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Album:

INXS

Band:

INXS

Format: VINYL
Have: YES
Released: 1984
Added: September 25th, 2020

I've already added my first album from INXS, but this one is pretty cool for its age.

On a Bus, Doctor, and Wishy Washy are great tracks in the 'new wave'.

What's interesting is this record wasn't released in the US until after Shabooh Shoobah was released. So even though this record was released in 1984, the album actually 'dropped' in 1980 in Australia.

Two Nuns painting by Sir Noel Coward — Sir Noel Coward's painting titled "Two Nuns" was used by Gecko Graphics for this album

Cover Art

Created by Gecko Graphics, who consequently did quite a few Grateful Dead covers in the '90s.
The cover art is a piece by painter is Sir Noel Coward, who painted quite a few fantastic pieces of art in his day.
This painting is called Two Nuns and can be found on his site: http://www.noelcoward.net/paintings/pages/page_31.html

Art

An interesting thought from Noël's biography by Sheridan Morley:

"In his lifetime, Noël always reserved his own paintings as first-night or birthday gifts, allowing only one or two to go for the very occasional charity auction and fearing, as he once wrote, that a kind of 'celebrity snobbism' might otherwise make them valued more for their autograph than for their intrinsic worth."

Ah, the value of art.

Tracks:

A1 On A Bus 3:49
A2 Doctor 2:35
A3 Just Keep Walking 2:42
A4 Learn To Smile 3:57
A5 Jumping 3:22
B1 In Vain 4:35
B2 Roller Skating 2:44
B3 Body Language 2:02
B4 Newsreel Babies 2:42
B5 Wishy Washy 3:50

Notes

Companies, etc.

Recorded At – Trafalgar Studios
Mixed At – ATA Studios

Credits

Bass, Vocals – Garry Gary Beers
Composed By, Written-By – INXS
Cover [Front Cover] – Gecko Graphics, Noel Coward*
Drums [Skins], Vocals – Jon Farriss
Engineer – Duncan McGuire
Guitar – Tim Farriss
Keyboards – Andrew Farriss
Management – MMA Management
Producer – Duncan McGuire, INXS
Saxophone [Sax], Vocals, Guitar – Kirk Pengilly
Vocals – Michael Hutchence