Welcome to Wherever You Are

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).

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Welcome to Wherever You Are is the eighth album by the Australian rock and roll group INXS, released in 1992. With grunge music and alternative music breaking into the mainstream, INXS tried to establish a new direction for itself, à la U2 and Achtung Baby, 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. However, it still reached #1 in the UK, but 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 #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

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. This would have to be one of the greatest albums ever made, the style of this album is never done style before.

Track listing

1. "Questions" – 2:07
2. "Heaven Sent" – 3:18
3. "Communication" – 5:18
4. "Taste It" – 3:18
5. "Not Enough Time" – 4:13
6. "All Around" – 3:18
7. "Baby Don't Cry" – 4:45
8. "Beautiful Girl" – 3:27
9. "Wishing Well" – 3:25
10. "Back on Line" – 3:12
11. "Strange Desire" – 4:08
12. "Men and Women" – 4:38

Bonus tracks on 2002 Remaster

1. "The Answer" – 4:53
2. "Wishing Well" (Alternate version) – 3:30
3. "All Around" (Alternate version) – 3:25
4. "The Indian Song" – 4:50
5. "Heaven Sent" (Waltz version) – 3:01

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)