Klark Kent: Music Madness from the Kinetic Kid [10 Inch]

RELEASE
1980
LABEL
I.R.S. Records
GENRES
Pop/Rock, New Wave, Punk/New Wave

Album Review

Klark Kent, aka Klerk Kant, is actually Police drummer Stewart Copeland recording as a Prince-style one-man band. His drumming is, naturally, superb; his guitar and bass playing are above average; and if his vocals are merely passable, you have to remember that this is basically a lark. A far cry from the sometimes self-important pop of the Police, Music Madness trades in a sort of intellectual garage-rock. Copeland takes on the persona of an arrogant smart ass in his late teens, complete with over-the-top back-cover bio. The song titles tell the story: "Don't Care," "Away from Home," "My Old School," and "Excess." The best song, though, is the rhythm-heavy instrumental "Theme for Kinetic Ritual," which some will remember as the theme song from the early MTV show The Cutting Edge.
Bill Cassel, Rovi

Track Listing

  1. Don't Care
  2. Away from Home
  3. Ritch in a Ditch
  4. Grandelinquent
  5. Guerilla
  6. My Old School
  7. Excesses
  8. Theme for Kinetic Ritual