DESCRIPTION The dawn of 1985 found INXS already five albums into a single-minded evolution that began in the pubs of Australia and would blossom in the stadiums of the world. Three brothers and three mates with ample helpings of real life under their belts, they lived by a particular maxim. Whatever’s clever, they always said, as a go-with-the-flow reminder to treat good times and bad with the same equanimity. And things were about to get very clever indeed.
 
This lavish remounting of Listen Like Thieves is 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 savoured by original fans and new admirers alike.

In a brand-new stereo mix by INXS executive music producer Giles Martin and Paul Hicks, the album radiates a raw energy that goes far beyond mere remastering. Martin and Hicks went back to the original masters and built the mix from the ground up to put us in the studio with the band. It creates new layers of sonic depth and an entirely fresh dimension, even for listeners who have been living with the album since the day it emerged.

Then there’s the further bonus of a selection of live performances the BBC forgot they had: the Royal Albert Hall show of June 1986 that captures a new frontier in the band’s British conquest, alongside B-Sides and Remixes. Tracks: CD1: Listen Like Thieves (2025 Giles Martin Mix)
What You Need
Listen Like Thieves
Kiss The Dirt (Falling Down The Mountain)
Shine Like It Does
Good + Bad Times
Biting Bullets
This Time
Three Sisters
Same Direction
One X One
Red Red Sun
CD2: Remixes, B-Sides and Live
Listen Like Thieves (Extended Remix)
Begotten
What You Need (Nick Launay Remix)
I'm Over You
Sweet As Sin
Six Knots
Listen Like Thieves (Instrumental Remix)
Same Direction (Live from Royal Albert Hall 1986 - London, UK)
Kiss The Dirt (Live from Royal Albert Hall 1986 - London, UK)
Biting Bullets (Live from Royal Albert Hall 1986 - London, UK)
Shine Like it Does (Live from Royal Albert Hall 1986 - London, UK)
Listen Like Thieves (Live from Royal Albert Hall 1986 - London, UK)
One X One (Live from Royal Albert Hall 1986 - London, UK)
What You Need (Live from Royal Albert Hall 1986 - London, UK)
Red Red Sun (Live from Royal Albert Hall 1986 - London, UK)

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