Icehouse discography
| Icehouse discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 8 |
| Live albums | 1 |
| Compilation albums | 6 |
| Video albums | 1 |
| Music videos | 26 |
| EPs | 2 |
| Singles | 39 |
| Soundtrack albums | 2 |
| Remix albums | 2 |
The following is a discography of Icehouse, an Australian rock / synthpop band and includes releases from Flowers, formed in 1977 by the mainstay Iva Davies, renamed as Icehouse in 1981 and also material released as by Iva Davies and Icehouse.[1] Flowers / Icehouse have released eight major studio releases, as well as remix albums, singles and music videos. Icehouse / Iva Davies have also contributed to film soundtracks[2] and to ballet scores.
As Flowers, in 1980 they released three singles and the album Icehouse in Australia on the independent Regular Records label.[3] After signing with UK-based Chrysalis Records, Flowers changed their name to Icehouse to avoid confusion with similarly named bands.[1] From 1981, Chrysalis released Flowers' material under the Icehouse name including the single "Icehouse" (not released separately in Australia) with a video clip directed by Russell Mulcahy in June 1981.[4] The first new material under the name Icehouse was the Australian 1981 single-only release "Love in Motion", recorded in London while on tour, upon return to Australia Icehouse separated. Davies recorded the 1982 album Primitive Man (released in UK as Love in Motion, 1983) virtually as a solo artist, co-producing with Keith Forsey, but it was released under the name Icehouse. Davies then formed a new line-up to tour UK and North America promoting the album.[1] In 1983, Icehouse released Fresco EP,[3] which was the first material from the new line-up. Davies used a similar approach with subsequent releases often having only one or two band members in for recording and then taking an extended line-up out on tour to promote the latest material.[1]
Studio releases
| Year | Title | Chart peak positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [5] |
NZ [6] |
US [7] |
UK [8] |
SWE [9] |
GER [10] | |||||||||
| 1980 | Icehouse[a]
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4 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1982 | Primitive Man[b]
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3 | — | 129 | 64 | 31 | 5 |
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| 1983 | Fresco
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— | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1984 | Sidewalk | 8 | — | — | — | — | 39 |
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| 1986 | Measure for Measure | 8 | — | 55 | — | — | 37 |
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| 1987 | Man of Colours
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1 | 1 | 43 | — | — | — |
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| 1990 | Code Blue
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5 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 1993 | Spin One
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— | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
Big Wheel
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46 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 1995 | The Berlin Tapes[c]
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— | 47 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
^ a Icehouse was released when the band were called Flowers, in some markets this album is called Flowers by Icehouse.
^ b Primitive Man was released in UK in 1983 as Love in Motion with the track "Break These Chains" replaced by "Love in Motion", tracks were reordered and new cover artwork was used,
^ c The Berlin Tapes was released under the name Iva Davies and Icehouse.
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Remix albums
| Year | Title | Australian album charts peak position[5] |
Certifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUS | |||
| 1994 | Full Circle
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— | |
| 2002 | Meltdown
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— |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Compilation albums
| Year | Title | AUS album charts peak positions[5] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Icehouse: Live at the Ritz
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— | 14 August 1986 performance at New York City's Ritz Hotel directed by John Jopson, broadcast on US TV on 9 September 1987 and Australian TV on 15 November 1987.[14] It was released on VHS and NTSC formats in 1987 by Chrysalis Records and in Australia in 1993 by Massive Records.[15] |
| 1989 | Great Southern Land
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2 | Different versions released in different markets, combined CD + VHS/PAL video also released. "Touch the Fire" and "Jimmy Dean" released as singles. |
| 1992 | Masterfile
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25 | "Love in Motion" with Christina Amphlett was released as a single. |
| 1995 | The Singles
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— | Subtitled: A sides... and selected B sides |
| 1996 | Love in Motion
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— | |
| 1997 | No Promises
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— | |
| 2004 | Heroes
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— | Compilation of recordings from the Australian and Japanese releases of The Berlin Tapes. "Heroes" released as a single. |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Singles
| Year | Title | Chart peak positions | Album | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [5][17] |
US [18] |
US Main[18] | US D/CP[18] | US Pop[18] | GER[19] | AUT [20] |
UK [8] |
SWI [21] | |||
| 1980 | "Can't Help Myself" | 10 | — | — | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | Icehouse |
| "We Can Get Together" | 16 | 62 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1981 | "Walls" | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Icehouse" | — | — | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Love in Motion" | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | single only release | |
| 1982 | "Great Southern Land" | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 83 | — | Primitive Man |
| "Hey Little Girl" | 7 | — | 31 | 55 | — | 5 | 9 | 17 | 2 | ||
| 1983 | "Street Cafe" | 57 | — | — | — | — | 28 | — | 62 | — | |
| "Uniform" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 83 | — | ||
| 1984 | "Taking the Town" | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sidewalk |
| "Don't Believe Anymore" | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Dusty Pages" | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985 | "No Promises" | 30 | 79 | 9 | 7 | — | — | — | 72 | — | Boxes |
| 1986 | "Baby, You're So Strange" | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Measure for Measure |
| "Mr. Big" | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Cross the Border" | 65 | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Paradise" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987 | "Crazy" | 4 | 14 | 10 | — | — | — | — | 38 | — | Man of Colours |
| "Electric Blue" | 1 | 7 | 10 | — | — | — | — | 53 | — | ||
| "My Obsession" | 12 | 88 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988 | "Man of Colours" | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Nothing Too Serious" | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989 | "Touch the Fire" | 13 | 84 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Great Southern Land |
| "Jimmy Dean" | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990 | "Big Fun" | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Code Blue |
| "Miss Divine" | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Anything is Possible" | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991 | "Where the River Meets the Sea" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1992 | "Love in Motion"[d] | 74 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Masterfile |
| 1993 | "Shakin' the Cage" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Full Circle |
| "Satellite" | 83 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Big Wheel | |
| "Big Wheel" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994 | "Invisible People" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Great Southern Land" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Full Circle | |
| 1995 | "Heaven" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Berlin Tapes |
| 1996 | "Complicated Game" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2002 | "Lay Your Hands on Me"[e] | 85 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Meltdown |
| 2004 | "Street Cafe" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Heroes"[f] | 93 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Heroes | |
^ d 1992 version of "Love in Motion" was a duet featuring vocals by Iva Davies of Icehouse and Christina Amphlett of Divinyls and was released from the compilation Masterfile,
^ e "Lay Your Hands on Me" was a remix released by Icehouse vs Speed of Light,
^ f "Heroes" is a cover of David Bowie's song and was originally on the soundtrack album The Berlin Tapes released under the name Iva Davies & Icehouse, it was remixed by Davies as "Heroes" (The Athens Mix) for the album Heroes released in 2004.
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Music videos
| Year | Song | Director(s)[4] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | "Can't Help Myself" | First Flowers single. | |
| "We Can Get Together" | Track originally recorded by Flowers in 1980, later released as first Icehouse single. | ||
| 1981 | "Sister" | Live performance, not released as a single. | |
| "Walls" | |||
| "Icehouse" | Russell Mulcahy | Track originally recorded by Flowers in 1980. First Mulcahy video, made in UK for the UK single, after band name changed to Icehouse. | |
| 1982 | "Great Southern Land" | Original version, for single released in Australia / New Zealand. | |
| "Hey Little Girl" | Russell Mulcahy | Track is first new material released by Icehouse in 1981. Stills from this video were used for the single's cover and its label; and for the 1983 UK release Love in Motion. | |
| 1983 | "Street Cafe" | ||
| 1984 | "Taking the Town" | Steve Hopkins | |
| "Don't Believe Anymore" | Marcello Anciano | ||
| 1985 | "No Promises" | John Scarlett-Davies | UK version. |
| 1986 | "Baby You're So Strange" | ||
| "No Promises" | Dee Trattmann | US version. | |
| "Mr. Big" | |||
| "Cross the Border" | John Jopson | ||
| 1987 | "Crazy" | Mark Joffe | AUS version. |
| "Electric Blue" | John Jopson | ||
| "Crazy" | US version. | ||
| 1988 | "My Obsession" | ||
| "Man of Colours" | |||
| "Nothing Too Serious" | |||
| 1989 | "Great Southern Land" | US version. | |
| "Touch the Fire" | |||
| 1990 | "Big Fun" | ||
| "Miss Divine" | |||
| "Anything is Possible" |
Soundtracks
| Year | Name | Soundtrack / Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Boxes | Boxes score | Created by Iva Davies and Robert Kretschmer of Icehouse with choreographer Graeme Murphy as a dance work. First performed by Sydney Dance Company on 7 November 1985 |
| 1995 | The Berlin Tapes | Berlin score | Collaboration between Davies and classical music composer Max Lambert to accompany Sydney Dance Company production. Released under the name Iva Davies and Icehouse. |
References
- ^ a b c d e McFarlane, Ian (1999). Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop (doc). Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86448-768-2. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
- ^ "Iva Davies". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
- ^ a b Magnus Holmgren (ed.). "The Flowers / Icehouse". Australian Rock Database. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
- ^ a b Alex S. Garcia, ed. (2008). "Icehouse artist videography". mvdbase.com. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
- ^ a b c d Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help);|format=requires|url=(help) - ^ "Icehouse New Zealand Charting". Charts.org.nz. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
- ^ "Icehouse - Artist Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b "Icehouse on UK charts". Chart Stats. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
- ^ "Icehouse Sweden Charting". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
- ^ "Icehouse Germany Chart history". Musicline.de. Retrieved 2007-11-10.
- ^ "2006 ARIA Hall of Fame Awards". ARIA. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
- ^ "ABC Countdown: Icehouse". Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Retrieved 2008-07-09.
- ^ "Canadian Recording Industry Association – Search Certification Database". Canadian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2008-06-22. Note: User must define search parameters as "Icehouse."
- ^ Icehouse discography at IMDb
- ^ "Icehouse - Live at the Ritz". Discogs. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
- ^ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 1997 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 2008-07-09.
- ^ "australian-charts.com - Icehouse". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
- ^ a b c d "Billboard Music Charts - Search Results - Icehouse". Billboard. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Search results for:Icehouse". musicline.de. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
- ^ "Search results for:Icehouse". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
- ^ "Search results for:Icehouse". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
External links
- Icehouse at AllMusic
- Icehouse discography at Discogs
- Icehouse at MusicBrainz
- Icehouse, Flowers, Iva Davies and Icehouse at Rate Your Music
- Official Icehouse - Iva Davies website reactivated on 2008-06-26, archived at Pandora on 2004-07-05