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Album Description
Kissing The Pink was part of the U.K. new Wave rock scene of the early 1980's. In 1983 they came out with the album "Naked" and the EP "Kissing The Pink". Wounded Bird now combines them together on one CD. Fans have been screamin' for this to come out, they will be ecstatic to find both on one superlative package.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars

There was once a time when New Wave was new... June 14, 2006
9 out of 10 found this review helpful

Poetic, operatic and uniquely surreal are the adjectives that come to mind when one asks, "...tell us of Kissing the Pink..." The album "Naked" is especially sought after, since it had never been released in the US on CD and the vinyl LP's are beginning to show the ravages of time. All in all, a masterpiece as magnificent as this has been well worth the wait. A rare gem for any 80's New Wave aficionado, if your collection lacks this work, you may need to re-evaluate your viability as a human being.

4 out of 5 stars

snookered by misfit neo-romantics January 25, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

I'm not a follower of pop music much these days but I have a soft spot for some of the pop music of the 1980s, especially from the UK. For inventiveness and musicality I place this record very high on the list of best albums of that vintage.

It has superb musicianship, with a big range of instrumentation - six players using standard rock instruments plus violin, dual keyboards and saxophone. Furthermore, there are interesting vocal ranges, with Josephine Wells' crystal vocals overlaid often over the steadier vocals of the five males.

The lyrics are very interesting, often having surreal and political imagery, not your usual love songs and laments. Tracks like "The Last Film" (I ever saw) demonstrate Wells' vocal talents, while "Big Man Restless" and "In Awe of Industry" indicate the subject range of this dynamic album.

There are lots of interestings sounds and rhythms here, and the total effect is like an all-you-can-eat smorgasboard. It bops and soars and funks, sometimes all in the same track. To my jaded ears and cynical tastes this one is still outstanding.

5 out of 5 stars

Ohh yea October 13, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful

I have an original vinyl copy of this that I have just downloaded in a certain companies MP3 format. What a great listen.

4 out of 5 stars

Another blast from one of pop music's golden eras September 30, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I'm a big fan of the wonderful pop music some bands were creating in the 1980's, especially the years '82-'84.

I think much of today's "alternative" music owes a debt to these pioneers of what was called "new music", acts that broke the AOR mold and got me to stop listening to much of the mainstream crap that's being played on commercial radio to this very day.

Anyway, one of the more obscure recordings in my (then) vinyl collection was Kissing The Pink's "Naked".

Who had ever heard anything like "Big Man Restless" before?

It was a bizarrely enjoyable mix of sax, synths, tribal drums and chanted vocals.

This wasn't three chord fodder. Pop music was becoming unpredictable and fun again.

After years of searching, Naked has finally been released on CD.,

Alas, unlike some other albums from that time, like The The's incredibly
fresh sounding Soul Mining, much of "Naked" does sound dated, primarily because it uses a lot of synthesizer sounds and techniques that were cutting edge back then but come off gimmicky by today's standards (which leads us back to what Matt Johnson accomplished with a more tastefully restrained mix of electronics in Soul Mining).

Still, no 80's pop collection should omit this album.

Aside from "Big Man Restless", "Naked" is worth it for "Love Lasts Forever", which held up beautifully.

5 out of 5 stars

FIVE stars for NAKED!! June 4, 2007
This CD is OK. I mean, the Kissing the Pink "Naked" album is one of the greatest pieces of music ever created. Is it nice to have on CD... hell yes!! The extra stuff, terribly repetitive and not representative of their best. Where is "Water in my Eye" and all the great extended versions? Still, I can give this recording no less than five stars.

Perhaps I'm the biggest Kissing the Pink fan around? Well, I have two copies of "Naked" on vinyl (didn't want to wear it out) and many 12" EPs. I have continued to follow them into KTP, but nothing compares with the genius of "Naked".

The music is so pure, so different... even today. The phenomenal vocals on "All for You", the incredible keyboards and saxophone. This album never, ever fails to bring a tear to my eye.

I thank the stars that made me pick up the pink "Mr. Blunt" 12" EP backed with "Water in my Eye" and the video of "Maybe This Day" that tuned me into this incredible talent.

Remember "The Last Film (Hymn Version)" droning on until the needle ran out of vinyl? Again, genius.

If there were only ONE piece of music I could take with me to a desert island.... this would be it (well, a collection of Kissing the Pink, if I could get away with it).

Bless the incredible artists who found each other and created a timeless recording that never fails to move me.

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