Boxes (Icehouse album)
Boxes is a soundtrack and fourth studio album by Australian band Icehouse, released by Festival Records / Chrysalis Records in November 1985. The work was originally conceived by its composers, Iva Davies and Robert Kretschmer, in collaboration with choreographer Graeme Murphy of the Sydney Dance Company for performance as the ballet Boxes. The first live performance of Boxes was given by the Sydney Dance Company together with Davies and Kretschmer of Icehouse and guest percussionist Masaki Tanazawa in the Opera Theatre of the Sydney Opera House on 7 November 1985.[1] Boxes was released in the US under the name Sydney Dance Company.[2] The single "No Promises" was released as a 12" in November and a cassingle in December on Regular Records for Australian and New Zealand markets; it contained other tracks from Boxes; two tracks from Boxes were later released on their next studio album Measure for Measure in April 1986.
Boxes | ||||
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Soundtrack album by | ||||
Released | 1 November 1985 | |||
Recorded | Trash Studios, Sydney, Australia | |||
Genre | Synthpop, new wave | |||
Label | Festival/Chrysalis | |||
Producer | Iva Davies Bob Kretschmer | |||
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Singles from Boxes | ||||
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Track listing
- "Early Images" - 3:48
- "Terra Incognita" - 1:47 ^
- "Solitaire" - 4:22
- "A Break in the Clouds" - 4:15
- "Love Dance" - 2:57
- "No Promises" - 6:03 ^ &&
- "The Tempest - Part 1" - 2:21 ^
- "The Tempest - Part 2" - 2:27 ^
- "Gravity" - 1:41 ^
- "Indian Summer" - 3:46
- "Russian Dolls" - 5:14
- "Regular Boys" - 2:38
- "Familiar Winds" - 2:02
- "The Walker" - 1:25
- "No Promises" (reprise) - 1:22
- "Surgery" - 2:36
- "Regular Boys" (reprise) - 3:17 &&
- "Labyrinth - Part 1" - 1:21
- "Labyrinth - Part 2" - 1:00
- "Liberation - Part 1" - 1:24
- "Liberation - Part 2" - 1:55
^ tracks also on "No Promises" 12" single in 1985
&& tracks, different versions, also on Measure for Measure in 1986
Personnel
Credits:[3]
- Music:Iva Davies, Bob Kretschmer, Masaki Tanazawa
- Studio/s: Trash Studios, Sydney, Australia
- Mix: Warne Livesey @ Crescent Studios, Bath, England.
- Producer/s: Iva Davies and Bob Kretschmer
References
- McFarlane, Ian (1999). Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop (doc). Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86448-768-2. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
- "Icehouse & Sydney Dance Company". MusicBrainz. Archived from the original on 2013-04-15. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
- Holmgren, Magnus. "The Flowers / Icehouse". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2014.