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No haircut too lousy, no fashion mistake too obvious: INXS were as much an emblem (symptom?) of the 1980s as Bon Jovi, while never achieving quite the same level of sustained appeal. This album (along with Kick, which followed it) marked their commercial peak, presenting their strongest-ever line-up of songs. Tracks like "What You Need" and "This Time" demonstrated their knack with a groove and a chorus, respectively--and played shamelessly to the sexual stage persona of frontman Michael Hutchence (who had a decent voice, for a man in leather trousers). Intriguingly, both "Shine Like It Does" and "Kiss The Dirt (Falling Down The Mountain)" resonate with a clear sense of their Australian origins: the wide outback, the vastness of the sky; while "Three Sisters"--an "experimental soundscape"--briefly recalls their brief flirtation with post-punk, as Sydney teenagers besotted with the likes of Gang of Four And Pere Ubu. Who would have thought it? --Andrew McGuire
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SHABOOH SHOOBAH and THE SWING may have produced college radio hits like "The One Thing" and "The Original Sin", but it took 1985's LISTEN LIKE THIEVES for INXS to make a true commercial breakthrough in the US. The album leads off with three killer singles, the still-remarkable whiplash dance swagger of "What You Need" and the more anthemic rockers "Listen Like Thieves" and "This Time". On the first of those in particular, singer Michael Hutchence finally perfects the postmodern Mick Jagger vibe he'd been trying to achieve since 1980's INXS, and the band was rewarded with a substantially larger American audience, a commercial gain solidified on the next album, 1987's mega-platinum KICK. LISTEN LIKE THIEVES didn't reach that level of marketplace success because the songwriting quality dips a bit after that impressive opening stretch, but it's nonetheless a fine commercial pop album.
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