Epi 103: The Making of INXS’s Full Moon Dirty Hearts Album; PartTwo

Episode 103: The Making of FMDH, Part One   In the first of our two-part deep dive with famed international producer Mark Opitz, we tackle the actual making of <a href='https://www.inxs.com/music/full-moon-dirty-hearts/'>Full Moon, Dirty Hearts</a> on the Italian island oasis (whoops!) of Capri and aim to put you right in the time period.   <p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 iWv3d _1FoOD _3M0Fe aujbK public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr">Mark Opitz defines in episode 103 of <a href='https://inxsaccessallareas.com/'>INXS: Access All Areas</a> that the role of the producer is akin to the director of the movie: guiding the engineers to follow his time-honored practices in getting the sounds and sonics of the vocals, guitars, drums, and keyboards in sync; ensuring the mixes are done to satisfaction, and pushing the band to be the best they can be with their songwriting and studio performance. Despite the commercial failure of Full Moon, Dirty Hearts, particularly in America (no thanks to the record label), the band and Mark came up with 12 tracks that 29 years later still hold up musically. We drill down on the Capri experience to examine “where” each member of the band was at, personally and professionally, after <a href='https://www.inxs.com/music/welcome-to-wherever-you-are/'>Welcome to Wherever You Are</a> and a recent retreat to Michael’s South France villa. </p>   <p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 iWv3d _1FoOD _3M0Fe aujbK public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr">Why was Capri chosen? What actually happened there? (Warts and all!) And what did the imminent ending of INXS’ long-term arrangement with its label mean for the marketing and distribution for Full Moon, Dirty Hearts? </p>   <p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 iWv3d _1FoOD _3M0Fe aujbK public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr">Mark has never been more erudite and revealing as we take you on a “Back to the Future, fly on the wall”