Original Sin – The Collection

This article is about the 2004 compilation album by INXS. For their 1984 single, see Original Sin. For their 2010 studio album, see Original Sin.

2004 compilation album by INXS

Original Sin – The Collection

Compilation album by

INXS

Released| 21 September 2004 (2004-09-21)
Recorded| 1980–1987
Genre| Rock, pop
Length| 71:40
Label| Mercury, Spectrum
Producer| INXS, Duncan McGuire, Richard Clapton, Mark Opitz, Nile Rodgers, Nick Launay, Chris Thomas
INXS chronology
| Bang the Drum EP
(2004)  | Original Sin – The Collection
(2004)  | INXS: Live at Barker Hangar
(2004)

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Original Sin – The Collection is a compilation album by Australian rock band INXS released on 21 September 2004. It spans their earliest six studio albums INXS (1980), Underneath the Colours (1981), Shabooh Shoobah (1982), The Swing (1984), Listen Like Thieves (1985) and Kick (1987). It is not to be confused with their 2010 release, Original Sin, nor the single of the same name from 1984.

## Reception

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Allmusic's James Christopher Monger felt the album was "more of a sampler than a 'greatest-hits' package" which provides three tracks from each of their earliest six albums.[1]

## Track listing

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All tracks are written by Andrew Farriss and Michael Hutchence,[2] except where noted

No.| Title| Length

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1.| "Just Keep Walking" (Gary Beers, Andrew Farriss, Jon Farriss, Tim Farriss, Michael Hutchence, Kirk Pengilly)| 2:44
2.| "In Vain" (Beers, A Farriss, J Farriss, T Farriss, Hutchence, Pengilly)| 4:36
3.| "Learn to Smile" (Beers, A Farriss, J Farriss, T Farriss, Hutchence, Pengilly)| 4:57
4.| "Underneath the Colours"| 4:01
5.| "Horizons"| 5:14
6.| "Barbarian" (Beers, A Farriss, J Farriss, T Farriss, Hutchence, Pengilly)| 3:00
7.| "Don't Change" (Beers, A Farriss, J Farriss, T Farriss, Hutchence, Pengilly)| 4:28
8.| "Spy of Love" (T Farriss, Hutchence)| 3:51
9.| "Here Comes"| 3:03
10.| "Original Sin"| 5:20
11.| "Melting in the Sun" (J Farriss, T Farriss, Hutchence)| 3:26
12.| "Johnson's Aeroplane" (A Farriss)| 3:56
13.| "Listen Like Thieves" (Beers, A Farriss, Hutchence)| 3:47
14.| "Same Direction"| 4:58
15.| "Biting Bullets" (Hutchence, Pengilly)| 2:51
16.| "Devil Inside"| 5:13
17.| "Wild Life"| 3:11
18.| "Calling All Nations"| 3:04

## References

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1. ^ Monger, James Christopher. "Original Sin: The Collection – INXS". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
2. ^ Songwriters according to Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) search engine:

* "Just Keep Walking".
* "In Vain".
* "Learn to Smile".
* "Underneath the Colours".
* "Horizons".
* "Barbarian".
* "Don't Change".
* "Spy of Love".
* "Here Comes".
* "Original Sin".
* "Melting in the Sun".
* "Johnson's Aeroplane".
* "Listen Like Thieves".
* "Same Direction".
* "Biting Bullets".
* "Devil Inside".
* "Wild Life".
* "Calling all Nations".

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INXS

* Garry Gary Beers
* Andrew Farriss
* Jon Farriss
* Tim Farriss
* J.D. Fortune
* Ciaran Gribbin
* Michael Hutchence
* Kirk Pengilly
* Jon Stevens

Studio albums|

* INXS
* Underneath the Colours
* Shabooh Shoobah
* The Swing
* Listen Like Thieves
* Kick
* X
* Welcome to Wherever You Are
* Full Moon, Dirty Hearts
* Elegantly Wasted
* Switch
* Original Sin

EPs|

* Dekadance
* Bang the Drum

Compilations|

* INXSIVE
* The Greatest Hits
* Shine Like It Does: The Anthology (1979–1997)
* The Best of INXS
* Stay Young 1979–1982
* Definitive INXS
* The Years 1979–1997
* INXS²: The Remixes
* Original Sin – The Collection
* Taste It: The Collection
* The Very Best

Live albums|

* Live Baby Live
* Live in Aspen
* INXS: Live at Barker Hangar
* Live at Wembley Stadium 1991
* INXS: Live Baby Live Wembley Stadium

Singles|

* "Simple Simon"
* "Just Keep Walking"
* "The Loved One"
* "Stay Young"
* "Night of Rebellion"
* "The One Thing"
* "Don't Change"
* "To Look at You"
* "Black and White"
* "Original Sin"
* "I Send a Message"
* "Burn for You"
* "Dancing on the Jetty"
* "What You Need"
* "This Time"
* "Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)"
* "Listen Like Thieves"
* "Good Times"
* "Need You Tonight"
* "Mediate"
* "New Sensation"
* "Devil Inside"
* "Never Tear Us Apart"
* "Mystify"
* "Suicide Blonde"
* "Disappear"
* "By My Side"
* "Bitter Tears"
* "The Stairs"
* "Shining Star"
* "Heaven Sent"
* "Baby Don't Cry"
* "Not Enough Time"
* "Taste It"
* "Beautiful Girl"
* "The Gift"
* "Please (You Got That ...)"
* "Time"
* "Freedom Deep"
* "The Strangest Party (These Are the Times)"
* "Elegantly Wasted"
* "Everything"
* "Don't Lose Your Head"
* "Searching"
* "Precious Heart"
* "I'm So Crazy"
* "Tight"
* "One of My Kind"
* "I Get Up"
* "Pretty Vegas"
* "Afterglow"
* "Devil's Party"
* "Perfect Strangers"
* "God's Top Ten"
* "Dream on Black Girl (Original Sin)"

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