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Those who are into irony have to appreciate the fact that Kim Wilde, England's top female pop-rocker of the 1980s, enjoyed her first major hit with the anthemic "Kids in America" -- for someone who was born and raised in the U.K., she sang quite convincingly about American youth. But Wilde had a lot more than a taste for the ironic going for her in the early to mid-1980s; the singer was very much in her prime when the recordings on this CD came out in 1981 and 1982. At the time, Wilde's forte was synthesizer-minded new wave -- an approach that serves her well on "Kids in America," "Water on Glass," "View from a Bridge" and other melodic yet exuberant hits found on Greatest Hits. Other high points of this collection, which EMI put out in 1996, range from the ska-influenced "2-6-5-8-0" to the angry "Ego" and the gutsy "Words Fell Down." As much as Greatest Hits has going for it, however, it's far from the last word on Wilde; essential hits like "Love Blonde" and "Child Gone Away" are missing. Nonetheless, Greatest Hits can serve as a rewarding introduction to her Rak output of the early 1980s.
Kim Wilde
The Gold Collection
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AllMusic Review by Alex Henderson
Track Listing
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| 2 | 3:21 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 3 | 3:35 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 4 | 3:42 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 5 | 3:16 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 6 | 3:10 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 7 | 4:10 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 8 | 4:02 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 9 | 4:24 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 10 | 4:10 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 11 | 3:30 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 12 | 3:30 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 13 | 3:23 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 14 | 4:09 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 15 | 3:18 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 16 | 3:51 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 17 | 3:34 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 18 | 3:48 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 19 | 3:47 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 20 | 3:19 | SpotifyAmazon |
