The Years 1979–1997

Infobox Album | Name = The Years 1979-1997
Type = Compilation album
Artist = INXS


Released = December 10 2002
Recorded = Various
Genre = Rock
Length =
Label = Universal
Producer = Various
Reviews = *Allmusic (4.5/5) [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:9paxlf0eacqo link]
Last album = "Definitive INXS/The Best of INXS"
(2002)
This album = "The Years 1979-1997"
(2002)
Next album = "Stay Young 1979-1982"
(2002)

"The Years 1979-1997" is a greatest hits compilation released by Australian rock band INXS on December 10 2002 (see 2002 in music).

Track listing

Disc One

# "Just Keep Walking"
# "The Loved One"
# "Stay Young"
# "The One Thing"
# "Don't Change"
# "To Look at You"
# "Original Sin"
# "I Send A Message"
# "Burn for You"
# "Dancing on the Jetty"
# "This Time"
# "What You Need"
# "Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)"
# "Listen Like Thieves"
# "Shine Like it Does"
# "Need You Tonight"
# "Devil Inside"
# "New Sensation"
# "Mystify"
# "Kick"
# "Never Tear Us Apart"

Disc Two

# "Suicide Blonde"
# "Disappear"
# "Bitter Tears"
# "By My Side"
# "The Stairs (Live)
# "Shining Star"
# "Heaven Sent"
# "Taste It"
# "Baby Don't Cry"
# "Beautiful Girl"
# "Not Enough Time"
# "The Gift"
# "Please (You Got That...)
# "Time"
# "The Strangest Party (These Are the Times)
# "Elegantly Wasted"
# "Don't Lose Your Head"
# "Searching"
# "Salvation Jane"
# "Tight"

WHICH SONGS CAME FROM WHICH ALBUM;"INXS" (1980): "Just Keep Walking"

"Underneath the Colours" (1981): "Stay Young"

"Shabooh Shoobah" (1982): "The One Thing", "Don't Change", "To Look at You"

"The Swing" (1984): "Original Sin", "I Send A Message", "Burn For You", "Dancing on the Jetty"

"Listen Like Thieves" (1985): "This Time", "What You Need", "Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)", "Listen Like Thieves", "Shine Like it Does"

"Kick" (1987): "Need You Tonight", "Devil Inside", "New Sensation", "Mystify", "Kick", "Never Tear Us Apart"

"X" (1990): "Suicide Blonde", "Disappear", "Bitter Tears", "By My Side", "The Stairs"

"Live Baby Live" (1991): "Shining Star"

"Welcome to Wherever You Are" (1992): "Heaven Sent", "Taste It", "Baby Don't Cry", "Beautiful Girl", "Not Enough Time"

"Full Moon, Dirty Hearts" (1993): "The Gift", "Please (You Got That...)", "Time"

"Greatest Hits" (1994): "The Strangest Party (These Are the Times)"

"Elegantly Wasted" (1997): "Elegantly Wasted", "Don't Lose Your Head"

BONUS TRACKS;

"The Loved One" - Released as a single only, in 1981.

"Searching" - Off the "Elegantly Wasted" album, was to be released as a single in early 1998, but these plans were cancelled following the death of Michael Hutchence.

"Salvation Jane" - This track was recorded in December 1989 for the "X" album, but was never included in the album.

"Tight" - This track was recorded in 1992 for the "Welcome to Wherever You Are" album, but was dropped.

NOTE: The version of "The Stairs" that featured in this album was taken off the "Live Baby Live" album, recorded in 1991. It was originally off the "X" album.