INXS have announced an audiophile-vinyl edition of the band's global blockbuster album, Kick, will arrive on May 1.
Kick (Rhino High Fidelity) was cut from the original master tapes by Kevin Gray and pressed on 180-gram black vinyl at Optimal in Germany. It features glossy gatefold packaging with newly written liner notes by music journalist David Fricke.
The album is limited to 5,000 individually numbered copies and available exclusively at Rhino.com.
In the liner notes, Tim Farriss recalls, "[Producer Chris Thomas] understood the band... He said, 'My goal is to make you come across on record the way you do live. Which'—and these were his exact words—'you haven't done yet.'"
Bob Clearmountain was on a hot run - engineering David Bowie's Let's Dance (1983); mixing Bruce Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A. (1984); co-producing the Pretenders' Get Close (1986) - when INXS asked him to mix Kick. He recalls "sitting there, listening to the rough mixes" for the first time at AIR Studios in London, "Chris played me the whole album, and I was overwhelmed: 'My God, this is fantastic.'"
The Australian group INXS, consisting of Michael Hutchence, Andrew Farriss, Tim Farriss, Jon Farriss, Kirk Pengilly, and Garry 'Gary' Beers, is nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Inductees for the Class of 2026 are expected to be announced next month, with the induction ceremony taking place later this fall.
Kick (Rhino High Fidelity) LP Tracklist:
Side One
"Guns In The Sky""New Sensation""Devil Inside""Need You Tonight""Mediate""The Loved One"
Side Two
"Wild life""Never Tear Us Apart""Mystify""Kick""Calling All Nations""Tiny Daggers"
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