Quick Step & Side Kick


Quick Step & Side Kick is the third studio album by the British synthpop group Thompson Twins. It was released in February 1983, and was their first album to be released as a trio. The album reached no. 2 on the UK Albums Chart and was later certified Platinum by the BPI.
In the United States and Canada, the album was titled simply as Side Kicks, and was only the second Thompson Twins album to be released there.
The album was the first collaboration between the band and producer Alex Sadkin and was recorded at Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas. The singer Grace Jones made a guest appearance on the track "Watching", though her vocals were not included on the track when it was remixed and released as a single in mid-1983.
The album has several different versions according to different territories, containing different tracks and different track order. The UK, Canadian, and US cassette versions of the album also contained a whole side of remixes of various album tracks.

Reception

Reviewing the album in Record magazine, Crispin Sartwell noted that the songs "Love On Your Side", "Tears", "Love Lies Bleeding", and especially "Lies" achieved a funk that could appeal to both black and white listeners, but that the songs on Side Two of the record veer more towards the pretentious music of their first two albums. He nonetheless concluded the album to be one of the best examples of British funk to date.

Track listing

US release

Side one
  1. "Love On Your Side"
  2. "Tears"
  3. "Lies"
  4. "We Are Detective"
  5. "Love Lies Bleeding"
Side two
  1. "Watching"
  2. "If You Were Here"
  3. "Kamikaze"
  4. "Judy Do"
  5. "All Fall Out"

    UK release

Side one
  1. "Love On Your Side"
  2. "Lies"
  3. "If You Were Here"
  4. "Judy Do"
  5. "Tears"
Side two
  1. "Watching"
  2. "We Are Detective"
  3. "Kamikaze"
  4. "Love Lies Bleeding"
  5. "All Fall Out"
Cassette remixes
  1. "Love Lies Fierce" - 6:45 .
  2. "Long Beach Culture" - 6:48 '
  3. "No Talkin'" - 5:51 '
  4. "Rap Boy Rap" - 7:22 '
  5. "Frozen In Time" - 6:28 '
  6. "Fallen Out" - 3:30

    2008 expanded edition

In March 2008, Quick Step & Side Kick was reissued as a 2-disc set by Edsel Records and included the bonus remixes that appeared on the original 1983 cassette version of the album. The second disc included most major 12" versions and B-sides, some of which appeared on CD for the first time.
Disc one
  1. "Love on Your Side" - 3:33
  2. "Lies" - 3:13
  3. "If You Were Here" - 2:56
  4. "Judy Do" - 3:48
  5. "Tears" - 5:02
  6. "Watching" - 3:58
  7. "We Are Detective" - 3:06
  8. "Kamikaze" - 3:55
  9. "Love Lies Bleeding" - 2:50
  10. "All Fall Out" - 5:28
  11. "Love Lies Fierce" - 6:45
  12. "Long Beach Culture" - 6:48
  13. "No Talkin'" - 6:18
  14. "Rap Boy Rap" - 7:22
  15. "Frozen In Time" - 6:28
  16. "Fallen Out" - 3:30
Disc two
  1. "Lies " - 3:15
  2. "Love on Your Back" - 4:06 '
  3. "Lucky Day" - 3:52 '
  4. "Dancersaurus" - 4:40 '
  5. "Lies " - 6:35 '
  6. "Beach Culture" - 3:55 '
  7. "Love On Your Side " - 5:48 '
  8. "We Are Detective " - 6:00 '
  9. "Lucky Day " - 6:58 '
  10. "Watching " - 5:48 '
  11. "Dancersaurus " - 5:50 '

    Charts

Weekly charts

Sales and certifications

Songs used in other media

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