Kick (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Kick
Type = Album
Artist = INXS


Released = October 19, 1987
Recorded = 1987
Genre = Rock, Pop rock
Length = 39:17
Label = Atlantic Records (US)
Phonogram Records (UK)
Producer = Chris Thomas
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:axk9ikk6bb39 link]
Last album = "Listen Like Thieves"
(1985)
This album = "Kick"
(1987)
Next album = "X"
(1990)

"Kick" is an album by the Australian rock band INXS, released in 1987. It is their best-selling album to date and according to "Story to Story: The Official Autobiography" has sold more than 10 million copies in the U.S. alone (as of 2005). "Kick" spawned four top 10 singles, including "Need You Tonight"/"Mediate", "Devil Inside", "New Sensation", and "Never Tear Us Apart". At the 1988 MTV Video Music Awards, the band took home five Moonmen for the "Need You Tonight"/"Mediate" video.

The album includes one cover version, "The Loved One" by 1960s Australian band The Loved Ones.

Mercury/Universal reissued the album in 2004 as part of their Deluxe Edition series of albums. The two-disc collection was bolstered by a disc of remixes, B-sides and outtakes.

Track listing

1987 release

# "Guns In The Sky" – 2:21
# "New Sensation" – 3:39
# "Devil Inside" – 5:14
# "Need You Tonight" – 3:01
# "Mediate" – 2:36
# "The Loved One" – 3:37
# "Wild Life" – 3:10
# "Never Tear Us Apart" – 3:05
# "Mystify" – 3:17
# "Kick" – 3:14
# "Calling All Nations" – 3:02
# "Tiny Daggers" – 3:29

Deluxe Edition

Disc 1

# "Guns in the Sky" – 2:21
# "New Sensation" – 3:39
# "Devil Inside" – 5:14
# "Need You Tonight" – 3:01
# "Mediate" – 2:36
# "The Loved One" – 3:37
# "Wild Life" – 3:10
# "Never Tear Us Apart" – 3:05
# "Mystify" – 3:17
# "Kick" – 3:14
# "Calling All Nations" – 3:02
# "Tiny Daggers" – 3:38

Disc 2

# "Move On"
# "I'm Coming (Home)" – 4:51
# "On the Rocks" – 3:08
# "Mystify" [Chicago Demo] – 4:08
# "Jesus Was a Man" [Demo/Outtakes] – 6:08
# "The Trap" [Demo] – 2:31
# "New Sensation" [Nick's 12" Mix] – 6:32
# "Guns in the Sky" [Kick Ass Remix] – 6:03
# "Need You Tonight" [Mendelson Extended Mix] – 7:15
# "Mediate" [Live From America] – 3:53
# "Never Tear Us Apart" [Live From America] – 3:37
# "Kick" [Live From America] – 3:48

ingles

* "Need You Tonight"/"Mediate" (September 1987)
* "Devil Inside"/"On The Rocks" (December 1987)
* "New Sensation"/"Guns In The Sky" (March 1988)
* "Never Tear Us Apart"/"Move On" (June 1988)
* "Mystify"/"Kick" (March 1989)