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About|the album|the title track from this album|Elegantly Wasted (song)Infobox album | | Name = Elegantly Wasted| Type = Album | Artist = INXS | Cover = INXS_Elegantly_Wasted.jpg| Released = 4 April 1997| Recorded = December 1996-February 1997| Genre = Alternative rock | Length = 51:53| Label = Mercury Records | Producer = Bruce Fairbairn with Andrew Farriss | Last album = Full Moon, Dirty Hearts (1993)| This album = Elegantly Wasted (1997)| Next album = Switch (INXS album)|Switch (2005)| Misc = Singles| Name = Elegantly Wasted| Type = studio| single 1 = Elegantly Wasted (song)|Elegantly Wasted | single 1 date = March, 1997| single 2 = Everything (INXS song)|Everything | single 2 date = May, 1997| single 3 = Don't Lose Your Head (INXS song)|Don't Lose Your Head | single 3 date = September 1997| single 4 = Searching (INXS song)|Searching | single 4 date = September 1997|Album ratings| rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = Rating|2|5cite web |url=Allmusic|class=album|id=r259863|pure_url=yes |title=allmusic ((( Elegantly Wasted > Overview ))) |publisher=www.allmusic.com |accessdate=2010-01-04 | rev2 = Q (magazine)|Q | rev2Score = Rating|2|5cite web|url= http://www.qthemusic.com |title=Q Magazine & #124; Music news & reviews, music videos, band pictures & interviews |publisher=Qthemusic.com |date= |accessdate=2012-01-05| rev3 = Rolling Stone | rev3Score = Rating|2|5cite web|url= http://web.archive.org/web/20080516073135/www.rollingstone.com/artists/inxs/albums/album/301526/review/5945604/elegantly_wasted |title=Internet Archive Wayback Machine |publisher=Web.archive.org |date=2008-05-16 |accessdate=2012-01-05| rev4 = Entertainment Weekly| rev4Score = Rating|4|5| rev5 = Ultimate Guitar| rev5Score = Rating|9.5|10 Elegantly Wasted is the tenth studio album by the Australia n rock band INXS . It was released on 15 April 1997, and is the final album recorded with lead singer Michael Hutchence , who was found dead in a Sydney hotel room on 22 November that year.
The band spent April 1996 rehearsing in London, and moved over to Vancouver, Canada to record with Bruce Fairbairn in the early summer.cite web|url= http://inxsweb.com/news/archives/1996/1996_04.shtml |title=An Excess Of INXS > News > Archives - 1996 |publisher=Inxsweb.com |date= |accessdate=2012-01-05 Production of the album was completed by Hutchence and A. Farriss in Spain in late summer.cite web|url= http://everything2.com/title/INXS |title=INXS@Everything2.com |publisher=Everything2.com |date= |accessdate=2012-01-05
Two songs that did not make the final cut of the album were included on the Bang the Drum EP|Bang the Drum EP.
Track listing
All songs written by Andrew Farris and Michael Hutchence. tracklist|title1 =Show Me (Cherry Baby) |length1 =4:17 |title2 = Elegantly Wasted (song)|Elegantly Wasted |length2 =4:32 |title3 = Everything (INXS song)|Everything |length3 =3:13 |title4 = Don't Lose Your Head (INXS song)|Don't Lose Your Head |length4 =4:02 |title5 = Searching (INXS song)|Searching |length5 =4:04 |title6 =I'm Just a Man |length6 =4:48 |title7 =Girl on Fire |length7 =3:55 |title8 =We Are Thrown Together |length8 =5:36 |title9 =Shake the Tree |length9 =4:10 |title10 =She Is Rising |length10 =5:24 |title11 =Building Bridges |length11 =3:55 |title12 =Shine |length12 =3:52 |total_length = 51:53
Variations
"Shine" does not appear on the US/Canadian edition and is not to be confused with "Shine Like It Does".
The Japanese regular edition and Australian limited edition release of the album features the bonus track "Let It Ride".
Singles
"Elegantly Wasted"/"Need You Tonight" (March 1997)
"Everything"/"Let It Ride" (May 1997)
"Don't Lose Your Head"/"I'm Just a Man" (live) (September 1997)
"Searching" (September 1997)
Personnel
Gary Beers – bass guitar|bass
Andrew Farriss – guitar , Keyboard instrument|keyboard s, producer
Jon Farriss – drum kit|drums
Tim Farriss – guitar
Michael Hutchence – guitar, vocals
Kirk Pengilly – guitar, saxophone
Additional Personnel
Bruce Fairbairn – producer
Richard Guy – engineer
Mike Plotnikoff – engineer
Tom Lord-Alge – mixing engineer
References
reflist INXS Category:INXS albums Category:1997 albums Category:Albums produced by Bruce Fairbairn
