'''Listen Like Thieves''' is the fifth
album by the
Australian rock band INXS. It was released in 1985. Considered a breakthrough 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.
Track listing
# "
What You Need" – 3:35
# "
Listen Like Thieves" – 3:47
# "Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)" – 3:56
# "Shine Like It Does" – 3:05
# "Good + Bad Times" – 2:46
# "Biting Bullets" – 2:49
# "This Time" – 3:11
# "Three Sisters" – 2:27
# "Same Direction" – 4:58
# "One x One" – 3:05
# "Red Red Sun" – 3:32
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)
Videos
★ "This Time"
★ "
What You Need"
★ "Kiss The Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)"
★ "
Listen Like Thieves"
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 from the album.
★ The song "Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)" was featured on the fictional radio station FLASH FM in the video game ''.
External link
★
"What You Need" music video with lyrics