Sidewalk (album)

Sidewalk is the third studio album by Australian rock band Icehouse. It was originally released in June 1984, on the labels Chrysalis, Regular, and reached No. 8 on the National albums chart with singles "Taking the Town" (No. 29 in May), "Don't Believe Anymore" (No. 31 August) and "Dusty Pages" (No. 82 November).[4] Founding member Iva Davies used the Fairlight CMI digital sampling synthesizer on this more sombre and reflective album.[5] This is the first album bassist Guy Pratt worked on as a member of the band. Pratt would later become a session musician, and go on to work with artists such as Pink Floyd, Roxy Music, David Bowie, Madonna and Michael Jackson.[6]

Sidewalk
Studio album by
Icehouse
Released26 June 1984 (1984-06-26)
RecordedFebruary 1984
StudioEMI Studios 301, Sydney, Baby-Oh, and El Dorado Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre
Length45:09
Label
Producer
Icehouse chronology
Primitive Man
(1982)		 Sidewalk
(1984)		 Boxes
(1985)
Singles from Sidewalk
  1. "Taking the Town"
    Released: April 22, 1984
  2. "Don't Believe Anymore"
    Released: July 31, 1984
  3. "Dusty Pages"
    Released: November 26, 1984[1]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic (1984)[2]
AllMusic (2002)[3]

In 2002, Warner Music re-released the album, digitally remastered by Davies and Ryan Scott, with four bonus tracks.[7]

Use in other media

Included are two tracks, "Shot Down" and "The Mountain", that were used for the Russell Mulcahy 1984 film Razorback.[7][8][9][10] Iva Davies also composed the film's score.

Track listing

All songs written by Iva Davies.[11]

No.TitleLength
1."Taking the Town"3:34
2."This Time"4:15
3."Someone Like You"4:17
4."Stay Close Tonight"5:09
5."Don't Believe Anymore"5:18
6."Sidewalk"4:08
7."Dusty Pages"4:48
8."On My Mind"3:43
9."Shot Down"5:02
10."The Mountain"4:52
2002 reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Java"4:54
12."Dance On"3:58
13."Dusty Pages (Single Version)"4:03
14."Taking the Town (Extended Version)"5:09

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[7][12]

Icehouse
Additional musicians
  • Joe Camilleri – saxophone (tracks 2, 3, 5, 10)
  • Remy Corps – backing vocals (track 1)
  • James SK Wān – bamboo flute
Production
  • Iva Davies – producer; engineer; mixing
  • John Brand – producer
  • Andy Hilton – engineer
  • Jim Taig – assistant engineer
  • David Jerden – mixing

Chart performance

References
  1. "Kent Music Report No 543 – 26 November 1984 > Singles: New Releases". Imgur.com (original document published by Kent Music Report). Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  2. Allmusic (1984) review
  3. Allmusic (2002) review
  4. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
  5. McFarlane, Ian (1999). Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop (doc). Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86448-768-2. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
  6. biography, retrieved 22 September 2015
  7. "Sidewalk (bonus tracks)". allmusic guide. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
  8. "Artist: Icehouse". Warner Music Australia. Archived from the original on 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
  9. "Razorback trailer details". National Film & Sound Archive (NFSA). Retrieved 2008-06-16.
  10. "Razorback (1984) full cast & crew". Internet Movie Database (IMDb). Retrieved 2008-06-16.
  11. "APRA search engine". APRA. Archived from the original on January 24, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-27. Note: requires user to input song title e.g. TAKING THE TOWN
  12. Holmgren, Magnus. "The Flowers / Icehouse". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  13. "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – 1984". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
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