| Artist: | Icehouse |
| Studio: | 7 |
| Soundtrack: | 1 |
| Ep: | 2 |
| Live: | 3 |
| Compilation: | 7 |
| Singles: | 42 |
| Music Videos: | 31 |
| Video: | 3 |
The discography of Icehouse, an Australian rock and synthpop band, includes releases under the earlier band name, Flowers, which was formed in 1977 by the mainstay Iva Davies, and was renamed Icehouse in 1981; material was also released by "Iva Davies and Icehouse".[1] Flowers or Icehouse have released seven studio albums, one soundtrack album, as well as four remix albums and forty-one singles.
As Flowers, in 1980 they released three singles and the album Icehouse in Australia on the independent Regular Records label.[2] After signing with UK-based Chrysalis Records, Flowers changed their name to Icehouse to avoid confusion with similarly named bands.[1] From 1981, Chrysalis released Flowers' material under the Icehouse name including the single "Icehouse" (not released separately in Australia) with a video clip directed by Russell Mulcahy in June 1981.[3] The first new material under the name Icehouse was the Australian 1981 single-only release "Love in Motion", recorded in London while on tour, upon return to Australia Icehouse separated. Davies recorded the 1982 album Primitive Man (released in UK as Love in Motion, 1983) virtually as a solo artist, co-producing with Keith Forsey, but it was released under the name Icehouse. Davies then formed a new line-up to tour UK and North America promoting the album.[1] In 1983, Icehouse released Fresco as an EP,[2] which was the first material from the new line-up. Davies used a similar approach with subsequent releases often having only one or two band members in for recording and then taking an extended line-up out on tour to promote the latest material.[1]
| Year | Title | Chart peak positions | Certifications | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [4] | GER [5] | NZ [6] | SWE [7] | UK [8] | US [9] | |||
| Icehouse |
| 4 | — | 2 | — | — | 82 |
5× Platinum[10] 4× Platinum |
| Primitive Man |
| 3 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 64 | 129 | |
| Sidewalk |
| 8 | 39 | 2 | — | — | — |
|
| Measure for Measure |
| 8 | 37 | 2 | — | — | 55 |
|
| Man of Colours |
| 1 | — | 1 | — | 93 | 43 |
Gold[16]
|
| Code Blue |
| 7 | — | 7 | — | — | — |
|
| Big Wheel |
| 44 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | ||||||||
| Title | Details | Charts peak position | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS | |||||
| Full Circle |
| — | |||
| Meltdown |
| 100 | |||
| The Extended Mixes, Vol. 1 |
| — | |||
| The Extended Mixes, Vol. 2 |
| — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | |||||
| Title | Details | Chart peak position | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS | ||||
| In Concert |
| — | ||
| DubHOUSE |
| — | ||
| Icehouse in Concert |
| — | ||
| Icehouse Plays Flowers |
| 63 | ||
| 1984 Live Desk Tape |
| — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | ||||
| Title | Details | Chart peak positions | Certifications | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS | GER | NZ | |||
| Great Southern Land | 2 | 53 | 5 |
| |
| Masterfile |
| 25 | — | — |
|
| The Singles (A sides... and selected B sides) |
| — | — | — | |
| Love in Motion |
| — | |||
| No Promises |
| — | — | — | |
| Heroes |
| 68 | — | — | |
| 5 | — | 10 |
| |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | |||||
| Title | Details | Chart peak positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS | |||||
| Fresco |
| — | |||
| Spin One |
| 112 | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | |||||
| Year | Title | Chart peak positions | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS | AUT [23] | GER [24] | NZ | SWI [25] | UK | US [26] | US Rock | US Dance | ||||
| 1980 | "Can't Help Myself" | 10 | — | — | 29 | — | — | — | — | 50 | Icehouse | |
| "We Can Get Together" | 16 | — | — | 36 | — | — | 62 | 51 | — | |||
| 1981 | "Walls" | 20 | — | — | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Icehouse" | — | — | — | — | — | 28 | — | |||||
| "Love in Motion" | 10 | — | — | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | Single only | ||
| 1982 | "Great Southern Land" | 5 | — | — | 10 | — | 83 | — | — | — | Primitive Man | |
| "Hey Little Girl" | 7 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 17 | — | 31 | 55 | |||
| 1983 | "Street Café" | 57 | — | 28 | 40 | — | 62 | — | — | — | ||
| "Uniform" (UK/US only release) | — | — | — | 83 | — | — | — | |||||
| 1984 | "Taking the Town" | 29 | — | — | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | Sidewalk | |
| "Don't Believe Anymore" | 31 | — | — | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Dusty Pages" | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1985 | "No Promises" | 30 | — | — | 29 | — | 72 | 79 | 9 | 7 | Measure for Measure | |
| 1986 | "Baby, You're So Strange" | 14 | — | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Mr. Big" | 18 | — | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Cross the Border" | 65 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | — | |||
| "Paradise" (UK/US only release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1987 | "Crazy" | 4 | — | — | 10 | — | 38 | 14 | 10 | — | Man of Colours | |
| "Electric Blue" | 1 | — | — | 4 | — | 53 | 7 | 10 | — | |||
| "My Obsession" | 12 | — | — | 14 | — | — | 88 | — | — | |||
| 1988 | "Man of Colours" | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Nothing Too Serious" | 29 | — | — | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1989 | "Touch the Fire" | 13 | — | — | 39 | — | 112 | 84 | — | — | Great Southern Land | |
| 1990 | "Jimmy Dean" | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Big Fun" | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Code Blue | ||
| "Miss Divine" | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Anything Is Possible" | 49 | — | — | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1991 | "Where the River Meets the Sea" | 124 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992 | "Love in Motion" (featuring Christina Amphlett) | 74 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Masterfile | |
| 1993 | "Satellite" | 83 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Big Wheel | |
| "Big Wheel" | 131 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1994 | "Invisible People" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995 | "Heaven" (Iva Davis and Icehouse) | 133 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Berlin Tapes | |
| 1996 | "Complicated Game" / "Loving the Alien" (Iva Davis and Icehouse) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997 | "Hey Little Girl" ('97 Remixes) | — | — | — | — | — | 182 | — | — | — | Single only | |
| 2002 | "Lay Your Hands on Me" (Icehouse vs Speed of Light) | 85 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Meltdown | |
| 2004 | "Street Café (2004)" (Europe release only) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Heroes" (The Athens Mix) | 87 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Heroes | ||
| 2015 | "Endless Ocean" (Paul Reef vs Icehouse) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Singles only | |
| 2021 | "Hey Little Girl" (Antipodeans vs Icehouse)[27] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2023 | "Great Southern Land" (Cassian vs Icehouse)[28] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Get It On" (with Simple Minds)[29] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | ||||||||||||
| Year | Title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | "Can't Help Myself" | |
| "We Can Get Together" | ||
| 1981 | "Sister" (live) | |
| "Walls" | ||
| "Icehouse" | Russell Mulcahy | |
| 1982 | "Great Southern Land" | |
| "Hey Little Girl" | Russell Mulcahy | |
| 1983 | "Street Café" | |
| 1984 | "Taking the Town" | Steve Hopkins |
| "Don't Believe Anymore" | Marcello Anciano | |
| 1985 | "No Promises" | John Scarlett-Davies |
| 1986 | "Baby You're So Strange" | |
| "No Promises" (US version) | Dee Trattmann | |
| "Mr. Big" | ||
| "Cross the Border" | John Jopson | |
| 1987 | "Crazy" (Australian version) | Mark Joffe |
| "Electric Blue" | John Jopson | |
| "Crazy" (US version) | ||
| 1988 | "My Obsession" | |
| "Man of Colours" | ||
| "Nothing Too Serious" | ||
| 1989 | "Great Southern Land" (US version) | |
| "Touch the Fire" | ||
| 1990 | "Big Fun" | |
| "Miss Divine" | ||
| "Anything Is Possible" | ||
| 1992 | "Love in Motion" (featuring Christina Amphlett) | |
| 1993 | "Satellite" | |
| "Big Wheel" | ||
| 1994 | "Invisible People" | |
| 2021 | "Hey Little Girl" | |
| Title | Details | |
|---|---|---|
| Icehouse: Live at the Ritz |
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| Great Southern Land |
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| Masterfile - The Video |
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. Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. Encyclopedia Entry on 'Icehouse'. http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=937. Ian McFarlane. Allen & Unwin. 1999. 1-86448-768-2. 2008-06-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20030517224039/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=937. 2003-05-17.
. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book. St. Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. Illustrated. 147. 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 13 June 1988.
