Listen Like Thieves

Listen Like Thieves

Infobox Album |
Name = Listen Like Thieves
Type = Album
Artist = INXS


Released = October 14, 1985
Recorded = August 1985
Genre = New Wave, Pop rock, College rock, Nightclub dance, Rock, Australian rock
Length = 37:10
Label = Atlantic Records (US)
Mercury Records
WEA Records
Producer = Chris Thomas
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:p227gjlrj6ip link]
Last album = "The Swing"
(1984)
This album = "Listen Like Thieves"
(1985)
Next album = "Kick"
(1987)

"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 United States, "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

Chart positions

ingles

* "This Time"/"Sweet As Sin" (September 1985)
* "What You Need"/Im Over You" (August 1985)
* "Listen Like Thieves"/"Different World" (April 1986)
* "Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)"/"Six Knots" (March 1986)
* "Shine Like It Does" (1986)

Videos

* "This Time"
* "What You Need"
* "Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)"
* "Listen Like Thieves"

ong uses in popular culture

* The song "Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)" was featured on the fictional radio station in the video game "".

succession box
before = "Be Yourself Tonight" by Eurythmics
title = Australian Kent Music Report number-one album
years = October 14 - October 27 1985
after = "For the Working Class Man"
by Jimmy Barnes


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