Catch as Catch Can

Pop · 1983 · 10 tracks

Catch as Catch Can

Crystalline synths and detached vocals meet noir storytelling. A midnight-blue record of high-polish New Wave and experimental jazz-pop detours.

It's the moody, midnight-blue synth record where Kim Wilde stops being a teen idol and starts being a noir protagonist.

A sophisticated, cool-to-the-touch urban mystery wrapped in digital synthesizers.

Catch as Catch Can · vs · Kim Wilde

Storytelling+1.8σ

The writing leans notably further into storytelling than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks

01

House of Salome

3:36

02

Back Street Joe

4:31

03

Stay Awhile

3:40

04

Love Blonde

4:04

05

Dream Sequence

6:06

06

Dancing in the Dark

3:44

07

Shoot to Disable

3:36

08

Can You Hear It

4:27

09

Sparks

4:08

10

Sing It Out for Love

3:34

Moments Worth Waiting For

The sharp, aggressive synth brass hook that opens House of Salome, immediately setting a cinematic, desert-noir tone.

The unexpected transition into a finger-snapping, jazz-swing rhythm on Love Blonde, mocking the very image the media projected onto her.

The six-minute sprawling synth odyssey of Dream Sequence, where the production moves from structured pop into a more abstract, atmospheric space.

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