1985-10-14
Listen Like Thieves
INXS
By Maeve C.
Sydney’s Rhinoceros studio was the base for Listen Like Thieves, which INXS made with producer Chris Thomas. The album opens with “What You Need,” the song that gave the band their first top five hit in the United States.
“This Time,” “Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)” and the title track were also released as singles over the following months. In Australia the album spent two weeks at number one on the Kent Music Report, and it climbed to No. 11 on the Billboard 200, with WEA, Mercury and Atlantic among its labels.
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Rights-holder metadata (Petrol Records) dates the album 14 October 1985.Corroborates 14 October 1985; producer Chris Thomas; Rhinoceros studio, Sydney; singles; “What You Need” first US top five; two weeks No. 1 in Australia; Billboard 200 No. 11; labels WEA, Mercury, Atlantic.
MusicBrainz release group first-release date 1985-10-14.