INXS Squared: The Remixes [Import]

INXS | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 26, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Universal Int'l
• ASIN: B0001YNJWQ
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #393,300 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Don't Lose Your Head [Leadstation Solid Gold Mix]

2. Bitter Tears [Lorimer 12" Mix]

3. Original Sin [Epic Adventure]

4. Precious Heart

5. New Sensation [the Beginerz Mix]

6. Disappear [Morales 12" Mix]

7. One of My Kind [Radio Edit]

8. Everything [Jaxxclub Vocal]

9. Tight [The Automator Mix]

10. I'm So Crazy [Radio Edit]

11. Suicide Blonde [Oakenfold Milk Mix]

12. The Strangest Party (These Are the Times) [Apollo 440 Mix]

13. Taste It [Youth 12" Mix]

14. What You Need [Coldcut Force Mix 13 Edit][Edit]

15. Searching [Leadstation Radio Mix]

Editorial Reviews

Australia exclusive remix album features mixes dating back to 1990 & as up-to-date as the Beginerz' mix of 'New Sensation'. Features dance heavyweights such as Paul Oakenfold, Basement Jaxx, Dan The Automator, David Morales, Apollo 440, & Australia's own Rogue Traders. 15 tracks. Universal. 2004.

Customer Reviews

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21 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Please, Give me A Break!, September 2, 2004

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David D. McFarland "Judemac" (Oceanside, California United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: INXS Squared: The Remixes (Audio CD)

This collection is missing the better remixes. They should have dumped the more recent remixes for tracks off the Promotional INXS Dekadance cassette/vinyl only (I have it on CD though too, Shhhh) from australia with tracks like "Melting In the Sun" & "Original Sin" & others or the US version on vinyl only (Also have a CD version of it) which has "The One thing" extended. The bottom line is put out a solid remix collection or forget it because INXS early remixes were far superior recordings. I professionally collect INXS & take it from me. For the hardcore INXS fan there is nothing really here. The average fan might like to hear it for the differences. You be the judge. Later

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Please, give me more, September 18, 2006

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Olivier Jacques Alexis "OJ the sweet one" (London UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: INXS Squared: The Remixes (Audio CD)

Given that it's not a sit-down listen, you have to hear it on the move, on the dancefloor, on your mp3 (thanks, sweet sister C!) to really connect, this is an electrifying collection which testifies to Inxs' own musical diversity, and the diversity of response they inspire. Beats range from raw and radical--the blatant synth blurts of renamed 'Precious Heart' tear 'Never Tear Us Apart' apart with devastating urgency, Basement Jaxx atomise 'Everything' to radioactive effect---to ambient and melodic--Morales' vacant wandering take on 'Disappear', and for me the album's peak, 'Bitter Tears', perfectly meshing quicksilver flute and guitar shadings give Michael's impassioned vocal a pulsing atmospheric in which to soar. Irresistible, just incredible! Again, there's more hedonisic experimentation here than thoughtful reinterpretation, but having said that, Paul Oakenfold's immaculately wistful 'Suicide Blonde' seems to distil the 'sad moment' at the heart of that (previously) itchingly libidinous song, while at the other end of the scale 'Tight' is more dancey than ever, punched up by Casual Casual's rap insert and some slinky riffing. For anyone who wishes there could have been more original lineup Inxs albums to get off on (sadly not to be, though all hail the new Inxs!) the major payoff is to hear Michael singing again in new company and soundscapes, the clarity is amazing and you see/hear/feel new colours, nuances, emotions. Yeah yeah, if you listen too hard remixes can sound arbitrary and shallow, but variety is the key here and overall the album has balance and intelligence, opened and closed by Leadstation's feisty retreads of two late great and significant songs, the angry 'Don't Lose Your Head' and achingly vulnerable 'Searching'. If only. The original recordings will always take precedence, but that is no reason not to take this trip.