Now and Forever

By popular demand, Kim’s ninth studio album, 1995’s Now and Forever, is reissued on Cherry Pop. Now and Forever saw Kim and producer brother Ricky move away from the pop-orientated sound of previous albums, towards a more contemporary electronic soul vibe. A hook up with London-based DJ producer and remixer C.J. Mackintosh (M/A/R/R/S, Nasty Rox Inc.) on four of the tracks helped seal the deal on an album that absorbed influences from gospel house, blissed-out dance and de rigeur looped beats. Other writers and contributors included Pam Sheyne, who would go on to co-write ‘Genie In A Bottle’ for Christina Aguilera, and Tony Swain who as one half of Swain and Jolley had helmed R&B-inflected classics for Imagination. Over this captivating new sound bed, the Wildes provided a suite of instantly catchy melodies not least on Now and Forever’s two singles ‘Breakin’ Away’ and ‘This I Swear’.

4CD - Comprehensively expanded with bonus tracks, remixes, videos and BBC TV performances for the very first time. Packaged in a stunning fold-out digifile with a 24-page booklet, this edition features new sleeve notes, discography, additional images from Kim’s personal collection and full lyrics.  This deluxe edition also features 1994’s reimagining of ‘Kids in America’ and Kim’s final standalone single on MCA, her 1996 cover of Evelyn Champagne King’s ‘Shame’.