INXS Celebrate ‘Kick’ 25th Anniversary With Special Edition Reissues

In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the release of the landmark album 'Kick,' INXS has announced they will release three newly remastered 'Kick' 25th Anniversary Editions of their acclaimed 1987 studio album. The 'Kick' 25th Anniversary Editions are being made available as a limited edition LP on red vinyl, a 25-track expanded Deluxe 2CD set; and a 32-track collector’s edition Super Deluxe 3CD set coupled with a 60-minute DVD and 80-page hard cover book.

All three versions of the 'Kick' 25th Anniversary Editions are available for purchase immediately and available exclusively online at www.INXS.com . Formed 35 years ago in 1977, INXS is one of the most notable and successful rock bands of all time, having sold over 35 million albums worldwide with the group’s music remaining in constant radio rotation and in DJ sets nightly across the globe.

In addition to the INXS 'Kick' 25th Anniversary Edition on limited edition red vinyl featuring the remastered original album, the Deluxe 2CD Edition includes the remastered version of the original album, along with a bonus disc of early demo recordings and outtakes, live concert tracks, rare b-sides and remixes. The collector’s edition Super Deluxe 3CD+1DVD+80-page hardcover book edition includes the remastered version of the original album, a second CD of early demos, live concert tracks, rare b-sides and remixes, along with a third CD featuring special single edit versions and bonus remixes of “Never Tear Us Apart,” “New Sensation,” and “Devil Inside” among others. The added DVD features never-before-seen exclusive footage titled Through Our Eyes Only filmed by the band themselves, taking fans behind-the-scenes during the 1987-1988 KICK “Calling All Nations World Tour.” Additional DVD features include unseen live-in-concert recordings, rare promos for the band and album, music videos, and a track-by-track documentary filmed during the late-80s to present on the making of the classic album featuring intimate interviews with the late Michael Hutchence and brothers Andrew, Jon and Tim Farriss. The collector’s edition Super Deluxe set also comes with an 80-page art book that includes never-before-seen handwritten lyrics from the Michael Hutchence family archives, previously unseen photos, diaries, a Kick sticker sheet and original tour poster.

In addition, INXS has rolled out an entirely new line of merchandise and apparel commemorating the 'Kick' 25th Anniversary available only online at: http://shop.petrolelectric.com/kick-25. For more information please visit the bands’ official website at www.INXS.com.

Originally released on October 19, 1987, 'Kick' has been lauded by critics the world over as a work of “rhythm rock” perfection. Famously “rejected” at the time by their record label, who offered the band $1,000,000 to go back to Australia and record an entirely different album, 'Kick' became a worldwide, multi-platinum success. Yielding the band four Top 10 singles, “Devil Inside,” “New Sensation,” “Never Tear Us Apart,” and “Need You Tonight” which hit #1 in the U.S., 'Kick' solidified the band as one of the world’s top concert attractions with a relentless radio presence and constant video rotation at MTV.

During this prolific period – the album from beginning to end, front to back, including the now iconic imagery – everything contributed to conjuring up one of the most inspired INXS albums of their career and one of the most exciting albums of that musical era, with sales now approaching 20 million worldwide.

In the accompanying DVD of the 'Kick' 25th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition Andrew Farriss recalled “the 'Kick' album was a very important album for INXS’ career on lots of levels. We’d had chart success prior to that album. It was our sixth studio album, but the chart success we’d had prior to that album was a mixed bag.”

Tim Farriss remembered, 'Kick' to me, was an extension of Listen Like Thieves, the album we had just made with producer Chris Thomas. And it just felt like we had really just gotten it happening.”

“We came up with ‘What You Need’ which was a top 5 hit for us then in the United States…and that really did change things in a big way for us,” said Andrew Farriss. We knew what we had to do with 'Kick' as an album, so Michael and I talked with the other guys in the band on a tour bus, I think in Germany of all places and said to them ‘Look, you know, this album we’re about to make, it feels like a big career move for us…if you really trust us with the songwriting, we’ll try to give you ten ‘What You Need’s.’ And the guys, to their credit, said ‘okay, you write all the songs.’ And we (Michael and I) went, ‘alright!,’ because now we had our mission statement. So, we sat down and carefully designed 'Kick'.”

Jon Farriss described the album and bands’ then evolving sound as having “a groove element, a dance element that lies underneath a lot of that stuff. Motown (was) definitely a very influential aspect of INXS.”

Michael Hutchence continued “It’s a soul thing, really. I sort of write songs where there’s just a movement, an energy, and rhythm. But, they’re basically moral songs. ‘Being good to each other, taking care of each other.’ They’re love songs. They’re not trite. They’re very passionate.”

INXS 'Kick' 25th Anniversary limited-edition red LP tracklisting:

1. Guns In The Sky
2. New Sensation
3. Devil Inside
4. Need You Tonight
5. Mediate
6. The Loved One
7. Wildlife
8. Never Tear Us Apart
9. Mystify
10. Kick
11. Calling All Nations
12. Tiny Daggers

INXS 'Kick' 25th Anniversary Deluxe 2CD tracklisting:

CD1
1. Guns In The Sky
2. New Sensation
3. Devil Inside
4. Need You Tonight
5. Mediate
6. The Loved One
7. Wildlife
8. Never Tear Us Apart
9. Mystify
10. Kick
11. Calling All Nations
12. Tiny Daggers

CD2
1. Move On - Guitar Version
2. I'm Coming (Home)
3. Mediate - Live From America
4. Never Tear Us Apart - Live From America
5. Kick - Live From America
6. On The Rocks
7. Do Wot You Do - B Side New Sensation
8. Mystify - Chicago Demo
9. Jesus Was A Man - Demo
10. The Trap - Demo
11. Guns In The Sky - Kick Ass Remix
12. Need You Tonight - Mendelson Extended Mix
13. Move On

INXS 'Kick' 25th Anniversary Super Deluxe 3CD+1DVD (w/80 page hardcover book):

CD1
1. Guns In The Sky
2. New Sensation
3. Devil Inside
4. Need You Tonight
5. Mediate
6. The Loved One
7. Wildlife
8. Never Tear Us Apart
9. Mystify
10. Kick
11. Calling All Nations
12. Tiny Daggers

CD3
1. Never Tear Us Apart - Soul Version
2. New Sensation - Nick 12" Mix
3. New Sensation - Nick 7"
4. Devil Inside - Extended Remix
5. Devil Inside - 7"
6. Different World - 7"
7. Calling All Nations - Kids On Bridges Remix

DVD
· Documentary: Track Baby Track Documentary
· INXS KICK World Tour: Exclusive Band Footage [Through Our Eyes Only]
· Promos
· Mystify
· Guns in the Sky
· Need You Tonight

Categories: Rock