Measure for Measure (album)

All tracks are written by Iva Davies and Robert Kretschmer, except where noted.

Measure for Measure
Australian cover
Studio album by Icehouse
Released	April 1986
Recorded	August 1985
Studio	Crescent Studios (Bath) Whitehouse (Livingston) Air Studios (London)
Genre	Rock new wave
Length	51:55
Label	Regular
Producer	David Lord Rhett Davies
Icehouse chronology
Boxes (1985) Measure for Measure (1986) Man of Colours (1987)
Singles from Measure for Measure
"No Promises" Released: 28 October 1985 [1] "Baby, You're So Strange" Released: 10 March 1986 "Mr. Big" Released: 16 June 1986 "Cross the Border" Released: 20 October 1986 "Paradise" Released: 1986 (US and UK only)

Australian release

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Paradise"	Iva Davies	4:47
2.	"No Promises"		4:40
3.	"Mr Big"		3:33
4.	"Angel Street"		4:46
5.	"The Flame"	Davies	5:11
6.	"Regular Boys"		3:30
7.	"Cross the Border"		4:25
8.	"Spanish Gold"	Davies	4:17
9.	"Lucky Me" aka "American Way"		4:38
10.	"Baby, You're So Strange"		3:59

1993 reissue bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Too Late Now"	Davies	3:11
12.	"Into the Wild"		4:53

2002 remastered reissue bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Just a Word"		4:26
14.	"The Perfect Crime"	Davies Kretschmer Andy Qunta Masaki Tanazawa	3:38
15.	"The Flame" (live)	Davies	5:26
16.	"No Promises"		5:25
17.	"Sister" (live)	Davies Michael Hoste	3:48
25.	Untitled (live)

American release

No.	Title	Length
1.	"No Promises"
2.	"Cross the Border"
3.	"Spanish Gold"
4.	"Paradise"
5.	"The Flame"
6.	"Regular Boys"
7.	"Mr. Big"
8.	"Angel Street"
9.	"Lucky Me"
10.	"Baby, You're So Strange"
11.	"Too Late Now"
12.	"Into the Wild"

Personnel

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Icehouse

• Iva Davies – vocals, guitar, keyboards (Fairlight CMI), drum programming, bass guitar
• Simon Lloyd – reeds, brass, trumpet, keyboard programming, Fairlight CMI
• Robert Kretschmer – guitar
• Guy Pratt – bass guitar, fretless bass guitar
• Andy Qunta – keyboards, backing vocals
• Steve Jansen – drums, percussion (on "No Promises", "Cross the Border" and "The Flame")
• Masaki Tanazawa – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

• Brian Eno – backing vocals, piano, keyboards
• Stuart Gordon – strings
• Maurice Green – backing vocals
• Gasper Lawal – percussion
• David Lord – keyboards, string arrangement, percussion
• Shena Power – female voices
• Glen Tommey – percussion

Recording

• Engineer – Rhett Davies, David Lord, Andy Lyden, Iva Davies, Warne Livesey
  • Assistant – George Shilling, Matt Howe
• Mastering – Paul Ibbotson
• Mixing – David Hemmings, Warne Livesey, Glen Tommey
  • Assistant – Raine Shine
• Producer – Rhett Davies (2,3,4,7,10,11,12), David Lord (1,4,6,8,9)
• Digital remastering (2002) – Iva Davies, Ryan Scott

Artwork

• Brett Cabot – Cover Photography
• David McKenzie – Artwork

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Measure for Measure Chart (1986) Peak position Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [5] 8 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [10] 64 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [11] 37 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [12] 2 US Billboard 200 [13] 55

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Measure for Measure Chart (1986) Position Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [14] 38 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [15] 19

Certifications

Certifications for Measure for Measure

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ) [16]	Gold	7,500^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Singles: New Releases". Kent Music Report . No. 590. 28 October 1985 – via Imgur.
2. AllMusic review
3. "Artist: Icehouse". Warner Music Australia. Archived from the original on 11 June 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2008.
4. David Rowley (January 1986). "What's in the Box, Iva?". Countdown Magazine. No. 30.
5. Kent 1993, p. 147.
6. McFarlane, Ian (1999). Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop (doc). Allen & Unwin. ISBN   1-86448-768-2 . Retrieved 11 June 2008.
7. "Billboard Music Charts – Search Results – Icehouse". Billboard . Retrieved 3 July 2008.
8. "Measure for Measure (bonus tracks) credits". AllMusic . Retrieved 2 July 2008.
9. Holmgren, Magnus. "The Flowers / Icehouse". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
10. "Dutchcharts.nl – Icehouse – Measure for Measure" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
11. "Offiziellecharts.de – Icehouse – Measure for Measure" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
12. "Charts.nz – Icehouse – Measure for Measure". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
13. "Icehouse Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
14. Kent 1993, p. 438.
15. "Top Selling Albums of 1986". Recorded Music NZ . Retrieved 5 February 2022.
16. "New Zealand album certifications – Icehouse – Measure for Measure". Recorded Music NZ . Retrieved 20 November 2024.

Bibliography

• Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.

External links

• Measure for Measure at Discogs (list of releases)