Anything Can Happen/"V"/Sorry/Think Zink
Icehouse is an Australian rock band, formed as Flowers in 1977 in Sydney. Initially known in Australia for their pub rock style, they later achieved mainstream success utilising synthpop and attained Top Ten singles chart success in both Europe and the U.S. The mainstay of both Flowers and Icehouse has been Iva Davies (singer-songwriter, record producer, guitar, bass, keyboards, oboe) supplying additional musicians as required. The name Icehouse, which was adopted in 1981, comes from an old, cold flat Davies lived in and the strange building across the road populated by itinerant people.
Davies and Icehouse extended the use of synthesizers particularly the Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 (”Love in Motion”, 1981), Linn drum machine (”Hey Little Girl”, 1982) and Fairlight CMI (Razorback trailer, 1983) in Australian popular music. Their best known singles on the Australian charts were “Great Southern Land”, “Hey Little Girl”, “Crazy”, “Electric Blue” and “My Obsession”; with Top Five albums being Icehouse (1980, as Flowers), Primitive Man (1982) and Man of Colours (1987).
Icehouse’s iconic status was acknowledged when they were inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame on 16 August 2006. ARIA described Icehouse as “one of the most successful Australian bands of the eighties and nineties… With an uncompromising approach to music production they created songs that ranged from pure pop escapism to edgy, lavish synthesised pieces…” Icehouse has produced eight Top Ten albums and twenty Top Forty singles in Australia, multiple top ten hits in Europe and North America and album sales of over 28 times Platinum in Australasia alone. As of 2006, Man of Colours was still the highest selling album in Australia by an Australian band.
From Wikipedia
This bonus pack was released in 1990 to coincide with the Tenth Anniversary of Icehouse there were two 7" singles in the pack one with "Anything Can Happen/ V " the other Disc had two live cuts One the Easybeats "Sorry" and the other T-Rex's "Think Zinc" both live tracks were recorded live in Studio 301 in Sydney in August 1980.
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Thanks for these Icehouse tracks Deutros - as a longtime fan of Marc Bolan, I'm looking forward to hearing their version of 'Think Zinc'.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your great site (now why didn't I think of this title first) and thanks for adding RockOnVinyl to your links.
Look forward to see you future posts
I like this one; thanks for posting it!
ReplyDeleteDo you have any other Icehouse singles you could post on here? Because it'd be nice to see a couple more singles from this wonderful band! :)
Have a nice day.