INXS - Kick [Remastered] (CD 1987)

Having managed to stack up my Inxs collection from about 1985/86 onwards, and had the luck meeting the band after gig in Manchester (with an unknown Irish singer called sinead o'connor supporting), I must rate this overall as my favourite, as most tracks are punchy and suit in-car listening, which is where I listen mostly these days, and thanks to the appearance of MP3, can sandwich a lot of LPs on 1 disc, apart from the hideous Elegantly Wasted though. This album still has snatches of 'bouncy' type tunes from earlier albums, but still produces serious depth on the rockier tracks, but a couple of 'slow' diamonds (Devil inside, Never tear us apart) bring you back to some (sort of) normality. Like I say, a strong favourite for Best Inxs Album, but I cant remember if any Greatest hits compos have all these tracks on them, but they should. Still having flashback of Hutchence on stage doing that thing with the cards doing Mediate....