- rock, alternative rock
- 43 min
- 10 tracks
- Mercury Records
The Swing is the fourth studio album by Australian rock band INXS, released on 21 March 1984. It peaked at number one on the Kent Music Report Albums Chart for five non-consecutive weeks from early April to mid-May 1984. The lead single "Original Sin" was recorded in New York City with Nile Rodgers and featured Daryl Hall on backing vocals. Overall, the album featured a slightly harder-edged sound than their previous releases.
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Character
Spare, grave, classical in form and character-led.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
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- The Albuquerque TribuneA−
- AllMusic3/5 ★
- The Ann Arbor News(favorable)
- Mono Herald and Bridgeport Chronicle-Union(favorable)
- MusicHound Rock3/5
- The Orlando Sentinel4/5 ★
- (The New)Rolling Stone Album Guide3/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Original Sin5:20
- 2Melting in the Sun3:25
- 3I Send a Message3:22
- 4Dancing on the Jetty4:33
- 5The Swing3:52
- 6Johnson’s Aeroplane3:55
- 7Love Is (What I Say)3:43
- 8Face the Change3:34
- 9Burn for You4:58
- 10All the Voices6:09
10 tracks, 43 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- INXS
- Label
- Mercury Records
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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