Kick is the sixth studio album by Australian rock band INXS
Release date: October 12, 1987
Number of Songs: 12
Album Notes: Kick peaked at number three on the Billboard 200 and spawned four US top-10 singles from the album. During the 1988 MTV Video Music Awards, INXS took home five Moonmen awards for the “Need You Tonight/Meditate” video. Kick is INXS’ most successful album to date, and has been certified six times platinum by the RIAA.
DJ’s take, courtesy of Brooke Myers:
Three Words: Funky, Lyrical, Spacious
Favorite song: Need You to Not. “But only when followed by the next song ‘Mediate.’ That’s how the music video was. I was an MTV kid.”
Score: 5 stars
