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Let’s address the elephant in the room. The 2011 remastering of INXS’s catalogue has been a subject of debate. Unlike the notoriously compressed 2002 Best of INXS remasters, the 2011 The Very Best is surprisingly dynamic.
Audiophiles who want lossless 80s rock, INXS completionists avoiding the posthumous albums, and anyone who believes “Don’t Change” should sound like a live wire in your living room.
The version under review here is not the standard CD or MP3, but the —a term used in the digital underground for a high-fidelity, lossless rip (typically 16-bit/44.1kHz FLAC) sourced from the original 2011 CD master, often un-tampered with by modern streaming loudness wars.
