The Single Collection 1981-1993

by Kim Wilde

Overview

Kim Wilde's number one cover of the Supremes' "You Keep Me Hangin' On" gave her a number one hit back in 1987, but she gained chart life five years earlier with the glitzy bounce of "Kids in America," allied with the new decade's keyboard-laden pop sound and peaking at number 25 on Billboard's Top 40. The Singles Collection 1981-1993 is easily the most opportune avenue available to investigate the rest of Wilde's material. While video may have been her best friend throughout her career, sporting her attractive looks and modest Brit attitude, Wilde's music does contain some pleasing dance hooks and catchy melodies. "Another Step (Closer to You)" and "Love Is Holy" are bright and lively with typical yet congenial pop melodies, while "You Came" mixes a clean, keyboard-aided backdrop to Wilde's sheer vocal style. "Chequered Love" and "Water on Glass" aren't genius, but their arrant pop melodies and simplistic beats are anything but standstill. Even minor efforts like "Rage to Love" and "Never Trust a Stranger" find a way of hurdling cliched '80s pop/rock fabrications so that they sound slightly fresh and breezy. Only the unbecoming "Cambodia" and the hollowed out "Child Come Away" should be avoided on this collection, as both lack the spirit that Wilde usually packs. ~ Mike DeGagne

Product Details

Release Date:	11/24/1997
Label:	Mca / Universal/Mca
UPC:	0008811092122

Tracks

1. Kids in America
2. Chequered Love
3. Water on Glass
4. Cambodia
5. View From a Bridge
6. Child Come Away
7. Love Blonde
8. Second Time
9. Rage to Love
10. You Keep Me Hangin' On
11. Another Step (Closer to Y
12. You Came
13. Never Trust a Stranger
14. Four Letter Word
15. Love Is Holy
16. If I Can't Have You
17. In My Life

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Kim Wilde   Primary Artist,Vocals
Marty Wilde   Drums

Technical Credits

Ricky Wilde   Composer
Lamont Dozier   Composer
Tony Swain   Producer
Eddie Holland   Composer
Ellen Shipley   Composer
Ricky Smith   Composer
Rick Nowels   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Rick Nielsen   Composer
Marty Wilde   Composer,Producer
Brian Holland   Composer
Barry Gibb   Composer
Ricki Wilde   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Robin Zander   Composer
Robin Gibb   Composer
Maurice Gibb   Composer
S. Byrd   Composer
Steve Byrd   Composer
Philip Kelsey   Producer,Remixing
Rick Wilde   Composer
M. Wilde   Composer
Kim Wilde   Composer