''Midnite Dynamite'' is the third studio album by American
hard rock
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band
Kix, released in 1985 by
Atlantic Records
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. It features 7 out of 10 songs co-written by bassist Donnie Purnell with hit songwriter
Bob Halligan Jr. (
Kiss
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,
Judas Priest
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,
Icon
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,
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".
Track listing
;Side one
# "Midnite Dynamite"
(Donnie Purnell, Bob Halligan Jr.) – 3:51
# "Red Hot (Black & Blue)"
(Purnell, Halligan Jr.) – 3:23
# "Bang Bang (Balls of Fire)"
( Kip Winger, Purnell, Halligan Jr.) – 4:00
# "Layin' Rubber"
(Purnell, Halligan Jr.) – 3:52
# "Walkin' Away"
(Purnell, Halligan Jr., John Palumbo) – 4:56
;Side two
# "Scarlet Fever"
(Purnell, Halligan Jr.) – 4:20
# "Cry Baby"
(Purnell, Halligan Jr.) – 4:17
# "Cold Shower"
(Purnell, Palumbo) – 5:02
# "Lie Like a Rug"
(Purnell, Palumbo) – 3:41
# "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
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), 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
George Marino (April 15, 1947June 4, 2012) was an American mastering engineer known for working on albums by rock bands starting in the late 1960s.
Biography
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, New York
*Bob Defrin – art direction
*
David Michael Kennedy – photography
References
External links
Kix Official WebsiteGuitar.com 2014 interview with Kix guitarist Brian Forsythe
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1985 albums
Kix (band) albums
Albums produced by Beau Hill
Atlantic Records albums