INXSIVE is the first compilation album by Australian rock band INXS, which was released in 1982 on Deluxe Records for the Australian market only. It appeared in the top 100 of the Kent Music Report Albums Chart.[1] INXSive features highlights from the band's first two studio albums, related B-sides, and two non-album singles: "Simple Simon" and "The Loved One". The latter is a cover of a 1966 single originally by The Loved Ones; INXS later re-recorded this song and released it on the album Kick (October 1987).[2]

INXSIVE
Compilation album by
Released1982 (1982)
Recorded1980–82
GenreRock
Length48:19
LabelDeluxe
Producer
INXS chronology
Underneath the Colours
(1981)
INXSIVE
(1982)
Shabooh Shoobah
(1982)

It was described by Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane: "The budget-priced collection INXSive on Deluxe mopped up various album tracks and early singles sides".[2] It completed the band's contract with DeLuxe prior to their move to WEA and PolyGram in hopes of greater worldwide exposure.

Track listing

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All tracks are written by INXS, except where noted

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Learn to Smile" 4:57
2."Wishy Washy" 3:50
3."Stay Young"
  • Andrew Farriss
  • Michael Hutchence
3:19
4."Prehistoria"Kirk Pengilly3:54
5."We Are the Vegetables" 1:53
6."Underneath the Colours"
  • Farriss
  • Hutchence
3:58
7."The Loved One"
  • Gavin Anderson
  • Gerry Humphreys
  • Ian H. Clyne
  • Kim Lynch
  • Robert John Lovett
3:07
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
8."The Unloved One" 2:54
9."Simple Simon" 2:32
10."Fair Weather Ahead" 4:20
11."In Vain" 4:35
12."Big Go Go" 3:12
13."Lacavocal"
  • Farriss
  • Hutchence
3:36
14."Just Keep Walking" 2:42
Total length:48:19

References

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  1. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, Sydney: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
  2. ^ a b McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'INXS'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86448-768-2. Archived from the original on 30 September 2004. Retrieved 11 September 2014.