Get Your Kicks

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Get Your Kicks
Fancy - Get Your Kicks.jpg
Studio album by
Released1985
StudioTransparent (Munich)
Genre Eurodisco
Length38:08
Label Metronome
Producer Anthony Monn
Fancy chronology
Get Your Kicks
(1985)
Contact
(1986)
Singles from Get Your Kicks
  1. "Slice Me Nice"
    Released: 1984
  2. "Chinese Eyes"
    Released: 1984
  3. "L.A.D.Y. O."
    Released: 1985
  4. "Check It Out"
    Released: 1985

Get Your Kicks is the debut studio album by German singer-songwriter Fancy, released in 1985, by Metronome Records.

Contents

Track listing

Get Your Kicks– Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Colder Than Ice"
6:00
2."Get Your Kicks"5:50
3."L.A.D.Y. O."
  • Monn
  • Shane Dempsey
4:25
4."Slice Me Nice / Chinese Eyes (Special Mix)"
  • Monn
  • Todd Canedy
4:00
Total length:20:15
Get Your Kicks– Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Check It Out"
6:00
2."Blood and Honey"6:13
3."In Shock"
  • Fancy
  • Palmer-James
5:40
Total length:17:53

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [1]

Musicians

Production and design

Charts

Weekly chart performance for Get Your Kicks
Chart (1985)Peak
position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [2] 13
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [3] 13

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References

  1. Get Your Kicks (LP, Vinyl, CD). Fancy. Metronome Records. 1985. 825 087-1.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. "Swedishcharts.com – Fancy – Get Your Kicks". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  3. "Swisscharts.com – Fancy – Get Your Kicks". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 April 2023.