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INXS – Kick

October 6, 2021 /

I think everyone and his dog will have heard this album at some point, or a least the raft of singles that were released from it. This is the 30th anniversary half speed master Abbey Road edition, and it sounds incredible.

For such an amazing groundbreaking and successful record, it amazes me that the album opens with such an average track with Guns In The Sky. The only thing I like about the track is how much Michael Hutchence sounds like Mick Jagger. Other than that track, this album is a pop/rock masterpiece. The band took advantage of all tools and gadgets at their disposal to make this a work of sonic genius. Tracks like New Sensation, Devil Inside, and Need You Tonight are superb songs and these are what cemented the bands legacy.

Unfortunately, Hutchence is no longer with us and so this classic sound went with him. If you can get a copy of this version I highly recommend it as it sounds superb.

9/10 from The Grooveman.

INXS – The Swing

January 18, 2021 /

Although this is the band’s 4th release, The Swing is the one that launched them into superstars due to the single Original Sin, with its funky/rock crossover appeal which they would exploit to the max with subsequent releases.

Other than playing at school in various bands, they started as the Farris Brothers as per John, Tim and Andrew and completed by Kirk Pengilly and Michael Hutchence as front man. Produced by Nile Rodgers, who gave every song that Chic groove appeal, as after opener Original Sin finishes the groove keeps on right the way through the whole record.

Dancing On The Jetty has an almost new romantic vibe to it interspersed again with Rodgers funk wisdom. The title track, The Swing, has an almost Stones like beginning – and that closes Side 1. Weird choice of song to open Side 2, Johnson’s Aeroplane, as its the weakest song on the album. Love Is What They Say is a very ordinary tune, which gives way to the very funky Face The Change. The album closes out with two very eighties sounding tracks, Burn For You, and All the Voices.

So not a bad record that was made a lot better by Nile Rodger’s production and who knew the monster that would come after this with Listen Like Thieves. Face The Change just scrapes fave song award.

6.5/10 from The Grooveman.

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