Permanent Damage

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Permanent Damage
Icicle works permanent.jpg
Studio album by
The Icicle Works
ReleasedMay 1990 [1]
StudioAmazon, Livingstone, Mayfair and Air Studios, London
Genre Post-punk, new wave, neo-psychedelia
Length46:56
Label Epic
Producer The Icicle Works, Michael H. Brauer (tracks 1 to 5), Richard Manwaring (track 6)
The Icicle Works chronology
Blind
(1988)		Permanent Damage
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Classic Rock Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide Star empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Permanent Damage is the fifth and final album by The Icicle Works. [4] [6] The album was released in 1990. [7] [8]

Contents

Critical reception

The Quietus called the album a collection of "more straightforward classic rock songs ... an unimaginative set." [9] The Rough Guide to Rock called it a "somewhat desperate set redeemed by the excellent single 'Motorcycle Rider.'" [6] MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide wrote that it tended "to be uninspired and samey." [5]

Track listing

All songs written by Ian McNabb.

  1. "I Still Want You" – 3:35
  2. "Motorcycle Rider" – 3:35
  3. "Melanie Still Hurts" – 4:13
  4. "Hope Street Rag" – 3:28
  5. "I Think I'm Gonna Be OK" – 3:11
  6. "Baby Don't Burn" – 4:07
  7. "What She Did to My Mind" – 7:18
  8. "One Good Eye" – 4:47
  9. "Permanent Damage" – 3:17
  10. "Woman on My Mind" – 3:41
  11. "Looks Like Rain" – 2:12
  12. "Dumb Angel" – 3:32

Personnel

The Icicle Works
Additional musicians
Production

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References

  1. ↑ Mann, Bill, ed. (12 May 1990). "New Album Releases" (PDF). Sounds. p. 14. ISSN   0144-5774.
  2. ↑ Mathew, Leslie. "Permanent Damage - The Icicle Works review". AllMusic . All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  3. ↑ Doran, John (March 2010). "The Icicle Works - Permanent Damage". Classic Rock . No. 142. p. 93.
  4. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. Oxford University Press. p. 447. ISBN   978-0-19-531373-4.
  5. 1 2 Gary Graff; Daniel Durchholz, eds. (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. p. 572. ISBN   978-0-82-567256-9.
  6. 1 2 The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. 27 August 2003. ISBN   978-1-85-828457-6 – via Google Books.
  7. ↑ "Truth And Beauty - Record Collector Magazine". recordcollectormag.com.
  8. ↑ "Icicle Works". Trouser Press. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  9. ↑ "The Quietus | Features | A Quietus Interview | Roll Over The Icicle Works: Ian McNabb Interviewed". The Quietus.
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