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''X'' is Australian rock band INXS's seventh studio album, released in 1990. The follow-up to the massive seller ''Kick'', it peaked at No. 1 in Australia, No. 5 in the United States, No. 2 in the United Kingdom, No. 5 in Switzerland and No. 10 in Sweden. The album contains four hit singles, "Suicide Blonde", "Disappear", "By My Side" and "Bitter Tears". It was the third consecutive INXS album produced by Chris Thomas. The title, the Roman numeral for "10", represents the band's tenth year since their debut album was released in 1980. ''X'' features a sample of blues-harp player Charlie Musselwhite on "Suicide Blonde", and Musselwhite himself playing on "Who Pays the Price". In 2002, a remastered version of the album was released which included five previously unreleased tracks. The singles "Suicide Blonde" and "Disappear" were used in the 1991 teen movie ''Mystery Date''. ==Background== In 1987 and 1988, INXS toured heavily in support of their sixth album, ''Kick''.〔 During 1989, the band took a break to work on side projects. Hutchence collaborated with Ian 'Ollie' Olsen in the band Max Q,〔 the two having previously worked together on Richard Lowenstein's film ''Dogs in Space''. INXS soon returned to the studio to record their follow-up album to ''Kick'', which was ''X''. Its title, the Roman numeral for "10", represents the band's tenth year since their debut album was released in 1980. It followed in the same vein as ''Kick'', and added harmonica to some songs, mostly through the contributions of Charlie Musselwhite. ''X'' scored hits with "Suicide Blonde" (written about Hutchence's then girlfriend Kylie Minogue) and "Disappear" (both Top 10 in the US),〔 "Suicide Blonde" peaked at No. 2 in Australia, No. 11 in the UK〔 and in Switzerland.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=INXS Suicide Blonde )〕 Two other singles from ''X'' were "Bitter Tears" and "By My Side" but they had less chart success.〔 A fifth single, "The Stairs" was only issued in the Netherlands to coincide with the release of the ''Live Baby Live'' album. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「X (INXS album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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