Kite (Kirsty MacColl album)

Kite
Studio album by
Kirsty MacColl
ReleasedApril 1989[1]
Recorded1988
StudioThe Town House, London
Ealing Studios, London
RAK Studios, London
Genre
Length39:19 (LP)
49:14 (CD)
LabelVirgin
ProducerSteve Lillywhite
Kirsty MacColl chronology
Kirsty MacColl
(1985) 		Kite
(1989) 		Electric Landlady
(1991)
Singles from Kite
  1. "Free World"
    Released: February 1989[2]
  2. "Days"
    Released: June 1989[3]
  3. "Innocence"
    Released: September 1989[4]
  4. "Don't Come the Cowboy with Me Sonny Jim!"
    Released: March 1990[5]

Kite is the breakthrough second album by Kirsty MacColl, released in 1989. Produced by her husband Steve Lillywhite, it was her first album for Virgin Records. The album included MacColl's hit cover of the Kinks' "Days", as well as two tracks written with Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr. On 6 October 1989, it was certified silver by the BPI.[6]

  1. ^ "Kite (1989 CD)". kirstymaccoll.com. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Free World". kirstymaccoll.com. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Days". kirstymaccoll.com. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Innocence". kirstymaccoll.com. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Don't Come the Cowboy with Me Sonny Jim!". kirstymaccoll.com. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  6. ^ [1] [dead link]