Terrain (Kids in the Kitchen album)

Terrain is the second and final studio album by Australian new wave and pop group Kids in the Kitchen released in August 1987. The album cover shows the band slimmed down to a trio of singer Scott Carne, bassist Craig Harnath and guitarist Claude Carranza. Drummer Bruce Curnow who had departed the band in 1986 and keyboardist Alistair Coia are both featured on the album as co-writers and musicians. The band co-wrote all songs on the album.^[1]

Terrain
Studio album by Kids in the Kitchen
Released	August 1987
Recorded	1986–1987
Genre	Electronic synth-pop new wave pop
Label	Mushroom
Producer	David Kershenbaum Richard Gottehrer Craig Harnath Andy Wallace Kids in the Kitchen
Kids in the Kitchen chronology
Shine (1985) Terrain (1987) The Kids All Mixed Up (2006)
Singles from Terrain
"Out of Control" Released: June 1986 "Say It" Released: August 1987 "Revolution Love" Released: November 1987

Reception

Stuart Coupe from The Canberra Times said the album was "about as scintillating as counting your toes for 40 minutes".^[2]

Notes

Following changes in the band's line up, Jason Stonehouse replaced Curnow as drummer and Simon Kershaw replace Coia on keyboards.

Track listing

Side A

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Say It"	Carne, Coia, Cole	4:06
2.	"Rescue Me"	Carranza, Craig Harnath	4:10
3.	"Only Heaven Knows"	Carne, Carranza, Coia, Curnow, Harnath	4:16
4.	"Don't Turn Away"	Carne, Carranza, Coia, Harnath	4:00
5.	"Stopping at Nothing"	Carne, Carranza, Coia, Curnow, Harnath	3:48

Side B

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Revolution Love"	Carne, Coia, Moule	4:15
2.	"Out of Control"	Carne, Carranza, Coia, Curnow, Harnath	3:36
3.	"Cry"	Carranza, Harnath	3:17
4.	"All So Young"	Carne, Carranza, Coia, Curnow, Harnath	3:27
5.	"Surviving Years"	Carne, Carranza, Coia, Curnow, Harnath	3:05

Charts

Chart (1987)	Peak position
Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart[3]	39

References

1. Terrain (Vinyl). Kids in the Kitchen. Mushroom Records. 1987.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
2. Coupe, Stuart (27 September 1987). "Bands Rush to Record". The Canberra Times. p. 14. Retrieved 20 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
3. David Kent's "Australian Chart Book 1970-1992"