Elegantly Wasted
by INXS
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INXS bestography
Elegantly Wasted is ranked 7th 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 2,719.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Elegantly Wasted track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Elegantly Wasted rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 93/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 83/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | My Overall Chart 1001-1100 | 91/100 | - |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 21 Music Albums of 1997 | 20/21 | 0 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | Top 93 Music Albums of 1997 | 37/93 | 3 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 52 Music Albums of 1997 | 3/52 | 5 |
| 2025 |  paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 92/100 | 0 |
| 2025 |  bojolpif71 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 67/100 | 2 |
| 2025 |  PAPPITUFO | Top 51 Music Albums of 1997 | 8/51 | 4 |
| 2025 | joathome | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 50/100 | 42 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 27 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 96 | |||
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Elegantly Wasted ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/18/2025 15:31 | TodFitz | 27,371 | 63/100 |
| ! | 05/31/2025 07:15 | stangetzaway | 2,320 | 83/100 |
| ! | 05/19/2025 12:06 |  Tamthebam | 23,322 | 69/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 65.0/100, a mean average of 62.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 63.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.0.
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Forum mentions
NoisyBeast 04/06/2021 20:32 in What album are you listening to right now?
neilgee 01/16/2021 18:40 in What album are you listening to right now? Romanelli 03/09/2017 14:23 in The Romanelli Music Diary: 90125Elegantly Wasted comments
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INXS's weakest album since the first but still decent. I've got all the original lineup's albums and this is the one I revisit the least and, like the last album, there's nothing new or original really.....still they were one of my favourite bands once upon a time and I'm glad I've got it in my collection.
junodog4 03/22/2014 20:37 | #107186
At first I thought it was "Better than Oasis" rather than "Elegantly Wasted". Would've made for an interesting lyric.
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