While INXS made a few consistent albums, singles are the best format for the group's stylish dance-rock. Throughout the '80s and early '90s, the group racked up nine Top 40...
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After several disappointing albums and a four-year hiatus the INXS of the mid-'80s is back on this wonderfully energetic, vital release. "Show Me (Cherry Baby)," "I'm Just...
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Over the course of four remixed tracks from Shabooh Shoobah, the Dekadance EP accentuates INXS' flair for catchy rhythms, yet the record only comes to life on the six-minute...
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This seemed like another blatant attempt to break free of the tried- and-true INXS songwriting formula, and while the idea is commendable, again the singles--and...
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At the time of their debut album, INXS had not developed a signature style, playing a competent but unremarkable variation on droning new wave synth pop. Although Michael...
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"What You Need" had taken INXS from college radio into the American Top Five, but there was little indication that the group would follow it with a multi-platinum...
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INXS completes its transition into an excellent rock & roll singles band with this album. Unfortunately, the new configuration only works for three songs: "What You Need,"...
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INXS wasn't quite there yet with Shabooh Shoobah -- which, by the way, has to rank as one of the most annoying titles ever conceived -- but at more than one point, they...
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Consolidating the strengths of Shabooh Shoobah, The Swing is the first consistently impressive INXS album. With the Nile Rodgers-produced "Original Sin" acting as the...
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Nice try, but no cigar. There's experimentation, lots of cool, different instrumentation, but none of the classic INXS single formulas. For music fans, it's a great LP;...
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Although INXS needed to experiment badly, their attempt at self-reinvention, Welcome to Wherever You Are, didn't even come close to gaining commercial or critical...
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This follow-up to the fabulous Kick wasn't half the record of its predecessor, although "Bitter Tears" and "Suicide Blonde" are staples in the band's surprisingly large...
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The seventh album from Australia's INXS basically sticks to the formula set up on Kick, mixing solid remixable dancefloor beats with slightly quirky production tricks,...
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The seventh album from Australia's INXS basically sticks to the formula set up on Kick, mixing solid remixable dancefloor beats with slightly quirky production tricks,...
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Underneath the Colours, INXS' second album, was a nearly identical continuation of the new wave pop of their debut, yet the record featured better arrangements and songs. ~...
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From the vantage of 2001, the year Rhino released the double-disc retrospective Shine Like It Does: The Anthology (1979-1997), it's a little hard to believe that the...
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"What You Need" had taken INXS from college radio into the American Top Five, but there was little indication that the group would follow it with a multi-platinum...
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Although INXS needed to experiment badly, their attempt at self-reinvention, Welcome to Wherever You Are, didn't even come close to gaining commercial or critical...
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Following a year after Rhino's double-disc set Shine Like It Does, Rhino's The Best of INXS trumps the 1994 set Greatest Hits in the single-disc sweepstakes, but just...
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