X
by INXS

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X by INXS
Year: 1990
Release date: 1990-09-25
Overall rank: 4,428th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 139 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1990 (59th)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (715th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,428th)

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INXS bestography

X is ranked 4th best out of 17 albums by INXS on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by INXS is Kick which is ranked number 619 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,720.

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Overall rank: 4,428th | 1990s rank: 715th | 1990 rank: 59th  Overall chart history
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74/100 (from 139 votes)
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 !		06/19/2026 00:49 ExTeaSea  Ratings distribution  5,23983/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 17% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.9/100, a mean average of 73.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.8.


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From BestEverAlbums 06/28/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5357): By TerryTezza
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. by (1982) 2. by by (1973) 4. by (1969) 5. by by by by by (1982) 11. by (1989) 12. by by (1979) 14. by (1967) 15. (1986) 16. by by by (2006) 20. by (1987) 21. by (1988) 22. by (1975) 24. (1981) 25. by by by (1980) 28. (1966) 29. by…”
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From 12/16/2019 21:56 | #245730
Charlie Musselwhite brought me here as he's a guest on the album.
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From 01/02/2018 16:59 | #204425
Their best album.
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From 10/12/2016 21:37 | #176773 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Another good INXS album, but then they all were from Shabooh Shoobah until Full Moon, Dirty Hearts. Not up to the standard of LLT, SS, The Swing, Kick or WTWYA, but not too far behind. INXS classics in the first three tracks and Bitter Tears, all up there with their best tracks but there are just too many tracks that aren't quite so good to rate it higher. I was lucky enough to see them at Wembley Arena touring this album but even that is not enough for me to warrant this a favourite.
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From 01/09/2015 17:08 | #131138
imho not as good as Listen Like Thieves
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From 03/22/2014 20:55 | #107189 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Decent album, solid from start to finish. It doesn't have quite the knockouts of Kick, so doesn't quite compare.
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