Listen Like Thieves
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| Studio album by INXS | ||||
| Released | 14 October 1985 | |||
| Recorded | August 1985 Rhinoceros Studios, Sydney |
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| Genre | New wave, Australian rock, alternative rock | |||
| Length | 37:16 | |||
| Label | Atlantic, Mercury, WEA | |||
| Producer | Chris Thomas | |||
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| AllMusic |   |
| Rolling Stone (1985) | (favorable) |
| Rolling Stone (2004) |  |
Listen Like Thieves is the fifth studio album by the Australian rock band INXS. It was released on 14 October 1985. It spent two weeks at number one on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart. Considered an international breakthrough album for the band, it peaked at No. 11 on the United States Billboard 200, No. 24 on the Canadian RPM 100 Albums and top 50 in the United Kingdom.
The album featured the band's first top 5 single in the U.S., "What You Need", and it also won the group the Countdown Music and Video Award for 'Best Video' with that single, a sign of the critical acclaim that INXS had achieved. Listen Like Thieves also marks the beginning of the group's off-and-on alliance with producer Chris Thomas.
Listen Like Thieves is the fifth studio album by INXS. The Sydney-based group had formed in 1977 by three brothers Andrew on guitar and keyboards; Jon on percussion and drums; and Tim Farriss on guitar; together with Garry Gary Beers on bass guitar; Michael Hutchence on lead vocals; and Kirk Pengilly on guitar, saxophone, and vocals. Their previous album, The Swing (April 1984), had local chart success peaking at number one on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart and No. 6 in New Zealand. Although appearing on international charts – No. 52 on United States Billboard 200, and No. 27 on the Canadian RPM 100 Albums – INXS wanted to improve their world wide impact.
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