Kite [Extra tracks, Import, Original recording remastered]

Kirsty MacColl | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 28, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: EMI Europe Generic
• ASIN: B0007M8I6Y
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #199,791 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

British remastered reissue of 1989 album, scheduled to include 10 bonus tracks. EMI. 2005.

Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Time only carries this album's reputation higher and higher, May 28, 2005

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This review is from: Kite (Audio CD)

When "Kite" first came out in the US, I was mystified when it didn't become a hughe hit. It was catchy, intelligently written with the ringing tones of power pop and witty lyrics to boot. I was dumbfounded to find out that hardly anyone bought it. I was even more surprised when I heard that this was trading for big bucks on Ebay. I'm pleased to see that it's available again (if only as an import)to be rediscovered by a world that's undeserving if they don't make this a huge seller.

I miss Kirsty's wit, songwriting chops and singing. There's few songwriters that were at the top of their craft so soon. This expanded edition mirrors the original US version in that it features "You Just Haven't Earned It Baby", "La Foret De Mimosas" and "Complainte Pour Ste Catherine" which were also on the US released in additon to the original 12 tracks of the album. Also included are a killer B-side "Happy", "Am I Right?", a cover of Marty Robbin's "El Paso" three remixes of album tracks and the original demo of the MacColl/Marr original song "The End of a Perfect Day".

There's a note by producer/ex-husband and friend Steve Lilywhite about the recording of the album as well as the original album lyrics. So if you have the original US release (like myself), this is worth upgrading for the four songs not on the original CD. The three remixes are OK the real gem, though, is the original album. Sadly, Kirsty MacColl was killed at the young age of 41 while swimming. She was hit by a boat in waters where boats were restricted. I miss her wit and I only spoke to her once in an interview by phone. I can't imagine what those who were close to her feel. Pick up this great album, enjoy her music and enjoy.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Used to merely love it, now in my top 10, August 31, 2005

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Charles Wilson "Equal-Opportunity Dilettante" (Dallas, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kite (Audio CD)

This re-mastering, re-sequencing and re-visiting of this unbelievably fulfilling album has made me understand how much I missed the first time I loved it. Musically and lyrically there is not a weak link here. Kirsty's own songs are probably the strongest, despite the amazing co-scriptings by Johnny Marr and Pete Glenister. I want to know who, besides Joni, can write such densely involving and engaging lyrics, with traditional rhyming patterns, where no rhyme is forced, no cliché is unintended, and you recognize the life around you in every image, sound and inflection. Let's please not even talk about the vocal harmonies, that's a novel right there. What you come away with more than anything is a tiny pie slice of who this woman must have been. I admit it, when I listened to it before, I thought, the world can't be that bad, if it has Kirsty in it. Without her, the world is still better for her, and for this unbelievable record. As soon as I finish listening to it right now, I'm going to listen to it again.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Late Great Kirsty MacColl, February 25, 2006

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inhighspeed "Clark" (Orlando; Washington DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kite (Audio CD)

Before the Internet, before sampling stations at the major record chains, the only way to judge a cd was either a recommendation or by judging a book by its cover and just buying it and listening to it. I bought this cd when it first came out just because I liked the cover, and boy what a find. This is a great pop cd by an extremely talented artist whom we lost too soon. Soaring pop, some pseudo-country ("Don't Come the Cowboy"), plaintive ballads. Highlights are "The End of a Perfect Day," "Free World" (which zooms by at a breathtaking pace), "Innocence," "Tread Lightly," "Don't Come The Cowboy With Me Sonny Jim." Excellent and highly recommended.