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Quick Step and Side Kick/Side Kicks

The U.S. release, titled as simply "Side Kicks"

Studio album by Thompson Twins

Released February 1983

Recorded 1982-3

Genre Synthpop

Length 37:48

Label Arista

Producer Alex Sadkin

Thompson Twins chronology

In the Name of Love (1982) Quick Step and Side Kick/Side Kicks (1983) Into The Gap (1984)

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Quick Step and Side Kick is the third album by the British synthpop group Thompson Twins. It was released in February 1983, and was their first album to be released as a trio (the band consisted of up to seven members during previous releases). The album reached no.2 two on the UK Albums Chart and was later certified Platinum by the BPI. In the USA, the album was released simply as Side Kicks, and was only the second Thompson Twins album to be released there. The album was the first collaboration between the band and producer Alex Sadkin and was recorded at Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas. The singer Grace Jones (who had worked with Sadkin on three of her albums by that time) made a guest appearance on the track "Watching", though her vocals were not included on the track when it was remixed and released as a single in mid 1983. The album has several different versions according to different territories, containing different tracks and different track order. The UK and US cassette versions of the album also contained a whole side of remixes of various album tracks and an exclusive extended version of the B-side "Beach Culture".

Contents [hide] 1 UK track listing 2 2008 expanded edition 2.1 Disc 1 2.2 Disc 2 3 Song Details 4 Personnel 5 References