Showing posts with label Icehouse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Icehouse. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Just so you know...

I'm finally listening to Measure for Measure by Icehouse which I bought on vinyl a few weeks back from eBay, and surprisingly, it's really very good... I was expecting a few listenable tracks surrounded by a lot of typical 80's pop-filler, and don't get me wrong, this album was definitely recorded in the 80's, and it's definitely a pop record. There's more than enough synthesizer to give THAT away, but it doesn't have the wasted tracks that a lot of other synth-pop artists threw on their records. I'm honestly a little surprised, considering the strength of the album, that Icehouse didn't make it out of the 80's the way Depeche Mode or (to some degree) Duran Duran did.

If you're a fan of the 80's and find yourself looking for some different synth-pop tunes to round out your catalog, give this one a listen!