Underneath the Colours
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Underneath the Colours
Underneath the Colours is the second album by Australian rock group INXS. It was released in Australia in 19 October 1981 on the Deluxe Records label and reached No 15 on the Australian album charts.-Wikipedia
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Stereogum
INXS's second studio album has touches of '70s Bowie and is, for the most part, purged of the ska of INXS. On this album, they were learning how to be a melting pot of sounds without any one specifically taking over, and were beginning to learn how to use their sax player to add color without having it be a driving force behind the music.
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Glam-Racket
. . . this is indeed an album of transition-a band who were lucky enough to document themselves growing into a tight and slightly funky outfit, even though they came from the very white confines of New Wave pop in a location that wasn’t fully discovered.
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AllMusic
Underneath the Colours, INXS' second album, was a nearly identical continuation of the new wave pop of their debut, yet the record featured better arrangements and songs.
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George Starostin's Reviws
Underneath The Colours is easily the best LP to demonstrate the power of spontaneous hooks I've heard so far. Every song on here becomes interesting on second or third listen, and you have no right whatsoever to doubt the compositional talents or the intelligence of the composing team.
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Rarebird's Rock and Roll Rarity Reviews
Underneath the Colours, the second INXS album, is more polished and consistent than its predecessor, but it doesn't generate the same excitement as the band's later work.
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Acoustic Sounds
Underneath The Colours is the band's second album and was issued in 1981. It boasts the single Stay Young. It was with this album that Michael Hutchence's songwriting started to mature and the band started to find a unique sound.
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uDiscovermusic
1981’s Underneath the Colours spawned their cover hit of “The Loved One” (by Aussie band The Loved Ones) and suddenly Hutchence found his voice as well as his songwriting style, teaming up with the band’s keyboards wizard and main composer Andrew Farriss who provided the singer with the bullets for his gun.
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