Icehouse (album)

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Icehouse
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1980 Australian release (Regular Records)
Studio album by
Released10 October 1980 (1980-10-10)
RecordedJanuary 1980
Studio Studios 301 (Sydney), Paradise (Sydney)
Genre New wave
Length41:50
37:24
Label
Producer
Flowers chronology
Icehouse
(1980)
Primitive Man
(1982)
Singles from Icehouse
  1. "Can't Help Myself"
    Released: 13 May 1980
  2. "We Can Get Together"
    Released: September 1980
  3. "Walls"
    Released: January 1981
  4. "Icehouse"
    Released: June 1981 (US only)
1980 Original release
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Icehouse" 4:22
2."We Can Get Together" 3:46
3."Fatman" 3:53
4."Sister"Iva Davies, Michael Hoste3:22
5."Walls" 4:22
6."Can't Help Myself" 4:41
7."Skin"Davies, Hoste2:41
8."Sons" 4:32
9."Boulevarde"Davies, Hoste3:14
10."Nothing to Do"Davies, Hoste3:22
11."Not My Kind" 3:35
1987 CD reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Send Somebody" (B-side to "Can't Help Myself")Davies, Hoste3:42
13."All the Way" (B-side to "Walls") 3:50
14."Paradise Lost" (Instrumental - B-side to "We Can Get Together") 5:53
2002 CD remaster bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
15."Love in Motion" (Original Single Mix)3:41
16."Goodnight Mr. Matthews" (B-side to "Love in Motion")4:21
17."Can't Help Myself" (Original 10" Mix)3:41
1981 UK/US release
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Icehouse" 4:13
2."Can't Help Myself" 3:52
3."Sister"Iva Davies, Michael Hoste3:28
4."Walls" 4:02
5."Sons" 4:35
6."We Can Get Together" 3:41
7."Boulevarde" 3:17
8."Fatman" 3:52
9."Skin"Iva Davies, Michael Hoste2:47
10."Not My Kind" 3:36
2011 30th Anniversary Edition (Disc 2)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Boulevarde" 3:20
2."Funtime" David Bowie, Iggy Pop 2:27
3."Man Who Dies Every Day" Warren Cann, Chris Cross, Billy Currie, John Foxx, Stevie Shears 3:54
4."Fatman" 3:52
5."Sorry" Stevie Wright, George Young 3:08
6."Cold Turkey" John Lennon 4:13
7."We Can Get Together" 3:53
8."Nothing to Do" 3:24
9."Icehouse" 4:50
10."Send Somebody" 3:33
11."Sons" 4:52
12."Skin" 2:53
13."Walls" 4:49
14."All the Way" 4:05
15."Goodnight Mr. Matthews" 3:43
16."Love in Motion" 4:02
17."Not My Kind" 3:43
18."Sister" 3:30
19."Can't Help Myself" 6:57

Personnel

Icehouse members
Additional musicians
Production team

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1980/81)Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report) [10] 4
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [11] 2
US Billboard 200 [12] 82

Year-end charts

Chart (1981)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [13] 6
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [14] 4
Chart (1982)Position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [15] 37

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [16] 4× Platinum200,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [16] 4× Platinum60,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. Icehouse at AllMusic
  2. Icehouse at AllMusic
  3. Cranna, Ian (6–19 August 1981). "Icehouse: Icehouse" (PDF). Smash Hits . Vol. 3, no. 15. Peterborough: EMAP National Publications, Ltd. p. 27. ISSN   0260-3004. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022 via World Radio History.
  4. 1 2 McFarlane, Ian (1999). Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop (doc). Allen & Unwin. ISBN   1-86448-768-2 . Retrieved 11 June 2008.
  5. Grech, Jason (23 July 2004). "An interview with Iva Davies". Countdown Memories. Archived from the original on 8 November 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2008.
  6. "Artist: Icehouse". Warner Music Australia. Archived from the original on 11 June 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2008.
  7. Holmgren, Magnus. "The Flowers / Icehouse". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  8. O'Donnell, John; Creswell, Toby; Mathieson, Craig (October 2010). 100 Best Australian Albums . Prahran, Vic: Hardie Grant Books. ISBN   978-1-74066-955-9.
  9. "APRA search engine". APRA. Archived from the original on 24 January 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2008. Note: requires user to input song title e.g. ICEHOUSE
  10. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 147. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  11. "Charts.nz – Flowers – Icehouse". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  12. "Flowers Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 3.
  13. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 433. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  14. "Top Selling Albums of 1981 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand . Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  15. "Top Selling Albums of 1982 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand . Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  16. 1 2 "Biography at official Iva Davies and Icehouse website". Archived from the original on 30 November 2007. Retrieved 26 April 2008.