| "Walls" | ||||||||
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1981 Australian release (Regular Records) |
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| Single by Flowers | ||||||||
| from the album Icehouse | ||||||||
| B-side | "All the Way" | |||||||
| Released | January 26, 1981 | |||||||
| Format | 7" Vinyl Single | |||||||
| Genre | rock, Synthpop | |||||||
| Length | 4:22 | |||||||
| Label | Regular Chrysalis |
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| Writer(s) | Iva Davies | |||||||
| Producer | Cameron Allan, Iva Davies | |||||||
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"Walls" is the third single released by Australian rock band Flowers, later known as Icehouse.[1][2] It was released in January 1981, on independent label Regular Records from their debut album, Icehouse, it peaked at #20 on the Australian Kent Music Reoport Singles Charts.[3] It was also released in New Zealand, with a different cover, which was the last release before the band was renamed as Icehouse.
Iva Davies has said that Walls was autobiographical for a period of his life (http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/flowers-bloom-again-for-icehouse/story-fn6b3v4f-1226058482714)
Flowers were formed in Sydney in 1977 by Iva Davies (vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, oboe), a classically trained musician, and their main creative force; with bass player Keith Welsh.[1] Davies was working as a part-time cleaner at a squash court managed by Welsh's mother, they lived nearby and were both interested in forming a band.[4] Additional musicians used by Flowers in 1978 were Anthony Smith, who was some times called Adam Hall, on keyboards and Don Brown on drums.[2] The band built up a strong following as a live act around the pub circuit, providing distinctive cover versions of songs by Roxy Music, David Bowie, Lou Reed, T-Rex, Ultravox and Brian Eno.[1]
By mid-1979 John Lloyd (ex-Paul Kelly and the Dots) replaced Brown on drums and Michael Hoste replaced Smith on keyboards.[2] After signing to the independent Regular Records label, distributed by Festival, Flowers released their debut single in May 1980, "Can't Help Myself", written by Davies,[5] which hit the Australian Top 10 in June 1980.[3] This was followed by their debut album Icehouse, which reached #4 on the National albums chart[3] and became one of the year's biggest selling albums in Australia.[1] Further singles "We Can Get Together" (October, 1980) and "Walls" (January, 1981) from Icehouse also hit the Top 20.[3] Following their signing with Chrysalis Records in early 1981 for the European, Japanese, UK and US releases Flowers had to change their name due to legal restrictions preventing confusion with a Scottish group The Flowers.[1][6]
All tracks written by Iva Davies.[7]
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