Catch as Catch Can

by Kim Wilde

Overview

Kim Wilde's third album was never released in the U.S. -- EMI America had dropped the singer after 1982's career high point, Select, didn't spawn any hits -- which is a shame since this admittedly uneven album is a key transition point in her career. Catch as Catch Can is probably Wilde's most experimental album, a continuation of the dark-hued synth rock feel of Select with hints of the more commercial dance-pop sound that would characterize the rest of her career. Certainly the first single, the gimmicky, campy strut "Love Blonde," is the oddest single of Wilde's career. Elsewhere, the genuinely beautiful ballad "Can You Hear It" (probably the prettiest song Wilde ever recorded), "Sparks," and the quirky "Dream Sequence" have an atmospheric, nearly psychedelic tinge, thanks to hazy backing vocals and diffused, dreamy arrangements. However, other songs like the opening "House of Salome" and the stuttering "Back Street Joe" point toward the purely electronic Hi-NRG disco sound that would characterize 1984's Teases & Dares, and indeed pretty much every Kim Wilde release thereafter.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/23/2009
Label:	Cherry Pop
UPC:	5013929422223
catalogNumber:	22
Rank:	69661

Tracks

1. House of Salome
2. Back Street Joe
3. Stay Awhile
4. Love Blonde
5. Dream Sequence
6. Dancing in the Dark
7. Shoot to Disable
8. Can You Hear It
9. Sparks
10. Sing It out for Love
11. Love Blonde
12. Back Street Driver
13. Love Blonde
14. Dancing in the Dark
15. Dancing in the Dark

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Kim Wilde   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Adrian Gurvitz   Composer
Marty Wilde   Composer
Nicky Chinn   Composer
Ricki Wilde   Composer
Steve Thorpe   Liner Notes