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''Klark Kent'', also known as ''Music Madness from the Kinetic Kid'', was Stewart Copeland's first solo album, recorded under the pseudonym Klark Kent. The album was released in 1980 as a 10 inch EP on green vinyl and included the hit song "Don't Care", which had reached number 48 in the UK Singles Chart two years before.〔(Klark Kent UK Chart History ), The Official Charts.〕 "Don't Care" was actually the first chart hit for any member of The Police; the band itself would not chart in the UK until several months after "Don't Care" had reached its chart peak. "Away from Home" and "Ritch in a Ditch" were also released as singles. The "T" from "Ritch in a Ditch" was omitted for the album version. Like both albums Copeland had recorded as a member of The Police by that time, the Klark Kent album was recorded at Surrey Sound Studio with Nigel Gray on a minimal budget. Many of the songs are stylistically very similar to Copeland's compositions for the Police. Copeland played all of the instruments, including the vocals. All eight tracks on the EP were later included in the 1995 CD release ''Kollected Works'', along with all of the Klark Kent single-only tracks. ==Reception== Reviewing the album for ''Smash Hits'' in 1980, Red Starr described the album as "unpretentious" and "light-hearted". He described the songs as "energetic, utterly straightforward and reasonably tuneful, if a bit lacking in the lyrical department". He went on to say the musicianship was "excellent" and "relaxed and inventive".〔 Allmusic panned the album in their retrospective review, arguing that Copeland only recorded it for ego-driven reasons, and that his vocals make the songs unbearable. They concluded "the album only really succeeds when Copeland sticks to instrumentals".〔 Despite this, Allmusic also made ''Kollected Works'' an album pick and published a review declaring it to be "inventive new wave pop of the highest order" and "a record that combined the musical sensibilities of the Police and the lyrical concerns of Weird Al Yankovic". The reviewer applauded the album's humor and eccentricity, while contending that the tracks also have plenty of musical depth to make them hold up to repeated listens.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Klark Kent (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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