Kim Wilde, self titled 1981( has Kids in America)
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Kim Wilde, self titled 1981. Condition is "Used". Shipped with USPS Media Mail.Kim Wilde is the eponymous debut studio album by English singer Kim Wilde, released on 29 June 1981 by Rak Records. The songs on the album were all written by Kim's father, the successful 1950s rock and roll singer Marty Wilde, and 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.[1] Production duties were fulfilled by Ricky Wilde. The cover portraits were taken by renowned British photographer Gered Mankowitz.
Musically, the album is mainly new wave and rock-oriented, but it also features a reggae track ("Everything We Know"), and a brass section appears 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").
Kim Wilde entered the UK Albums Chart at No. 10, moving into the Top 3 the next week;[2] the album was certified Gold by the BPI for sales exceeding 100,000 copies.[3] 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 accused of trying to copy the allure of US band Blondie. The album was released in North America on 6 April 1982, reaching No. 86 in the US[4] and No. 42 in Canada.[5]
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