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Since I have become a member here, I have probably spent "some" time browsing through and finding great (both old favorites and new) songs in threads such as Greatest 80's Songs, What Are You Listening To Right Now? and specially Rare '80s music, and it is nice to see the love for music on this forum, but then again, this is a Miami Vice forum, so I guess that is no surprise, considering all the classic tunes used over the years in the TV show, and how it has influenced my own music taste over time. Anyway, I am a bit of an album guy and thought about starting up an similar thread as Movies you have seen recently, were one could leave a little review or rating of the last album you have heard and your thoughts of it. I start up with an album I bought a couple of weeks ago, from a band I only know through their hit singles, and have been listening to them for about 4-5 times, over past few days. I am not very good at these things, so I will try to keep it short and simple, and put the album and its total score at the bottom. INXS - Kick (1987) Pop/rock 01. Guns in the Sky 2,5/10 Not a very impressive opener. The whole macho grunts done by Hutchence and its overblown production dominates but not in a good way, and for an album that is considered by many as an 80s "classic" it leaves me wondering how the hell such a bad number made it, not only onto the album, but as the opening cut. They should have just skipped this and went for a big, powerful song such as Need You Tonight or Devil Inside instead. I end up with generous 2,5/10 as the only reason I can think of, is that it only last for about 2 minutes and 20 seconds. 02. New Sensation 6/10 Great opening, full of melodic hooks right from the very start, and would have been a much better opening choice than the forgettable Guns in the Sky. Sadly it's chorus is a bit weak compared to the rest of the song. 03. Devil Inside 8,5/10 Devil Inside sounds huge, and is heads above the two other cuts in both quality and style. The guitar solo halfway through and its outro later on, is pure class. 04. Need You Tonight 8/10 Almost 30 years on, and it gets played more often than many new hits on the radio, and is also frequently used in different TV commercials. But still, I am not tired of hearing it. A great 80s classic. 05. Mediate 5/10 A bit different than the rest, but the drums and lyrics are downright terrible. Would have been so much better if it were an instrumental piece, as there are some really intereresting and beautiful stuff going on there, but it never gets the chance to take off as it is too short. 06. The Loved One 4/10 The music sounds good, but the unimaginative and irritating chorus lets it down, big time. 07. Wild Life 4,5/10 Once again, the music is fine but the chorus/lyrics along with a very weak melody does very little for me. 08. Never Tear Us Apart 9/10 Would easily been a 10/10, but somehow it does not feature the stunning, first 55 seconds that the video version have. The whole reason to why I ended up buying the album, and the best song on it. 09. Mystify 8,5/10 If only Kick had been filled up with more great numbers like this. Fantastic number. 10. Kick 6,5/10 A song which would have been a worthy contendor in my ears to finnish off the album, that or Never Tear Us Apart, but once again Hutchence and his "OH-OH-OH-AH-AH-AH" comes along and almost ruins it. 11. Calling All Nations 4/10 New Sensation part 2, and once again the overblown production is all over the place. 12. Tiny Daggers 5/10 I have heard this before, and at first I thought it could be something by Bruce Springsteen during his Born in the U.S.A days, but it sounds very similar to Rod Stewart and his Young Turks. Total album score: 5/10 This album was a bit of an disappointment for me, as I went in and hoped for the best. Sadly there are just too many, forgettable and dull fillers stuffed in and it, at least for me, ruins any chance Kick had of being a really good album. I will probably hold onto it, but mostly because of the quality songs. The best cuts: Mystify, Never Tear Us Apart, Need You Tonight and Devil Inside The worst cut: Guns in the Sky