Full Moon, Dirty Hearts
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| Studio album by INXS | ||||
| Released | 2 November 1993 | |||
| Recorded | November 1992 – October 1993 at Capri Studio, Capri | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 39:57 | |||
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| Producer | Mark Opitz & INXS | |||
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Full Moon, Dirty Hearts is an album released by Australian band INXS in 1993, through Warner Music Australia. It was the band's ninth album, and was followed by the Dirty Honeymoon world tour of 1993–1994.
"Please" featured vocals by Ray Charles; the title track featured vocals by The Pretenders lead singer, Chrissie Hynde, however the latter was not released as a single, while the former was.
The band's manager, Chris Murphy arranged to shoot videos for every song on the album. Twelve videos were shot on a small budget by different up and coming Australian Directors.
The Japanese edition of the album included a cover of Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild", which was specially recorded for the April 1993 launch of Virgin Radio in the UK.
As INXS were finishing Welcome to Wherever You Are in mid 1992, the group decided not to tour in support for the album. Instead they promised to go straight into the studio to record a follow-up album, then later tour for both albums. Following the release of Welcome to Wherever You Are, INXS spent the next few months promoting the album across various countries in Europe including the UK, France and Sweden. While promoting the album in Europe, vocalist Michael Hutchence visited then girlfriend Helena Christensen in her home city of Copenhagen in Denmark. The couple were returning home from a nightclub one night when Hutchence got into a scuffle with a taxi driver. The incident started when a drunken Hutchence refused to move off the road to allow the taxi to pass. The taxi driver got out of his vehicle and punched Hutchence causing him to fall onto the pavement. The singer sustained a fractured skull due to the fall and as a result suffered a loss of his sense of smell and taste. The singer spent two weeks recovering in a Copenhagen hospital. In the unofficial biography "Michael Hutchence: A Tragic Rock & Roll Story", Australian author Vince Lovegrove wrote "It had a very strange effect on Michael. The alleged injury also caused the singer to act erratically, abusively and to suffer insomnia." Although temporary, these conditions would have an effect during the production of Full Moon, Dirty Hearts.
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