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Review: Long after the 'Kids In America' and 'You Keep Me Hanging On', Kim Wilde has a brand new album, apparently a sequel to the 1988 smash hit Close. It hears the British singer continue to zoom in on the pop, new wave and rock-infused influenza of sound that earned her sucess initially, but adds a new, starlit electropop mood along with synthpop and hi-NRG influences on what is her sixth studio album. The raunchy and maximalist sound Wilde is known for is still on full blast here thouhg, albeit with a fresher modern varnish, with the likes of 'Trail Of Destruction' and 'Rocket To The Moon' proving especially audacious.