Search - INXS :: Underneath the Colours

Not bad second attempt for a young band

Cameron | Brisbane AUSTRALIA | 02/25/2007

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Not a bad second attempt for a young band at the time; very similar to their debut album. Basically a rough little rock album from the New Wave period. Some great stand out tracks like 'Stay Young' and 'Night of Rebellion', but many fillers as well.



This album and their debut album basically sound like warm up for their third album, 'Shabooh Shabah' which was to take the australian alternative music scene by storm in the early 80s.



This is a great buy for the serious Inxs fan, especially if you are not Australian as I doubt any of these tracks made it outside of Australian college radio at the time of release. Fans from their commercial period will be found wanting however, and I wouldn't suggest this is the Inxs album for you.



However it still gets several plays a year from me, and that was worth it in my book!"

Another step

John Sposato | Syracuse, NY, USA | 06/05/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Originally released in the U.S. and Canada in 1984 on Atco. I have the original Australian LP on Deluxe/RCA. It's the only one I have as an import. The album goes a bit too fast, and then they realise they need a change of direction before taking on the rest of the world."

This is the album that put INXS on the map

John Sposato | 09/28/1999

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Produced by Richard Clapton, this is the album that took INXS off the floor of Aussie beer barns, polished them off & prepared them for the world stage- which they promptly took over, for a very short time. Michael is not with us any longer, but these songs from the early eighties show him as the master- before he got the recognition."