Audio CD review:
Icehouse - Man of Colours

Icehouse - Man of Colours

Band: Icehouse Title: Man of Colours Rating: Release Date: 2000-05-02 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Crazy 2: Electric Blue 3: Nothing Too Serious 4: Man of Colours 5: Heartbreak Kid 6: The Kingdom 7: My Obsession 8: Girl in the Moon 9: Anybody's War 10: Sunrise 11: Crazy 12: Crazy

Icehouse: 1987, the year they made contact Remember 1987? that year all the big bands released there finest stuff (U2, Midnight Oil, Inxs, George Michael, etc. ) well Icehouse was 1 of those bands too! Man Of Colors Starts off w/ the smash hit single "Crazy" , Followed by there biggest Hit "Electric Blue" , co written by John Oates. Other note worthy singles also fill out this album "My Obession & Nothing Too Serious" respectively. The "Title Track" is a beautiful ballad & "The Kingdom" is a surprise of pop intensity. The only problem I have w/ Man Of Colors is that it sounds too much like sell out. this album is the place to start for ALL new Icehouse fans. Transports me to 1988... "Crazy" is a haunting track! The video began with a DJ (Iva Davies, the band's leader) in Sidney, Australia (where the band is from) giving good morning to his listeners, as a gal calls in, with the first rays of sunshine sipping in through the blinds of the transmission booth. When I was almost done with High School there was this one song that I had heard in a video on MTV, and it was "Crazy," from this album, which had me haunted. . . as the first cords of the guitar start to sound in the background. I thought it was an incredible intro to an incredible song. Transports me to 1988, but still sounds great in the 21st century. Enjoy!. Australian Pop At Its Best Filled with great pop hooks and unusual instrumentation, Man of Colours is among the best of the Australian Pop albums. Memory Maker They really send you back to the 80's. The songs Electric Blue and Crazy just have a perfect mixture of sounds that make you feel free and energetic. I never get tired of hearing these songs. If you were old enough to jam to this album then you know it really brings back memories and make new ones. ...late 80's gem . . going through my cd collection and trying to make room and put away the not really so great after alls when I came across this one. I hadn't even heard this for well over 5-10 years and boy did the best of what the 80's was all about come rushing through me again. I had forgotting what an outstanding collection of mood songs these were for me. Hearing I am a "man of colors", "Crazy", "my obsession", "the kingdom" wow, just wanted to write a review while its fresh in my head. The song "man of colors" reminds me so much of the great writing of Joni Mitchell and her painting and songwriting halfs and the covers of her "ladies of the canyons" and Icehouse's "man of colors" are quite similar. Its no wonder this collection of songs must have had the inspiration of the likes of one the greatest storyteller/poet musicians behind them, Joni Mitchell. You can see a complete list of all Icehouse discography, or go back to the Icehouse tabs