Elegantly Wasted Music Cd

Inxs - Elegantly Wasted

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Elegantly Wasted      Artist : INXS      List Price : $31.97 USD        ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 1997-04-22      Studio : Mercury/PolyGram      Label : Mercury/PolyGram      Avg. Customer Rating : (22 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Elegantly Wasted      Not completely wasted. But almost...      Rating:      After listening the whole album for the first time, you'll feel disappointed. You think someone has cheated on you: this is not INXS and, if it was, then it doesn't really sounds like INXS. Yeah... but then, after a couple times you listened back again, the few gems start arising out of what initially seemed a whole crap. The record as a whole is not a masterpiece, nor a mainstream success - take it for granted. But it still has some few great tracks still deserving to sit along with the biggest INXS hits. Appart from the opening track, the first half of the album seems like a whirlwind, rockin' devastating. The band sounds like an autralian version of Oasis, and Michael's voice rumbles like Jim Morrison's on any famous Doors' albums. Thrilling hits, amazing rhythms, creative lyrics and good baselines made the first five or six songs on the album worth the money, but then, the second half of the record becomes boring... repetitive. Inconsequential. Good enough not to mess the legacy of Michael Hutchence, who sadly died shortly after. But almost it does...     Customer Reviews for Elegantly Wasted Cd      INXS "Elegantly Wasted" - the review      Rating:       if ever there was an appropriate title for an album, this was it. "Elegantly Wasted" was an album that was just uninspired. trying to capture on what made INXS special, this album misfires and wanders aimlessly. at this time in the 90's INXS had become irrelevant. the previous album "Full Moon, Dirty Hearts" was a sorry experience as well. It was not for lack of trying that INXS released this album, but time had been unkind to this band as the 90's turned its back on anything 80's and INXS was not spared. Sadly this was the last album that Michael Hutchence would record with INXS. Thankfully, "INXS Rockstar" helped show the world that INXS is one of rock's greatest bands and their legacy is secure. if you are new to inxs, this album is not for you! start with "listen like thieves", "shoobah shoobah", "the swing", "kick", "X" and "Welcome to Wherever You Are" as these are possibly their best work. Editorial Reviews for Elegantly Wasted Audio Cd      Album Details      Japanese Release of their Forthcoming New Album, featuring an Exclusive Bonus Track.