Vida!... is the third album by the Canadian synthpop group Kon Kan, released in 1993 by Hypnotic Records (a subsidiary of A&M Records).

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Vida!...
Studio album by Kon Kan
Released	1993 (1993)
Recorded	Naked Steel Studio (Hamilton, Canada) and Beun Living Room Studio (Toronto, Canada), 1993
Genre	Pop rock Dance House ("Sinful Wishes" (Dance Mix) & "In Silk")
Label	Hypnotic Records
Producer	Barry Harris, Tom Gerenscer, Seri Gee
Kon Kan chronology
Syntonic (1990) Vida!... (1993)

Two singles were released from the album: "Sinful Wishes" and "S.O.L.", the latter a collaboration with Crash Morgan (who died in 1995 after suffering a heart attack on stage whilst performing with the Canadian rock band Big Sugar).[1]

"Moonage Daydream" was originally recorded by David Bowie, for his album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.

"Move to Move (Revisited)" is an updated version of "Move to Move" from Kon Kan's first album, Move to Move.

"January Man" features the Coney Hatch guitarist Carl Dixon on mandolin.

Barry Harris and the drummer Anton Cook later reunited in the band Sick Seconds in 2011. They released their first album, Sick Seconds, in March 2013.

Track listing

1. "The Introdome" – 0:30 (Barry Harris)
2. "Sinful Wishes" – 4:20 (Barry Harris, Bob Mitchell)
3. "Mr. Fleming" – 4:43 (Barry Harris, Bob Mitchell)
4. "Should've Known Me (Better Than That)" – 3:15 (Barry Harris, Bob Mitchell)
5. "Moonage Daydream" – 5:38 (David Bowie)
6. "Move to Move (Revisited)" – 4:52 (Barry Harris, Bob Mitchell)
7. "January Man" – 4:46 (Barry Harris, Bob Mitchell)
8. "S.O.L" – 4:11 (Barry Harris, Bob Mitchell, Crash Morgan)
9. "Sinful Wishes" (Dance Mix) – 4:27 (Barry Harris, Bob Mitchell)
10. "In Silk" – 5:14 (Barry Harris)
11. "When Hope Is Gone" – 6:16 (Barry Harris)

Personnel

• Barry Harris – lead vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitar, bass guitar
• Anton Cook - drums
• Mark Santers - drums (on "Sinful Wishes")
• Michael Hampson - lead guitar, acoustic guitar
• Seri Gee - keyboards, backing vocals, string arrangements
• Lorrie Tice - vocals
• Danny Leblanc - keyboards (on "S.O.L." and "January Man")
• Carl Dixon - mandolin (on "January Man")

References

External links

• Vida!... on Discogs