Icehouse (album)

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Icehouse
Studio album by Icehouse
Released	October 10, 1980 (1980-10-10)
Recorded	Studio 301 & Paradise Studios
Genre	Post Punk/New Wave
Label	Regular/Chrysalis
Producer	Cameron Allan, Iva Davies
Icehouse chronology
Icehouse (1980) Primitive Man (1982)
Singles from Icehouse
"Can't Help Myself" Released: July 2, 1980 (1980-07-02) "We Can Get Together" Released: October 6, 1980 (1980-10-06) "Walls" Released: January 1, 1981 (1981-01-01)

Icehouse was the first album released by Australian band Flowers, later known as Icehouse, in 1980. The title and the artist are sometimes incorrectly swapped, because the band changed their name from Flowers into Icehouse after this album was released. Containing the Top 20 Australian hits "Walls", "Can't Help Myself" and "We Can Get Together", the album made heavy use of synthesizers, which would continue to be used throughout the band's career. The Top 10 single "Love In Motion" was not included on the original album but is featured on the CD re-issue.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Original Australian Release 1.2 American Release 2 Singles 3 Chart performance 4 Personnel 4.1 Musicians 4.2 Recording Details 4.3 Art work 5 References

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Original Australian Release

1. "Icehouse"
2. "We Can Get Together"
3. "Fatman"
4. "Sister"
5. "Walls"
6. "Can't Help Myself"
7. "Skin"
8. "Sons"
9. "Boulevarde"
10. "Nothing To Do"
11. "Not My Kind"

This release was re-issued on CD in 2002 with the following bonus tracks:

12. "Send Somebody" (B-side to "Can't Help Myself")
13. "All the Way" (B-side to "Walls")
14. "Paradise Lost" (Instrumental) (B-side to "We Can Get Together")
15. "Love in Motion" (Original Single Mix)
16. "Goodnight Mr Matthews" (B-side to "Love In Motion")
17. "Can't Help Myself" (Original 10" Mix)

Tracks 15 and 16 were recorded in 1981.

[edit] American Release

Released in 1981 with several tracks remixed and with re-recorded vocals.

1. "Icehouse"
2. "Can't Help Myself"
3. "Sister"
4. "Walls"
5. "Sons"
6. "We Can Get Together"
7. "Boulevarde"
8. "Fatman"
9. "Skin"
10. "Not My Kind"

[edit] Singles

• "Can't Help Myself" c/w "Send Somebody" (#10 AUS)
• "We Can Get Together" c/w "Paradise Lost" (#16 AUS; #62 US)
• "Walls" c/w "All The Way" (#20 AUS)
• "Love in Motion" c/w "Goodnight Mr Matthews" (#10 AUS)

[edit] Chart performance

The album charted at number 4 in Australia and remained in the charts for a 45 weeks. It eventually achieved quadruple platinum status (in excess of 300,000 albums sold). In New Zealand the album also achieved quadruple platinum status. ^[1]

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Musicians

• Iva Davies – vocals, guitar
• John Lloyd – drums, vocals
• Anthony Smith – keyboards, vocals
• Keith Welsh – bass, vocals
• Ian Moss – guitar solo on "Skin"
• Michael Hoste – keyboards, piano on "Sons"
• Geoff Oakes – saxophone on "Sons"

[edit] Recording Details

• Producer: Cameron Allan and Iva Davies
• Studios: Studio 301 except "Can't Help Myself" and "Send Somebody", recorded at Paradise Studios.
• Mastering: David Hemming and Rick O'Neil

[edit] Art work

• Cover art: John Lloyd

[edit] References

v • d • e Icehouse Iva Davies · Keith Welsh · Paul Gildea Studio albums Icehouse · Primitive Man · Love In Motion · Sidewalk · Boxes · Measure for Measure · Man of Colours · Code Blue · Big Wheel · The Berlin Tapes · Bi-polar Poems Compilations Great Southern Land · Masterfile · The Singles · Love In Motion · No Promises · Heroes EPs Fresco EP Singles Can't Help Myself/Send Somebody · We Can Get Together/Paradise Lost · Walls/All The Way · Love In Motion/Goodnight Mr Matthews · Great Southern Land/Uniform · Hey Little Girl/Glam · Street Cafe/Over The Line · Taking The Town · Don't Believe Anymore · Dusty Pages · No Promises · Baby, You're So Strange · Mr. Big · Cross The Border · Crazy · Electric Blue · My Obsession · Big Fun · Miss Divine · Anything Is Possible · Remix albums Full Circle · Hey Little Girl · Meltdown