Welcome to Wherever You Are

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For Bon Jovi single of the same name, see Welcome to Wherever You Are (song). For the episode of The West Wing, see Welcome to Wherever You Are (The West Wing).
Welcome to Wherever You Are
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Studio album by INXS
Released 3 August 1992
Recorded 1991–1992 at Rhinoceros Recordings, Sydney, Australia
Genre Alternative rock, pop rock
Length 45:49
Label Atlantic (US)
Mercury Records
East West Records
Producer Mark Opitz, INXS
INXS chronology
X
(1990)X1990		 Welcome to Wherever You Are
(1992)		 Full Moon, Dirty Hearts
(1993)Full Moon, Dirty Hearts1993

Welcome to Wherever You Are is the eighth album by the Australian rock band INXS, which was released on 3 August 1992. With grunge and alternative music breaking into the mainstream, INXS tried to establish a new direction for itself, incorporating sitars, a 60-piece orchestra, and a much more "raw" sound to their music. In its four star review of the album, Q called it "... a far more engaging and heartfelt collection than anything the group has put out in recent memory ... It rocks," and listed it as one of the 50 Best Albums of 1992.

Ultimately, however, with lack of promotion by their label and the band not touring for the album (wanting a break), the record failed to match the success of INXS's two previous albums, Kick and X. Though it still reached number-one in the UK, the band's popularity soon waned. While the single "Baby Don't Cry" was a Top 20 hit in the UK, the album's biggest American hit was "Not Enough Time", which reached No. 2 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, and stayed there for five consecutive weeks.

In 2002, a remastered version of the album was released that included five previously unreleased tracks.

Further background

Rehearsals for the album took place at the Sydney Opera House, with the band finally recording at Rhinoceros Studios.[1] The album was produced by Mark Opitz who was also behind the production of the band's third studio album, Shabooh Shoobah, which was also considered to be a change of direction for the band at the time. Opitz went on to produce the follow-up, Full Moon, Dirty Hearts a year later continuing the band's experimentation with their musical style.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3.5/5 stars[2]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars[3]
Independent (favourable)[4]
Q 4/5 stars[5]

The album was generally positively received by the critics and fans, particularly in Europe and the UK, where it went to the top of Album charts in the UK. The Independent and Q magazine also included the album in their top 10 albums of the year of 1992.[4][5] However, Vic Garbarini, for Rolling Stone, was less positive and felt "this is music that attracts but hasn't the gravity or resonance to hold your attention ... Hutchence seems dissociated from his material, dispassionately competent ... the wealth of musical gifts on the album makes the one-dimensional delivery stand out all the more dramatically".[6]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Andrew Farriss and Michael Hutchence, except where noted. 

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Questions"   Andrew Farriss 2:19
2. "Heaven Sent"   A. Farriss 3:18
3. "Communication"     5:29
4. "Taste It"     3:27
5. "Not Enough Time"     4:26
6. "All Around"     3:30
7. "Baby Don't Cry"   A. Farriss 4:57
8. "Beautiful Girl"   A. Farriss 3:33
9. "Wishing Well"     3:40
10. "Back on Line"   Jon Farriss, Hutchence 3:24
11. "Strange Desire"     4:39
12. "Men and Women"   Hutchence 4:38

Personnel

Singles

  1. "Heaven Sent"/"It Ain't Easy" (June 1992)
  2. "Not Enough Time"/"Light the Planet" (August 1992)
  3. "Baby Don't Cry"/"Questions" (September 1992)
  4. "Taste It"/"Light the Planet" (November 1992)
  5. "Beautiful Girl"/"Strange Desire" (remix) (February 1993)

Charts

Chart (1992) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] 2
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8] 18
Canadian Albums (RPM)[9] 10
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[10] 35
French Albums (SNEP)[11] 31
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12] 8
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[13] 8
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[14] 3
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[15] 1
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 2
UK Albums (OCC)[17] 1
US Billboard 200[18] 16

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Canada (Music Canada)[19] Gold 50,000
Sweden (GLF)[20] Gold 50,000
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[21] Gold 25,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[22] Gold 100,000
United States (RIAA)[23] Platinum 1,000,000

^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ INXS: Story to Story (the official autobiography), page 207
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  7. ↑ "Australiancharts.com – INXS – Welcome to Wherever You Are". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  8. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – INXS – Welcome to Wherever You Are" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
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  10. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – INXS – Welcome to Wherever You Are" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
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  12. ↑ "Officialcharts.de – Top 100 Longplay". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  13. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – INXS – Welcome to Wherever You Are". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  14. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – INXS – Welcome to Wherever You Are". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  15. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – INXS – Welcome to Wherever You Are". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  16. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – INXS – Welcome to Wherever You Are". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  17. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
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Preceded by UK number one album
15 August 1992 – 21 August 1992		 Succeeded by
We Can't Dance by Genesis
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