Get In is the second and final studio album by the British people alternative rock band Kenickie. It was released on 25 August 1998
Production and release
The album was produced by
Adrian Bushby and band-member
Pete Gofton, except "I Would Fix You" which was produced by Bushby and Gofton with Andy Carpenter. Having been moved from the closed
EMI Records subsidiary EMIdisc, the album was first released on CD and Cassette by the parent label. The album was re-released in February 2012 by Eastworld with seven bonus tracks. The artwork was designed by Nick Edwards.
Critical reception
Get In received generally positive reviews. In
Melody Maker,
Everett True praised it as "a most ravishing record" and contrasted the dark tone of the album's lyrics with its upbeat music, which he called "some of the most gorgeous, succulent pop around".
reviewer Victoria Segal wrote: "This is the sound of a band refusing to play the game set out for them – attractive blonde singer, chirpy attitude, ladders to the top – risking a slide down the snakes instead ... the exuberant, lip-glossed evil of 'Punka' has been replaced by the maturity shorthand of strings and synths, flamenco flamboyance kicking up alongside deadpan electro,
The Shangri-Las drumbeats booming next to high-kicking pastiche. It's often audaciously bleak ... but they aren't stupid enough to go to the other Svengali-approved extreme and dress up as tragic divas. If it's messy, it's because the situation described in 'I Would Fix You' is messy; if it's brave, it's never foolish."
Broadsheet newspaper The Daily Telegraph also praised the album:
Track listing
Personnel
- Kenickie
- Other personnel
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Becky Doe, Olli Kraus, Ruth Gottlieb and Sophie Sirota - String Quartet
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Adrian Bushby - Producer and Mixing
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Pete Gofton - Producer and Mixing
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Andy Carpenter - Producer and Mixing ("I Would Fix You")
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David Whittaker - Strings (1, 6, 8, 9, 12)
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Ruth Gottlieb - Strings ("I Would Fix You")
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Nick Edwards - Artwork
B-sides
- from "I Would Fix You"
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"Rough Boys and Modern Girls"
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"Packed In"
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"I Would Fix You (Mint Royale Remix)"
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"I Would Fix You (DJ Downfall mix)"
- from "Stay in the Sun"
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"Hooray For Everything"
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"Save Your Kisses for Me" (Brotherhood of Man cover)
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"Stay in the Sun (Fridge Remix)"
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"Stay in the Sun (Maxwell Implosion Influenza remix)"
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"Stay in the Sun (Club Mix)" (Remixed by Xenomania)
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"Stay in the Sun (Club Instrumental)" (Remixed by Xenomania)
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"Stay in the Sun (Bangkok Ladyboy Mix)" (Remixed by Kat People)
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"Stay in the Sun (Bangkok Ladyboy Instrumental)" (Remixed by Kat People)
The main single version of "Stay In The Sun" is also a different mix from the album version, with prominent additional percussion and piano parts.
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