Kick (Deluxe Edition, 2 CDs)

Customer reviews

• best mainstream pop albums of the '80s

  Written on 20. May 2005 by sjagger.

  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 with the band succeeding at everything they try on it. 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. [The 2002 reissue features four previously unreleased versions of "Move On," "Jesus Was a Man," "Mystify," and "The Trap."]

• mehr infos

  Written on 20. November 2004 by Göönk.

  hello ... ist hier jemand, der mir mehr infos darüber geben kann? was ist da sonst noch drauf?

• INXS vom Besten

  Written on 10. May 2006 by Egischa.
  This customer review refers to a alternative version.

  Funk-House-Gitarrenrock und ein charismatischer Sänger mit Michael Hutchence: Das ist INXS wie sie geliebt werden. Die Gruppe ist hier in allerberster Verfassung und bietet mitreissende Musik voller Energie und Lebendigkeit.

• INXS 1987

  Written on 01. November 2004 by Marcel.
  This customer review refers to a alternative version.

  Ein tolles Album! Habe es jetzt endlich nach 17 Jahren gekauft, für mein CD-Achiv! Ich liebe die Pop-Musik aus den 80iger Jahren! :-)

• genial

  Written on 21. November 2002 by KIcK.
  This customer review refers to a alternative version.

  Auch 15 Jahre später noch voll heiss. Wann kommen die remastered und mit extra Bonus Tracks gefüllten CDs von Kick, X und Welcome... bei uns auf den Markt???

• the greatest hits

  Written on 31. August 2002 by Luke.
  This customer review refers to a alternative version.

  "kick" beinhaltet 5 songs, die später auf der greatest hits cd wieder aufnahme fanden - spricht eigentlich schon alle bände. das album war bzgl. no1 hits und umsatzzahlen nicht umsonst das erfolgreichste werk von INXS.

• Written on 28. October 2001 by jimba.
  This customer review refers to a alternative version.

  I miss you Michael Hutchence more than I could ever express. -
  Thank you for your music Thank you for your voice!
  ...Cause we all have wings but some of us don^t know why...
  Rest in Peace Michael!!!!!!

• jedes stück ein hit !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sensationnel

  Written on 06. November 1999 by kona / brittnau.
  This customer review refers to a alternative version.