The Very Best (INXS album)


The Very Best is a greatest hits album released by Australian band INXS in 2011. It initially peaked at #39.
Following the screening of , an Australian miniseries about INXS that commenced on 9 February 2014 on the Seven Network, the album re-entered the charts, peaking at #1. When the miniseries screened in New Zealand in August 2014, the album also charted, similarly peaking at #1.

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.

Standard edition

  1. "Need You Tonight" – 3:03
  2. "Mystify" – 3:19
  3. "Suicide Blonde" – 3:53
  4. "Taste It" – 3:20
  5. "Original Sin" – 5:18
  6. "Heaven Sent" – 3:20
  7. "Disappear" – 4:10
  8. "Never Tear Us Apart" – 3:05
  9. "The Gift" – 4:04
  10. "Devil Inside" – 5:15
  11. "Beautiful Girl" – 3:29
  12. "By My Side" – 3:06
  13. "Kiss the Dirt " – 3:55
  14. "Elegantly Wasted" – 4:34
  15. "New Sensation" – 3:41
  16. "What You Need" – 3:36
  17. "Listen Like Thieves" – 3:48
  18. "Just Keep Walking" – 2:44
  19. "Bitter Tears" – 3:50
  20. "Baby Don't Cry" – 4:47

    Deluxe edition

The first disc has the same track listing as the single-disc edition.
;CD 2
  1. "Don't Change" – 4:27
  2. "The One Thing" – 3:26
  3. "Shining Star" – 3:44
  4. "The Stairs" – 4:58
  5. "Please " – 3:04
  6. "Burn For You" – 4:59
  7. "I Send a Message" – 3:24
  8. "The Loved One" – 3:37
  9. "This Time" – 3:10
  10. "Shine Like It Does" – 3:07
  11. "Stay Young" – 3:25
  12. "Kick" – 3:15
  13. "Calling All Nations" – 3:05
  14. "To Look at You" – 3:58
  15. "Good Times" – 3:52
  16. "Need You Tonight" – 3:50
  17. "New Sensation" – 4:06
  18. "What You Need" – 5:26
  19. "Mystify" – 3:29
  20. "Disappear" – 3:57
;DVD
  1. INXS: The Very Best documentary
  2. "Taste It"
  3. "The Strangest Party "
  4. "Never Tear Us Apart"
  5. "Need You Tonight"
  6. "New Sensation"
  7. "Beautiful Girl"
  8. "Suicide Blonde"
  9. "The Gift"

    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. It became the first INXS "best of" album to reach number-one in Australia.
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.

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

The Very Best was the highest selling album in Australia by an Australian artist in 2014 and the fourth overall.
Chart Position
Australian Albums Chart4
New Zealand Albums Chart17
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Australian Albums Chart29
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Australian Albums Chart45
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Australian Albums Chart24
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Australian Albums 35
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Australian Albums 28

Decade-end charts

Certifications