Listen Like Thieves CD

MUSIC

POP

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. What You Need ~ INXS

2. Listen Like Thieves ~ INXS

3. Kiss The Dirt (Falling Down The Mountain) ~ INXS

4. Shine Like It Does ~ INXS

5. Good Bad Times ~ INXS

6. Biting Bullets ~ INXS

7. This Time ~ INXS

8. Three Sisters ~ INXS

9. Same Direction ~ INXS

10. One X One ~ INXS

11. Red Red Sun ~ INXS

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	INXS: Kirk Pengilly (vocals, guitar, saxophone); Michael Hutchence (vocals); Andrew Farriss (guitar, keyboards); Tim Farriss (guitar, synthesizer); Garry Gary Beers (bass); Jon Farriss (drums).
	Additional personnel: Ray Cooper (percussion); Ann O'Dell (string arrangement).
	Recorded at Rhinoceros Studios, Sydney, Australia.
	Personnel: Kirk Pengilly (vocals, guitar, saxophone); Jon Farriss (vocals, drums, percussion); Michael Hutchence (vocals); Andrew Farriss (guitar, keyboards); Tim Farriss (guitar, synthesizer); Ray Cooper (percussion).
	Recording information: Rhinoceros Studios, Sydney, Australia.
	SHABOOH SHOOBAH and THE SWING may have produced college radio hits like "The One Thing" and "The Original Sin," but it took 1985's LISTEN LIKE THIEVES for INXS to make a true commercial breakthrough in the US. The album leads off with three killer singles, the still-remarkable whiplash dance swagger of "What You Need" and the more anthemic rockers "Listen Like Thieves" and "This Time." On the first of those in particular, singer Michael Hutchence finally perfects the postmodern Mick Jagger vibe he'd been trying to achieve since 1980's INXS, and the band was rewarded with a substantially larger American audience, a commercial gain solidified on the next album, 1987's mega-platinum KICK. LISTEN LIKE THIEVES didn't reach that level of marketplace success because the songwriting quality dips a bit after that impressive opening stretch, but it's nonetheless a fine commercial pop album.
Producer: Chris Thomas; Chris Thomas
Engineer: Steve Churchyard

Artist Overview

Like many groups that achieved mainstream success in the 1980s, Australia's INXS was kinetically inspired by the British punk scene. Led by charismatic singer Michael Hutchence and the musically gifted Farriss brothers, INXS began as a new-wave rock band, but by the mid-'80s they hit on a global level with an accessible, streamlined dance-rock sound. For most people, the band's saga ended with Hutchence's tragic suicide in 1997. In 2005, however, the band went in search of a new lead singer via the AMERICAN IDOL-style reality-TV series ROCKSTAR, eventually choosing Canadian J.D. Fortune. The revamped INXS released SWITCH in 2005 and toured the world in support of it that same year.

Compilation Appearances

	Lost Boys
	Coyote Ugly
	Rock Star
	Billboard #1 Hits Of The 80's
	Gold: 80's
	Thrivemix 2: Mixed By Vic Latino
	Atlantic Records: Time Capsule (Limited Edition)

Associated Artists and Works

Dido

Technical Info

	Release Date : n/a
	Original Release Date : 1985
	Catalog ID : 81277-2
	Label : Atlantic (Label)
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00075678127724