Established as superstars, the band released Welcome to Wherever You Are in '92, a varied and subtle masterpiece with surprising touches: Near Eastern tonalities on "Questions"; industrial-style distorted vocals on "Heaven Sent"; a nod to U2-style electropop on "Communication," the funky "Taste It" and the insinuating single "Not Enough Time." "Baby Don't Cry" is a rousing '60s-style pop-rock singalong, and "Beautiful Girl" (pleasantly reminiscent of the Stones' "Waiting On a Friend") is the among the group's simplest, loveliest songs. Mark Opitz' deft production (he handled Shabooh Shoobah as well) expertly fits the mood of each song with the appropriate technology and arrangement.
Both of the collections listed below are excellent as well, with the Anthology being geared toward completists.
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1 - Craig Lyndall
Beautiful Girl was on repeat in my world (home/car/discman) for about a 3 week period. Something about the simplicity of that song really hit home with me. Now I need to buy that album again. I only had it borrowed from a friend.
2 - Tom Johnson
Don't forget Kick, which seemed to be the soundtrack to my junior year of high school (sophomore? Can't remember now - but it was EVERYWHERE for quite a while.)
3 - Cindy
Gawd I love(d) INXS! Many many years ago I was a new hire for American Airlines. I had a boy call me up with backstage all access passes to the INXS show in Dallas and wanted me to tag along. I was a flight attendant on-call/reserve that night and scheduling refused to release me to go.
I cried and threw tantrums all night long. So the next day I get called for a quick roundtrip to Houston and low-and-behold, who should walk on my flight and plop down in first class!?!?!!?! INXS! I still giggle like a school girl at the memory! I still miss Michael H...
4 - Eric Olsen
Great story Cindy, thanks! I miss Michael too and I never met him (did see them front row in Cleveland in about '91 though)
5 - MARTIN
Hi there!
I'm an INXS fan and i like to invite everybody to my INXS forum, there you can find rare stuff (for free, of course) as many bootlegs concerts and rare and live videos too in direct download (Rapidshare & Megaupload), so come on and join us!
Martín