Tracks
Side A
- 11987Dutch Top 40: peak position 11 in week 3 of 1988, 9 weeks in the chartNeed You Tonight3:01C major
- 21987Mystify3:18A major
- 31990Dutch Top 40: peak position 5 in week 42 of 1990, 9 weeks in the chartSuicide Blonde3:53E major
- 41992Taste It3:19B major
- 51984Dutch Top 40: peak position 29 in week 12 of 1984, 4 weeks in the chartOriginal Sin5:17A major
Side B
- 11992Dutch Top 40: peak position 35 in week 34 of 1992, 3 weeks in the chartHeaven Sent3:16G major
- 21990Dutch Top 40: peak position 9 in week 2 of 1991, 7 weeks in the chartDisappear4:09E major
- 31987Dutch Top 40: peak position 7 in week 33 of 1988, 10 weeks in the chartNever Tear Us Apart3:05A minor
- 41993The Gift4:04A major
- 51987Devil Inside5:14E major
Side C
- 11992Beautiful Girl3:27F♯ major
- 21990Dutch Top 40: peak position 27 in week 16 of 1991, 4 weeks in the chartBy My Side3:06D major
- 31985Kiss The Dirt (Falling Down The Mountain)3:54F♯ major
- 41997Elegantly Wasted4:33G major
- 51987Dutch Top 40: peak position 18 in week 11 of 1988, 6 weeks in the chartNew Sensation3:40E major
Side D
- 11985What You Need3:36F♯ minor
- 21985Listen Like Thieves3:46B major
- 31980Just Keep Walking2:43B major
- 41990Dutch Top 40: peak position 27 in week 32 of 1991, 3 weeks in the chartBitter Tears3:49G major
- 51992Baby Don't Cry4:47A major
Source of the Dutch Top 40 entries: top40.nl
Sound of The Very Best
The Very Best sounds brighter and more acoustic than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 118 bpm.
Quietest track: Beautiful Girl · most energetic: Elegantly Wasted
Across 20 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Timeline of the line-up
All nine members of INXS over the years, without tour members. This is a compilation that spans the whole career, not one moment in time. The thin line is this album and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line for more. A linked name has its own page.
INXS
Michael Hutchence
Tim Farriss
Kirk Pengilly
Andrew Farriss
Jon Farriss
Jon Stevens
J. D. Fortune
Ciaran Gribbin1980198519901995200020052010Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Member until the end
Frequently asked questions
When was The Very Best by INXS released?
The Very Best came out in 2011.
How many tracks are on The Very Best?
The Very Best has 20 tracks, 76 minutes in total, spread over four vinyl sides.
Which tracks from The Very Best made the Dutch Top 40?
Nine tracks from this album reached the Dutch Top 40: Need You Tonight, Suicide Blonde, Original Sin, Heaven Sent, Disappear, Never Tear Us Apart and three others. The highest was Suicide Blonde, at number 5 in week 42 of 1990.
Which category is The Very Best in?
The Very Best is filed under compilations. On the home page, sorted by category, the album sits on that shelf, among the other albums by INXS.
Who was in INXS when The Very Best came out?
In 1980–1997, INXS consisted of Michael Hutchence, Tim Farriss, Kirk Pengilly, Andrew Farriss, Garry Gary Beers and Jon Farriss. That is the line-up of the group in those years, not necessarily who is heard on the album. A linked name has a page of its own.
What do the percentages for the sound of The Very Best mean?
They come from an acoustic analysis of the recordings as they are on Spotify: per track a score from 0 to 100 for energy, danceability, mood and acoustic, plus the tempo and the key. They are the outcome of a model, not a measurement of the music itself; 93% acoustic means the model is fairly sure that mostly acoustic instruments are heard. The sound of the album is the average of its tracks, each track counting equally, and the comparison is with the average of all analysed tracks in the collection.
How do you play The Very Best?
With the round Spotify button after each track, or the whole album at once via the play button next to the cover. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.
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