Kool-Aid (album)

Kool-Aid
Studio album by Big Audio Dynamite II
Released	1 November 1990
Recorded	18 June 1990
Genre	Rock, alternative dance, alternative rock, dance-rock
Length	51:15
Label	Columbia
Producer	Mick Jones Oliver "Olimax" Maxwell André Shapps
Big Audio Dynamite II chronology
Megatop Phoenix (1989) Kool-Aid (1990) The Globe (1991)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

Kool-Aid is an album by Big Audio Dynamite II. It was their first album under this name and with this line-up, which had been totally changed by the band leader Mick Jones himself in 1990. This was a UK-only release. Several of the songs appeared on the group's next worldwide release, The Globe, albeit in reworked form. Among them is this album's lead-off song "Change of Atmosphere", which was reworked into the group's number 1 hit "Rush".

Trouser Press, said that, "with a relatively loose feel and concept, Kool-Aid is Jones' most diverse outing ever, a limited-edition eight-song stopgap offering two acoustic ballads, acid-dance, techno-rock, Kraftwerk samples and even Laurie Anderson-styled poltergeist vocals, as well as a remixed (and retitled) version of "Free," the band's contribution to the Flashback soundtrack."

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Change of Atmosphere"	Mick Jones	7:41
2.	"Can't Wait"	Mick Jones	5:04
3.	"Kickin' In"	Dan Donovan, Mick Jones	6:38
4.	"Innocent Child"	Mick Jones	6:38

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"On One"	Mick Jones	4:52
6.	"Kool-Aid"	Mick Jones, Gary Stonadge	5:30
7.	"In My Dreams"	Nick Hawkins, Mick Jones, Gary Stonadge	8:28
8.	"When the Time Comes"	Mick Jones, Gary Stonadge	7:10

Personnel

• Mick Jones - vocals, guitar
• Nick Hawkins - guitar
• Gary Stonadge - bass guitar
• Chris Kavanagh - drums

Technical

• C.J., Dave Mercer, Mike Campbell - engineer
• Adam "Flea" Newman - "dynamite"