More of the Best [Import]

Kim Wilde | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 15, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Msi
• ASIN: B000007WQ4
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #594,433 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A treasure trove, June 11, 2001

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This review is from: More of the Best (Audio CD)

There are many compilations which feature tracks from Kim Wilde's first two EMI albums; this is the only single-disc collection which emphasizes content from her third, and most difficult to find, album. Containing 8 out of 10 tracks from her 1983 release Catch As Catch Can, plus a few non-album singles and B-sides from the same era, this CD finds Wilde hovering somewhere between the energetic new wave sound that she initially was known for and the more commercial dance-oriented pop she would explore for the rest of her career. The brash "House of Salome" stands alongside "Kids in America" as a post-punk masterpiece, while the lyrics of "Child Come Away" continue the story-song approach cowriters Ricky Wilde and Marty Wilde frequently mined. The ballads "Can You Hear It" and "Stay Awhile" rank as some of the Wilde's best recordings. There's a treasure trove of good songs here, taken from Wilde's most elusive album.