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INXS and Fleetwood Mac Album Anniversaries

'Kick' is the sixth studio album by Australian rock band INXS, released in October 1987.
'Kick' is the sixth studio album by Australian rock band INXS, released in October 1987.Atlantic Records
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by Mac Wilson

October 12, 2024

This week on Teenage Kicks, we'll celebrate some album anniversaries. Notably, it's the anniversary of INXS' Kick and Fleetwood Mac's Tusk, which offer two differing approaches on a band on the verge of superstardom: INXS made their most commercial album yet and experienced their greatest commercial success, while Fleetwood Mac followed up on the Rumours album with a the bizarrely insular and convoluted Tusk. Both are classic albums in their own way! It's also the anniversary of U2's second album October. We'll also inch closer to Halloween season, and mark the passing of Ricky Wilson of the B-52s, who died on this day in 1985.

Program Playlist, hour 1
Program Playlist, hour 2

Fleetwood Mac Tusk
Fleetwood Mac's Tusk
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