Product Description

Following up an album as huge-selling and pop-culturally omnipresent as INXS's 1987 breakthrough KICK was a daunting proposition. But, possibly because most of KICK's best momentswere killed by overexposure, X stands the test of time better than its predecessor.
Opening with the hypnotic, twitchy "Suicide Blonde", one of the band's finest singles, X careens through 11 unpretentious Stones-meet-techno dance-rock tracks, including the fine rocker "Disappear" and the impressive, emotional ballad "Bitter Tears". While INXS should be applauded simply for not making KICK PART II, X is a great album in its own right.

Track Listing

1. Suicide Blonde
2. Disappear
3. The Stairs
4. Faith In Each Other
5. By My Side
6. Lately
7. Who Pays The Price
8. Know The Difference
9. Bitter Tears
10. On My Way
11. Hear That Sound

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #42387 in Music
• Released on: 1994-03-08
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 42 minutes

Customer Reviews

MTV fluff
Whilst this isn't a bad album, for me it shows just how INXS lost their way. After the huge success of the excellent "Kick", the quadary the band then faced on this album is obvious: how to maintain the success and keep MTV happy, but also try and move on artistically?

As with so many bands, they did neither. "X" has some good moments, such as the wonderful "Disappear", and at the time was quite palatable. But listening back to it now, it has dated badly. The production is fussy and over-bearing, and the song-writing a poor attempt to duplicate the pop-rock-funk that had served them well on "Kick". There's little evidence of the R'n'B roots that were such an important basis for their best work.

To their credit, the band bounced back with their next couple of albums: the woefully under-appreciated classic "Welcome to Wherever You Are" and the superb "Full Moon Dirty Hearts".

Excellent for those who like long guitar rifts
Best songs on here are Stairs, Suicide Blonde, Dissapear & Who Pays The Price. Just underneath Kick in my opinion, An excellent album BUY IT! I have only been a fan for 2 weeks & I've got 4 albums! Live Baby Live, X, Greatest Hits & Kick!

INXS� second-best album
»X« was the natural follow-up to the outstanding breakthrough album of INXS, »Kick«.

»X« is more polished, less spontaneous. As if the sextet is really wanting to do "the right thing". But this may exactly be the weakness of this album! 'Cause the refreshingly youthful spontanity of the songs on »Kick« is missing here.

Still, there are a number of really great rock compositions on this one. Like the powerful hit and opener »Suicide Blonde« with the crispy harmonica, the nearly symphonic semi-ballad »By My Side«, or the album's best track »The Stairs« where Michael Hutchences great way of singing comes through even more catching than on the other songs.

»X« is one of the two INXS albums you MUST own!