Kissing the Pink is a dance/synth pop group from Scotland and England. Memb… Read Full Bio ↴Kissing the Pink is a dance/synth pop group from Scotland and England. Members included Nick Whitecross, John Hall, George Stewart, Josephine Wells, Pete Barnett, Sylvia Griffin, Simon Aldridge and Steve Cusack. Their first single was "Don't hide in the shadows", made with Martin Hannett, but it wasn't until they changed managers and signed with Magnet Records that they began to get any airplay. They recorded their first album in AIR studios with producer Colin Thurston, who had engineered Bowie's Heroes and later worked with Duran Duran amongst others. Kissing the Pink had wanted Brian Eno to produce the album but Magnet thought Thurston would make a more commercial impact. After a series of near-misses with tracks off the upcoming album the single "last film", with its memorable whistling, reached the top 20. The album, Naked, didn't sell a lot of copies but was a favourite with the college crowd who presumably appreciated its intelligence and wit. Most people when they talk of Naked marvel at the sheer variety of songs on the album, and while this may be its abiding strength, at the time it probably made the album too hard to classify, and thus it was largely ignored. Their first Hot 100 entry was "Maybe This Day," which hit #87 in 1983.
Their second album, 1984’s What Noise? reflected the experimental vibe of Naked, and was not received well commercially. It did spawn two singles, “The Other Side of Heaven” and “Radio On,” but neither found success, and the band (with coaxing from label Magnet) developed a more polished, conventional sound for their third album. They shortened their name to KTP and began having hits on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. The most successful was "Certain Things Are Likely," which spent three weeks at #1 in 1987. That song also became their second Hot 100 entry when it peaked at #97 later that year. From the same album "One Step" was the biggest selling single in Italy that year. When they were given an award on an Italian television show they mistook it for an ashtray.
During the late 1980s their music became even more club friendly and by the end of the decade they had recorded several albums'worth of music that broke new ground in up and coming dance genres. While their pursuit of the avant garde through experiments with form, sound, and equipment, pushed their music into many new areas, the neo-pagan rave scene of 90s Britain also gave their lyrics a mystical flavour, with such sessions as the Ascendant Masters, Jon Hall's Techno-Shamnic Ritual, and the Dalai Lama tracks, using synthesizers and filters along with frequently furious rhthyms to hypnotise the listener.
In the mid 2010s, KTP released a couple albums on Bandcamp. They also performed at W Fest in 2021 and announced that they were working on a new LP slated for a January 2023 release to coincide with the 40th anniversary of Naked.
Their second album, 1984’s What Noise? reflected the experimental vibe of Naked, and was not received well commercially. It did spawn two singles, “The Other Side of Heaven” and “Radio On,” but neither found success, and the band (with coaxing from label Magnet) developed a more polished, conventional sound for their third album. They shortened their name to KTP and began having hits on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. The most successful was "Certain Things Are Likely," which spent three weeks at #1 in 1987. That song also became their second Hot 100 entry when it peaked at #97 later that year. From the same album "One Step" was the biggest selling single in Italy that year. When they were given an award on an Italian television show they mistook it for an ashtray.
During the late 1980s their music became even more club friendly and by the end of the decade they had recorded several albums'worth of music that broke new ground in up and coming dance genres. While their pursuit of the avant garde through experiments with form, sound, and equipment, pushed their music into many new areas, the neo-pagan rave scene of 90s Britain also gave their lyrics a mystical flavour, with such sessions as the Ascendant Masters, Jon Hall's Techno-Shamnic Ritual, and the Dalai Lama tracks, using synthesizers and filters along with frequently furious rhthyms to hypnotise the listener.
In the mid 2010s, KTP released a couple albums on Bandcamp. They also performed at W Fest in 2021 and announced that they were working on a new LP slated for a January 2023 release to coincide with the 40th anniversary of Naked.
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Kissing The Pink Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Kissing The Pink:
Big Man Restless There's a big man restless, Who pushes for humour, he's so…
Broken Body This is my broken body (Have you seen it?) (Have you seen…
Certain Things Are Likely (Hey, mister, hey mister) A world (Hey, mister, hey mister)…
Desert Song Line stood firm Across the desert floor In the eyes of a…
Each Day In Nine Kissing the pink - each day in nine A thousand waters…
Love Lasts Foreve There's a clatter of words, it's a party I'm lost in…
Love Lasts Forever There's a clatter of words, it's a party I'm lost in…
Maybe This Day Maybe this day will be the happy day, when all…
Never Too Late To Love You Never Too Late For Love Warren Zevon You can't find him Th…
One Step (Hey, mister, hey mister) A world (Hey, mister, hey mister)…
The Last Film In the last film I ever saw They wore suits and…
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ddraguti
I recall I was terrified with the beauty of this album the first time I heard that.I've never heard for these guys before but at that time (20+ years ago) this album was recommended to me from a friend,he siad,beleve me you won't regret,buy this album.So I did and it was one of the greatest surprises in my life.The whole 80s were a surprise thanks to bands like this.60s then 80s,two brilliant eras for different types of fantastic music.Kisisng the Pink deserve to be somewhere near the top.
Ark
One of the greatest 80's songs ever, the Kissing The Pink album "Naked" is a must have!
Olham54
One of my alltime favourites from that time - not the obvious way to make a hit; but instead a very touching, special song. Great!
MassRapidTransport
one of their best tracks, i can listen to this nonstop and never tire of it... depressingly beautiful...
Peter1966
Masterpiece !
powerofpositive
simply beautiful!
Curtis Crush
beautifully tragic ! "..even when half the world turns so much less that mine..."
Robert B. Radmore aka Rob Rad Artwork
spillandambience.. I couldn't put it in any better words... So many Quality, Memory-shared and a Symbiance in the comments..
swcusack
@curtiscrush Just thought you should know that in the line you quote, Jon is singing "share", not "turns". Glad you like the song, all the best, Stevie Cusack, drummer, Kissing The Pink, 1981-1989.
Barry Hayden
1983, NYC, The Village, my 1st Trans Am, the 'girl', work and KTP!