INXS Live Baby Live ( Wembley Stadium) (1991)

INXS fans can rejoice over the release of this buoyant concert film, shot during an ecstatic performance before 72, 000 hopping fans in London s Wembley Stadium on 13 July, 1991. The Australian band s vocalist, the late Michael Hutchence, is at his feralromantic best, stalking and swiveling his way through an energized set of welterweight pop. The show starts with a big, boomy Guns In The Sky, takes a turn toward unexpected soulfulness with New Sensation and spreads the wealth with a sharp set of ballads and rockers. Hutchence has fun with a naughty Know The Difference, plays around with a Jaggeresque take on confessional soul in The Loved One and milks Never Tear Us Apart for all it s worth. The band sounds more muscular than they did in the studio, hardcharging and rough on Suicide Blonde, drunk on a jazzy guitar hook in Need You Tonight and completely danceable on Bitter Tears.