INXS have announced a 40th anniversary deluxe edition of their global breakthrough album, Listen Like Thieves.
Listen Like Thieves (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) is a deep dive celebration into the album, releasing on May 9. It is available as a Deluxe Edition 3CD/LP set containing a brand new 2025 remix by Giles Martin and Paul Hicks on CD and vinyl, extensive previously unreleased outtakes and demos, a rare BBC Recording, Live From The Royal Albert Hall, London, 1986 and a new interview with the band by acclaimed writer Paul Sexton.
The Extended Edition 2CD contains the new mix, while the CD-2 has a selection of B-sides, remixes and live recordings; the 1LP 40th Anniversary Edition vinyl contains the new 2025 mix. Pre-order here.
“It’s been such an honor to work on this pivotal album from INXS’s career,” Martin said. “It’s a collection of recordings masterly produced by Chris Thomas, which helped the band define their own style and reach a massive global audience. It’s an iconic rock album of its age.”
Listen Like Thieves (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) Tracklist:
3CD/1LP
LP + CD1: Listen Like Thieves (2025 Mix by Giles Martin and Paul Hicks)
What You Need
Listen Like Thieves
Kiss The Dirt (Falling Down The Mountain)
Shine Like It Does
Good + Bad Times
Biting Bullets
This Time
Three Sisters
Same Direction
One x One
Red Red Sun
CD2: Demos & Outtakes
“We’re rolling, it’s 1985” – Studio Dialogue
Funk Song #11 – Take 2 / Working Title of What You Need (Alternate Take)
“Press the blue and red button” – Studio Dialogue
Kiss The Dirt (Studio Demo)
Meaning of the song “Listen Like Thieves” – Interview Excerpt
Listen Like Thieves (Studio Demo)
INXS SA FM Radio Spot
One X One (Studio Demo)
This Time (Studio Demo)
Shine Like It Does (Studio Demo)
Good and Bad Times (Alternate Take)
Red Red Sun (Studio Jam)
Red Red Sun (Alternate Take)
Recording of Same Direction
Funk Song #9 (Working title of Same Direction)
What You Need (Studio Demo)
Shine Like It Does (Home Demo)
Listen Like Thieves (Home Demo)
Kiss the Dirt (Home Demo)
CD3: Live From Royal Albert Hall
Live in London, UK – June 24, 1986
Intro by Pete Drummond
Same Direction
Soul Mistake
Kiss The Dirt (Falling Down The Mountain)
Biting Bullets
Burn For You
Do Wot You Do
Original Sin
Different World
Shine Like It Does
Listen Like Thieves
One x One
What You Need
Red Red Sun
2CD
CD1: Listen Like Thieves (2025 Mix by Giles Martin and Paul Hicks)
What You Need
Listen Like Thieves
Kiss The Dirt (Falling Down The Mountain)
Shine Like It Does
Good + Bad Times
Biting Bullets
This Time
Three Sisters (instrumental)
Same Direction
One x One
Red Red Sun
CD2: B-Sides, Remixes & Live Recordings
Listen Like Thieves (Extended Remix)
Begotten
What You Need (Nick Launay Remix)
I’m Over You
Sweet As Sin
Six Knots
Listen Like Thieves (Instrumental Remix)
Same Direction (Live)*
Kiss The Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain) (Live)*
Biting Bullets (Live)*
Shine Like it Does (Live)*
Listen Like Thieves (Live)*
One X One (Live)*
What You Need (Live)*
Red Red Sun (Live)*
Red Red Sun (Live)*
*Previously Unreleased
1LP
Side A
What You Need
Listen Like Thieves
Kiss The Dirt (Falling Down The Mountain)
Shine Like It Does
Good + Bad Times
Side B
Biting Bullets
This Time
Three Sisters
Same Direction
One x One
Red Red Sun
Source: RTT Music News
