White Heat: 30 Hits

White Heat: 30 Hits
Compilation album by Icehouse
Released 26 August 2011
Recorded 1980–1993
Genre Synthpop, alternative rock
Label Diva Records, Universal Music
Icehouse chronology

Heroes
(2004)		 White Heat: 30 Hits
(2011)

White Heat: 30 Hits is a two-disc compilation album released by Australian band Icehouse on 26 August 2011 in Australia. While it is technically their third best-of compilation, following 1989's Great Southern Land and 1992's Masterfile (not counting a singles box set released in the mid-1990s that was not widely distributed), it is the first such compilation spanning the band's entire career, including both their early- to mid-1980s hits and material from their most commercially successful period, beginning with the Man of Colours album.

The album presents the band's complete singles catalogue, all in chronological order, with 15 tracks on each disc. There is also a 3-disc edition which includes a DVD featuring all 32 of the band's music videos, also in chronological order. The DVD contains a 5.1 mix in Dolby Digital AC-3.

The compilation was announced on 7 July 2011, in a press release by Universal Music.[1]

Following the release of the Flowers Icehouse 30th Anniversary edition earlier this year, I was overwhelmed by the incredible amount of support and enthusiasm there was out there for the entire Icehouse catalogue. Many of the requests for what to put out next focused around some of the compilations we had released in the past.

I looked at the past sets and realised that there had never been a collection of every single we’d ever released throughout the history of the band nor a DVD compilation of every clip so that’s what we decided to do. Our criteria for the inclusion of tracks was that they had to have been released somewhere in the world as a single AND have had a clip made for them (in a couple of cases, two clips!). (Iva Davies, speaking in the press release).

The album artwork was designed by Sydney design studio Debaser, and features the laser cage in which Iva Davies performed in during the band's time as Flowers. This can be seen in the "Flowers Folio" section of the band's website.[2] The tracks were remastered by Steve Smart at Studios 301 Mastering.

The album was certified platinum in Australia in 2014.[3]

Track listing

Standard edition disc 1
No. TitleOriginal album Length
1. "Can't Help Myself" (as Flowers)Icehouse 3:10
2. "We Can Get Together" (as Flowers)Icehouse 3:46
3. "Walls" (as Flowers)Icehouse 4:22
4. "Icehouse" (as Flowers)Icehouse 4:24
5. "Love in Motion" (original single mix)  3:40
6. "Great Southern Land"  Primitive Man 5:16
7. "Hey, Little Girl"  Primitive Man 4:25
8. "Street Cafe" (single mix)Primitive Man 4:12
9. "Glam" (single version)Primitive Man 3:22
10. "Taking the Town"  Sidewalk 3:34
11. "Don't Believe Anymore"  Sidewalk 5:17
12. "Dusty Pages" (single version)Sidewalk 4:03
13. "No Promises"  Measure for Measure 4:40
14. "Baby, You're So Strange"  Measure for Measure 3:58
15. "Mr Big"  Measure for Measure 3:31
Standard edition disc 2
No. TitleOriginal album Length
1. "Cross the Border"  Measure for Measure 4:23
2. "Crazy"  Man of Colours 3:23
3. "Electric Blue"  Man of Colours 4:24
4. "My Obsession"  Man of Colours 4:09
5. "Man of Colours"  Man of Colours 5:12
6. "Nothing Too Serious"  Man of Colours 3:27
7. "Touch the Fire"  Great Southern Land 3:48
8. "Jimmy Dean"  Great Southern Land 3:42
9. "Big Fun"  Code Blue 4:00
10. "Miss Divine"  Code Blue 4:20
11. "Anything Is Possible"  Code Blue 4:20
12. "Satellite"  Big Wheel 4:19
13. "Big Wheel"  Big Wheel 4:27
14. "Invisible People"  Big Wheel 6:11
15. "Love in Motion" (with Christina Amphlett)Masterfile 4:41

DVD

  1. "Can't Help Myself"
  2. "We Can Get Together" (Australasian version)
  3. "We Can Get Together" (international version)
  4. "Walls"
  5. "Icehouse"
  6. "Love in Motion" (original version)
  7. "Great Southern Land"
  8. "Hey, Little Girl"
  9. "Street Cafe"
  10. "Glam"
  11. "Taking the Town"
  12. "Don't Believe Anymore"
  13. "Dusty Pages"
  14. "No Promises" (international version)
  15. "No Promises" (UK version)
  16. "Baby, You're So Strange"
  17. "Mr Big"
  18. "Cross the Border"
  19. "Crazy" (Australasian version)
  20. "Crazy" (international version)
  21. "Electric Blue"
  22. "My Obsession"
  23. "Man of Colours"
  24. "Nothing Too Serious"
  25. "Touch the Fire"
  26. "Big Fun"
  27. "Miss Divine"
  28. "Anything Is Possible"
  29. "Satellite"
  30. "Big Wheel"
  31. "Invisible People"
  32. "Love in Motion" (with Christina Amphlett)
  33. "Sister" (from Countdown 1980)

[4]

Charts

Chart (2011) Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[5] 5
New Zealand Albums (Recorded Music NZ)[6] 20

Year-end charts

Chart (2011) Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] 54

References

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  3. ↑ http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupagesaria-charts-accreditations-albums-2014.htm
  4. ↑ Icehouse – White Heat: 30 Hits, discogs.com
  5. ↑ "Icehouse – White Heat: 30 Hits". Australiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Icehouse – White Heat: 30 Hits". Charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "ARIA Top 100 Albums 2011". ARIA. Retrieved 15 January 2015.