Close (Kim Wilde album)

Close
Studio album by
Kim Wilde
Released13 June 1988[1]
Recorded1987–1988
StudioSelect Sound, Knebworth, Hertfordshire
Genre
Length51:22
LabelMCA
Producer
Kim Wilde chronology
Another Step
(1986) 		Close
(1988) 		Love Moves
(1990)
Singles from Close
  1. "Hey Mister Heartache"
    Released: 18 April 1988
  2. "You Came"
    Released: 4 July 1988
  3. "Never Trust a Stranger"
    Released: 19 September 1988
  4. "Four Letter Word"
    Released: 21 November 1988
  5. "Love in the Natural Way"
    Released: 20 February 1989 (UK, Germany only)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Number One[3]
Record Mirror[4]

Close is the sixth studio album by Kim Wilde, released in June 1988.

Produced by Ricky Wilde and Tony Swain, Close was the final album on which Marty Wilde had co-writer credits.

The album's lead single was "Hey Mister Heartache", featuring backing vocals from Junior Giscombe – but its success was dwarfed by the follow-up single, "You Came", which hit the top 10 in many countries and just missed the US top 40.

"Never Trust a Stranger" and "Four Letter Word" also reached the UK top 10, although a fifth single "Love in the Natural Way" was less successful. Attention for the album was bolstered by Wilde's support slot on Michael Jackson's European tour.

Close reached the top 10 in the UK, almost all Scandinavian countries, Austria and Germany and went on to become Wilde's biggest selling album, being certified platinum in the UK. In Australia, the album was less successful, peaking at number 82 on the ARIA albums chart.[5]

A 2-CD 25th anniversary edition of Close was released in the United Kingdom in September 2013, with the album's original 10 tracks bolstered by an additional 21 B-sides and remixes.[6]

  1. ^ "BPI".
  2. ^ AllMusic review
  3. ^ "Review: Kim Wilde – Close (MCA)". Number One. No. 287. London: IPC Magazines Ltd. 14 December 1988. p. 36.
  4. ^ Williams, Henry (25 June 1988). "33 – Album Reviews". Record Mirror. p. 30. ISSN 0144-5804.
  5. ^ "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 2015-11-09". Imgur. Archived from the original on 9 November 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Close (25th Anniversary Edition) | WOW HD UK". Archived from the original on 16 August 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.