Kim Wilde – Select

When she burst onto the scene out of nowhere with her first big hit, Kim Wilde - Kids In America, in 1981, most guys around the world immediately had a crush on her. Believe me… I was there too 😉.

This was not surprising really, because with her demure, introverted, almost timid charm, and her uber-cool looks Kim Wilde was a truly unique, fresh artist in many ways. For a brief two-year period, she even became something of a style icon.

Although her self-titled debut album Kim Wilde - Select is still an excellent, striking album that is worth rediscovering and listening to again – especially if you were too young to experience it almost 45 years ago. If you want to hear those early electronic 1980s "Wasp" synthesizer acoustics, look no further, because that's what this era truly sounded like 🤩👍.

This Culture Factory cd is an awful remaster. Sound is fuzzy and distorted. If you want a good remaster then go for the 2020 Cherry Red cds.

Not a very good remaster imo, and not a very good pressing. There's too much mid in many of the song, some are almost painful listening to. Also lacks low end. In Chaos At The Airport the kick drum is distorted, not sure how they managed to miss that, unless it's cause the pressing isn't great (surface noise, moderate amount of pops and clicks). About half of the songs sound decent, the rest not so much. Think I'll return to playing the original...

ORIGINAL INCLUDE A POSTER,60X90 CM, 24X36 INCHES ,ONLY IN FIRST EDITION

This CD wallet edition is wicked, great, fabulous. It's the deluxe edition, we, Kim fans were waiting for (I've bought all 3 as soon as they were released and I really don't regret it). I've criticised Cherry Red Records in the past (mostly for putting out CDs with tracks taken from a vinyl source) but this time I can't say that. This is Pop Art, perfection. All the B-sides, instrumentals and songs unheard of before, new remixes and a booklet filled with pictures, all the lyrics (including the "new" songs) + the DVDs with all the music videos and TV appearances, wow I'm flabbergasted, really. What more could we ask for ? Really. I don't know. Plus the new mixes are amazing (especially those made by Matt Pop he's a true professional who respects the original music and enhanced it greatly. I couldn't have made these remixes better myself even if I tried. Thank you Cherry Red, you are the best. I hope her MCA albums will be next. Fingers crossed. This is an amazing job. Kudos and congrats !

Quiet press....sound is ok, vocals are very much to the front. Bass could do with more omph. But happy overall....nice addition to the collection.

I'd have preferred it if they'd given us a Matt Pop Remix (Mixes of Cambodia and Child Come Away are highlights here) of View From A Bridge instead of this horrible Raw Remix again. It was shite in 2014 and it's still shite now.

Excellent color repress and ageless LP... 1981/1982 seems 2019/2020 ! synths and guitars are so contemporary! The pure following of the 1st album...

This album will be available on 31 January 2020 as a deluxe edition. Check it out here at https://www.kimwilde.com/news/deluxe-editions-kims-first-three-albums-announced?fbclid=IwAR1RbQ02caTX2ZQhHugHNlpCweqWaSwwdbEZGl60AUQ1ZYp1wJVFUngqmtg

It could be better for the mastering on this reissue on CD.