Love Moves

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Love Moves
Kim Wilde Love Moves.jpg
Studio album by
Kim Wilde
Released14 May 1990 [1]
Recorded1989–1990
StudioSelect Sound Studios (Knebworth, England); RAK Studios (London, UK)
Genre Pop · dance-pop · synth-pop
Label MCA
Producer Ricky Wilde
Kim Wilde chronology
Close
(1988)		Love Moves
(1990)		 Love Is
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Hitkrant(favorable) [3]
Melody Maker (favorable) [4]
New Musical Express 7/10 [5]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Record Mirror Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Select Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]

Love Moves is the seventh studio album by English pop singer Kim Wilde, released in May 1990 by MCA Records. The album was not released in North America.

Contents

This was the first album by Wilde to yield no top 40 hit singles in the UK; "Time", the second release from the album, was the lowest charting single in her discography at that time. Five singles in total were released across Europe, with "It's Here", the album's lead single, becoming a top 20 hit in Scandinavian countries and "Can't Get Enough" making a top 20 entry and long run on the French singles chart.

The album attempted to capitalize on the success of Wilde's previous album, Close (1988), but although a top 10 album in Scandinavian countries, it failed to sell as strongly as its predecessor. Some critics noted the MOR feel of the album and the use of similar production sounds throughout. It includes guests Jaki Graham, who contributed backing vocals, and Deon Estus, playing bass guitar. Wilde herself believed "it was a very strong album, and it was very disappointing that it didn't do well. But it didn't really come as too much of a big surprise, because my career before then had always been very up and down. So it wasn't a complete shock... but it was very disappointing." [9]

Critical response

Love Moves received mostly mixed reviews from contemporary critics. Colin Irwan of Smash Hits , despite referring to Wilde as "one of pop's more welcome survivors", accused the singer of "underselling" herself. Describing "It's Here" as "characterless" and the album itself as containing "featherweight production and unimaginative material", some praise was given to "Time" (which was compared to the work of Belinda Carlisle) and "In Hollywood" (featuring a "Madonna-esque sense of drama"). [10] Q described the album as a disappointment, writing of Wilde's "character-free voice" and the "EEC approved variants of what once might have been considered a lightly soulful persuasion" found on "Time" and "Who's to Blame". [11]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Kim Wilde and Ricky Wilde; except where indicated.

  1. "It's Here" – 3:36
  2. "Love (Send Him Back to Me)" (Tony Swain) – 4:32
  3. "Storm in Our Hearts" (Tony Swain) – 5:09
  4. "World in Perfect Harmony" – 3:53
  5. "Someday" – 4:49
  6. "Time" – 4:11
  7. "Who's to Blame" (Tony Swain) – 3:48
  8. "Can't Get Enough (Of Your Love)" – 4:00
  9. "In Hollywood" (Tony Swain) – 4:17
  10. "I Can't Say Goodbye" – 5:01

Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (1990)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [12] 126
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [13] 39
European Albums ( Music & Media ) [14] 36
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [15] 18
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [16] 24
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [17] 10
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [18] 10
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [19] 12
UK Albums (OCC) [20] 37
Chart (2024)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [21] 63
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [22] 22
UK Album Sales Chart(OCC) [23] 43

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [24] Gold25,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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