Icehouse (album) explained

Icehouse
Type:studio
Artist:Flowers
Cover:Icehousefirst.jpg
Caption:1980 Australian release (Regular Records)
Recorded:January 1980
Studio:Studios 301 (Sydney), Paradise (Sydney)
Genre:New wave
Length:41:50
37:24
Label:
Producer:
Next Title:Primitive Man
Next Year:1982

Icehouse is the first album released by the Australian rock/synthpop band Flowers, later known as Icehouse, on the independent label Regular Records in October 1980.[1] The title and the artist are sometimes incorrectly swapped, because the band changed their name from Flowers to Icehouse after this album was released. Containing the Top 20 Australian hits "Can't Help Myself", "We Can Get Together" and "Walls"; the album made heavy use of synthesisers, which would continue to be used throughout the band's career.[2] [3] Founder Iva Davies wrote all the tracks including four co-written with keyboardist Michael Hoste, however Hoste was replaced during recording sessions by Anthony Smith.[1] [4]

The album was included in the 2010 book 100 Best Australian Albums.[5]

Track listing

All songs written by Iva Davies, except where noted.[6]

Personnel

Icehouse members
Additional musicians
Production team

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (1981)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[8] 6
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[9] 4
Chart (1982)Position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[10] 37

Notes and References

  1. Book: McFarlane, Ian . Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop . doc . Ian McFarlane . . 1999 . 1-86448-768-2 . 2008-06-11 . registration .
  2. Web site: An interview with Iva Davies . Grech . Jason . 2004-07-23 . Countdown Memories . 2008-06-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071108014704/http://www.countdownmemories.com/exclusive_interviews/iva_davies_interview.html . November 8, 2007 .
  3. Web site: Artist: Icehouse . Warner Music Australia . 2008-06-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080611054259/http://www.warnermusic.com.au/artist%2Cw_artist%2C49247 . 2008-06-11 .
  4. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20130929120725/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/i/icehouse.html . The Flowers / Icehouse . Holmgren . Magnus . Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren) . 29 September 2013 . 21 March 2014 .
  5. Book: . O'Donnell . John . John O'Donnell (music journalist) . Creswell . Toby . Toby Creswell . Mathieson . Craig . Craig Mathieson . Hardie Grant Books . October 2010 . . 978-1-74066-955-9 .
  6. Web site: . APRA search engine . 2008-06-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080124161012/http://www.apra.com.au/site/public/searchworksresult.stm . January 24, 2008 . Note: requires user to input song title e.g. ICEHOUSE
  7. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 147.
  8. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 433.
  9. Web site: Top Selling Albums of 1981 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart. Recorded Music New Zealand. 1 February 2022.
  10. Web site: Top Selling Albums of 1982 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart. Recorded Music New Zealand. 1 February 2022.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Icehouse (album)".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.