Dekadance Explained

Dekadance
Type:ep
Artist:INXS
Cover:Dekadance (1983 INXS album).jpg
Released:September 1983
Recorded:1982, 1983
Genre:Rock, dance
Length:21:11
Label:ATCO, US – 90115-1
Producer:Mark Opitz
Prev Title:Shabooh Shoobah
Prev Year:1982
Next Title:The Swing
Next Year:1984
Dekadance
Type:ep
Artist:INXS
Cover:Dekadance_cass.jpg
Released:April 1984
Recorded:1983
Genre:Rock, dance
Label:WEA, Australia – XS-4
Producer:Nick Launay, Nile Rodgers

Dekadance is the title of two different collections of remixes by Australian rock band INXS: a 1983 four-track 12" and cassette EP released in the United States of songs from Shabooh Shoobah; and a 1985 seven-track cassette released in Australia of songs from The Swing.[1] [2] The latter included a cover version of "Jackson" as a duet by INXS' Michael Hutchence with Jenny Morris, their backing singer.[2] This compilation peaked at No. 2 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart in April 1985.[3]

The Australian cassette version of Dekadance features remixes from The Swing, and was released in six different versions. Each had a different sleeve, one for each member of the band, which were sourced from the band photo on the cover of The Swing. In following the general theme of the release, the photos themselves were "remixed" by the use of halftone (or similar) printing. Each image wraps completely around the package and is difficult to identify unless the package is dismantled and opened flat.[4] Instead of the usual plastic hinged case, the packaging was a cardboard box that featured a flip-top opening, similar to that of a cigarette packet.

Track listings

Cassette: WEA XS 4 (Australia)

Charts

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20111212151007/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/i/inxs.html . dead . INXS . Australian Rock Database. Passagen (Magnus Holmgren) . Holmgren . Magnus . Shaw . Julian . Meyer . Peer . 12 December 2011 . 15 August 2014.
  2. Book: McFarlane . Ian . Ian McFarlane . . Encyclopedia entry for 'INXS' . https://web.archive.org/web/20040930213309/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=950 . http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=950 . 15 August 2014 . 1999 . . . 30 September 2004 . 1-86508-072-1 .
  3. Book: . Kent . David . David Kent (historian) . Australian Chart Book Ltd . . 1993 . 0-646-11917-6 . Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.
  4. Web site: INXS / Dekadance vinyl LP. Sinclair. Paul. 15 August 2019. Super Deluxe Edition.
  5. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 149.
  6. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 437.