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ICEHOUSE "primitive man" 1982. vinyl #3Aust, #64UK, #129US

im too hot in this 40C heat to be bothered, but here i go anyway!

Icehouse were originally called "the flowers" for their first album and first four singles, however when their Australian record company took them to the internationally market there was already a band known in several countries by that name, thus the name change to "icehouse".
this was the first of four reasonably good albums by Iva Davies and Co under the name Icehouse.
this album was retitled "love in motion" in the UK, and both UK and US had slight variations to this track listing, the cd does contain all variations and contains seventeen tracks in all,which includes b-sides and remixes.
Iva Davies vocals bear more than a passing resemblance to Bryan Ferry and David Bowie and some of the musical content has shades of The Cars.
the tracks themselves,for the most part, have a smooth quality to those of Roxy Music's recordings like Avalon.
overall, its a pleasant album to listen to, nothing too bad about it or great either...just pleasant.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: one by one
best track: hey little girl

tracks:

1. great southern land** #5Aust, #83UK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzMuPzvLn0o live
2. uniform** #83UK
3. street cafe** #57Aust, #62UK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j5YwGS8AH8 live
4. hey little girl** #7Aust, #17UK, #31US
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UkmSkT2s...re=related live & interview
5. glam*
6. trojan blue**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw9RLSKp0h4 audio
7. one by one*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjJLQoPl5...re=related live
8. break these chains**
9. mysterious thing**
10.goodnight mr.matthews**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apK3aFYWZyY audio

3s=0
2s=8
1s=2

rating: 1.8