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Track List
01) Water on Glass
02) Our Town
03) Everything We Know
04) Young Heroes
05) Kids in America
06) Chequered Love
07) 2-6-5-8-0
08) You'll Never Be So Wrong
09) Falling Out
10) Tuning In Tuning On
11) Shane
12) Boys
13) Water on Glass (7" version)
01) Water on Glass
02) Our Town
03) Everything We Know
04) Young Heroes
05) Kids in America
06) Chequered Love
07) 2-6-5-8-0
08) You'll Never Be So Wrong
09) Falling Out
10) Tuning In Tuning On
11) Shane
12) Boys
13) Water on Glass (7" version)
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First Released
1981
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Kim Wilde is the first eponymous studio album by British singer Kim Wilde, released in June 1981.
The songs on the album were all written by Kim's father and successful 50s rock and roll singer Marty Wilde and by her younger brother Ricky Wilde and most of the music was played by the then current line-up of the symphonic rock band The Enid. Production duties were fulfilled by Ricky Wilde. The cover portraits were taken by renowned British photographer Gered Mankowitz.
Musically, the album was mainly new wave and rock-oriented, but it also featured a reggae track ("Everything We Know") and a brass section appeared on "2-6-5-8-0". Lyrically, Marty Wilde included love songs and also a song ("Water on Glass") about tinnitus (a medical condition that causes ringing in the ears), a song about the deterioration of inner cities ("Our Town") and a song about a theory that sound is alive ("Tuning In Tuning On").
The album entered the UK Albums Chart at No. 10, moving into the Top 3 the next week; the album was certified Gold by the BPI for sales exceeding 100,000 copies. During promotion, Kim's band consisted of Ricky Wilde, James Stevenson and later boyfriend Calvin Hayes, who also appeared on the sleeve of the album. Kim later commented that, at that time in the industry, it was passé for a female to attempt to launch a serious career in pop music on her own, and that the backing band had been shown on the sleeve to give credibility to the album. Still, she was attacked for trying to copy the allure of US band Blondie. The album was released in North America on April 6, 1982, reaching No .86 in the US and No. 42 in Canada.
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Kim Wilde is the first eponymous studio album by British singer Kim Wilde, released in June 1981.
The songs on the album were all written by Kim's father and successful 50s rock and roll singer Marty Wilde and by her younger brother Ricky Wilde and most of the music was played by the then current line-up of the symphonic rock band The Enid. Production duties were fulfilled by Ricky Wilde. The cover portraits were taken by renowned British photographer Gered Mankowitz.
Musically, the album was mainly new wave and rock-oriented, but it also featured a reggae track ("Everything We Know") and a brass section appeared on "2-6-5-8-0". Lyrically, Marty Wilde included love songs and also a song ("Water on Glass") about tinnitus (a medical condition that causes ringing in the ears), a song about the deterioration of inner cities ("Our Town") and a song about a theory that sound is alive ("Tuning In Tuning On").
The album entered the UK Albums Chart at No. 10, moving into the Top 3 the next week; the album was certified Gold by the BPI for sales exceeding 100,000 copies. During promotion, Kim's band consisted of Ricky Wilde, James Stevenson and later boyfriend Calvin Hayes, who also appeared on the sleeve of the album. Kim later commented that, at that time in the industry, it was passé for a female to attempt to launch a serious career in pop music on her own, and that the backing band had been shown on the sleeve to give credibility to the album. Still, she was attacked for trying to copy the allure of US band Blondie. The album was released in North America on April 6, 1982, reaching No .86 in the US and No. 42 in Canada.
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