INXS, an Australian band active from the late ’70s through the late ’90s (with Hutchence), gave the Rock world a stream of releases that include ten studio sets. From the release of their third album (Shabooh, Shoobah – 1982), they broke ground in the US after releasing two solid sets in their native land. From there, they were serious business with the release of Kick in 1987, an album that generated 5 hit singles. But before that, Listen Like Thieves was a solid sell with several Platinum awards in sales in three countries.. Listen Like Thieves produced 4 singles including the breakout single, “What You Need”.
On May 9, Atlantic Records will revisit the classic Listen Like Thieves album to help celebrate its 40th Anniversary. It will be reissued in several forms and will feature a new Dolby Atmos remix as well as a new stereo remix, both by Giles Martin for 2025.
The 40th anniversary reissue of Listen Like Thieves from INXS will be offered on 2CD (With Original Album and Extended Remixes and Demos), DD, LP, and a special SDE BD that will offer the album in Dolby Atmos, the new stereo mix, and a collection of 15 bonus tracks that will include extended mixes and B-sides as well as 8 previously unreleased live tracks. A Deluxe Edition of Listen Like Thieves will collect 3CD/1LP together.
Listen Like Thieves (40th Anniversary) – INXS
3CD/1LP Deluxe Box
CD1 (Original Album with 2025 Giles Martin Mix)
01 What You Need
02 Listen Like Thieves
03 Kiss The Dirt (Falling Down The Mountain)
04 Shine Like It Does
05 Good + Bad Times
06 Biting Bullets
07 This Time
08 Three Sisters
09 Same Direction
10 One x One
11 Red Red Sun
CD2 (Demos/Outtakes)
01 Studio Dialogue
02 Funk Song #11 (Take 2) [Working Title of What You Need (Alternate Take)]
03 Studio Dialogue
04 Kiss The Dirt (Studio Demo)
05 Meaning of the Song, “Listen Like Thieves” (Interview Segment)
06 Listen Like Thieves (Studio Demo)
07 INXS FM Radio Spot
08 One X One (Studio Demo)
09 This Time (Studio Demo)
10 Shine Like It Does (Studio Demo)
11 Good and Bad Times (Alternate Take)
12 Red Red Sun (Studio Jam)
13 Red Red Sun (Alternate Take)
14 Recording of Same Direction
15 Funk Song #9 (Working Title of Same Direction)
16 What You Need (Studio Demo)
17 Shine Like It Does (Home Demo)
18 Listen Like Thieves (Home Demo)
19 Kiss the Dirt (Home Demo)
CD3 (Live at Royal Albert Hall – London – June 24, 1986)
01 Introduction
02 Same Direction
03 Soul Mistake
04 Kiss The Dirt
05 Biting Bullets
06 Burn For You
07 Do Wot You Do
08 Original Sin
09 Different World
10 Shine Like it Does
11 Listen Like Thieves
12 One X One
13 What You Need
14 Red Red Sun
LP (Original Album with 2025 Giles Martin Mix)
01 What You Need
02 Listen Like Thieves
03 Kiss The Dirt (Falling Down The Mountain)
04 Shine Like It Does
05 Good + Bad Times
06 Biting Bullets
07 This Time
08 Three Sisters
09 Same Direction
10 One x One
11 Red Red Sun