Kim Wilde - Kim Wilde

Kim Wilde

Kim Wilde

1981

New Wave

England

Tracklist:


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


     Kim Wilde is the first studio album by Kim Wilde, released in June 1981.
     Most of the music on this album was played by the symphonic rock band The Enid and the songs were all written by Marty Wilde and Ricky Wilde. Production duties were fulfilled by Ricky Wilde. The cover photography was by 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 album charts at #10, moving into the Top 3 the next week and the album was certified Gold by the BPI for sales of 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 passe 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 U.S. band Blondie. The album was released in North America in 1982, reaching #86 in the USA and #42 in Canada.

     Kim Wilde (born Kim Smith, 18 November 1960) is an English pop singer, author and television presenter who burst onto the music scene in 1981 with the number 2 UK Singles Chart new wave classic "Kids in America". In 1987 she had a major hit in the United States when her version of The Supremes' classic "You Keep Me Hangin' On" topped the charts. Starting in 1998, while still active in music, she has branched into an alternative career as a landscape gardener.