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INXS: X

 A l b u m   D e t a i l s


Label: Mercury Records
Released: 1990.09.01
Time:
 41:31
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): Chris Thomas
Rating: ******.... (6/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: ww.inxsweb.com
Appears with:
Purchase date: 2001.04.23
Price in €: 6,99



 S o n g s ,   T r a c k s


[1] Suicide Blonde (Farriss/Hutchence) - 3:52
[2] Disappear (Farriss/Hutchence) - 4:09
[3] The Stairs (Farriss/Hutchence) - 4:56
[4] Faith in Each Other (Farriss/Hutchence) - 4:08
[5] By My Side (Farriss/Pengilly) - 3:06
[6] Lately (Farriss/Hutchence) - 3:36
[7] Who Pays the Price (Farriss/Hutchence) - 3:37
[8] Know the Difference (Farriss/Hutchence) - 3:17
[9] Bitter Tears (Farriss/Hutchence) - 3:49
[10] On My Way (Farriss/Hutchence) - 2:55
[11] Hear That Sound (Farriss/Hutchence) - 4:05

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


GARY BEERS - Bass
ANDREW FARRISS - Guitar, Keyboards
JON FARRISS - Drums, Keyboards
TIM FARRISS - Guitar
MICHAEL HUTCHENCE - Vocals
KIRK PENGILLY - Guitar, Saxophone, Vocals

CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE - Harmonica on [7] and [10]

JON & KIRK - Programming
DAVID NICHOLAS - Engineer
BRENDAN MORELY - Assistant engineer
ANDY STRANGE - Assistant engineer
TIM YOUNG - Cut
NICK EGAN - Art direction, Design
TOM BOUMAN - Design
MICHAEL HELSBAND - Cover photography
GRANT MATTHEWS - Inside photography
C. M. MURPHY - Manager

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


AUS 90172497-1 (vinyl w/gatefold) 9/90 WEA
AUS 90172497-2 (CD)
UK 846668-1 (vinyl w/gatefold) 9/90 Mercury
UK 846668-2 (CD) Mercury
US 782140-1 (vinyl w/gatefold) 9/90 Atlantic
US 782151-2 (CD w/pop-up picture sleeve) Atlantic

Recorded at Rhinoceros Studio 2, Sydney



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.

Steven McDonald - All Music Guide



The first "alternative" Aussie band to hit the big time in the States is now celebrating their tenth year and ninth release with X, a collection that borrows from their last two, and sets the grand stage for their next decade. Hutchence and Co. once again reveal why they are the Australian kings of dance-rock, moving in these grooves with a touch of funk and some incessant hooks that should add some much-needed spice to the mainstream. Produced by Chris Thomas (as were the last two), X shows a honed, modern sound with a club-ready, video-and style-propelled record that balances the white-soul, beat-heavy songs well with a few blues-based pieces, featuring harmonica by Charlie Musselwhite. The first single, "Suicide Blonde," is already becoming an MTV and commercial radio staple with its relentless bass and guitar attack; future hits: "Disappear," "Lately," "By My Side," "The Stairs" and "Bitter Tears."

CMJ New Music Report Issue: 206 - Sep 28, 1990
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 L y r i c s


SUICIDE BLONDE

Suicide blonde, suicide blonde
Suicide blonde, suicide blonde
Suicide blonde was the colour of her hair
Like a cheap distraction
For a new affair
She knew it would finish
Before it began
Something tells me you lost the plan

You want to make her
Suicide Blonde
Love devastation
Suicide Blonde

You want to make her
Suicide Blonde
Love devastation
Suicide Blonde

She stripped to the beat
But her clothes stay on
White light everywhere
But you can't see a thing
Such a squeeze
A mad, sad moment
Glory to you, glory to you, take me there

Got some revelation put into your hands
Save you from your misery
Like rain across the land
Don't you see
The colour of deception
Turning your world around again

You want to make her
Suicide Blonde
Love devastation
Suicide Blonde

(repeat till fade)


DISAPPEAR

Say I'm crying
I'm looking at what's on T.V
Pain and suffering
And the struggle to be free

It can't ever be denied and I
Never will ignore
But when I see you coming
I can take it all

You're so fine
Lose my mind
And the world seems to disappear
All the problems, all the fears
And the world seems to disappear

Say your mine
And give yourself to the
Feelings that you know
I'm needing
All that you can give me
All the things
That you do so well
Words are healing
Sweet anticipation
Making spells
As the shadows close in
Fall across all our yesterdays

You're so fine
Lose my mind
And the world seems to disappear
All the problems, all the fears
And the world seems to disappear

Disappear, disappear, disappear, disappear, disappear, disappear, disappear

Say if I could
Look into myself and reason
But I could never never see or
Make sense of the dealings

Turn around
Am I looking at salvation
Make me realise all that I am
You put the light inside this man

You're so fine
Lose my mind
And the world seems to disappear
All the problems, all the fears
And the world seems to disappear (x4)


THE STAIRS

In a room above a busy street
The echoes of a life
The fragments and the accidents
Separated by incidents

Listen to by the walls
We share the same spaces
Repeated in the corridors
Performing the same movements

Storey to storey
Building to building
Street to street
We pass each other on the stairs (x2)

Listen to by the walls
We share the same spaces
Repeated in the corridors
Performing the same movements

The nature of your tragedy
Is chained around your neck
Do you lead or are you lead
Are you sure that you don't care

There are reasons here to give your life
And follow in your way
The passion lives to keep your faith
Though all are different, all are great

Climbing as we fall
We dare to hold on to our fate
And steal away our destiny
To catch ourselves
With quiet grace

Storey to storey
Building to building
Street to street
We pass each other on the stairs

Listen to by the walls
We share the same spaces
Repeated in the corridors
Performing the same movements

Storey to storey
Building to building
Street to street
We pass each other on the stairs


FAITH IN EACH OTHER

All the people
In this world
All the people
In this world
I gotta tell you it's alright

Look at the cover
Of a magazine
The pride of a nation
They're down on their knees
I gotta tell you
Let the people speak
I gotta tell you

Yeah, you got to have faith
In each other
All you ever, all you ever
Have for each other

They give us a reason
To go on living
It's all in the choices
That you have to make

I got to tell you
You better make them good
I got to tell you

All you got to have faith
In each other
All you ever
All you ever have for each other

All the people
In this world
All the people
In this whole wide world
I gotta tell you
Let the people speak
I got to tell you

All you got to have faith
In each other
All you ever
All you ever have for each other

Faith in each other (x2)


BY MY SIDE

In the dark of the night
Those small hours
Uncertain and anxious
I need to call you

Rooms full of strangers
Some call me friend
But I wish you were so close to me

In the dark of night
Those small hours
I drift away
When I'm with you

In the dark of night
By my side
In the dark of night
By my side, by my side, by my side
I wish you were
I wish you were

Here comes the clown
His face in a wall
No window
No air at all

In the dark of night
Those faces they haunt me
But I wish you were
So close to me

By my side
By my side
I wish you were
I wish you were
By my side

In the dark of night
Those faces they haunt me
I wish you were so close to me

Yes I wish you were
By my side


LATELY

I never knew much
Enough was enough
The reasons were not always there
But the look in your eyes
Hides that surprise
I would never have counted on this

Well lately
You look around
You're wondering what your doing
Yeah lately
You look around
Your wondering what you seeing
What your doing

The taste of your freedom
Was sweeter than love
Cause you never had a chance to live
Your blue sky calls
To seduce and bewitch
And give you the wings of your fate

Well lately
You look around
You're wondering what your doing
Yeah lately
You look around
Your wondering what you seeing
What your doing

I never knew much
Enough was enough
The reasons were not always there
But the look in your eyes
Hides that surprise
I would never have counted on this

Well lately
You look around
You're wondering what your doing
Yeah lately
You look around
Your wondering what you seeing
What your doing


WHO PAYS THE PRICE

Yes it's dark sometimes
When the people are shoving
Pushing you into the ground
And you cry in the daylight
With the sun in your eyes
Even though you know your not alone

And it's all been felt before
You stare out through your window
And wonder if there's gonna be more

It brings you down
It's like a war
Who pays the price
If you want more

Quiet desperation of a million lives
Gonna make you change your ways
We got everything we wanted
But forgot how we got it
Just can't paint it golden anyway
And the strength of all you're giving
Is gonna make the changes
Tommorow's gonna bring a new day

It brings you down
It's like a war
Who pays the price
If you want more

As the years go by
Will it show on your face
Or stay hidden behind some door
Yeah you made your resolutions
With the will of a priest
But your not so sure anymore

And the reasons why you're living
Keep changing
Everytime you find a key you find more

It brings you down
It's like a war
Who pays the price
If you want more

(repeat till fade)


KNOW THE DIFFERENCE

You're driving all over town
In your big car
Windows down
Sweet perfume trails behind
The impression is in my mind
It's crazy how much I ache
For the moments we could make
Your girlfriends they like to talk
Yeah they told me about your boy

What you do and what you say
Do you know the difference anyway

Could I show you what's in store
Cause I know you'll be wanting more
You're the kind of girl who knows
What you want and where it goes

You got instinct
You got class
Why don't you leave that guy on his ass
Good intentions are not enough
We should join hands and rise above

What you do and what you say
Do you know the difference anyway

What you do and what you say
Do you know the difference anyway

What you do and what you say
Do you know the difference anyway

What you do and what you say
Do you know the difference anyway

It's crazy how much I ache
For the moments we could make
Your girlfriends they like to talk
Yeah they told me about your boy

Your driving all over town
In your big car
Windows down
Sweet perfume trails behind
The impression is in my mind

What you do and what you say
Do you know the difference anyway

What you do and what you say
Do you know the difference anyway


BITTER TEARS

In the mist
Of my endless search
The best in life
Becomes clear

The rest just begins
To fade by itself
That's a trick I learnt
Though it took so long

Bitter tears taste so sweet
I'm seeing my way
For the first time in years
When the love around
Begins to suffer
And you can't find love
In one
In one another
Push away those bitter tears
Bitter tears

And I thought I was doing no wrong
And I thought I was doing no wrong

In the hour
Of your needs
Lips are trembling
Cause your gonna be free
Realise what were doing here
The time is right to kill your fears

Bitter tears taste so sweet
I'm seeing my way
For the first time in years
When the love around
Begins to suffer
And you can't find love
In one
In one another
Push away those bitter tears
Bitter tears

An I though I was doing no wrong
Push away those bitter tears
Thats what they call doing no wrong
Thats what they call doing no wrong

Push away those bitter tears
Push away those bitter tears
Push away those bitter tears

Thats what they call doing no wrong


ON MY WAY

Shake make it forever
Curling from you lips
Faith and it's not over
Bring on that famous word

Love don't abuse it
And you'll never be sad again

I'm on my way (x2)

Blood's getting hotter
Thinking about your hips
I feel all the hunger
The minute you turn away

I think it's getting better
But I can't wait another day

I'm on my way (x2)

Make all your wishes
No sooner said than done
Here I come like I told you
Whether it's air, land or sea

She said this is the real thing
Cause your never gonna find the door

I'm on my way (x5)

Love don't abuse it
And you'll never be sad again

I'm on my way

(repeat till end)


HEAR THAT SOUND

So your time has come
Children watch the fools
Don't let anyone tell you
What you must do

Do you like what you see
Or does it make you cry
Use your imagination
And start a fire

Hear that sound
There's a voice to be found
Making changes go round
Hear that sound

And my selfish ways
Disappeared one day
With the realization
Of a new way

Images of the free
Coming into view
Our hearts full of promises
Of all we can do

Hear that sound
There's a voice to be found
Making changes go round
Hear that sound

So your time has come
Children watch the fools
Don't let anyone tell you
What you must do

Do you like what you see
Or does it make you cry
Use your imagination
And start a fire

Hear that sound
There's a voice to be found
Making changes go round
Hear that sound (x2)

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