Underneath The Colours (studio album) by INXS
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Underneath The Colours is ranked 13th best out of 17 albums by INXS on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by INXS is Kick which is ranked number 645 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,718.
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Underneath The Colours track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Underneath The Colours rankings
All 7 charts that this album appears in:
Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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2025 | culwin | Top 53 Music Albums of 1981 | 38/53 | 2 |
2024 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 71/100 | 2 |
2023 | Daredevil42 | Top 64 Music Albums of 1981 | 59/64 | 0 |
2023 | ![]() | INXS: Best Studio Albums | 9/10 | - |
2020 | ![]() | Top 99 Music Albums of the 1980s | 66/99 | 7 |
2018 | Rich150 | Top 12 Music Albums of 1981 | 9/12 | 2 |
2014 | nf0603 | Top 55 Music Albums of 1981 | 44/55 | 1 |
Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 7 | |||
Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 13 |
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Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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70/100 ![]() | 01/19/2025 20:47 | culwin | ![]() | 76/100 |
65/100 ![]() | 04/19/2023 15:59 | ![]() | ![]() | 76/100 |
70/100 ![]() | 01/05/2023 03:12 | Moondance | ![]() | 72/100 |
55/100 ![]() | 07/19/2022 02:28 | dhbarrett | ![]() | 65/100 |
75/100 ![]() | 01/27/2022 11:52 | Fevernova | ![]() | 82/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 65.8/100, a mean average of 63.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 63.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.3.
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I have to admit that this is one of my favourite albums by Inxs,in my opinion the best and very underated been the 2nd album and produced by Richard Clapton it does have a professional sound, i highly recommend listening to this album, it's a very strong return from their 1st album which does have a dated sound but this 2nd album is a great timeless sound and is equal to the 3rd album Shabooh shoobah, definitely check it out.
A definite musical advance on the more punky sound of their debut, but still no real sign of the INXS to come. Decent effort mind, certainly usurped by the cracking following album Shabooh, Shoobah.
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