Spin One Explained

Spin One
Type:EP
Artist:Icehouse
Cover:SpinOneIcehouseEP01.jpg
Released:June 1993
Studio:Studios 301 (Sydney), Paradise (Sydney)
Genre:New wave, synthpop, rock
Label:Massive
Producer:Iva Davies, Cameron Allan, Charles Clouser, Bill Laswell
Prev Title:Masterfile
Prev Year:1992
Next Title:Big Wheel
Next Year:1993

Spin One is a four-track EP released by Australian rock/synthpop band Icehouse in June 1993.[1] It was issued by Massive Records. Three tracks, "Shakin' the Cage", "Dedicated to Glam" and "MLK", are also on the double CD remix album, Full Circle, released in December 1994.[2] "Byrralku Dhangudha" is an edited version of "The Great Southern Mix" with guest appearance by aboriginal performers, keyboardist Bernie Worrell (Parliament-Funkadelic) and avant-garde guitarist Buckethead, and was produced by Bill Laswell.

Professional reviews

Allmusic's Kelvin Hayes described "Shakin' the Cage" and "MLK", which were taken from Full Circle, as "Semi-decent lead [followed by] a diabolical attempt at trendy house courtesy of General Dynamics, who uses samples over a vapid synth, an experiment best left to self-destruct in the laboratory". While the other two tracks, "are remixes of versions that are included in the "FC" bracket, which doesn't bode much better but does at least offer more than its sibling".

Track listing

  1. "Shakin' the Cage" (Andy Qunta, Iva Davies, Robert Kretschmer, Simon Lloyd) – 4:02
  2. "Byrralku Dhangudha" (Davies) – 5:25
  3. "Dedicated to Glam" (Davies) – 4:29
  4. "MLK" (Davies) – 5:33

Songwriters according to Australasian Performing Right Association.[3]

Personnel

Credits:[4]

Icehouse
Additional musicians
Production work

All recording and mixing at General Dynamics, Trackdown Studios, Studios 301, FON Studios, Western Boulevard.

References

  1. Web site: Spin One by Icehouse . MusicBrainz . 2008-06-26 .
  2. Web site: Icehouse - Full Circle . Discogs . 2008-06-26 .
  3. Web site: Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) . . 2008-07-01 . Note: requires user to input song title e.g. SHAKIN THE CAGE
  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. Web site: Response from ARIA re: Icehouse singles chart history, received 1 May 2018. Imgur. 2018-05-01.