DAAS Icon explained

DAAS Icon
Type:	studio
Artist:	Doug Anthony All Stars
Cover:	DAAS_Icon.jpg
Released:	14 May 1990
Recorded:	1989, Studio RBX, Melbourne
Genre:	Alternative rock
Length:	43:00
Label:	CBS/DAAS Kapital
Producer:	Ross Cockle
Prev Title:	Let It Swing
Prev Year:	1988
Next Title:	Dead & Alive
Next Year:	1993

DAAS Icon (also known as Icon) is the first and only studio album recorded and released by Australian comedy trio, the Doug Anthony All Stars. Released in 1990,^[1] it features the singles "I Want to Spill the Blood of a Hippy" and "Bottle". Icon went on to become the highest-selling independent album in Australia,^[2] but was banned in the UK due to a reference to the IRA in the song "KRSNA".^[3] This was later overturned by a British court.^[4]

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1991, the album was nominated for Best New Talent and Best Comedy Release.^[5]

The tracks "Little Gospel Song" and "Change the Blades" previously appeared on their demo tape Let It Swing in 1988. The track "Shang-a-lang" samples part of the drum intro from the Beastie Boys' "She's Crafty".

Track listing

All tracks capitalised as on the back cover (for CD) and inner sleeve (for LP).

Personnel

• Produced by DAAS and The Cockle Factor
• Engineered by Ross Cockle and Melita Jagic
• All songs by Control
• Richard Fidler – guitars, sitar, Irish harp, axe and dinner plates, backing and harmony vocals
• Paul McDermott – lead vocals (tracks 1-5, 7, 8, 12, 14, 15), kettle drum, erhu, viola, sheet metals and cymbals, harmony vocals
• Tim Ferguson – lead vocals (tracks 6 and 9), keyboards, Fairlight, euphonium, kora, bachelors rags, backing and harmony vocals
• Andrew – brass
• Steve Hadley – double bass
• Rosie Westbrook – electric bass, double bass
• Angus Burchell, J.J. Hackett – drums
• Sam See – drum programmer
• Kerri Simpson – vocals
• Richard Lewis – artwork

External links

• Icon at Discogs (list of versions)
• Purchase Icon on the iTunes Music Store

Notes and References

1. Web site: Casellas, Leanne . Gleesome Threesome . Daily News . 1990-06-01 . 2008-09-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20091027110421/http://geocities.com/tangawarra/daasart8.html. dead . 2009-10-27.
2. Web site: Lum, Alexander . DAAS Mania . Togatus . 1994-04-14 . 2008-09-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20091026025927/http://geocities.com/tangawarra/daasart3.html. 2009-10-26.
3. Web site: Murphy, Nicola . Banned! (So What's New?) . TV Week . 1990-06-02 . 2008-12-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20091022175356/http://geocities.com/still_gorgeous/interrogations/daas/banned.html. 2009-10-22.
4. Web site: Ferguson, Tim . Humour In Uniform . The Harvey . 1990 . 2008-09-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20091026144933/http://geocities.com/tangawarra/daasart5.html. dead . 2009-10-26.
5. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20090608063024/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1991 . Winners by Year 1991 . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) . 8 June 2009 . 4 December 2013 .
6. Web site: Bubbling Down Under Week commencing 17 December 1990. www.bubblingdownunder.com. 17 December 2021. 17 December 2021.
7. Book: David Kent . Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. 1993 . Australian Chart Book . St Ives, New South Wales . 0-646-11917-6. 86.