| Midnite Dynamite | ||||
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| Released | August 8, 1985 (1985-08-08)[1] | |||
| Studio | Atlantic Studios, New York City | |||
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| Length | 41:04 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer | Beau Hill, Bill Dooley, Keith Lentin | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | 👁 Star 👁 Star 👁 Half star 👁 Image 👁 Image [2] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 6/10[3] |
| Kerrang! | 👁 Star 👁 Star 👁 Star 👁 Half star 👁 Image [4] |
| Music Week | 👁 Star 👁 Star 👁 Star [5] |
Midnite Dynamite is the third studio album by American hard rock band Kix, released in 1985 by Atlantic Records. It features 7 out of 10 songs co-written by bassist Donnie Purnell with hit songwriter Bob Halligan Jr. (Kiss, Judas Priest, Icon, Blue Öyster Cult). Kip Winger was credited on one song and Crack the Sky frontman John Palumbo on three. Only one other Kix member contributed to the songwriting, Steve Whiteman on "Sex".
In 2018, Collin Brennan of Consequence included the album in his list of "10 Hair Metal Albums That Don’t Suck".[6]
Track listing
[edit]- Side one
- "Midnite Dynamite" (Donnie Purnell, Bob Halligan Jr.) – 3:51
- "Red Hot (Black & Blue)" (Purnell, Halligan Jr.) – 3:23
- "Bang Bang (Balls of Fire)" (Kip Winger, Purnell, Halligan Jr.) – 4:00
- "Layin' Rubber" (Purnell, Halligan Jr.) – 3:52
- "Walkin' Away" (Purnell, Halligan Jr., John Palumbo) – 4:56
- Side two
- "Scarlet Fever" (Purnell, Halligan Jr.) – 4:20
- "Cry Baby" (Purnell, Halligan Jr.) – 4:17
- "Cold Shower" (Purnell, Palumbo) – 5:02
- "Lie Like a Rug" (Purnell, Palumbo) – 3:41
- "Sex" (Purnell, Steve Whiteman) – 3:56
Personnel
[edit]- Kix
- Steve Whiteman – lead vocals, harmonica ("Cold Shower" and "Sex"), saxophone
- Ronnie "10/10" Younkins – guitars
- Brian "Damage" Forsythe – guitars
- Donnie Purnell – bass, keyboards (additional keyboards on "Walkin' Away"), backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "Cold Shower"
- Jimmy "Chocolate" Chalfant – drums, percussion, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "Cold Shower"
- Additional musicians
- Anton Fig – drums, percussion on "Lie Like a Rug" and "Sex"
- Mike Slamer – guitars on "Walkin' Away" and "Scarlet Fever"
- Beau Hill – additional keyboards and guitars (courtesy of Chrysalis Records), producer, engineer
- Production
- Stephen Benben, Jim Faraci – engineers
- Keith Lentin – producer on "Lie Like a Rug" and "Sex"
- Bill Dooley – producer and engineer on "Lie Like a Rug" and "Sex"
- Ed Garcia – engineer on "Lie Like a Rug" and "Sex"
- Ira McLaughlin – assistant engineer on "Lie Like a Rug" and "Sex"
- George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York
- Bob Defrin – art direction
- David Michael Kennedy – photography
References
[edit]- ^ "New Releases" (PDF). FMQB. August 2, 1985. p. 32. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
- ^ Guarisco, Donald A. "Kix Midnite Dynamite review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 189. ISBN 978-1-89-495931-5.
- ^ Suter, Paul (October 3, 1985). "Kix - Midnite Dynamite". Kerrang!. No. 104. London, UK: Morgan Grampian. p. 17.
- ^ "Kix: Midnite Dynamite. Atlantic. 781 267" (PDF). LP Reviews. Music Week. Gwent: Pensord Press Ltd. September 28, 1985. p. 19. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 31, 2021. Retrieved May 31, 2023 – via WorldRadioHistory.com.
- ^ Brennan, Collin (February 5, 2018). "10 Hair Metal Albums That Don't Suck". Consequence. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
