Editing INXS (section)

===1990–1997: From ''X'' to ''Elegantly Wasted''===
{{See also|X (INXS album)|Welcome to Wherever You Are|Full Moon, Dirty Hearts}}
In October 1990, INXS released ''[[X (INXS album)|X]]'' which was produced by Chris Thomas. The album peaked at No.&nbsp;3 in Australia,<ref name="AusCharts"/> No.&nbsp;5 in the US,<ref name=AMGAlbums/> No.&nbsp;2 in the UK,<ref name="UKCharts"/> No.&nbsp;5 in Switzerland and No.&nbsp;10 in Sweden.<ref name=BBalbums/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?key=1122&cat=a |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709150659/http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?key=1122&cat=a |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 July 2012 |title=INXS X (album) |publisher=Australian Charts Portal |access-date=21 November 2008 }}</ref> It followed in the same vein as ''Kick'', and added harmonica to some songs. ''X'' scored hits with "[[Suicide Blonde]]" and "[[Disappear (INXS song)|Disappear]]" (both Top 10 in the US).<ref name=AMGSingles /> "Suicide Blonde" peaked at No.&nbsp;2 in Australia, No.&nbsp;11 in the UK<ref name="UKCharts"/> and in Switzerland.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=INXS&titel=Suicide+Blonde&cat=s |title=INXS Suicide Blonde |publisher=Australian Charts Portal |access-date=21 November 2008 }}</ref> Other singles from ''X'' were "[[Bitter Tears (INXS Song)|Bitter Tears]]" and "[[By My Side (INXS song)|By My Side]]", which had less chart success.<ref name="McF"/>

INXS performed at [[Wembley Stadium (1924)|Wembley Stadium]] on 13 July 1991, during their "Summer XS" tour stop in London to a sold-out audience of 74,000 fans.<ref name="McF"/> This performance was recorded and filmed to become ''[[Live Baby Live]]'', a live album that was released in November 1991 and peaked in the Top 30 in the Australia and UK album charts.<ref name="AusCharts"/><ref name="UKCharts"/> The album had less success on The ''Billboard'' 200.<ref name=AMGAlbums/> A video version of the album was also released under the same title.
This concert was the band's most well-attended show of all time; according to a 2017 article by Paul Donoughue of ABC.net.au, it "solidified [INXS's] place in pop history".<ref>{{Cite web |title =Michael Hutchence: 20 years since the INXS singer's death, the songs live on |publisher=MTV |date=21 November 2017 |last=Donoughue|first=Paul|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-22/michael-hutchence-inxs-singer-talent-remember/9179092 |access-date=18 February 2018}}</ref>

On 28 March 1992, INXS performed at the controversial Concert for Life at [[Centennial Park, New South Wales|Centennial Park]] in Sydney (a fundraiser for the [[Victor Chang]] Cardiac Research Centre), and other performers included [[Crowded House]], [[Yothu Yindi]], [[Jenny Morris (musician)|Jenny Morris]], [[Johnny Diesel|Diesel]], [[Ratcat]], and [[Def FX]]. Due to inclement weather, the expected attendance of 100,000 never came through, and the event only raised $500,000.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qRAEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22concert+for+life%22+%22jenny+morris%22&pg=PA9|title=INXS Benefit raked by Media Fire|magazine=Billboard |last=Baker|first= Glenn A.|date=20 June 1992|access-date=5 January 2010}}</ref>

''[[Welcome to Wherever You Are]]'', produced by Mark Opitz and released in August 1992,<ref name="ARDb"/> was an experimental album using sitars and a 60-piece orchestra while adding a more "raw" sound. It received good critical reviews reaching No.&nbsp;1 in the UK<ref name="UKCharts"/> and in Sweden;<ref name="Welcome">{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?key=1466&cat=a |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130102002837/http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?key=1466&cat=a |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 January 2013 |title=INXS Welcome to Wherever You Are (album) |publisher=Australian Charts Portal |access-date=21 November 2008 }}</ref> No.&nbsp;2 in Australia and Switzerland,<ref name="Welcome"/> and No.&nbsp;3 in Norway,<ref name="Welcome"/> but had less chart success in the US (peaking at No.&nbsp;16).<ref name=AMGAlbums/> Singles from the album included "[[Taste It]]" and "[[Baby Don't Cry (INXS song)|Baby Don't Cry]]", which were Top 20 successes in UK but had less success in US and Australian markets.<ref name="AusCharts"/><ref name="AMGSingles"/><ref name="UKCharts"/>

''[[Full Moon, Dirty Hearts]]'', produced by Opitz, was released in November 1993 and peaked at No.&nbsp;3 on the UK charts,<ref name="UKCharts"/> No.&nbsp;4 in Australia,<ref name="AusCharts"/> No.&nbsp;8 in Sweden,<ref name="FullMoon">{{cite web |url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=INXS&titel=Full+Moon%2C+Dirty+Hearts&cat=a |title=INXS Full Moon, Dirty Hearts |publisher=Australian Charts Portal |access-date=22 November 2008 }}</ref> No.&nbsp;9 in Switzerland,<ref name="FullMoon"/> No.&nbsp;14 in Norway;<ref name="FullMoon"/> it did not reach the Top 50 in the US.<ref name=AMGAlbums/> The title track featured [[The Pretenders]]' [[Chrissie Hynde]], and another track--"Please (You Got That)"—featured [[Ray Charles]]. The band made a full video album for the record using unknown Australian students to direct with help from [[Richard Lowenstein]]. ''Full Moon, Dirty Hearts'' received mixed reviews, and was the last record under INXS' contract with Atlantic in the States. The band took time off to rest and be with their families, while Hutchence remained in the public eye through modelling and film acting.<ref name="McF"/>

In 1997, the group released a comeback album titled ''[[Elegantly Wasted]]'', which garnered mixed reviews. It fared respectably in Australia (No.&nbsp;14),<ref name="AusCharts"/><ref name="Elegantly">{{cite web |url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?key=2507&cat=a |title=INXS Elegantly Wasted |publisher=Australian Charts Portal |access-date=22 November 2008 }}</ref> Canada (No.&nbsp;14),<ref name=AMGAlbums/> France (No.&nbsp;30),<ref name="Elegantly"/> UK (No.&nbsp;16)<ref name="UKCharts"/> (where INXS had more success in the 1990s than in the 1980s), Belgium (No.&nbsp;7),<ref name="Elegantly"/> Switzerland (No.&nbsp;13),<ref name="Elegantly"/> but only No.&nbsp;41 in US.<ref name=AMGAlbums/>

On 22 November 1997, Michael Hutchence was found dead in his Sydney [[Ritz-Carlton]] hotel room.<ref name="Coroner">{{Cite book |last=Hand |first=Derrick |author2=Janet Fife-Yeomans |title=The Coroner: Investigating Sudden Death |orig-year=2004 |year=2008 |publisher=[[Allen & Unwin]] |location=Sydney, N.S.W. |isbn=978-0-7333-2221-1 }}</ref> On 6 February 1998, New South Wales [[Coroner's Court of New South Wales|State Coroner]] Derrick Hand presented his report, which ruled that Hutchence's death was a suicide while depressed and under the influence of drugs and alcohol.<ref name="Coroner"/><ref name="InquestReport">{{cite web |url=http://www.destinytours.com.au/factsheet3.doc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070901015306/http://www.destinytours.com.au/factsheet3.doc |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 September 2007 |title=Inquest into the death of Michael Kelland Hutchence |website=Destinytours.com.au |format=DOC |access-date=22 November 2008 }}</ref><ref name="MTVNews">{{Cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1430349/19980206/inxs.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040906204051/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1430349/19980206/inxs.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 September 2004 |title=Hutchence death ruled suicide under the influence of drugs and alcohol |publisher=MTV |date=6 February 1998 |access-date=22 November 2008 }}</ref> Despite the official coroner's report, there was continued speculation that Hutchence's death was accidental.<ref>{{Cite news |title =Michael Hutchence Solo LP Date Reset; Suicide Controversy Continues |publisher=MTV |date=18 August 1999 |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1430341/19990818/inxs.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040809022657/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1430341/19990818/inxs.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 August 2004 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Smolowe |first=Jill |title=Fast Life, Sudden Death |work=People |date=20 October 2000 |url= http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20132453,00.html }}</ref>