The really unfortunate thing is, it sounds like they were trying this time around. Throughout Elegantly Wasted, INXS go through the motions, coming up with a record nearly as weak as Full Moon, Dirty Hearts. The band does dabble in contemporary dance on Elegantly Wasted, but it all comes out sounding like the lite funk-n-roll of Kick, only without the energy. On the heels of U2's discovery of irony and the dancefloor and Oasis' popularization of rock & roll hedonism again, INXS seemed to be better suited to the late '90s, but Elegantly Wasted, their first new studio album in four years, proves that theory wrong. A mini epic shot in downtown Los Angeles and the Californian desert. Producing raw, pumping Australian rock’n’roll. The band was in Australia for a promotional tour. Last month we had the excellent, but rather pricey, INXS All The Voices vinyl box set. INXS stumbled greatly in the early '90s, since their slick, professional fusion of disco and the Stones was singularly out of place in the grunge era. Ah, Elegantly wasted Ah, Elegantly wasted We look at all that shines Babys down on the world and she knows it If your spirits fine Why dont we make it rain like we used to We run We hide We want The good life Aw sure Youre right This aint, the good life Ah, Elegantly wasted (you could be right, you could be certain, you could be right) Ah. INXS’s latest album, ‘Elegantly Wasted’, received only average reviews. See More Your browser does not support the audio element.
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