Midnite Dynamite

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Midnite Dynamite
File:Kix-Midnite.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 8, 1985 (1985-08-08)[1]
StudioAtlantic Studios, New York City
Genre
Length41:04
LabelAtlantic
ProducerBeau Hill, Bill Dooley, Keith Lentin
Kix chronology
Cool Kids
(1983)
Midnite Dynamite
(1985)
Blow My Fuse
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarHalf starFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal6/10[3]
Kerrang!StarStarStarHalf starFile:Star empty.svg[4]
Music WeekStarStarStar[5]

Midnite Dynamite is the third studio album by American hard rock band Kix, released in 1985 by Atlantic Records. It features 7 out of 10 songs co-written by bassist Donnie Purnell with hit songwriter Bob Halligan Jr. (Kiss, Judas Priest, Icon, Blue Öyster Cult). Kip Winger was credited on one song and Crack the Sky frontman John Palumbo on three. Only one other Kix member contributed to the songwriting, Steve Whiteman on "Sex".

Track listing

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Side one
  1. "Midnite Dynamite" (Donnie Purnell, Bob Halligan Jr.) – 3:51
  2. "Red Hot (Black & Blue)" (Purnell, Halligan Jr.) – 3:23
  3. "Bang Bang (Balls of Fire)" (Kip Winger, Purnell, Halligan Jr.) – 4:00
  4. "Layin' Rubber" (Purnell, Halligan Jr.) – 3:52
  5. "Walkin' Away" (Purnell, Halligan Jr., John Palumbo) – 4:56
Side two
  1. "Scarlet Fever" (Purnell, Halligan Jr.) – 4:20
  2. "Cry Baby" (Purnell, Halligan Jr.) – 4:17
  3. "Cold Shower" (Purnell, Palumbo) – 5:02
  4. "Lie Like a Rug" (Purnell, Palumbo) – 3:41
  5. "Sex" (Purnell, Steve Whiteman) – 3:56

Personnel

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Kix
  • Steve Whiteman – lead vocals, harmonica ("Cold Shower" and "Sex"), saxophone
  • Ronnie "10/10" Younkins – guitars
  • Brian "Damage" Forsythe – guitars
  • Donnie Purnell – bass, keyboards (additional keyboards on "Walkin' Away"), backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "Cold Shower"
  • Jimmy "Chocolate" Chalfant – drums, percussion, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "Cold Shower"
Additional musicians
Production
  • Stephen Benben, Jim Faraci – engineers
  • Keith Lentin – producer on "Lie Like a Rug" and "Sex"
  • Bill Dooley – producer and engineer on "Lie Like a Rug" and "Sex"
  • Ed Garcia – engineer on "Lie Like a Rug" and "Sex"
  • Ira McLaughlin – assistant engineer on "Lie Like a Rug" and "Sex"
  • George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York
  • Bob Defrin – art direction
  • David Michael Kennedy – photography

References

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