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Encyclopedia > The Greatest Hits (INXS)
The Greatest Hits
The Greatest Hits cover
Compilation album by INXS
Released 1994
Recorded various
Genre Rock
Label Universal/Mercury
Producer(s) Various
Professional reviews
  • AMG (4.5/5) link
INXS chronology
Full Moon, Dirty Hearts
(1993)
The Greatest Hits
(1994)
Elegantly Wasted
(1997)

The Greatest Hits is a greatest hits compilation released by Australian rock band INXS in 1994 (see 1994 in music). The compilation was a chart success in the United Kingdom, peaking at number three. In the United States it only managed to reach number 112 on the Billboard Top 200. It did achieve platinum status. Image File history File links INXS_The_Greatest_Hits. ... A compilation album is a musical album featuring songs or tunes with some common characteristics. ... INXS (pronounced In Excess) is an Australian rock group. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Universal Records was founded in 1996, when Universal Music was created following the purchase of MCA Records by Seagram in 1996. ... Mercury Records was a record label founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1945 by Irving Green, Berle Adams and Arthur Talmadge. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... INXS (pronounced In Excess) is an Australian rock group. ... Full Moon, Dirty Hearts is a single-disc CD album released by Australian band INXS in 1993, through Warner Music Australia. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Elegantly Wasted is the 10th studio album by the Australian rock band INXS. It was released on 15 April 1997 and is the final album recorded with lead singer Michael Hutchence who committed suicide in November 22 of that year. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Greatest Hits is a common name for a compilation album of an artists most popular songs. ... Rock is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars, a bass guitar, and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the piano, saxophone, trumpet, and trombone are common in some styles, however, horns have been omitted from newer subgenres of rock music... INXS (pronounced In Excess) is an Australian rock group. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... See also: 1993 in music, other events of 1994, 1995 in music, 1990s in music and the list of years in music. // Events January 29 - The Supremes Mary Wilson is injured when her jeep hits a freeway median and flips over just outside of Los Angeles, California. ...


Track Listing

  1. The One Thing
  2. Original Sin
  3. What You Need
  4. Listen Like Thieves
  5. Shine Like It Does
  6. Need You Tonight
  7. Devil Inside
  8. New Sensation
  9. Never Tear Us Apart
  10. Suicide Blonde
  11. Disappear
  12. The Stairs
  13. Heaven Sent
  14. Beautiful Girl
  15. Strangest Party (These Are the Times)
  16. Deliver Me

  Results from FactBites:
 
Greatest Hits - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (128 words)
Greatest Hits is a common name for a compilation album of an artist's most popular songs.
The first such album was Johnny's Greatest Hits by Johnny Mathis in 1958.
Greatest Hits (Sly and the Family Stone album)
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