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by INXS
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 627 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,719.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/19/2026 00:49 |  ExTeaSea | 5,217 | 83/100 |
| ! | 04/07/2026 09:32 | Exist-en-ciel | 12,860 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/01/2026 03:07 | Proto | 4,161 | 33/100 |
| ! | 01/13/2026 20:49 | traistboar | 1,713 | 79/100 |
| ! | 12/10/2025 09:17 | Leginlists | 3,659 | 83/100 |
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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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UofTBlues 12/16/2019 21:56 | #245730
Charlie Musselwhite brought me here as he's a guest on the album.
InsanityPrawnBoy 01/02/2018 16:59 | #204425
Their best album.
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.
imho not as good as Listen Like Thieves
junodog4 03/22/2014 20:55 | #107189 | TOP COMMENT
Decent album, solid from start to finish. It doesn't have quite the knockouts of Kick, so doesn't quite compare.
Back in 1990 I would have told you this was better than 'Kick' after reviewing them recently their best material is in the earlier album faves here The Stairs,Disappear,By My Side,Hear That Sound.
Suicide blonde and Bitter tears are great songs, but I think Disappear is one of the best records they ever made.
lightmyway 05/19/2012 00:04 | #42670 | TOP COMMENT
Most people think of INXS as an 80s band but they had some great albums in the 90s, too. Me personally I almost like this one MORE than Kick, no joke. A great follow-up.
Its OK.
paladisiac 01/04/2012 21:38 | #34469 | TOP COMMENT
This is almost just as catchy and poppy as "kick", a noble follow-up to their breakthrough album. Start with "suicide blond" then roll on to "bitter tears" if you don't believe me.
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