Midnite Dynamite

Midnite Dynamite is the third studio album by American glam metal band Kix, released in 1985 by Atlantic Records. It features 7 out of 10 songs co-written by bassist Donnie Purnell with hit songwriter Bob Halligan Jr. (Kiss, Judas Priest, Icon, Blue Öyster Cult). Kip Winger was credited on one song and Crack the Sky frontman John Palumbo on three. Only one other Kix member contributed to the songwriting, Steve Whiteman on, "Sex."

Midnite Dynamite
Studio album by Kix
Released	August 8, 1985 (1985-08-08)^[1]
Studio	Atlantic Studios, New York City
Genre	Glam metal^[2]^[3] pop metal^[4] pop rock^[4]
Length	41:04
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Beau Hill, Bill Dooley, Keith Lentin
Kix chronology
Cool Kids (1983) Midnite Dynamite (1985) Blow My Fuse (1988)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	6/10^[5]
Kerrang!	^[6]
Music Week	^[7]

Track listing

Side one

1. "Midnite Dynamite" (Donnie Purnell, Bob Halligan Jr.) – 3:51
2. "Red Hot (Black & Blue)" (Purnell, Halligan Jr.) – 3:23
3. "Bang Bang (Balls of Fire)" (Kip Winger, Purnell, Halligan Jr.) – 4:00
4. "Layin' Rubber" (Purnell, Halligan Jr.) – 3:52
5. "Walkin' Away" (Purnell, Halligan Jr., John Palumbo) – 4:56

Side two

1. "Scarlet Fever" (Purnell, Halligan Jr.) – 4:20
2. "Cry Baby" (Purnell, Halligan Jr.) – 4:17
3. "Cold Shower" (Purnell, Palumbo) – 5:02
4. "Lie Like a Rug" (Purnell, Palumbo) – 3:41
5. "Sex" (Purnell, Steve Whiteman) – 3:56

Personnel

Kix

• Steve Whiteman – lead vocals, harmonica ("Cold Shower" and "Sex"), saxophone
• Ronnie "10/10" Younkins – guitars
• Brian "Damage" Forsythe – guitars
• Donnie Purnell – bass, keyboards (additional keyboards on "Walkin' Away"), 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 – guitars on "Walkin' Away" and "Scarlet Fever"
• Beau Hill – 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 – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York
• Bob Defrin – art direction
• David Michael Kennedy – photography

References

1. "New Releases" (PDF). FMQB. 2 August 1985. p. 32. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
2. Brennan, Colin (February 5, 2018). "10 Hair Metal Albums That Don't Suck". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
3. . Guitar World. December 2, 2008. Archived from the original on October 4, 2012. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
4. Guarisco, Donald A. "Kix Midnite Dynamite review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-08-27.
5. Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 189. ISBN 978-1-89-495931-5.
6. Suter, Paul (3 October 1985). "Kix - Midnite Dynamite". Kerrang!. No. 104. London, UK: Morgan Grampian. p. 17.
7. "Kix: Midnite Dynamite. Atlantic. 781 267" (PDF). LP Reviews. Music Week. Gwent: Pensord Press Ltd. 28 September 1985. p. 19. (PDF) from the original on 31 December 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2023 – via WorldRadioHistory.com.

External links

• Kix Official Website
• Guitar.com 2014 interview with Kix guitarist Brian Forsythe