Measure for Measure by Icehouse (CD, Jan-1986, Chrysalis Records)

Album Features
UPC:	094632152725
Artist:	Icehouse
Format:	CD
Release Year:	1986
Record Label:	Chrysalis Records
Genre:	Rock & Pop, Synth Pop

Track Listing
1. No Promises
2. Cross the Border
3. Spanish Gold
4. Paradise
5. Flame, The
6. Regular Boys
7. Mr. Big
8. Angel Street
9. Lucky Me
10. Baby You're So Strange

Details
Playing Time:	52 min.
Contributing Artists:	Brian Eno
Producer:	Rhett Davies, David Lord
Distributor:	EMI Music Distribution
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	DDD

Album Notes
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. ~ Kelvin Hayes