Listen Like Thieves

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Listen Like Thieves
Studio album by INXS
Released	October 14, 1985
Recorded	August 1985
Genre	New Wave, Pop Rock, College Rock, Club Dance, Rock & Roll, Aussie Rock
Length	37:10
Label	Atlantic Records
Producer(s)	Chris Thomas
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INXS chronology
The Swing (1984)	Listen Like Thieves (1985)	Kick (1987)

Listen Like Thieves is the fifth album by the Australian rock band INXS. It was released in 1985. Considered a breaththrough album for the band, it featured their first Top 5 single in the US, "What You Need." This album also marks their alliance with Chris Thomas, who would produce the band's most successful albums.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Singles 3 Videos 4 Miscellanea

[edit] Track listing

1. "What You Need" – 3:35
2. "Listen Like Thieves" – 3:47
3. "Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)" – 3:56
4. "Shine Like It Does" – 3:05
5. "Good + Bad Times" – 2:46
6. "Biting Bullets" – 2:49
7. "This Time" – 3:11
8. "Three Sisters" – 2:27
9. "Same Direction" – 4:58
10. "One x One" – 3:05
11. "Red Red Sun" – 3:32

[edit] Singles

• "This Time" (Nov 1985)
• "What You Need" (Apr 1986)
• "Listen Like Thieves" (Jun 1986)
• "Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)" (Aug 1986)
• "Shine Like It Does" (1986)

[edit] Videos

• "This Time"
• "What You Need"
• "Kiss The Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)"
• "Listen Like Thieves"

[edit] Miscellanea

• Just after the album was recorded and finished and ready for inspection by their record label, producer Chris Thomas said to the band that the album didn't have a "hit" so he ordered Andrew Farriss and Michael Hutchence to write a song by the next morning to record. They did accomplish it in the end, and the song was "What You Need", their most successful single out of the album.