Icon (Icon album)

This article is about the album by the band Icon. For an album called "Icon" from the series of albums called "Icon", see Icon (album series). For other uses, see Icon (disambiguation).

Icon
Studio album by Icon
Released	July 7, 1984
Recorded	1984
Studio	Prairie Sun Recording Studios, Cotati, California
Genre	Heavy metal, glam metal
Length	36:49
Label	Capitol
Producer	Mike Varney
Icon chronology
Icon (1984) Night of the Crime (1985)
Singles from Icon
"On Your Feet" / "Hot Desert Night" Released: 1984 "(Rock On) Through the Night" / "World War" Released: 1984

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	7/10 [2]
Kerrang!	(very favorable) [3]

Icon is the debut album by American rock band Icon. It included their biggest metal radio hit song, "On Your Feet".

The album was recorded mostly in the summer of 1983, with three additional songs "World War", "Killer Machine" and "Rock'N Roll Maniac" recorded in the winter to replace the two "weakest" songs to make a stronger album. ^[4]

The band toured the United States extensively to support the album, mainly headlining big clubs but also playing with other bands such as Accept and Autograph. ^[4]

The album was re-released the same year with songs 1 and 3 remixed, and a video was made for the remix of "On Your Feet". The album has seen multiple re-releases on CD, in Japan and on the European labels Bear Tracks, AxeKiller and Rock Candy.

Track listing

Side one

1. "(Rock On) Through the Night" (Dan Wexler, Stephen Clifford, John Aquilino) – 3:31
2. "Killer Machine" (Aquilino, Wexler) – 3:31
3. "On Your Feet" (Aquilino, Clifford) – 3:22
4. "World War" (Wexler, Tracy Wallach, Clifford) – 4:30
5. "Hot Desert Night" (Wexler, Clifford) – 3:49

Side two

6. "Under My Gun" (Wexler) – 3:30
7. "Iconoclast" (Wexler, Aquilino) – 1:26
8. "Rock n' Roll Maniac" (Wexler, Clifford, Aquilino, Wallach, Pat Dixon) – 3:58
9. "I'm Alive" (Wexler) – 4:08
10. "It's Up to You" (Wexler, Clifford, Wallach) – 5:05

Personnel

Icon

• Stephen Clifford – vocals
• John Aquilino – guitars
• Dan Wexler – guitars, vocals
• Tracy Wallach – bass, vocals
• Pat Dixon – drums

Production

• Mike Varney – producer
• Allen Sudduth – engineer
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering at Precision Lacquer, Hollywood, California
• Roy Kohara – art direction
• James Dowlen – cover illustration
• John O'Brien – logo design
• Rick Monzon – logo illustration
• Karen Filter – photography
• Volker Kurze – re-issue producer
• Peter Morticelli – manager

References

1. Theakston, Rob. "Icon - Icon review". AllMusic . Retrieved September 3, 2011.
2. Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 167. ISBN   978-1-894959-31-5.
3. Dome, Malcolm (May 3, 1984). "Icon 'Icon'". Kerrang! . No. 67. London, UK: Spotlight Publications Ltd. p. 12.
4. "Icon – Arizonas ikoniske kulthelter". NORWAY ROCK MAGAZINE (in Norwegian Bokmål). March 28, 2025. Retrieved April 8, 2025.