X (2017 Reissue, Remastered, LP)

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• (bonus tracks) - album reviews (bonus tracks) -

  Written on 20. May 2005 by sjagger.
  This customer review refers to a alternative version.

  (bonus tracks) - album reviews
  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, Michael Hutchence's rough-edged, bluesy vocals, and some good solid song hooks. The most immediate numbers are, of course, the two singles, "Suicide Blonde" and "Disappear," but other tracks stand out as potential hit material as well, including the anthemic "The Stairs." The biggest problems with the album are a tendency to play it safe, sticking to the tried and true -- echoing a line in the thumping "Who Pays the Price," when Hutchence sings "it's all been felt before" -- and the fact that there's very little in the way of subtlety on the entire album. All of the songs are designed for immediate radio contact -- they don't really give you a chance to grow into them, they just grab you by the throat and start shaking. "Know the Difference," as an example, threatens to be sneaky but immediately switches to an obvious assault instead. In the finish, the overwhelming lack of subtlety and sense of sameness overcomes the album as a whole. It's not that's it's a bad album. It's just nowhere near as good as it could -- and should -- have been. [The 2002 reissue features four previously unreleased versions of "Deepest Red," "Salvation Jane," "Who Pays the Price" and "Dark of Night."]

• by my side

  Written on 20. November 2002 by campari soda.
  This customer review refers to a alternative version.

  plus de 10 ans plus tard, by my side n'a pas pris une seule ride. cette chanson à elle seule mérite l'acquisition de cet album.