The Best of INXS
The Best of INXS | ||||
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Greatest hits album by INXS | ||||
Released | 4 June 2002 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 78:34 | |||
Label | Atlantic/Rhino | |||
Producer | Mark Opitz, Nile Rodgers, Chris Thomas, INXS, David McLees, Emily Cagan, Karen Ahmed, David Edwards[1] | |||
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The Best of INXS is a greatest hits album by Australian rock band INXS, released on 4 June 2002 by Atlantic Records and Rhino Entertainment. It featured digitally remastered versions of tracks from previous albums and reached #144 on the US charts, selling more than 373,000 copies since its release. The compilation features most of their hit singles, as well as two previously unreleased tracks, "Salvation Jane" and "Tight". "Salvation Jane" is an outtake taken from the X sessions in 1990; the 2002 remaster of X features the song's original demo. "Tight" was written by songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Andrew Farriss and recorded by the band during the sessions for Welcome to Wherever You Are in 1992. The song was reworked by the remaining members of INXS in 2002 after the death of vocalist Michael Hutchence in 1997. The nearly identical counterpart compilation released in the same year, Definitive INXS, was a moderate chart success in the UK, peaking at #15.
Track listing
An alternative release of this LP re-organises the track listing.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Need You Tonight" (Single version) | Andrew Farriss, Michael Hutchence | 3:03 |
2. | "What You Need" | A. Farriss, Hutchence | 3:34 |
3. | "By My Side" | A. Farriss, Hutchence, Chris Thomas | 3:04 |
4. | "Taste It" | A. Farriss, Hutchence | 3:24 |
5. | "New Sensation" | A. Farriss, Hutchence | 3:40 |
6. | "The One Thing" | A. Farriss, Hutchence | 3:25 |
7. | "Disappear" | Jon Farriss, Hutchence | 4:07 |
8. | "Never Tear Us Apart" | A. Farriss, Hutchence | 3:02 |
9. | "Original Sin" (Single version) | A. Farriss, Hutchence | 4:01 |
10. | "Mystify" | A. Farriss, Hutchence | 3:18 |
11. | "This Time" | A. Farriss | 3:08 |
12. | "Suicide Blonde" (Maxi-single version – 7" mix) | A. Farriss, Hutchence | 3:50 |
13. | "Beautiful Girl" (Mendelsohn mix) | A. Farriss | 3:09 |
14. | "The Gift" | J. Farriss, Hutchence | 4:03 |
15. | "Listen Like Thieves" | A. Farriss, Hutchence, Garry Gary Beers | 3:46 |
16. | "Devil Inside" (Maxi-single version – Australian single edit) | A. Farriss, Hutchence | 3:56 |
17. | "Bitter Tears" | A. Farriss, Hutchence | 3:51 |
18. | "Not Enough Time" (Single version – Barcelona LP fade) | A. Farriss, Hutchence | 4:19 |
19. | "Salvation Jane" | A. Farriss | 4:43 |
20. | "Tight" (Dan the Automator remix) | A. Farriss | 4:35 |
21. | "Don't Change" | A. Farriss, Hutchence, Beers, Kirk Pengilly, Tim Farriss, J. Farriss | 4:25 |
Limited special edition disc
- "Mystify" Live from America
- "Suicide Blonde" Live from America
- "New Sensation" Live from America
- "Tight" Dan the Automator remix
- "Precious Heart" Tall Paul vs. INXS – Radio edit
- "I'm So Crazy" Par-T-One vs. INXS – Radio edit
- "Suicide Blonde" Music video
- "Need You Tonight" Music video
- "Mystify" Music video
Personnel
INXS
- Michael Hutchence – vocals, production
- Andrew Farriss – keyboards, guitars, production
- Tim Farriss – guitars, bass, production
- Kirk Pengilly – guitar, saxophone, vocals, production
- Garry Gary Beers – bass, production
- Jon Farriss – drums, production
Additional musicians
- Sunil DeSilva – percussion on "Not Enough Time"
- Deni Hines – backing vocals on "Not Enough Time"
- Casual – rap on "Tight"
- James Morrison – brass section on "Tight"
References
- ^ The Best of INXS (CD Liner). INXS. Atlantic/Rhino. 2002. R2 78251.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. p. 406. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
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- INXS
- Underneath the Colours
- Shabooh Shoobah
- The Swing
- Listen Like Thieves
- Kick
- X
- Welcome to Wherever You Are
- Full Moon, Dirty Hearts
- Elegantly Wasted
- Switch
- Original Sin
- INXSIVE
- The Greatest Hits
- Shine Like It Does: The Anthology (1979–1997)
- The Best of INXS
- Stay Young 1979–1982
- Definitive INXS
- The Years 1979–1997
- INXS²: The Remixes
- Original Sin – The Collection
- Taste It: The Collection
- The Very Best
- Live Baby Live
- Live in Aspen
- INXS: Live at Barker Hangar
- Live at Wembley Stadium 1991
- INXS: Live Baby Live Wembley Stadium
- "Simple Simon"
- "Just Keep Walking"
- "The Loved One"
- "Stay Young"
- "Night of Rebellion"
- "The One Thing"
- "Don't Change"
- "To Look at You"
- "Black and White"
- "Original Sin"
- "I Send a Message"
- "Burn for You"
- "Dancing on the Jetty"
- "What You Need"
- "This Time"
- "Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)"
- "Listen Like Thieves"
- "Good Times"
- "Need You Tonight"
- "Mediate"
- "New Sensation"
- "Devil Inside"
- "Never Tear Us Apart"
- "Mystify"
- "Suicide Blonde"
- "Disappear"
- "By My Side"
- "Bitter Tears"
- "The Stairs"
- "Shining Star"
- "Heaven Sent"
- "Baby Don't Cry"
- "Not Enough Time"
- "Taste It"
- "Beautiful Girl"
- "The Gift"
- "Please (You Got That ...)"
- "Time"
- "Freedom Deep"
- "The Strangest Party (These Are the Times)"
- "Elegantly Wasted"
- "Everything"
- "Don't Lose Your Head"
- "Searching"
- "Precious Heart"
- "I'm So Crazy"
- "Tight"
- "One of My Kind"
- "I Get Up"
- "Pretty Vegas"
- "Afterglow"
- "Devil's Party"
- "Perfect Strangers"
- "God's Top Ten"
- "Dream on Black Girl (Original Sin)"
- Discography
- Dogs in Space
- INXS: Never Tear Us Apart
- Jimmy Barnes
- Make My Video
- Max Q
- Michael Hutchence (album)
- Rock Star: INXS
- The Dead Daisies
- Mystify: Michael Hutchence
- Mystify: A Musical Journey with Michael Hutchence
- Original Sin – The Seven Sins
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