Kite (Kirsty MacColl album)

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Kite
Studio album by Kirsty MacColl
Released May 8, 1989
Recorded ?
Genre Rock
Length 49:14
Label Capitol Records
Producer Steve Lillywhite
Professional reviews
Kirsty MacColl chronology
Kirsty MacColl
(1985)
Kite
(1989)
Electric Landlady
(1991)

Kite is the third album by Kirsty MacColl, released in 1989.

The album contains 15 tracks, including "Innocence", "Fifteen Minutes" and a cover of The Kinks' "Days". The album was re-released in 2005 with 5 bonus tracks and alternate mixes of 4 songs on the album. On 6 October 1989 it was certified silver by the BPI[1]

[edit] Track listing

All tracks composed by Kirsty MacColl; except where indicated

  1. "Innocence" 4:09 (MacColl, Pete Glenister)
  2. "Free World" 2:38
  3. "Mother's Ruin" 3:57
  4. "Days" 3:00 (Ray Davies)
  5. "No Victims" 3:50
  6. "Fifteen Minutes" 3:12
  7. "Don't Come the Cowboy With Me Sonny Jim!" 3:47
  8. "Tread Lightly" 3:20
  9. "What Do Pretty Girls Do?" 2:37
  10. "Dancing in Limbo" 2:51
  11. "The End of a Perfect Day" 3:23 (MacColl, Johnny Marr)
  12. "You and Me Baby" 2:31 (MacColl, Johnny Marr)
  13. "You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby" 2:50 (Morrissey, Johnny Marr)
  14. "La Forêt de Mímosas" 3:36
  15. "Complainte Pour Ste Catherine" 3:33 (Anna McGarrigle, Philippe Tatartchef)

[edit] Personnel

Kirsty MacColl - vocals, guitar, acoustic bass, steel guitar, autoharp, percussion

  • Mark Berrow - violin
  • Stuart Brooks - trumpet
  • Paul Crowder - percussion, tambourine
  • Ben Cruft - violin
  • James Eller - bass
  • Mel Gaynor - drums
  • Wilfred Gibson - violin
  • Roy Gillard - violin
  • David Gilmour - guitar
  • Pete Glenister - guitar
  • Malcolm Griffiths - trombone
  • Steve Lillywhite - bass
  • Robbie McIntosh - guitar
  • Johnny Marr - guitar, harmonica
  • Yves N'Djock - guitar, vocals
  • Pino Palladino - bass
  • Guy Pratt - bass
  • Jamie Talbot - tenor saxophone
  • Philip Todd - clarinet
  • Fiachra Trench - string & brass arrangements
  • Steve Turner - harmonica, guitar, effects
  • Dave Woodcock - violin
  • Gavyn Wright - violin
  • Guy Baker - trumpet
  • Colin Stuart - guitar
  • David Palmer - drums, percussion

[edit] External links

  • Kite at Kirsty MacColl.com