''Midnite Dynamite'' is the band's third full-length released on
Atlantic Records. The album, released in 1985, features 7 out of 10 songs co-written by bassist Donnie Purnell with hit songwriter
Bob Halligan Jr.
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Judas Priest,
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Kip Winger
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was credited on one song and
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frontman John Palumbo on three. Only one other Kix member contributed to the songwriting,
Steve Whiteman on, "Sex."
Track listing
;Side one
# "Midnite Dynamite"
(Donnie Purnell, Bob Halligan Jr.
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) – 3:51
# "Red Hot (Black & Blue)"
(Purnell, Halligan Jr.) – 3:23
# "Bang Bang (Balls of Fire)"
(Kip Winger
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, Purnell, Halligan Jr.) – 4:00
# "Layin' Rubber"
(Purnell, Halligan Jr.) – 3:52
# "Walkin' Away"
(Purnell, Halligan Jr., John Palumbo) – 4:56
;Side two
# "Scarlet Fever"
(Purnell, Halligan Jr.) – 4:20
# "Cry Baby"
(Purnell, Halligan Jr.) – 4:17
# "Cold Shower"
(Purnell, Palumbo) – 5:02
# "Lie Like a Rug"
(Purnell, Palumbo) – 3:41
# "Sex"
(Purnell, Steve Whiteman) – 3:56
Personnel
;Kix
*
Steve Whiteman – lead vocals, harmonica, saxophone
* Ronnie "10/10" Younkins – guitars
* Brian "Damage" Forsythe – guitars
* Donnie Purnell – bass, keyboards, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "Cold Shower"
* Jimmy "Chocolate" Chalfant – drums, percussion, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "Cold Shower"
;Additional musicians
*
Anton Fig – drums, percussion on "Lie Like a Rug" and "Sex"
*
Mike Slamer
Michael Chetwynd Slamer is a British guitarist.
Biography
Slamer started his career playing in the UK prog-rock band City Boy. Since then, he has worked as a staff composer for various movies and TV series, has been a session guitarist for nu ...
– guitars on "Walking Away" and "Scarlett Fever"
*
Beau Hill
Beau Hill is an American record producer who is best known for his work with Alice Cooper, Kix, Winger, Streets, Warrant, Fiona, Europe, and Ratt. He also played instruments and sang backing vocals for some of the artists that he produced, as ...
– additional keyboards and guitars (courtesy of
Chrysalis Records), producer, engineer
;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
George Marino (April 15, 1947 – June 4, 2012) was an American mastering engineer known for working on albums by rock bands starting in the late 1960s.
Biography
Marino was born on April 15, 1947, in the New York City borough The Bronx. He at ...
– mastering at
Sterling Sound, New York
*Bob Defrin – art direction
*
David Michael Kennedy – photography
References
External links
Kix Official WebsiteGuitar.com 2014 interview with Kix guitarist Brian Forsythe
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1985 albums
Kix (band) albums
Albums produced by Beau Hill
Atlantic Records albums