Kids in the Kitchen's second LP, "Terrain", was released in August 1987 but failed to chart. It was co-produced by Richard Gottehrer, Harnath, Kids in the Kitchen, Andy Wallace and Kershenbaum. Ian McFarlane felt it was "patchy, but it displayed a more mature dance approach". Music journalist Stuart Coupe described it as "less heartfelt, more synthetic" and it was "about as scintillating as counting your toes for 40 minutes; Oh well, everything can't be great – we've got to have some yard stick for measuring the good Australian albums!" Late that year Simon Kershaw (ex-Go 101) joined on keyboards. The album provided more singles, but the group could not match the chart success of their earlier material.