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Citizen Kihn

1985 studio album by Greg Kihn

Citizen Kihn

Studio album by

Greg Kihn

Released

March 29, 1985

Recorded

1985

Studio

Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California

Genre

Pop rock

Length

37:36

Label

EMI America

Producer

Matthew King Kaufman

Greg Kihn chronology

Kihntagious
(1984)

Citizen Kihn
(1985)

Love & Rock & Roll
(1986)

Singles from Citizen Kihn

"Lucky"
Released: 1985
"Boys Won't (Leave the Girls Alone)"
Released: 1985
"Good Life"
Released: 1985

Citizen Kihn is a studio album by the American musician Greg Kihn, release in 1985 through EMI America.^[1]^[2] It was his first album since 1978's Next of Kihn not to be released under the Greg Kihn Band name. The album reached number 51 on the Billboard Hot 200.^[3] The first single was "Lucky".^[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[5]

The Dallas Morning News deemed the album "a lackluster, unfocused pastiche of pop tunes."^[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I'm in Love Again"	Greg Kihn, Steve Wright	3:06
2.	"Go Back"	Wright, Kihn	3:06
3.	"Lucky"	Kihn, Wright	3:30
4.	"Whenever"	Wright, Kihn	3:50
5.	"Privacy"	Kihn, Wright	4:10
6.	"Free Country"	Wright, Kihn	2:25
7.	"They Rock by Night"	Kihn, Wright	3:30
8.	"Boys Won't (Leave the Girls Alone)"	Wright, Kihn	3:19
9.	"Imitation Love"	Kihn, Wright	4:04
10.	"Temper, Temper"	Wright, Kihn	2:40
11.	"Good Life"	Kihn, Wright	3:34

Personnel

Greg Kihn – guitar, percussion, bellophone, lead vocals
Greg Douglass – guitar
Tyler Eng – drums
Steve Wright – bass, keyboards, lead guitar on "Lucky" and "Good Life", backing vocals

Additional personnel

Pat Mosca – keyboards on "They Rock By Night"
John Talbott – backing vocals, cabasa, talking drum
Steve Douglas – saxophone
Andy Narell – steel drums
Pete Escovedo – timbales, percussion

Production

Producer: Matthew King Kaufman
Engineers: Richard "Dr. Schnoz" Corsello, Tom Size
Mastering: George Horn
Alberto Dell'Orto – cover photography

References

^ Griffin, John (21 Mar 1985). "Short Spins". The Gazette. Montreal. p. F3.
^ Defendorf, Richard (14 Apr 1985). "Greg Kihn". Calendar. Orlando Sentinel. p. 12.
^ "Greg Kihn". Billboard.
^ Rubin, Sylvia (February 12, 1985). "The Roar of the Greasepaint, The Smell of the Fish". People. San Francisco Chronicle. p. 17.
^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 393.
^ Samuels, Lennox (June 2, 1985). "Greg Kihn, Citizen Kihn". The Dallas Morning News. p. 3C.