Underneath the Colours
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Underneath the Colours is Australia
n rock
group INXS
' second album. It was released in Australia in 1981. It was with this album that Michael Hutchence's songwriting started to mature and the band started to find a unique sound. Included were political songs and their very first ballad. It was released outside Australia and New Zealand in 1984, as the band were gaining momentum in their success.
The cover is an uncredited linocut by British artist Cyril Power
entitled Underneath The Colours.
& Michael Hutchence
, except where noted.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
group INXS
INXS
INXS are an Australian rock band, formed as The Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney, New South Wales. Mainstays are Garry Gary Beers on bass guitar, Andrew Farriss on guitar/keyboards, Jon Farriss on drums, Tim Farriss on lead guitar and Kirk Pengilly on guitar/sax...
' second album. It was released in Australia in 1981. It was with this album that Michael Hutchence's songwriting started to mature and the band started to find a unique sound. Included were political songs and their very first ballad. It was released outside Australia and New Zealand in 1984, as the band were gaining momentum in their success.
The cover is an uncredited linocut by British artist Cyril Power
Cyril Power
Cyril Edward Power was an English artist best known for his linocut prints, long-standing artistic partnership with Canadian artist Sybil Andrews and for co-founding The Grosvenor School Of Modern Art in London in 1925...
entitled Underneath The Colours.
Track listing
All songs written by Andrew FarrissAndrew Farriss
Andrew Charles Farriss is a rock musician , best known as the keyboardist and main composer for the Australian band INXS.-Career:...
& Michael Hutchence
Michael Hutchence
Michael Kelland John Hutchence was an Australian musician and actor. He was the founding lead singer-songwriter of rock band :INXS from 1977 to his death in 1997, a period of twenty years. Hutchence was a member of short-lived pop rock group Max Q and recorded solo material which was released...
, except where noted.
- "Stay Young" – 3:25
- "Horizons" – 5:13
- "Big Go Go" (INXS) – 3:12
- "Underneath the Colours" – 3:59
- "Fair Weather Ahead" (INXS) – 4:21
- "Night of Rebellion" (Farriss, Hutchence, Pengilly) - 3:44
- "Follow" (Hutchence, Pengilly) – 3:53
- "Barbarian" (INXS)– 3:00
- "What Would You Do" (INXS) – 3:08
- "Just to Learn Again" (Beers, Farriss, Hutchence) – 4:43
Personnel
- Garry Gary Beers – bass guitar
- Andrew FarrissAndrew FarrissAndrew Charles Farriss is a rock musician , best known as the keyboardist and main composer for the Australian band INXS.-Career:...
– guitar, keyboards - Jon FarrissJon FarrissJon Farriss is the drummer for the Australian rock band INXS.-Biography:...
– percussion, drums - Tim FarrissTim FarrissTimothy William Farriss is a member of the rock band :INXS.-Early life and the formation of INXS:...
– guitar - Michael HutchenceMichael HutchenceMichael Kelland John Hutchence was an Australian musician and actor. He was the founding lead singer-songwriter of rock band :INXS from 1977 to his death in 1997, a period of twenty years. Hutchence was a member of short-lived pop rock group Max Q and recorded solo material which was released...
– vocals - Kirk PengillyKirk PengillyKirk Pengilly is an Australian musician, best known as a member of the rock group :INXS.-Early career:...
– guitar, saxophone, vocals
Singles
- "Stay Young"/"Lacavocal" (October 1981) (AUS #21)
- "Underneath the Colours"/"Prehistoria" (January 1982) (New Zealand only)
- "Night of Rebellion"/"Prehistoria" (January 1982)