INXS "Kick" vs. George Michael "Faith

Can't Slow Down
Hysteria
Suddenly
Born in the USA
Control

I can think of a few others

ahh yes, forgot about "Hysteria". that was impressive too given that it had 12 songs on it.

She's So Unusual?

Wait.... KICK by INXS is blue-eyed soul pop?

I actually quite like both albums, but they're -- to my mind -- entirely different beasts. George never rocks. George never tries to rock. It's not his thing. INXS, meanwhile, are quite capable of rocking. Not much on KICK as on other albums, but they rock all the same. George doesn't. Thus, different ends are achieved.

INXS' finest hour, I'd suggest, remains LISTEN LIKE THIEVES.

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I love Faith so much that it honestly boggles my mind that this is even a question.

The opening drums on "Guns in the Sky" sounded about as huge as possible on my tinny little Walkman.

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huh

having listened to both a lot lately, i disagree!

wow

These results make perfect sense to me. All of Kick rules, whereas the second half of Faith has some drecky filler.

how many albums in the 80s were over 60% singles? I know of Thriller and Faith...
Forever Your Girl
Rhythm Nation 1814
Bad
"whitney houston" & "whitney"
huey lewis "sports"
purple rain
invisible touch
bryan adams "reckless"

killer poll, mizzell.

i started it because i really couldn't decide which one i liked better. the discussion pushed me towards Faith, and then Kick won. I didn't vote.

hutchence doing "i want your sex" and michael doing "never tear us apart" is what i keep coming back to

OK, after imagining these, I really want them to exist!

the Jam-Lewis remix of "Monkey" kills both albums dead though.

― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, August 8, 2013 7:40 PM (four years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

dang I hadn't heard this before but it is killer

Jam/Lewis giving it the full "Sign O' The Times" treatment there at the 1:25 mark.

I've said this elsewhere, but in August 1988 I made a mixtape to play on my knock-off Alba 'Walkman' during a week's holiday in Norfolk with my parents, and 'Monkey' was definitely the highlight (vying for second and third place: Michael Jackson's 'Dirty Diana' and Lipsync's 'Funky Town').

(the Jam & Lewis 7" remix of 'Monkey' specifically)

"We make decisions...that's what we do...that's what we do"

These albums are so damn good that making a list of the Top 5 singles betwixt them is bound to lead to serious (and worthy) arguments. Among the singles, I feel "Father Figure", "Need You Tonight/Mediate" and "One More Try" are the most colossal, with "Never Tear Us Apart" barely securing the 4th spot. ("One More Try" and "Never Tear Us Apart" kinda occupied the same cultural space, at least in late-'80s So Cal). "Monkey" - Jam/Lewis or original - is a solid 5th.

"Kick" wins the battle for me because I love 3 of the album cuts even more than the singles - "Wild Life", "Kick", and "Calling All Nations" are just fucking awesome.