''Terrain'' is the second and final studio album by Australian new wave and pop group

Kids in the Kitchen Kids in the Kitchen are an Australian pop, funk and new wave band which formed in 1983. They enjoyed chart success with four top-20 hits on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart, " Change in Mood" (1983), " Bitter Desire" (1984), " So ...

released in August 1987. The album cover shows the band slimmed down to a trio of singer Scott Carne, bassist

Craig Harnath Craig Norman Harnath is an Australian musician who was the founding mainstay bass guitarist of the pop, funk and new wave musical group, Kids in the Kitchen from 1983 to 1988. As a songwriter he co-wrote the B-side, "Glad to Be Alive", Note ...

and guitarist Claude Carranza. Drummer Bruce Curnow who had departed the band in 1986 and keyboardist Alistair Coia are both featured on the album as co-writers and musicians. The band co-wrote all songs on the album.

Reception

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from ''

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'' said the album was "about as scintillating as counting your toes for 40 minutes".

Notes

Following changes in the band's line up, Jason Stonehouse replaced Curnow as drummer and Simon Kershaw replace Coia on keyboards.

Track listing

Charts

References

1987 albums Mushroom Records albums Kids in the Kitchen albums {{1980s-pop-album-stub