Although
INXS needed to experiment badly, their attempt at self-reinvention,
Welcome to Wherever You Are, didn't even come close to gaining commercial or critical acceptance. From the start of the album, it's clear that
INXS are out to confuse the standard perceptions of the band; the first instrument on the album is an Eastern-flavored horn. Special recording effects and exotic rhythms and sounds are abundant on the album. Evidently, the pop audience didn't care about
INXS anymore, since nobody bought the album. And that is a shame, since it is one of their strongest. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine