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Encyclopedia > Welcome to Wherever You Are
Welcome To Wherever You Are
Welcome To Wherever You Are cover
Album by INXS
Released August 3, 1992
Recorded 1992
Genre Rock
Length 45:17
Label Atlantic Records
Producer(s) Mark Opitz
Professional reviews
INXS chronology
X
(1990)
Welcome To Wherever You Are
(1992)
Full Moon, Dirty Hearts
(1993)

Welcome To Wherever You Are is an album by the Australian rock and roll group INXS, released in 1992. With grunge music and alternative music breaking into the mainstream, INXS tried to establish a new direction for itself, a la U2 and Achtung Baby, incorporating sitars, a 60-piece orchestra, and a much more "raw" sound to their music. In its four star review of the album, Q magazine called it "...a far more engaging and heartfelt collection than anything the group has put out in recent memory...It rocks..." and listed it as one of the 50 Best Albums of 1992. Image File history File links Welcometowhereveryouare. ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks distributed to the public. ... INXS (pronounced In Excess) is an Australian rock group. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Rock is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars, and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles, however saxophones have been omitted from newer subgenres of rock music since the 90s. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Atlantic Records (Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American record label that operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links Star*.svg Summary A golden star. ... Image File history File links Star*.svg Summary A golden star. ... Image File history File links Star*.svg Summary A golden star. ... Image File history File links Star½.svg Summary A golden half star, same as Image:Star. ... Image File history File links Star-.svg Summary A gray semitransparent five-point star, same as Image:Star. ... INXS (pronounced In Excess) is an Australian rock group. ... Released in 1990, X is Australian rock band INXSs seventh studio album. ... Full Moon, Dirty Hearts is a single-disc CD album released by Australian band INXS in 1993, through Warner Music Australia. ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks distributed to the public. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... INXS (pronounced In Excess) is an Australian rock group. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Grunge music (sometimes also referred to as the Seattle Sound) is an independent-rooted music genre that became a commercially successful offshoot of hardcore punk, thrash metal, and alternative rock in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... U2 is an Irish rock band formed in Dublin, featuring Bono (Paul David Hewson) on vocals, rhythm guitar and harmonica; The Edge (David Howell Evans) on lead guitar, keyboards and backing vocals; Adam Clayton on bass guitar; and Larry Mullen, Jr. ... Achtung Baby is the seventh studio album by Irish rock band U2, released on November 19, 1991. ... Premla Shahane playing a sitar, 1927 The sitar is probably the best-known South Asian instrument in the West. ... Q is a music and entertainment magazinepublished monthly in the United Kingdom. ...


Ultimately, however, with lack of promotion by their label and the band not touring for the album (they wanted a break), the record failed to match the success of INXS's two previous albums, Kick and X, much less Achtung's massive success, and the band's popularity soon waned. Kick is an album by the Australian rock and roll group INXS, released in 1987. ... Released in 1990, X is Australian rock band INXSs seventh studio album. ... Achtung Baby is the seventh studio album by Irish rock band U2, released on November 19, 1991. ...


In 2002, a remastered version of the album was released that included five previously unreleased tracks. For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...


Track listing

  1. "Questions" (2:07)
  2. "Heaven Sent" (3:18)
  3. "Communication" (5:18)
  4. "Taste It" (3:18)
  5. "Not Enough Time" (4:13)
  6. "All Around" (3:18)
  7. "Baby Don't Cry" (4:45)
  8. "Beautiful Girl" (3:27)
  9. "Wishing Well" (3:25)
  10. "Back On Line" (3:12)
  11. "Strange Desire" (4:08)
  12. "Men and Women" (4:38)

Taste It is a song by Australian rock band INXS. The song was written by Andrew Farriss and Michael Hutchence. ... Baby Dont Cry was the second single from the album Welcome to Wherever you are by INXS. Baby Dont Cry incorporated a 60 piece orchestra. ...

Bonus Tracks on 2002 Remaster

  1. "The Answer" (4:53)
  2. "Wishing Well (Alternate Version)" (3:30)
  3. "All Around (Alternate Version)" (3:25)
  4. "The Indian Song" (4:50)
  5. "Heaven Sent (Waltz Version)" (3:01)

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