Welcome to Wherever You Are
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| Welcome To Wherever You Are | ||
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| Studio album by INXS | ||
| Released | August 3, 1992 | |
| Recorded | 1992 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 45:17 | |
| Label | Atlantic Records | |
| Producer(s) | Mark Opitz | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| INXS chronology | ||
| X (1990) |
Welcome To Wherever You Are (1992) |
Full Moon, Dirty Hearts (1993) |
Welcome To Wherever You Are is an album by the Australian rock and roll group INXS, released in 1992. With grunge music and alternative music breaking into the mainstream, INXS tried to establish a new direction for itself, à la U2 and Achtung Baby, incorporating sitars, a 60-piece orchestra, and a much more "raw" sound to their music. In its four star review of the album, Q Magazine called it "...a far more engaging and heartfelt collection than anything the group has put out in recent memory...It rocks..." and listed it as one of the 50 Best Albums of 1992.
Ultimately, however, with lack of promotion by their label and the band not touring for the album (they wanted a break), the record failed to match the success of INXS's two previous albums, Kick and X, much less the massive success of Achtung Baby, and the band's popularity soon waned.
In 2002, a remastered version of the album was released that included five previously unreleased tracks.
[edit] Track listing
- "Questions" – 2:07
- "Heaven Sent" – 3:18
- "Communication" – 5:18
- "Taste It" – 3:18
- "Not Enough Time" – 4:13
- "All Around" – 3:18
- "Baby Don't Cry" – 4:45
- "Beautiful Girl" – 3:27
- "Wishing Well" – 3:25
- "Back On Line" – 3:12
- "Strange Desire" – 4:08
- "Men and Women" – 4:38
[edit] Bonus Tracks on 2002 Remaster
- "The Answer" – 4:53
- "Wishing Well (Alternate Version)" – 3:30
- "All Around (Alternate Version)" – 3:25
- "The Indian Song" – 4:50
- "Heaven Sent (Waltz Version)" – 3:01
[edit] Trivia
- Many members of the band consider this album to be their finest material.
- When the album was brought out, the band didn't tour for the album, but instead waited for their next album Full Moon Dirty Hearts to tour both albums.
