Teases & Dares

by Kim Wilde

Overview

Because Kim Wilde's original British label, RAK records, had been unable to establish the singer as an American star despite her 1981 semi-hit "Kids in America" -- her third album hadn't even found a U.S. distributor -- Wilde and her manager father (former '50s pop star Marty Wilde) moved to the multinational conglomerate MCA, which recast the young singer in an entirely new light. Gone was the new wave synth pop feel of her earlier work, replaced by a sleekly electronic Hi-NRG disco sound and a sexier image. Although the change in direction would reap rewards (financial ones, anyway) in the future, Teases & Dares is a limp, shaky record, probably the weakest of Wilde's career. Frustratingly, the best songs are those which hint at a more intriguing direction, that of a sort of new wave torch singer. Dramatic ballads like "Fit In," "Shangri-La," and "Thought It Was Goodbye" (all of which, interestingly, were written by Wilde herself, a new development) are much more listenable than soggy, repetitive dance tracks like "The Touch" and "The Second Time." However, both of those songs were hits, and so Wilde's future was sealed. ~ Stewart Mason

Product Details

Release Date:	07/20/2010
Label:	Cherry Pop / Cherry Red
UPC:	5013929425422
Rank:	162818

Tracks

1. The Touch
2. Is It Over
3. Suburbs of Moscow
4. Fit In
5. Rage To Love
6. The Second Time
7. Bladerunner
8. Janine
9. Shangri-La
10. Thought It Was Goodbye
11. Lovers On a Beach
12. Shangri-La [Alternative Version]
13. Putty In Your Hands
14. Turn It On
15. The Second Time [7" Version]
16. The Touch [7" Version]
17. Rage to Love [7" Version]
18. The Second Time [12" Version]
19. Lovers on a Beach [12" Version]
20. Go for It [Extended Dance Version]
21. The Touch [12" Version]
22. Shangri-LA [12" Version]
23. Go for It [Dub Version]
24. Rage to Love [12" Version]
25. Shangri-La [Special Re-Mix]
26. The Second Time [U.S. Remix]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Kim Wilde   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Ricki Wilde   Composer
David Bowie   Composer
Marty Wilde   Composer
Kim Wilde   Composer
Mark Younger-Smith   Composer
Billy Idol   Composer