澳洲最具影响力的摇滚乐团最经典大作，登记澳洲榜冠军+美国榜第三名，全球衝破千万销售门槛 由曾主镇The Beatles、Pink Floyd、Roxy Music等超级天团的英国籍大师Chris Thomas操刀 自80年代成功建立起响亮名声，身为澳洲最具影响力的乐团，夺得三届澳洲唱片工业协会「最佳团体」荣耀加冕的INXS，入籍澳洲名人殿堂，1991年同时抱走全英音乐「最佳国际团体」和「最佳国际男艺人(Michael Hutchence)」肯定，全球拿下超过3000万张的专辑销售天量！整个80年代到90年初期，是INXS的黄金全盛时期！搭上New Wave浪潮的电子合成乐派系，不时捕捉摇滚的超魅力表现。其中领导先锋主唱Michael Hutchence，享受来自四面八方的掌声喝采之际，却于1997年11月22号无预警的上吊自杀，享年仅37岁。痛失大将的INXS，也沉寂了好一段时日，2005年举办名为「Rock Star: INXS」歌唱实境秀，徵选全新主唱，最后经过许多考验下，J.D. Fortune雀屏中选，齐力推出相隔八年的『Switch』，空降加拿大亚军+美国Top17位置，依然受到乐迷的爱戴。 1987年发行的【Kick】专辑，登记澳洲榜冠军+美国榜第三名，是INXS大红大紫的经典，全球更衝破千万销售门槛！曾主镇The Beatles、Pink Floyd、Roxy Music等超级天团的英国籍大师Chris Thomas再度操刀；参与Bruce Springsteen、The Rolling Stones、Bryan Adams等人作品，夺下拉丁葛莱美奖和艾美奖的Bob Clearmountain负责混音，连续缔造“New Sensation”、“Never Tear Us Apart”、“Devil Inside”与“Need You Tonight”四首US流行榜Top10金曲。 by Steve Huey "What You Need" had taken INXS from college radio into the American Top Five, but there was little indication that the group would follow it with a multi-platinum blockbuster like Kick. Where the follow-ups to "What You Need" made barely a ripple on the pop charts, Kick spun off four Top Ten singles, including the band's only American number one, "Need You Tonight." Kick crystallized all of the band's influences -- Stones-y rock & roll, pop, funk, contemporary dance-pop -- into a cool, stylish dance/rock hybrid. It was perfectly suited to lead singer Michael Hutchence's feline sexuality, which certainly didn't hurt the band's already inventive videos. But it wasn't just image that provided their breakthrough. For the first (and really only) time, INXS made a consistently solid album that had no weak moments from top to bottom. More than that, really, Kick is an impeccably crafted pop tour de force, the band succeeding at everything they try. Every track has at least a subtly different feel from what came before it; INXS freely incorporates tense guitar riffs, rock & roll anthems, swing-tinged pop/rock, string-laden balladry, danceable pop-funk, horn-driven '60s soul, '80s R&B, and even a bit of the new wave-ish sound they'd started out with. More to the point, every song is catchy and memorable, branded with indelible hooks. Even without the band's sense of style, the flawless songcraft is intoxicating, and it's what makes Kick one of the best mainstream pop albums of the '80s.