INXS- Listen Like Thieves 40th- Tim & Andrew Farriss, Kirk Pengilly 9-22

If in Autumn 1985 you were fortunate to catch Australian band INXS in a medium-sized hall or theater upon the release of their fifth album Listen Like Thieves, what you witnessed first-hand was a precision, smartly rehearsed band’s star rising like a bottle rocket toward international stardom. With sales of three and a half million, two million of which were in the US alone, Listen Like Thieves contained INXS’s first Top 5 hit “What You Need”, plus “Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)”, “This Time”, and the title song.

For the fortieth anniversary of Listen Like Thieves (#11 on Billboard), my guests include INXS guitarist Tim Farriss, keyboard player/songwriter Andrew Farriss, multi-instrumentalist reed man Kirk Pengilly, and my archival interview with the late singer Michael Hutchence here In the Studio the week of September 22. –Redbeard