Genre: Synth pop
Places I remember: The Warehouse
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Great Southern Land
Gear costume: Street Cafe
Active compensatory factors: Icehouse is an Aussie 'band' that is really just multi-instrumentalist/writer/singer Iva Davies.
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Great Southern Land
Gear costume: Street Cafe
Active compensatory factors: Icehouse is an Aussie 'band' that is really just multi-instrumentalist/writer/singer Iva Davies.
Icehouse's Primitive Man was hugely successful down under, thanks to those big hit singles. Great Southern Land is a great song, and the reason why I bought this album out of the sale bins in The Warehouse (when they stocked CDs that is).
The synth pop sound is expertly crafted into songs by Davies on the album and although it is completely rooted in 1982 it's still pleasant to listen to, or at least, the hits are. The instrumentals sound like filler to me. Maybe he was trying for a Berlin era Bowie kind of thing. One of the songs is called 'Glam' after all, and it includes German lyrics. He certainly has some Bowie-isms on full display.
The bonus selections are good for once - 12-inch mixes of the hits.
Where do they all belong? My only Icehouse album, thanks to Great Southern Land.
Where do they all belong? My only Icehouse album, thanks to Great Southern Land.
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