Description
INXS – Elegantly Wasted / Mercury Audio CD 1997 / 534 613-2
UPC 731453461321
Elegantly Wasted is the tenth studio album by Australian rock band INXS. It was released on 15 April 1997, and is the final album recorded with lead singer Michael Hutchence before his death in November that same year.
The band had spent April 1996 rehearsing in London and moved over to Vancouver to record with producer Bruce Fairbairn the same month. Production of the album was completed by Hutchence and songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Andrew Farriss in Spain later the same year. Two songs that did not make the final cut of the album were included on the Bang the Drum EP (2004).
The album's title is from Hutchence, with the single itself trying to recapture the magic and groove of the Kick album, particularly the single, "Need You Tonight".
All three Farriss brothers dedicated the album to their mother, Jill, who died in 1995.
| Label: | Mercury – 534 613-2 |
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| Format: |
CD, Album
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| Country: | UK |
| Released: |
Apr 15, 1997 |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Style: | Alternative Rock, Pop Rock |
Tracklist:
| 1 | Show Me (Cherry Baby) | 4:16 | |
| 2 | Elegantly Wasted | 4:32 | |
| 3 | Everything | 3:13 | |
| 4 |
Don't Lose Your Head |
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4:02
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| 5 | Searching |
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4:04
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| 6 | I'm Just A Man |
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4:48
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| 7 | Girl On Fire |
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3:55
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| 8 | We Are Thrown Together | 5:36 | |
| 9 | Shake The Tree | 4:10 | |
| 10 | She Is Rising |
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5:24
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| 11 | Building Bridges |
3:57 | |
| 12 | Shine | 3:50 |
- Artwork [Concept & Direction At Intro] – Mat Cook (2)
- Bass – Garry Gary Beers
- Design [At Intro] – David Smith (24)
- Drums – Jon Farriss
- Engineer – Mike Plotnikoff, Richard Guy
- Engineer [2nd] – Delwyn Brooks
- Engineer [Assistant] – Paul Silveira
- Guitar – Tim Farriss
- Guitar, Saxophone – Kirk Pengilly
- Mastered By – George Marino
- Mixed By – Tom Lord-Alge
- Mixed By [Assistant] – Julie Gardner
- Percussion – Luis Conti
- Photography By – Pierre Winther
- Producer – Bruce Fairbairn
- Producer, Written-By, Keyboards, Guitar – Andrew Farriss
- Written-By, Vocals [Singing] – Michael Hutchence
