Icehouse

by Flowers

Icehouse cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 10 October 1980
  • Label: Regular
  • Country: Australia
  • Length: 41:50
  • Community rating: 3.61/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Flowers' debut 'Icehouse' introduced Iva Davies' sleek songwriting and atmospheric synth-rock approach before the band adopted the Icehouse name. The album became a major Australian new wave release, balancing icy textures with strong pop hooks.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, rhythmic, synth, minimal, motorik, synthesizers, guitars, male-vocals

Tracklist

  1. Icehouse (4:22)
  2. We Can Get Together (3:46)
  3. Fatman (3:53)
  4. Sister (3:22)
  5. Walls (4:22)
  6. Can't Help Myself (4:41)
  7. Skin (2:41)
  8. Sons (4:32)
  9. Boulevarde (3:14)
  10. Nothing To Do (3:22)
  11. Not My Kind (3:35)

Credits

  • Flowers - primary artist
  • Geoff Gifford - artwork [inside]
  • John Lloyd - artwork [outside], drums, vocals
  • Keith Welsh - bass, vocals
  • Anthony Smith - keyboards, vocals
  • Michael Hoste - written-by, keyboards [additional], piano [solo]
  • Ian Moss - guitar [solo]
  • Geoff Oakes - saxophone

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