Code Blue (album)

Code Blue is the seventh studio album by the Australian rock/synthpop band Icehouse and was released in November 1990 by Regular Records. Although less commercially successful than their previous studio album, 1987's Man of Colours, Code Blue peaked at #5 on the Australian album charts. Singles from the album were "Touch the Fire" "Big Fun", "Miss Divine", "Anything Is Possible" and "Where the River Meets the Sea", "Miss Divine" peaked at #16 on the Australian singles chart and became their last Top 40 hit.[2] The album was digitally remastered by Icehouse founder Iva Davies and Ryan Scott with three bonus tracks added for the 2002 re-release by Warner Music Australia.[3]

Code Blue
Studio album by Icehouse
Released	11 November 1990
Recorded	1989-90
Studio	Trackdown and Rhinoceros Studios, Sydney, Australia
Genre	Rock, new wave
Length	51:38
Label	Regular
Producer	Nick Launay
Icehouse chronology
Great Southern Land (1989) Code Blue (1990) Masterfile (1992)
Singles from Code Blue
"Touch the Fire" Released: 30 September 1989 "Big Fun" Released: 23 July 1990 "Miss Divine" Released: 28 August 1990 "Anything Is Possible" Released: 9 December 1990 "Where the River Meets the Sea" Released: April 1991

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Iva Davies and Robert Kretschmer except where noted. Songwriters according to Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).[4]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mercy on the Boy"	3:46
2.	"Harbour Town" (Davies)	3:38
3.	"The Great Divide" (Davies)	4:39
4.	"Wind and Sail"	5:08
5.	"Big Fun"	4:00
6.	"Miss Divine"	4:20
7.	"Knockin' 'Em Down" ((Davies))	3:46
8.	"Miracle Mile"	4:40
9.	"Anything is Possible"	4:21
10.	"Where the River Meets the Sea"	4:08
11.	"Jericho Bay" (Davies, Simon Lloyd)	4:06
12.	"Charlie's Sky" (Davies)	5:00
13.	"Touch the Fire" (Davies)	3:55

Singles

• "Big Fun" #47 AUS
• "Miss Divine" #16 AUS
• "Anything Is Possible" #49 AUS

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Peak
1990	Australian Chart	5

Personnel

Credited to:[3][5]

Icehouse members

• Iva Davies – vocals, guitars, keyboards, oboe, bagpipes
• Simon Lloyd – saxophone, keyboards, programming
• Stephen Morgan – bass
• Paul Wheeler – drums

Additional musicians

• Mark Azzopardi – backing vocals
• Mary Azzopardi – backing vocals
• Kevin Bennett – backing vocals
• Robert Burke – saxophone
• The Cove Chamber Orchestra — strings
• Sandy Evans – saxophone
• Sean Kelly – backing vocals
• Wendy Matthews – backing vocals
• James Morrison – trumpet
• Mark Punch – backing vocals
• James Valentine – saxophone

Recording details

• Studio/s: Trackdown and Rhinoceros Studios, Rich and E.M.I. Studio 301 Sydney
• Arranger (brass, strings) – Iva Davies
• Engineer – Nick Launay
  • Assistants – James Cadsky, Nich Hartley, Peter Lees, Adrian Webb, Kristen Wolek
• Mastered – Tony Cousins @ The Town House, London, England.
• Mixed – Nick Launay, Iva Davies (bonus tracks)
• Producer – Nick Launay, Iva Davies (bonus tracks)
• Digital remastering (2002) – Iva Davies, Ryan Scott

Art work

• Cover Concept – Iva Davies
• Art Director – David Barnes
• Photography – Hugh Stewart

References

1. Allmusic review
2. "Search results for:Icehouse". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
3. "Man of Colours (bonus tracks) credits". allmusic guide. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
4. "Australasian Performing Right Association". APRA. Archived from the original on 2008-05-05. Retrieved 2008-07-05. Note: requires user to input song title e.g. MERCY ON THE BOY
5. Holmgren, Magnus. "The Flowers / Icehouse". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2014.