INXS - The Best of Inxs
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Artist: INXSBrand: Inxs
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2002-10-15
Music Label: Atlantic
Soundtracks:
- Need You Tonight
- What You Need
- By My Side
- Taste It
- New Sensation
- The One Thing
- Disappear
- Never Tear Us Apart
- Original Sin
- Mystify
- This Time
- Suicide Blonde
- Beautiful Girl
- The Gift
- Listen Like Thieves
- Devil Inside
- Bitter Tears
- Not Enough Time
- Salvation Jane
- Tight
- Don't Change
Music reviews of The Best of Inxs
Music Review: Muddling the legacy further
Rating: 3 Stars
INXS has always been a bit of a curiosity. In their heyday, they never really were anywhere near the biggest band in the world, and yet they were everywhere musically. Then they faded into obscurity - and almost obsolescence with Michael Hutchence's tragic death - and then somehow they're everywhere again through the magic of Mark Burnett-sponsored reality TV without really having done anything to regain the lost cache.
I loved INXS in the late 80s/early 90s. With rock generally on the decline, Michael Hutchence's Mick Jagger-cum-Bono persona as front man combined with the musical talents of Farriss-Farriss-Farriss-Beers-Pengilly was able to keep me musically sane in an era generally considered dark for rock. But, to put in perspective, once bands like Oasis made unfashionable rock fashionable once again, INXS completely faded from view - and, almost, memory. To wit: INXS never made it out of my cassette collection; never quite made the CD upgrade.
So, with the attention given INXS of recent times through the "Rock Star" series, I decided that my iPod needed INXS - and what more economical way than "The Best of...". It's very interesting to listen to INXS with a good 15 years removed between real listenings. Some of the most popular stuff ("Need You Tonight" and "New Sensation", particularly) just sound obvious and worn. Some of the stuff that was never popular (the two tracks from the ill-fated "Welcome to Wherever You Are": "Not Enough Time" and "Taste It") sounds great. And then some of the stuff that I miss the most ("Shine Like It Does", "The Stairs") is simply not there. It's very quixotic: that which made INXS really great ("Devil Inside") alongside "The Gift" nullifies the impact of the great stuff.
On the plus side, though, the mastering sounds great (or maybe that's just not having to listen on my tinny old cassettes anymore), and "Don't Change" is included.
INXS deserve a four star (or better) compilation. This, however, is not it. As they were primarily a singles band, a true greatest hits album that hits all bases in the way that the Police's "Every Breath You Take" compilation did can only help the band's legacy. Perhaps the popularity and capital gained by "Rock Star" will force a better, perhaps tighter compilation that will truly highlight the great stuff.
Description of The Best of Inxs
2002 single disc collection packed with 21 hits, including 2 previously unreleased tracks 'Tight' (written during the Welcome...sessions) and 'Salvation Jane' (one of the first songs intended for X). Atlantic/Rhino.Helmed by the unabashed rock-god vocal sass of frontman Michael Hutchence and powered by a club-pub musical ethos rooted in the '70's funk and R&B of Chic and others, Australia's INXS became international superstars by cutting against the grain of '80s new wave and '90s post-punk. That rhythmic spirit infuses much of this comprehensive 21-track hits anthology, which leans smartly on single versions ("Need You Tonight," "Original Sin," "Not Enough Time") and remixes (maxi-singles of "Suicide Blonde" and "Devil Inside") to set it apart from previous INXS single-disc collections. Two previously unreleased outtakes (the nervous "Salvation Jane" from X and a hip-hop-infused dub remix of Welcome to Wherever You Are's "Tight") offer the band's fans a couple of new angles on the band's legacy. The set also includes written introductions from the five surviving members of the band. --Jerry McCulley
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