Kool-Aid (album)

Kool-Aid
Studio album by
Big Audio Dynamite II
Released22 October 1990[1]
Recorded18 June 1990
Genres
Length51:15
LabelColumbia
Producers
Big Audio Dynamite II chronology
Megatop Phoenix
(1989)		 Kool-Aid
(1990)		 The Globe
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStar[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStar[3]

Kool-Aid is an album by Big Audio Dynamite II.[4] It was their first album under this name and with this line-up, which had been changed by band leader Mick Jones in 1990.[5] It was only released in the UK, Europe and Australia.[6] Several of the songs appeared on the group's next worldwide release, The Globe, albeit in reworked form. Among them is "Change of Atmosphere", which was reworked into the group's number 1 hit "Rush". The Kool-Aid track "Kickin' In" is a significantly reworked version of "Free", a song Big Audio Dynamite previously recorded for the soundtrack of the 1990 film Flashback.

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "with a relatively loose feel and concept, Kool-Aid is Jones' most diverse outing ever, a limited-edition eight-song stopgap offering two acoustic ballads, acid-dance, techno-rock, Kraftwerk samples and even Laurie Anderson-styled poltergeist vocals, as well as a remixed (and retitled) version of "Free," the band's contribution to the Flashback soundtrack."[7]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Change of Atmosphere"Mick Jones7:41
2."Can't Wait"Mick Jones5:04
3."Kickin' In"Dan Donovan, Mick Jones6:38
4."Innocent Child"Mick Jones6:38
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."On One"Mick Jones4:52
6."Kool-Aid"Mick Jones, Gary Stonadge5:30
7."In My Dreams"Nick Hawkins, Mick Jones, Gary Stonadge8:28
8."When the Time Comes"Mick Jones, Gary Stonadge7:10

Personnel

Big Audio Dynamite II
Technical
  • C.J., Dave Mercer, Mike Campbell - engineer
  • Adam "Flea" Newman - "dynamite"

References

  1. ↑ "New Albums" (PDF). Music Week. 20 October 1990. p. 36. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  2. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. Review: Kool-Aid. Allmusic. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  3. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 2600. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
  4. ↑ Thompson, Dave (2000). Alternative Rock. Miller Freeman Books. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-87930-607-6.
  5. ↑ Buckley, Peter (2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. p. 97. ISBN 978-1-84353-105-0.
  6. ↑ "Big Audio Dynamite II – Kool-Aid". Discogs.
  7. ↑ "TrouserPress.com :: Big Audio Dynamite". www.trouserpress.com.
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