like Lou Reed, demonstrate the feistiness of Chrissie Hynde, and give a bitchy shout to rival Elton John. Pop success is a given for this band, having built a rock-solid foundation through college radio play and intense live shows, and Kick should take them one step up the pop ladder without betraying their hard-earned legion of fans. Top cuts: "Need You Tonight," "Guns In The Sky," "Mediate," "Wildlife," "Kick."

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 L y r i c s


GUNS IN THE SKY

See the sound
It crashes in, all around
It get's in
Now take your hands and raise them up
Into the air that's all around ya
Now bring 'em down
Like a clock at two
Shake your head
You know what to do

They wanna put guns in the sky
Someone out there aint gonna like it
But it could be good
Make us love each other
Have to realise I own the future

Guns in the sky

Child grows up to see guns in the sky
Used to be on T.V
Wanna change, forgot the joke
It's great to see you
I'm running late, da da da
Love your hair, da da da
Lend me a ten, da da da
Love your big house, da da da

Could you spare a dime
Well I'm sick of it, it's a load of shit
We could stop the world and let of all the fools
And let them go live with their guns in the sky

Guns in the sky


NEW SENSATION

Live baby live
Now that the day is over
I got a new sensation
In perfect moments
Impossible to refuse

Sleep baby sleep
Now that the night is over
And the sun comes like a god
Into our room
All perfect light and promises

Gotta hold on you
A new sensation
A new sensation
Right now
Gonna take you over
A new sensation
A new sensation

Dream baby dream
Of all that's come and going
And you will find out
In the end
There really is
There really is no difference

Cry baby cry
When you've got to get it out
I'll be your shoulder
You can tell me all
Don't keep it in ya
Well that's the reason why I'm here

Are you ready for a new sensation
A new sensation
Right now
Gonna take you on a new sensation
A new sensation

Hate baby hate
When there's nothing left for you
You're only human
What can you do
It'll soon be over
Don't let your pain take over you

Love baby love
It's written all over your face
There's nothing better we could do
Than live forever
Well that's all we've got to do

Hey now I'm gonna take a new sensation
A new sensation


DEVIL INSIDE

Here comes the woman
With the look in her eye
Raised on leather
With flesh on her mind
Words as weapons sharper than knives
Makes you wonder how the other half die
Other half die

Here come the man
With the look in his eye
Fed on nothing
But full of pride
Look at them go
Look at them kick
Makes you wonder how the other half live

The devil inside
The devil inside
Every single one of us the devil inside

The devil inside
The devil inside
Every single one of us the devil inside

Here come the world
With the look in its eye
Future uncertain but certainly slight
Look at the faces
Listen to the bells
It's hard to believe we need a place called hell


NEED YOU TONIGHT

All you got is this moment
Ttwenty-first century's yesterday
You can care all you want
Everybody does yeah that's okay

So slide over here
And give me a moment
Your moves are so raw
I've got to let you know
I've got to let you know
You're one of my kind

I need you tonight
'Cause I'm not sleeping
There's something about you girl
That makes me sweat

How do you feel
I'm lonely
What do you think
Can't take it all
Whatcha gonna do
Gonna live my life


MEDIATE

Hallucinate
Dessegregate
Mediate
Alleviate
Try not to hate

Love your mate
Don't suffocate on your own hate
Designate your love as fate
A one world state
As human freight
The number eight
A white black state
A gentle trait
The broken crate
A heavy weight
Or just too late
Like pretty Kate has sex ornate
Now devastate
Appreciate
Depreciate
Fabricate
Emulate
The truth dilate
Special date
The animal we ate
Guilt debate
The edge serrate
A better rate
The youth irate
Deliberate

Fascinate
Deviate
Reinstate
Liberate
To moderate
Recreate
Or detonate
Annihiliate
Atomic fate

Mediate
Clear the state
Activate
Now radiate
A perfect state
Food on plate
Gravitate
The Earth's own weight
Designate your love as fate
At ninety-eight we all rotate

Hallucinate
Dessegregate
Mediate
Alleviate
Try not to hate

Love your mate
Don't suffocate on your own hate
Designate your love as fate
A one world state
As human freight
The number eight
A white black state
A gentle trait
The broken crate

A heavy weight
Or just too late
Like pretty Kate has sex ornate

Now devastate
Appreciate
Depreciate
Fabricate
Emulate
The truth dilate
Special date
The animals we ate
Guilt debate
The edge serrate
A better rate
The youth irate
Deliberate
Fascinate
Deviate
Reinstate

Liberate (x4)


THE LOVED ONE

Yonder she's walking
She comes my way
Her red dress on
Her long black hair

Walking like
Talking like
Wanting like
She comes to me

Oh baby I love you so
I need you now
I want you back
I can't go on

Helpless baby
Evil child
I've known you well
And if you want to stay
That's alright
That's alright

And now she's gone
She's walking away
Her red dress on
Her long black hair

Well I love her so
And now she'll come running
Anytime I say now
Anytime I say


WILD LIFE

Take one step
Out the door
Look around
For a whole lot more

Off in the distance
Fire burn bright
We make decisions
That's what we do
That's what we do

Wild life
Wild life
When it's bad it ain't bad enough

I'll be your one
Your one and only
Like animals
Locked in the zoo

Give me freedom
Day and night
No one to tell me
What to do

I got to learn
Some respect
That's what I have
I have for you

Motivation
It comes and goes
But the questions
They stay alive


NEVER TEAR US APART

Don't ask me
What you know is true
Don't have to tell you
I love your precious heart

I
I was standing
You were there
Two worlds collided
And they could never tear us apart

We could live
For a thousand years
But if I hurt you
I'd make wine from your tears

I told you
That we could fly
'Cause we all have wings
But some of us don't know why

I
I was standing
You were there
Two worlds collided
And they could never ever tear us apart


MYSTIFY

All veils and misty
Streets of blue
Almond looks
That chill divine
Some silken moment
Goes on forever
And we're leaving broken hearts behind

Mystify
Mystify me
Mystify
Mystify me

I need perfection
Some twisted selection
That tangles me
To keep me alive

In all that exists
None have your beauty
I see your face
I will survive

Eternally wild with the power
To make every moment come alive
All those stars that shine upon you
Will kiss you every night

All veils and misty
Streets of blue
Almond looks
That chill divine
Some silken moment
Goes on forever
And we're leaving
Yeah we're leaving broken hearts behind

You're eternally wild with the power
To make every moment come alive
All those stars that shine upon you
And they'll kiss you every night


KICK

Sometimes you kick
Sometimes you get kicked
Sometimes you kick

Come on come on come on come

I look around unsatisfied
At what they're giving me
Then I think to myself
Is there someone else
Who feels the same as me
Do you feel the same baby

When my back is broken
When the mountain moves away
All the dreams and promises
That we give
We give away

Sometimes you kick
Sometimes you get kicked
Sometimes you kick
Sometimes you get kicked

Look ahead
But don't mix it up
Baby look ahead
To better days and better ways
Make peace with flesh and blood
Make peace with your love
Nothing more I could ask of you
In the end this is the truth


CALLING ALL NATIONS

Well you spent the whole day
With your axe to the wheel
Read the late paper it was full of bad news
Excuse me but I think what I'm saying is true
You've got to find some time and devote it to you

So come on down
To the party
Callin' all nations
To put it on the line

So come on all you people with the stars in your hair
You know what's going on
There's no need to despair
Take the chains from your mind
Take the chains from your feet
And do the sex dance 'cause it's necessary

You don't have to be rich
You don't have to be famous
You just gotta have a little bit of patience
Jump into your old car
Or take a cab, train or boat
The only thing that matters
Is that ya gotta really go


TINY DAGGERS

Ever stop to wonder
Should I question
Move a stone look under
Should I judge

How you have changed my friend
You're not the same my friend
Do you lose sleep at night
Do you ever stop to think
Where it went wrong for you
Who turned your reds to blue

Who put those tiny daggers in your heart
Who put those tiny daggers in your heart
Who put those tiny daggers in your heart

Ever stop to wonder
I should not question
Move a stone look under
I should not judge

They say you're never lonely
They say you're with the best
But when they turn those lights out
I bet you spin and turn
And cry just like the rest
And cry just like a baby

Ever stop to wonder
I should not question
Move a stone look under
I should not judge

No need for desperation
No need for sweet revenge
Please try to remember
The door is always there
Don't you walk on by
The door is always there

All you want to do is kick it in
All you got to do is walk right in

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