Naked (Kissing the Pink album)

Naked is the debut studio album by English new wave and synth-pop band Kissing the Pink, released on 27 May 1983 by Magnet Records. The album peaked at No. 54 on the UK Albums Chart in June 1983,[2] and produced their Top 20 hit "The Last Film". The song was their best performing single in the UK, and the only one to break the top 75. It is their only album to feature singer Sylvia Griffin who left the band before the album was completed.

Naked
Studio album by
Kissing the Pink
Released27 May 1983 (1983-05-27)[1]
StudioAIR Studios (London)
Genre
Length44:46
LabelMagnet
Producer
Kissing the Pink chronology
Naked
(1983)		 What Noise
(1984)
Singles from Naked
  1. "Mr. Blunt"
    Released: 1982
  2. "Watching Their Eyes"
    Released: 1982
  3. "The Last Film"
    Released: 1983
  4. "Love Lasts Forever"
    Released: 1983
  5. "Maybe This Day"
    Released: 1983
  6. "Big Man Restless"
    Released: 1983

32 years after its original release, Naked was reissued in 2015 as a remastered special edition CD by Cherry Red, which includes the 12 original album tracks plus seven related bonus tracks all sourced from the original master tapes.[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kissing the Pink

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."The Last Film"3:29
2."Frightened in France"3:15
3."Watching Their Eyes"3:56
4."Love Lasts Forever"5:38
5."All for You"4:04
6."The Last Film (Hymn Version)"3:17
Side two
No.TitleLength
7."Big Man Restless"3:48
8."Desert Song"3:59
9."Broken Body"3:24
10."Maybe This Day"3:38
11."In Awe of Industry"3:18
12."Mr. Blunt"3:00
Total length:44:46
Cherry Red Reissue Bonus Tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Mr. Blunt (Mixed for Feet)"4:50
14."Watching Their Eyes (Club Mix)"5:20
15."The Last Film (Extended Version)"4:09
16."Love Lasts Forever (12" Version)"6:15
17."We Are Your Family (Special Club Version)"5:52
18."Middleton Row"3:42
19."Big Man Restless (Club Mix)"7:08

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the Naked liner notes.[4]

Kissing the Pink

Production and artwork

Chart performance
Chart Position
UK Albums Chart 54

References
  1. "News". Record Mirror: 4. 14 May 1983. Retrieved 15 December 2020 – via flickr.com.
  2. "Official Charts - Kissing the Pink". Official Charts. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  3. "Naked: Expanded Edition – Kissing the Pink". Cherry Red. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  4. Naked (CD booklet). Kissing the Pink. Magnet Records. 1983.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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