What Noise

What Noise is the second studio album by English synth-pop band Kissing the Pink, released in October 1984 by Magnet Records. It is the last Kissing the Pink album to feature founding members including saxophonist Josephine Wells, and violinist Peter Barnett. Second keyboardist George Stewart would also leave the band after this album but would later rejoin the band. The album features new addition, Simon Aldridge, who played guitar, and bass in the band. This album did not reach as much attention and was not as widespread as Kissing the Pink's other albums. It never held a worldwide release.[1] It was their first album to make use of sampling.

What Noise
Album cover of What Noise; features green text on red background with strange graphs and images in the middle
Studio album by
Kissing the Pink
ReleasedOctober 1984
Genre
Length42:43
LabelMagnet
Producer
  • Kissing the Pink
  • Philip Bagenal
  • David Strickland
  • John Walters
  • Neil Richmond
  • Ken Thomas
Kissing the Pink chronology
Naked
(1983)		 What Noise
(1984)		 Certain Things Are Likely
(1986)
Singles from What Noise
  1. "Radio On"
    Released: 1984
  2. "The Other Side of Heaven"
    Released: 1984

34 years after its original release, What Noise was released on CD for the first time in 2018 by Cherry Red as a remastered special edition, which includes the 12 original album tracks plus seven related bonus tracks.[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kissing the Pink

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Other Side of Heaven"4:10
2."Captain Zero"3:44
3."Victory Parade"2:54
4."Greenham"3:30
5."Each Day in Nine"3:08
6."The Rain It Never Stops"3:36
Side two
No.TitleLength
7."Radio On"3:40
8."Martin"2:52
9."Watching the Tears"3:44
10."Footsteps"3:52
11."Love & Money"3:41
12."What Noise"3:52
Total length:42:43
Cherry Red Reissue Bonus Tracks
No.TitleLength
13."The Other Side of Heaven (7" Remix)"3:56
14."Radio On (12" Version)"5:11
15."How Can I Live"3:38
16."Katherine Clarke"2:04
17."The Other Side of Heaven (12" Version)"6:08
18."Celestial"4:12
19."What Noise (Longer Version)"5:52

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the What Noise liner notes.[3]

Kissing the Pink

  • Nicholas Whitecross – guitar; keyboards; vocals
  • Jon Kingsley Hall – keyboards; synthesizer; vocals
  • George Stewart – keyboards; vocals
  • Simon Aldridge – guitar; bass; vocals
  • Josephine Wells – saxophone; vocals
  • Stevie Cusack – drums; percussion; vocals
  • Peter Barnett – violin; vocals

References
  1. Schnee, Stephen SPAZ. "KISSING THE PINK's What Noise (Expanded Edition) reviewed!". Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  2. "Kissing The Pink: What Noise, Special Edition". Cherry Red. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  3. Naked (CD booklet). Kissing the Pink. Magnet Records. 1984.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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