The Very Best (INXS album)
The Very Best | ||||
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Greatest hits album by | ||||
Released | 21 October 2011 | |||
Recorded | 1980–2011 | |||
Genre | Rock, alternative rock, new wave, post-punk, hard rock | |||
Label | Universal Music Australia | |||
INXS chronology | ||||
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The Very Best is a greatest hits album released by Australian band INXS in 2011. It initially peaked at #39.
Following the screening of INXS: Never Tear Us Apart, an Australian miniseries about INXS that commenced on 9 February 2014 on the Seven Network,[1] the album re-entered the charts, peaking at #1.[2] When the miniseries screened in New Zealand in August 2014, the album also charted, similarly peaking at #1.[3]
Track listing[]
The album was released in three formats; a single-disc version, a double-disc version and a double-disc version with a DVD.[4]
Standard edition[]
- "Need You Tonight" – 3:03 (from Kick 1987)
- "Mystify" – 3:19 (from Kick)
- "Suicide Blonde" – 3:53 (from X 1990)
- "Taste It" – 3:20 (from Welcome to Wherever You Are 1992)
- "Original Sin" – 5:18 (from The Swing 1984)
- "Heaven Sent" – 3:20 (from Welcome to Wherever You Are)
- "Disappear" – 4:10 (from X)
- "Never Tear Us Apart" – 3:05 (from Kick)
- "The Gift" – 4:04 (from Full Moon, Dirty Hearts 1993)
- "Devil Inside" – 5:15 (from Kick)
- "Beautiful Girl" – 3:29 (from Welcome to Wherever You Are)
- "By My Side" – 3:06 (from X)
- "Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)" – 3:55 (from Listen Like Thieves 1985)
- "Elegantly Wasted" – 4:34 (from Elegantly Wasted 1997)
- "New Sensation" – 3:41 (from Kick)
- "What You Need" – 3:36 (from Listen Like Thieves)
- "Listen Like Thieves" – 3:48 (from Listen Like Thieves)
- "Just Keep Walking" – 2:44 (from INXS 1980)
- "Bitter Tears" – 3:50 (from X)
- "Baby Don't Cry" – 4:47 (from Welcome to Wherever You Are)
Deluxe edition[]
The first disc has the same track listing as the single-disc edition.
- CD 2
- "Don't Change" – 4:27 (from Shabooh Shoobah 1982)
- "The One Thing" – 3:26 (from Shabooh Shoobah)
- "Shining Star" – 3:44 (from Live Baby Live 1994)
- "The Stairs" – 4:58 (from X)
- "Please (You Got That...)" – 3:04 (INXS and Ray Charles) (from Full Moon, Dirty Hearts)
- "Burn For You" – 4:59 (from The Swing)
- "I Send a Message" – 3:24 (from The Swing)
- "The Loved One" – 3:37 (from Kick)
- "This Time" – 3:10 (from Listen Like Thieves)
- "Shine Like It Does" – 3:07 (from Listen Like Thieves)
- "Stay Young" – 3:25 (from Underneath the Colours 1981)
- "Kick" – 3:15 (from Kick)
- "Calling All Nations" – 3:05 (from Kick)
- "To Look at You" – 3:58 (from Shabooh Shoobah)
- "Good Times" – 3:52 (INXS and Jimmy Barnes)
- "Need You Tonight" (mash-up) – 3:50 (INXS vs. Gwen Stefani)
- "New Sensation" (live at the Edinburgh Playhouse) – 4:06
- "What You Need" (live at the Edinburgh Playhouse) – 5:26
- "Mystify" (live at the Edinburgh Playhouse) – 3:29
- "Disappear" (live at the Brixton Academy) – 3:57
- DVD
- INXS: The Very Best documentary
- "Taste It" (Top of the Pops)
- "The Strangest Party (These Are the Times)" (Top of the Pops)
- "Never Tear Us Apart" (Jools Holland)
- "Need You Tonight" (promo)
- "New Sensation" (promo)
- "Beautiful Girl" (promo)
- "Suicide Blonde" (promo)
- "The Gift" (promo)
Chart performance[]
The Very Best debuted and peaked at number 39 in Australia on 6 November 2011. When promotion began for the mini-series, it re-entered the charts at number 13 on 10 November 2013. With the airing on the mini-series in February 2014, the album slowly rose to number-one on 17 February 2014.[5] It became the first INXS "best of" album to reach number-one in Australia.[6]
The Very Best took 77 weeks before it reached number-one and holds the record for the longest number of weeks to rise to number-one, in ARIA chart history.[7]
Charts and certifications[]
Weekly charts[]
Chart (2011–19) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[8] | 1 |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[9] | 1 |
Scottish Albums (OCC)[10] | 60 |
Year-end charts[]
Chart (2013) | Position |
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Australian Albums Chart[11] | 44 |
Australian Artist Albums Chart[12] | 14 |
The Very Best was the highest selling album in Australia by an Australian artist in 2014 and the fourth overall.[13]
Chart (2014) | Position |
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Australian Albums Chart[14] | 4 |
New Zealand Albums Chart[15] | 17 |
Chart (2015) | Position |
Australian Albums Chart[16] | 29 |
Chart (2016) | Position |
Australian Albums Chart[17] | 45 |
Chart (2017) | Position |
Australian Albums Chart[18] | 24 |
Chart (2018) | Position |
Australian Albums (ARIA)[19] | 35 |
Chart (2019) | Position |
Australian Albums (ARIA)[20] | 28 |
Chart (2020) | Position |
Australian Albums (ARIA)[21] | 34 |
Decade-end charts[]
Chart (2010–2019) | Position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[22] | 11 |
Australian Artist Albums (ARIA)[22] | 1 |
Certifications[]
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[23] | Platinum | 70,000 |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[24] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[25] | Gold | 100,000 |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Byrnes, Holly (2 February 2014). "INXS Never Tear Us Apart on Channel 7 on February 9". Herald Sun. News Ltd. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
- ^ "INXS dominates ARIA albums chart". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ "25 August 2014". The Official NZ Music Chart. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
- ^ "The Very Best". Discogs. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
- ^ "ARIA Charts". ARIA. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
- ^ "INXS Chart History". Australian Charts. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
- ^ Gavin Ryan (25 April 2015). "ARIA Albums: Sam Smith Has The Number One Album In Australia". Noise11. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- ^ "Australiancharts.com – INXS – The Very Best". Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
- ^ "Charts.nz – INXS – The Very Best". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
- ^ "ARIA Top 100 Albums 2013". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
- ^ "ARIA Top 50 Australian Artists Albums 2013". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
- ^ "INXS, Sheppard Top Selling Aussie Acts Of 2014". themusic.com.au. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ^ "End of Year Charts – ARIA Top 100 Albums 2014". ARIA Charts. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ^ "Top Selling Albums of 2014". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ^ "ARIA Charts - End of Year Charts – Top 100 Albums 2015". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ^ "ARIA Top 100 Albums 2016". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
- ^ "ARIA End of Year Albums 2017". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ^ "ARIA End of Year Albums 2018". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
- ^ "ARIA End of Year Albums Chart 2019". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ "ARIA Top 100 Albums for 2020". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "2019 ARIA End of Decade Albums Chart". January 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2020 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 28 April 2021. Album/DVD certifications are on separate sheets.
- ^ "New Zealand album certifications – INXS – The Very Best". Recorded Music NZ.
- ^ "British album certifications – INXS – The Very Best". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- 2011 greatest hits albums
- INXS compilation albums