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INXS: Listen like Thieves

 A l b u m   D e t a i l s


Label: Mercury Records
Released: 1985
Time:
 38:07
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): Chris Thomas
Rating: ********.. (8/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: ww.inxsweb.com
Appears with:
Purchase date: 2001.01.04
Price in €: 2,99



 S o n g s ,   T r a c k s


[1] What You Need (Farriss/Hutchence) - 3:33
[2] Listen Like Thieves (INXS) - 3:58
[3] Kiss The Dirt [Falling Down The Mountain] (Farriss/Hutchence) - 3:52
[4] Shine Like It Does (Farriss/Hutchence) - 3:05
[5] Good + Bad Times (Hutchence/Pengilly) - 2:44
[6] Biting Bullets (Hutchence/Pengilly) - 2:47
[7] This Time (Farriss) - 3:08
[8] Three Sisters (Farriss) - 3:26
[9] Same Direction (Farriss/Hutchence) - 4:56
[10] One X One (Farriss/Hutchence) - 3:06
[11] Red Red Sun (Farriss/Farriss) - 3:32

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


Gary Beers - Bass
Ray Cooper - Percussion
Andrew Farriss - Guitar, Keyboards
Jon Farriss - Drums, Percussion, Vocals
Tim Farriss - Bass, Guitar, Synthesizer
Michael Hutchence - Vocals
Kirk Pengilly - Guitar, Saxophone, Vocals

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


AUS: 252363-1 (vinyl) 8/85 WEA
AUS: 8249572 (CD) Polygram
UK: MERH82 (double vinyl w/The Swing) 10/85 Mercury
UK: 824957-2 (CD) Mercury
US: 781277-1 (vinyl) 10/85 Atlantic
US: 781277-2 (CD) Atlantic



INXS completes its transition into an excellent rock & roll singles band with this album. Unfortunately, the new configuration only works for three songs: "What You Need," "Listen like Thieves," and "Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)." But these three songs are so strong that the album cannot be dismissed completely. The album is worth its price just for "What You Need," a strong Stonesy groove with Michael Hutchence singing more warmly than he ever has.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine - All Music Guide



INXS is Rising.

The drums crash and guitar blares from the first song on the album. We lead of with What You Need, which is the first top ten hit for INXS, I beleive it hit #5 on the charts here. When you buy the CD you will instantly recognize this song. It's also on their greatest hits CD from 1994, which is also worth picking up. Listen Like Thieves is the next track. It gives me a mental picture of summer, the heat, Australia, and people listening to the radio in their cars. The bass is somewhat heavy in this track, but good. Kiss The Dirt has a very melodic feel to it. It starts out as a lighter pop/rock song for the time, but has a great rocking guitar part towards the middle/end of the song. There are great rythym changes. Shine Like It Does seems to have a deeper meaning in the song. "Every single hour that we have known", from the song is one of my favorite lines in a song. It seques into Good + Bad Times. Synthesisers, a rocking guitar, and heavy drums make this a shoulda-been released single in the US, along with Kiss The Dirt. Biting Bullets has a very punk feel, think of a faster Sex Pistols song. Lighting vocals and good guitar work make this another good track. This Time laments yet another lovers quarell. The singer seems to tire of the typical love/hate game in many relationships. Three Sisters is an instrumental. It's good, but seems slightly out of place in this album. Same Direction has a distorted guitar beginning and could be the most "psychadelic" (term used loosely here) track on the album. One X One has horns blazing that is very reminiscent of Kick, which would come in 1987. In fact the track sounds particularly like a warm up for Kick. Red Red Sun rocks the album out. Another punk/Police influenced track. You could imagine this on the Police's Synchronicity album, or really any album of theirs. This album shows INXS learning their trade fast and taking command. Kick is only a guitar strum away. This captures them just as they were getting big, but still hungry for success. This is the bridge between their earlier, new wave-type output of 1980-1984, and their later work starting from 1987 until the end in 1997.

Edward Crawford from Alexandria, VA USA, December 6, 2000



Cool grooves made The Swing one of 1984's best "should have been hit" LPs - for all the airplay "Original Sin," "Burn For You" and "I Send A Message" received, it never clicked. Enter producer Chris Thomas, whose consumate work with the Pretenders has made him an expert with guitars. He roughs up the band in all the right ways, sending power chords flying and bringing the synths down in the mix where they belong. What emerges is a rock and roll band with conviction that can no longer be lumped in with the mass of synth bands that has emerged recently. Listen to "What You Need," "This Time," "Listen Like Thieves" and "Good + Bad Times," and be convinced.

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 L y r i c s


WHAT YOU NEED

Hey, here is the story
Forget about the trouble in life
Don't you know, it's not easy
When you gotta walk upon that line

That's why - You need
That's why - This is what you need
I'll give you what you need

Don't you get sad and lonely
You need a change from
What you do all day
Ain't no sense in all your crying
Just pick it up and throw it into shape

Hey you, won't you listen
This is not the end of it all
Don't you see there is a rhythm
I'll take you where you
Really need to be


LISTEN LIKE THIEVES

On the talk back show
On the radio
At the local bar
In the hot traffic
By the red tail lights

Everybody's down on their knees
Listen like thieves
But who needs that
When it's all in your hands

And we take it down
To the end of town
Where they have control
But they're loosing touch
When the lights go out

You are all you need
You are all you need
So don't hesitate
There's no time to waste
You just do it for yourself


KISS THE DIRT (FALLING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN)

Playing in the dirt
We find the seeds of doubt
Don't water them with your tears
Don't think about all the years
You'd rather be without

Eden let's me in
I find the seeds of love
And climb upon the highwire
I kiss and tell all my fears

Falling down the mountain
End up kissing dirt
Look a little closer
Sometimes it wouldn't hurt

Playing in the dirt
We find the seeds of fun
And we scream like alleycats
Tearing down what we attack
To prove that we are one

Cutting through the night
And we find the seeds of lust
And loose our minds on one intent
These passions never seem to end


SHINE LIKE IT DOES

This is the power
Since time began
Every single hour
That we have known
And from each moment
All that is left
Sleep of the innocent
Just one desire

Shine like it does
Into every heart
Shine like it does
And if you're looking
You will find it
You will find it

This is the story
Since time began
There will come a day
When we will know


GOOD + BAD TIMES

You must have heard
Of all the rules
Thick and thin
Teaches you hard
And all the tricks
Come back on you
Leave them behind
There's a better way
A better way

All along you must have known
Where your life was leading
The good and bad times
Where your life was leading

And I know you've been through hell
Yes I know all about it
And I've seen your cool white face
But I can't seem to care about it
Care about it


BITING BULLETS

Don't you wonder
Is anyone that strong
It takes me under
Believing what I'm seeing
I get so tired
Of watching friends go down
The hungry tiger
For all who never began

Biting bullets
Biting the clouds
Biting bullets
Biting the clouds

I saw the show
Shaking all the babies
Should I believe
The parade of clever lies
Shadow of light
In the shadow of death
There is no difference
For all who never began

I loose myself like anybody else
But I'm not so strong to make it in the end
I need some answers when
The day comes crashing down
But it's all over when there's
No one to be found


THIS TIME

I will believe you
If you say it's true
Girl you know I need you more than any
Word spoken
I've seen you before
Turn and walk away
You say you won't come back
It's a game anyway

We are hoping - yes we are praying
This time will be the last time
That we will fight like this

We are always wanting
Things we cannot find
You know that we are always wasting
Time

You know I can forget
We have fought before
I've seen inside your heart
And I know it's breaking


THREE SISTERS

(Instrumental)


SAME DIRECTION

There are few of us
Who will ever know
We're counting on every day
I'm not sure about
Why things are going this way
Believe it - you can see it

And we all just need the same thing
Tell you what I know
We're heading in the same direction
So never let it go

I will turn around
Try to understand
All of the feelings unsaid
If your serious
Love is dangerous
It changes my world everyday

Believe it - you can see it


ONE X ONE

And when your heart stops beating
And the stars stop shining
When all your tears go dry
Honey one by one
I will still be there
I will sing your song
And come to you
Oh oh all night long

And is this all that it seems
Cause this is all that we need
When all the thorns are cut away
Baby one by one
Will you still be there
Will you sing my song
And come with me
Oh oh all night long

And all your kisses linger
Like they always do
Let all that spirit in you
Take it to the end
I will still be there
I will sing your song
And come to you all night long


RED RED SUN

There's a red red sun
And it's coming for you
I tell it a story
As it sinks out of view

One sun apart
One heart within
Red sun shines on
Sees no tomorrow
Sees no tomorrow

There's a girl far away
And she's calling my name
With a tower of love
And a shadow of pain

There's a red red sun
And it's coming for you
To waken your heart
Like you know I always will do

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