X (INXS album)

Infobox Album |
Name = X
Type = Album
Artist = INXS


Released = September 21, 1990
Recorded = 1990
Genre = Rock, Pop rock
Length = 44:50
Label = Atlantic Records
Mercury Records
WEA Records
Producer = Chris Thomas
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:e86gtq8ztu4o link]
* "Rolling Stone" Rating|4|5
Last album = "Kick"
(1987)
This album = "X"
(1990)
Next album = "Welcome to Wherever You Are"
(1992)

"X" is Australian rock band INXS's seventh studio album, released in 1990. The title, the Roman numeral for "10", represents the band's tenth year since their debut album was released in 1980. The album contains such hit singles as "Suicide Blonde", "Disappear", and "Bitter Tears". It was the third consecutive INXS album produced by Chris Thomas following "Listen Like Thieves" and "Kick".

The album features a sample of legendary blues-harp player Charlie Musselwhite on "Suicide Blonde", and Musselwhite himself playing on "Who Pays the Price".

In 2002, a remastered version of the album was released that included five previously unreleased tracks.

Track listing

# "Suicide Blonde" – 3:52
# "Disappear" – 4:10
# "The Stairs" – 4:56
# "Faith in Each Other" – 4:09
# "By My Side" – 3:06
# "Lately" – 3:37
# "Who Pays the Price" – 3:37
# "Know the Difference" – 3:17
# "Bitter Tears" – 3:49
# "On My Way" – 2:55
# "Hear That Sound" – 4:10

Bonus tracks on 2002 remaster

* "Waiting to Be Free"
* "Deepest Red"
* "Salvation Jane" (Demo)
* "Who Pays the Price" (Demo)
* "Dark of Night" (Demo)

ingles

# "Suicide Blonde"/"Everybody Wants You Tonight" (August 1990)
# "Disappear"/"Middle Beast" (November 1990)
# "Bitter Tears"/"The Other Side" (February 1991)
# "By My Side"/"Soothe Me" (March 1991)
# "The Stairs(live)"/The Stairs(lp version) (June 1991)

Chart positions

Trivia

*"By My Side" was featured in the TV commercial for NRMA Insurance in Australia.
*"By My Side" also featured the Sydney Royal Orchestra in the chorus.
*The film clip for "By My Side" was shot inside the Sydney Entertainment Centre.
*"By My Side" was written by Andrew Farriss for his wife Shelley.

succession box
before = "Chain Reaction" by John Farnham
title = Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
years = August 15 1990 - August 21 1990
after = "In Concert" by The Three Tenors