Icehouse
Measure For Measure
Chrysalis
VK 41527
(1986)
Rock/Pop
CD, 12
Tracks, 51:49
Length
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01 |
No Promises |
Iva Davies; Robert Kretschmer |
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04:41 |
02 |
Cross The Border |
Iva Davies; Robert Kretschmer |
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04:25 |
03 |
Spanish Gold |
Iva Davies |
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04:17 |
04 |
Paradise |
Iva Davies |
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04:47 |
05 |
The Flame |
Iva Davies |
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05:08 |
06 |
Regular Boys |
Iva Davies; Robert Kretschmer |
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03:30 |
07 |
Mr. Big |
Iva Davies; Robert Kretschmer |
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03:33 |
08 |
Angel Street |
Iva Davies |
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04:46 |
09 |
Lucky Me |
Iva Davies; Robert Kretschmer |
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04:38 |
10 |
Baby, You're So Strange |
Iva Davies; Robert Kretschmer |
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04:00 |
11 |
Too Late Now |
Iva Davies |
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03:11 |
12 |
Into The Wild |
Iva Davies; Robert Kretschmer |
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04:53 |
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Packaging |
Jewel Case |
Spars |
DDD |
Sound |
Stereo |
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Vocals |
Iva Davies |
Guitar |
Robert Kretschmer |
Bass |
Guy Pratt |
Trumpet |
Simon Lloyd |
Keyboards |
Andy Qunta |
Drums |
Steve Jansen |
Drums |
Masaki Tanazawa |
Synthesizer |
Brian Eno |
Musician |
Icehouse |
Producer |
David Lord; Rhett Davies |
Engineer |
Rhett Davies |
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Index |
#
1607 |
Owner |
Dave |
Tags |
Art Rock, Pop Rock, Synth Pop |
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Based on the principles of balance, Measure for Measure is half-produced by David Lord, half by Rhett Davies. American and European editions benefit from a better track list, which opens with the Davies-produced "No Promises." A little too close to Bowie and Metheny's "This Is Not America," perhaps, but very nice all the same. "Cross the Border" resembles and continues the close relationship with Simple Minds, and features a strong Brian Eno back vocal motif. Another of the RD-produced pieces, "The Flame," although about the struggles in South Africa, opens with a watery, orient-like synth treatment before a strong beat, courtesy of Steve Jansen, and a Talk Talk-sounding synth take charge. Newer realms are visited by Spanish guitar on "Angel Street," but the Bowie references can't be shaken, with much of the later part relying on squally glam rock ("Regular Boys" and the career-reviving "Baby You're So Strange"). Had the color of bonus CD cuts "Too Late Now" (a definitive Icehouse sound) and "Into the Wild" been included, how different things might have been. A few blocks up from the bland Sidewalk but a few buildings short of Man of Colours.