Inxs - The Best Of INXS - Music & Performance - CD

The Best of INXS: an all new single disc collection n packed with 21 hits, including 2 previously unreleased tracks: "Tight" (written during the Wel come... sessions remixed for this CD by Dan the Automator) and "Salvation Jane" (one of the first songs intended for X).

Following a year after Rhino's double-disc set Shine Like It Does, Rhino's The Best of INXS trumps the 1994 set Greatest Hits in the single-disc sweepstakes, but just barely. Over the course of 21 tracks, this does have nearly all of the hits, plus many of the bigger album tracks. What dents this a bit is the lack of a logical, chronological sequencing, along with a few absent key tracks, such as "The Stairs." For most of the audience, these songs won't be consciously missed, yet it does suggest that this could have been assembled better than it was. Nevertheless, it's perfectly serviceable as a collection of highlights, presenting all the group's big hits, from "Original Sin" to "Beautiful Girl," all on one platter, albeit not in chronological order. The band would have been better-served by a straight chronological listing -- particularly because lousy tunes like "Taste It" arrive so early in the album -- but apart from that, this is en enjoyable overview, containing all the biggest hits on one disc. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Performer	INXS
Music genre	Pop Rock
Music subgenre	Pop Rock
Music release type	Compilation
Media format	CD
Original release date	2002
Edition	Standard Edition
Language	English
Is collectible	Y
Number of tracks	21
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	1
Series title	INXS - The Best Of INXS COMPACT DISCS
Track listing	Need You Tonight, What You Need, By My Side, Taste It, New Sensation, The One Thing, Disappear, Never Tear Us Apart, Original Sin, Mystify, This Time, Suicide Blonde, Beautiful Girl, The Gift, Listen Like Thieves, Devil Inside, Bitter Tears, Not Enough Time, Salvation Jane, Tight, Don't Change
Record label	Atlantic
Target audience	Adult
Composer	Mark Opitz, Nick Launay, Nile Rodgers, Chris Thomas, Inxs
Songwriter	Inxs
Music producer	Mark Opitz
Number in series	1
Occasion	All Occasion
Track name	Tight
Digital audio file format	CD
Music media format	CD
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	N