The Best of the Icicle Works

Product Description
Release on Beggars Banquet featuring 16 of the poppy/ alternative Liverpudlian trio's best, 1983-1992. Includes the U.S. top 40 hit 'Birds Fly (Whisper To A Scream)', plus '92 versions of their classics 'Understanding Jane' & 'When It All Comes Down', as well as 'Hollow Horse' (Long Version), an acoustic version of 'High Time', 'Blind', 'Up Here In The North Of England' and more! 16 tracks total. 1999 release.

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Average customer rating: Very Under-rated Band Buy their 2nd and 1st albums, and forget the rest Forgettable 80's rock. Im confused Pray for an early thraw!

The Best of the Icicle Works Icicle Works Manufacturer: Beggars UK - Ada ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music | Vinyl Records | American Punk | British Punk | Emo | Garage Punk | Hardcore | Post Hardcore | Proto Punk | Punk | Punk Revival | Punk-Pop | Riot Grrl | Ska Punk | Straight Edge New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Post-Punk | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Neo-Psychedelia | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Icicle Works The Small Price of a Bicycle Get the Message: The Best of Electronic When in Rome The Essential ASIN: B00000711D Release Date: 2001-12-03

Tracks:

1. Hollow Horse [Long Version]
2. Love Is a Wonderful Colour
3. Whisper to a Scream (Birds Fly)
4. Understanding Jane ['92 Version]
5. Shit Creek
6. High Time [Acoustic]
7. Who Do You Want for Your Love?
8. Evangeline
9. Little Girl Lost
10. When It All Comes Down ['92 Version]
11. Starry Blue Eyed Wonder
12. Out of Season
13. Kiss Off
14. Up Here in the North of England
15. Firepower
16. Blind

Tracks:

1. Like Weather
2. One Time
3. I Never Saw My Hometown 'Til I Went Around the Would
4. Private Revolution
5. Sure Thing
6. Nirvana [Live]
7. Triad / Chestnut Mare
8. Atheist
9. Needle and the Damage Done
10. Whipping Boy
11. Solid Ground
12. Acid Hell Nightmare
13. Broken Hearted Fool
14. Hot Profit Gospel
15. Tin Can
16. Goin' Back

Customer Reviews:

Very Under-rated Band.......2006-09-02

This band to me through all its incarnations was very good, as a new wave band they had depth and some real serious musical chops. I thought they were a progressive rock band with a few new romantic hooks. My opinion is that the first 3 albums were great-not just the first two. The last album was very heavy but still good. Founder and guitarist Ian McNabbs's solo albums are well worth checking into as a sidenote.

Buy their 2nd and 1st albums, and forget the rest.......2006-04-14

If you like the first three tracks on disc 1, then definitely check out their first two albums, 'For the Small Price of a Bicycle' and their self-titled album (in that order, i.m.o.). The songs on those albums are full of great couplets, and I'd rate each at 4 stars.

After that, they evolved on to a harder sound, but somehow it didn't take on me. (For reference, I thought Understanding Jane marked their mediocrity's start. And if you don't like Birds Fly or Hollow Horse, then you probably won't like their first albums the way I do.)

I haven't heard any of the songs on disc 2, and having owned a (different release of) disc 1, I'm not tempted to risk any more on their later work.

Forgettable 80's rock........2006-02-04

I remember hearing Birds Fly on the radio one time, and I liked the song, so I decided to check out The Icicle Works. Well, finding any material by this band proved harder than I thought. I could not find anything whatsoever (this being in a time before ordering music over the internet was around...) but finally after a very extended period of on and off searching, I stumbled upon a copy of the Greatest Hits. I was very excited that I finally found something by this band, who I had built up in my mind over the long period of waiting and wondering what other great songs they may have. I was finally going to be exposed to the wonderful world of The Icicle Works. Maybe my high expectations of this band helped lead to the letdown feeling I had as each track floated past my ears, each one more embarrasing or dull than the last. I put this album on the shelf immediately after hearing it, dismissing it as just another forgettable 80's band with one or two decent songs. Well, here it is almost 10 years later, I happened to look at the CD again the other day and decided maybe I was in a different frame of mind now, more mature and refined in my musical tastes, and that I should give it another go. Well,listening to it again just solidified what I already knew the first time I heard it long ago. It still pretty much sucks. The vocals are cheesy as anything, and the Icicle Works had that problem where they desperately tried to change with the times, and did a half ass job at trying to blend in with what was popular. Very lame. Understanding Jane is a pretty good song, but the rest of it is borderline pukeworthy. There is a reason why this band never gained popularity in the 80's. They aren't good. Avoid this, it's for a very select few, and if you have any taste whatsoever, it's probably not you.

Im confused.......2005-09-07

I dont understand these guys. I remember them as being new-wave romantics, with their most well known songs, Birds Fly, and Love is a Wonderful Color, which are probably their 2 best songs. Their first album, I admit was decent, but after hearing this, Im glad I didnt get anything else by them. I mean, c'mon. They shouldve just stuck to what they did best, instead of trying to do metal, blues, and reggae-ish(!) pop. Im sorry, alot of this comes off as half-baked, mediocre pop/rock at times coming off as a bad REO Speedwagon or some kind of AOR rock, like they lost their way somewhere. The only reason to buy this is for their 2 greatest hits. Its not just one disc, ITS 2. 2 DISCS OF MEDIOCRE MUSIC. Go get yourself a decent Echo and the Bunnymen record or something.

Pray for an early thraw!.......2002-11-21

Unless you are a die hard, and I repeat, die hard fan, save your cash and get MP3 downloads of the three songs that are worth hearing. Big disappointment!

Average customer rating: The Only Mainstream Song Is Whisper To A Scream supurb synth rock broup from the 80's

Best of Icicle Works Manufacturer: Beggars UK - Ada ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music New Wave | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Under the Milky Way: The Best of the Church When in Rome ASIN: B00000AORT Release Date: 1999-07-20

Album Description

Release on Beggars Banquet featuring 16 of the poppy/ alternative Liverpudlian trio's best, 1983-1992. Includes the U.S. top 40 hit 'Birds Fly (Whisper To A Scream)', plus '92 versions of their classics 'Understanding Jane' & 'When It All Comes Down', as well as 'Hollow Horse' (Long Version), an acoustic version of 'High Time', 'Blind', 'Up Here In The North Of England' and more! 16 tracks total. 1999 release.

Customer Reviews:

The Only Mainstream Song Is Whisper To A Scream.......2001-07-05

Now, if you have no idea in hell who these guys are, they are the people who brought you Birds Fly (Whisper to A Scream) during the end credits of the film 'Scream.' The rest of this CD is pretty much the same type of music, but actually is coherent and understandable. In a strange way, it is an angst sort of album that truly makes you want to do something. No, this is not the "in your face" type of album, but instead the album that explains to you its feelings. Many albums attempt to do this and fail. I would compare, lyric wise, this album to Dave Navarro's now popular "Trust No One." The lyrics truly stand out. The musical sense of the album is original, mixing the likes of Radiohead in some songs with a new variation of punk in others. If you are a fan of independent music or a fan of the film 'Scream' and its song 'Birds Fly(Whisper to A Scream), give this album a try. It will either be a hit or miss, but with me, it was a sure hit. Thank you.

supurb synth rock broup from the 80's.......2000-08-20

Hola! Ese albumo es no miera. Esta fantastico!

Average customer rating:

Best of Icicle Works Icicle Works Manufacturer: Phantom Sound & Vision ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000DERGP Release Date: 1996-11-21

Album Description

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