Elegantly Wasted
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| Studio album by INXS | ||||
| Released | 4 April 1997 | |||
| Recorded | December 1996 – February 1997 at Armoury Studio, Vancouver, BC, Canada | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 47:56 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Producer | Bruce Fairbairn & Andrew Farriss | |||
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| Entertainment Weekly | A |
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Elegantly Wasted is the tenth studio album by Australian rock band INXS. It was released in April 1997, and is the final album recorded with lead singer Michael Hutchence, who was found dead in a Sydney hotel room in November that same year.
The band had spent April 1996 rehearsing in London, and moved over to Vancouver to record with producer Bruce Fairbairn in December that year. Production of the album was completed by Michael and Andrew in Spain by February 1997.
All three Farriss brothers dedicated the album to their mother, Jill, who died in 1995. Two songs that did not make the final cut of the album were included on the Bang the Drum EP (2004).
Shortly after the release of their Greatest Hits in 1994, INXS ended their contract with Atlantic Records and signed a new worldwide record deal with PolyGram/Mercury Records. After a long break, INXS reconvened in 1996 to record their tenth studio album Elegantly Wasted, their last with Hutchence. In 1995, Hutchence already began work on his self-titled solo album. The project was put on hold until Elegantly Wasted was completed. In an interview with The Album Network magazine in March 1997, Hutchence said "We really wanted to get off the old carousel for a while. As a band, we have recorded an album every twelve to eighteen months over the last five or six years. This helped to create a situation resulting in a lot of personal and business friction within the band, as well as the record label, at the time of the completion of our last studio album Full Moon, Dirty Hearts. With the completion of the album, we also fulfilled our contract with Atlantic Records. So, it just seemed like the logical time to take a break." PolyGram studios in London paired the band with Canadian producer Bruce Fairbairn, their first and only collaboration. Fairbairn was best known for his smash successes with other famous rock groups including, Aerosmith, Kiss and AC/DC.
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