''Kihntagious'' is a 1984 studio album by

the Greg Kihn Band The Greg Kihn Band was an American band that was started by frontman Greg Kihn and bassist Steve Wright (bassist), Steve Wright. Their most successful singles include "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)" (Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' H ...

. It is the last album to feature drummer and founding member

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and keyboard player Gary Phillips. The album was recorded in Studio "C" at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California.

Critical reception

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'' noted that Kihn's "music is fundamentally sound, but it also appears so carefully structured that there is little room in it for emotion." ''

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'' considered "Reunited" to be among Kihn's "most memorable work."

Track listing

Personnel

;The Greg Kihn Band *

Greg Kihn Gregory Stanley Kihn (; July 10, 1949 – August 13, 2024) was an American rock musician, radio personality, and novelist. He founded and led the Greg Kihn Band and he wrote several popular horror novels. He is best known for the hits " The Br ...

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, vocals *

Greg Douglass Greg Douglass (born 1949 in Oakland, California, United States) is an American rock guitarist. Career Douglass started his musical career in the late 1960s with his band The Virtues, which later turned into the acid-rock group Country Weather. ...

– guitar, slide guitar, vocals *

– drums, vocals, co-lead vocals on "Hard Times" * Steve Wright – bass, vocals * Gary Phillips – keyboards

Production

*Producer:

Matthew King Kaufman Matthew "King" Kaufman (born May 19, 1946) is an American record producer who was the owner of leading independent label Beserkley Records in Berkeley, California from the mid-1970s through the mid-1980s, successfully producing records by Jonath ...

References

Greg Kihn albums 1984 albums Beserkley Records albums {{1980s-pop-rock-album-stub