Close was released by Kim Wilde on the 1st of June 1988 as her sixth studio album. Produced by her brother Ricky Wilde & Tony Swain the album was her most well ballanced album with pop, ballad and rock sounds. The songs were concentrated on love (Hey Mr. Heartache, Four Letter Word, Love In The Natural Way, Love's A No, Lucky Guy), what's going on around the world (Stone, European Soul) and her nephew coming into her life (You Came). Promoting the album, its singles and videos as being an opening act on Michael Jackson's Bad World Tour, Close sold over 2 million copies worldwide, making it her best-selling album of her entire career. Many critics praised the album with its successful producing while some critics finding the album sounding similar to Bananarama's famous album WOW which was produced by the well known producers Stock, Aitken & Waterman. Other than that critics gave the album such favorable reviews with the success of the album and its singles.
TRACKLIST:
1) Hey Mr. Heartache
2) You Came
3) Four Letter Word
4) Love In The Natural Way
5) Love's A No
6) Never Trust A Stranger
7) You'll Be The One Who'll Lose
8) European Soul
9) Stone
10) Lucky Guy
SINGLES
1) Hey Mr. Heartache, released on 18th of April 1988 in the UK & Europe; Heartache featured the vocals of Junior Giscombe whom worked with Kim on her previous album Another Step. Heartache wasn't a big hit in her native country, debuting at #31 although it was successful in Norway (#3), Sweden (#6) & Italy (#7)
2) You Came, released on the 4th of July 1988, was the biggest selling of Kim Wilde. Charting #3 in the UK, #1 in Denmark and #3 in Irelan, You Came showed a major success all around the UK & Europe. It was written with Kim Wilde and her brother about the birth of Marty.
3) Never Trust A Stranger, released on 19 September 1988 it was her 3rd single off the album. It was another big hit around the UK & Europe. With its Hi-NRG sound Never Trust A Stranger is one of my favourite tracks of Kim Wilde.
4) Four Letter Word, released on 21 November 1988. It was another hit in the UK & Europe as a naive love ballad. It became her third top ten hit in the UK from her album Close.
5) Love In The Natural Way, released on 20 February 1989 it was her last release in the 80 which she was one of the biggest selling artists then. Although it was produced very well and promoted it only charted in the UK & Ireland. Love In The Natural Way was also the final release from the album Close.
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