Listen Like Thieves (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition - Remastered) INXS

• 1 What You Need (2025 Mix) 03:36
• 2 Listen Like Thieves (2025 Mix) 03:47
• 3 Kiss The Dirt (Falling Down The Mountain) (2025 Mix) 03:55
• 4 Shine Like It Does (2025 Mix) 03:05
• 5 Good And Bad Times (2025 Mix) 02:45
• 6 Biting Bullets (2025 Mix) 02:49
• 7 This Time (2025 Mix) 03:11
• 8 Three Sisters (2025 Mix) 02:27
• 9 Same Direction (2025 Mix) 04:58
• 10 One X One (2025 Mix) 03:05
• 11 Red Red Sun (2025 Mix) 03:34
• 12 "We're rolling, it's 1985" - Studio Dialogue 00:12
• 13 Funk Song #11 - Take 2 / Working title of What You Need (Alternate Take) 04:29
• 14 "Press the blue and red button" - Studio Dialogue 00:24
• 15 Kiss The Dirt (Studio Demo) 03:03
• 16 Meaning of the song "Listen Like Thieves" - Interview Excerpt 00:36
• 17 Listen Like Thieves (Studio Demo) 02:33
• 18 INXS SA FM Radio Spot 00:07
• 19 One X One (Studio Demo) 03:03
• 20 This Time (Studio Demo) 02:49
• 21 Shine Like It Does (Studio Demo) 02:35
• 22 Good And Bad Times (Alternate Take) 02:50
• 23 Red Red Sun (Studio Jam) 01:24
• 24 Red Red Sun (Alternate Take) 03:54
• 25 Recording of Same Direction (2025 Mix) 00:35
• 26 Funk Song #9 (Working title of Same Direction) (Studio Demo) 04:55
• 27 What You Need (Calvin Bell Home Demo) 03:49
• 28 Shine Like It Does (Andrew's home demo) 02:23
• 29 Listen Like Thieves (Home Demo) 02:23
• 30 Kiss The Dirt (Calvin Bell Home Demo) 03:07
• 31 Introduction by Pete Drummond (Live At Royal Albert Hall, London / June 24, 1986) 00:11
• 32 Same Direction (Live At Royal Albert Hall, London / June 24, 1986) 04:58
• 33 Soul Mistake (Live At Royal Albert Hall, London / June 24, 1986) 03:20
• 34 Kiss The Dirt (Live At Royal Albert Hall, London / June 24, 1986) 04:03
• 35 Biting Bullets (Live At Royal Albert Hall, London / June 24, 1986) 02:50
• 36 Burn For You (Live At Royal Albert Hall, London / June 24, 1986) 04:56
• 37 Do Wot You Do (Live At Royal Albert Hall, London / June 24, 1986) 03:13
• 38 Original Sin (Live At Royal Albert Hall, London / June 24, 1986) 05:16
• 39 Different World (Live At Royal Albert Hall, London / June 24, 1986) 04:15
• 40 Shine Like it Does (Live At Royal Albert Hall, London / June 24, 1986) 03:27
• 41 Listen Like Thieves (Live At Royal Albert Hall, London / June 24, 1986) 03:52
• 42 One X One (Live At Royal Albert Hall, London / June 24, 1986) 02:56
• 43 What You Need (Live At Royal Albert Hall, London / June 24, 1986) 04:19
• 44 Red Red Sun (Live At Royal Albert Hall, London / June 24, 1986) 03:16
• 45 Listen Like Thieves (Extended Remix) 05:44
• 46 Begotten 03:07
• 47 What You Need (Nick Launay Remix) 05:36
• 48 I'm Over You 04:06
• 49 Sweet As Sin 02:20
• 50 Six Knots 00:58
• 51 Listen Like Thieves (Instrumental Remix) 04:08
• Total Runtime 02:39:14

Info for Listen Like Thieves (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition - Remastered)

Michael Hutchence -- “We decided to write the album in a rehearsal situation, everybody had ideas in their heads, but not many of the songs were written before we rehearsed, and we wrote one song in the studio. It wasn’t the kind of album where you put tracks down bit by bit. We’ve done the album like a live show, and what is there is there. We want to present this record as a band - the idea of six people playing together and using traditional sounds.” Rolling Stone Magazine, October 1985

Listen Like Thieves was a hugely significant and pivotal album for INXS. Having already built a reputation for their unique sound, incredible live shows (built out from an unmatched global touring schedule) alongside growing but maybe pocketed success (in the grand scheme of things) with their previous four albums - INXS (1980), Underneath the Colours (1981), Shabooh Shoobah (1982) and The Swing (1984) - it was the release of Listen Like Thieves in 1985 that saw them become one of the biggest and captivating bands of a generation.

Paul Sexton - “This lavish remounting of Listen Like Thieves is a testament to a band whose resolute focus on achieving international renown was rewarded that year with serious sales, a heavyweight hit single and their consecration as flagbearers of the MTV generation. Forty years on, this staging post album – their first in a fruitful relationship with hallowed producer Chris Thomas – is there to be savored by original fans and new admirers alike.”

Giles Martin (INXS's executive music producer) and Paul Hicks’ brand-new stereo mix was done in partnership with the band. Built from the ground up using the original masters, they have been able to find new layers of sonic depth and a fresh dimension, giving fans a new listening experience with the record.

Giles Martin - “It’s been such an honor to work on this pivotal album from INXS’s career. It’s a collection of recordings masterly produced by Chris Thomas, which helped the band define their own style and reach a massive global audience. It’s an iconic rock album of its age.”

Andrew Farriss – “Chris Thomas was one of the most talented and exciting producers we ever had the privilege to work with. From the moment we met, there was no doubt he would bring a new dynamic to our music, his drive and determination helped Michael and I deliver a smash hit in ‘What You Need’. 40 years on, Giles and Paul captured the original raw energy we felt when we first recorded the album and created a sonic depth to give the record an entirely new dimension that we couldn’t be prouder of.”

Martin has also curated the trove of session tracks, outtakes and demos that give a compelling chronicle of the music in development. Live At The Royal Albert Hall, London, 1986 is a gem the BBC forgot they had. Recorded in June 1986, this BBC radio broadcast recording originally aired later that year and was the first time the band played at this iconic venue. It was an incredibly special evening for the band and the crowd; amongst them, rock alumni Mick Jagger, The Cult, Psychedelic Furs and more, were buzzing with anticipation, demanding a double encore, and the band were more than happy to oblige. It was a poignant night for INXS, who, in hindsight, were just getting started on their path of global dominance - five years later, they headlined Wembley Stadium - and knowing what we know now, this was the show that started the UK’s INXS love affair.

Kirk Pengilly’s diary entry dated June 24, 1986, “Royal Albert Hall – Sold Out! Fantastic gig, 2 genuine encores and all concerned, happy! Mick Jagger came with Matt Voss……. his favourite song was ‘Biting Bullets.’”

Initially released in October 1985, Listen Like Thieves garnered four singles, including the album's opening track “What You Need,” "an irresistible amalgam of the rock and funk instincts that made INXS unique," as Paul Sexton so succinctly put it, catapulted the band to global fame, breaking into the top five and surpassing the chart success of their previous three releases. The album peaked at No. 1 in Australia and No. 11 on the United States Billboard 200, spending over a year on the chart. By 1988, the album had achieved Platinum status, and as a measure of its enduring appeal, it was Double Platinum by 1997.

Michael Hutchence, lead and backing vocals
Tim Farriss, rhythm and lead guitar
Kirk Pengilly, rhythm and lead guitar, saxophones, backing and lead vocals
Garry Gary Beers, bass, backing vocals
Andrew Farriss, keyboards, rhythm guitar, harmonica, percussion, backing and lead vocals
Jon Farriss, drums, percussion, backing vocals

Digitally remastered

INXS
is an Australian rock band, formed in 1977 in Sydney, New South Wales; made up of main composer and keyboardist Andrew Farriss, drummer Jon Farriss, guitarists Tim Farriss and Kirk Pengilly, bassist Garry Gary Beers and main lyricist and vocalist Michael Hutchence. In 1980, INXS first charted in Australia with their debut self-titled album, but achieved international success with a series of hit recordings through the 1980s and the 1990s, including the singles: “What You Need”, “Need You Tonight” and “Devil Inside.” INXS won six Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) awards including three for ‘Best Group’ in 1987, 1989 and 1992, and was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2001. As of June 2015, INXS has sold over 45 million records worldwide.

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