INXS Shine Like It Does: The Anthology CD

Includes liner notes by INXS, David Fricke and Andrew Farriss.

Digitally remastered by Dan Hersch and Bill Inglot (Digiprep).

Starting as a hard-working bar band, Australia's INXS honed their sound slogging across their homeland, playing anywhere that would have them. When they hit the big time in the 1980s, it was initially through college-radio hits from their fifth album, LISTEN LIKE THIEVES. The next two, KICK and X, launched them into mega-stardom. Sadly, after a commercially lean but artistically adventurous period in the '90s, lead singer Michael Hutchence's suicide effectively ended INXS's nearly 20-year run as one of the best pop groups of their day. (The band has since reunited to perform with other singers, however.)

Chronologically arranged, SHINE LIKE IT DOES neatly compiles highlights from their career, as their hyperactive New Wave sound ("Simple Simon," "Just Keep Walking") morphed into a more funk-based groove ("The One Thing," "Dancing on the Jetty," and the absolutely stellar "Don't Change"). Adding a heavy dose of Hutchence's sensuality, the tracks from "What You Need" through "Kick" all display a gloriously slinky funk & roll and deserved the chart success they received. While reacquainting listeners with the group's hits, this collection more importantly makes a convincing case that late-period INXS was not afraid to experiment with their sound and was frequently successful at matching, if not surpassing, their earl

SHINE LIKE IT DOES includes a 60-page color booklet.

2cds (1979-1997)

INXS: Michael Hutchence (vocals); Kirk Pengilly (guitar, saxophone, background vocals); Andrew Farriss (guitar, keyboards); Tim Farriss (guitar); Jon Farriss (keyboards, drums); Garry Gary Beers (bass).

Producers include: Duncan McGuire, INXS, Richard Clapton, Mark Opitz, Chris Thomas.

Compilation producers: INXS, David McLees, Shawn Amos, Emily Cagan.

Engineers include: Duncan McGuire, Alex Veritoff, Andrew Scott.

Personnel: Kirk Pengilly (vocals, guitar, saxophone); Jimmy Barnes, Michael Hutchence (vocals); Andrew Farriss (guitar, keyboards); Tim Farriss (guitar, synthesizer); Jon Farriss (drums); Luis Conti (percussion); Sean Kelly, Daryl Hall, Dave Mason, Joanie Bye, Frank Simms, Kim Liat Edwards, Andrew Duffield, David Spinner, Norma Lewis, Sherine (background vocals).

Audio Mixers: David Nicholas; Mark Opitz; Nick Launay; Niven Garland; Tom Lord-Alge; Bob Clearmountain.

Audio Remasterer: Dan Hersch.

Audio Remixers: Julian Mendelsohn; John Moran; Bob Clearmountain.

Liner Note Author: David Fricke.

Recording information: A&M Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA (1979-1997); Armoury Studio, Vancouver, El Coritijo, Marbella, Spain (1979-1997); Capri Digital Studios, Capri, Italy (1979-1997); El Cortijo, Marbella, Spain (1979-1997); Emerald City Studios, Sydney, New South Wales, Australi (1979-1997); EMI Studios, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (1979-1997); Manor Studios, Oxford, England (1979-1997); Olympic Studios, London, England (1979-1997); Paradise Studios, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (1979-1997); Power Station, NY (1979-1997); Rhinoceros Recordings, Sydney, New South Wales, Austral (1979-1997); Studio 301, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (1979-1997); Studio De La Grande Armee, Paris, France (1979-1997); Studio Guillaume Tell, Suresmes, France (1979-1997); The Manor Studios, Oxford, England (1979-1997); The Power Station, NY (1979-1997); Trafalgar Studios, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (1979-1997); Wembley Stadium, London, England (1979-1997); Westside Studios, London, England (1979-1997).

Photographer: Grant Matthews.

Additional personnel: Ray Charles, Jimmy Barnes (vocals); Greg Thorne (trumpet); Peter Kekel (piano); Tim Farriss (synthesizer, bass); Sunil DeSilva, Luis Conte (percussion); Karen Ansell, Dave Mason, Sherine Abeyratne, Andrew Duffield, Kim-Liat Edwards, Daryl Hall, Sean Kelly, Norma Lewis, Jenny Morris, Frank Simms, David Spinner, Deni Hines, Joani Bye, Tania Hanceroff (b