INXS – ”Listen Like Thieves” 40TH anniversary deluxe edition to be released

INXS

LISTEN LIKE THIEVES (40TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION)

COMPREHENSIVE 40TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION OF INXS’S GLOBAL BREAKTHROUGH ALBUM CONTAINING:

BRAND NEW 2025 REMIX BY GILES MARTIN AND PAUL HICKS

PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED OUTTAKES AND STUDIO DEMOS

RECENTLY DISCOVERED BBC RECORDING LIVE FROM THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL, LONDON 1986

EXTENSIVE LINER NOTES AND NEW BAND INTERVIEW BY RENOWNED JOURNALIST PAUL SEXTON

BRAND NEW DOLBY ATMOS MIX

ALSO AVAILABLE AS EXTENDED EDITION DOUBLE-CD AND VINYL

ALL VERSIONS RELEASED MAY 9

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 Thieveswas 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 savoured by original fans and new admirers alike.”

Listen Like Thieves (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) Track list

3CD/1LP

LP + CD1: Listen Like Thieves (2025 Mix by Giles Martin and Paul Hicks)

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: Demos & Outtakes

“We’re rolling, it’s 1985” – Studio Chat
Funk Song #11 – Take 2 (Working Title of What You Need)
“Press the blue and red button” – Studio Chat
Kiss The Dirt – Demo
Listen Like Thieves Track Commentary
Listen Like Thieves – Demo
Listen Like Thieves Radio Intro
One X One – Demo
This Time – Demo
Shine Like It Does – Demo
Good and Bad Times – Alternate Take
Red Red Sun – Rehearsal Fragment
Red Red Sun – Alternate Outtake
Same Direction Track Commentary
Funk Song #9 (Working Title of Same Direction) – Studio Demo
What You Need – ‘Calvin Bell’ Home Demo
Shine Like It Does – Home Demo
Listen Like Thieves – Home Demo
Kiss the Dirt – ‘Calvin Bell’ Home Demo

CD3: Live From Royal Albert Hall

Live in London, UK – June 24, 1986
Intro
Same Direction
Soul Mistake
Kiss The Dirt (Falling Down The Mountain)
Biting Bullets
Burn For You
Do Wot You Do
Original Sin
Different World
Shine Like It Does
Listen Like Thieves
One x One
What You Need
Red Red Sun

2CD
CD1: Listen Like Thieves (2025 Mix by Giles Martin and Paul Hicks)

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 (instrumental)
Same Direction
One x One
Red Red Sun

CD2: B-Sides, Remixes & Live Recordings

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)*
Kiss The Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain) (Live)*
Biting Bullets (Live)*
Shine Like it Does (Live)*
Listen Like Thieves (Live)*
One X One (Live)*
What You Need (Live)*
Red Red Sun (Live)*
Red Red Sun (Live)*
*Previously Unreleased

1LP

Side A
What You Need
Listen Like Thieves
Kiss The Dirt (Falling Down The Mountain)
Shine Like It Does
Good + Bad Times

Side B

Biting Bullets
This Time
Three Sisters
Same Direction
One x One
Red Red Sun

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