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Sidewalk is Icehouse's least-effective album, mainly because of a stagnant array of narrowly synthesized pop songs which lack the warmth, melody, or perkiness that can be found in later efforts. The hooks are few and far between, and while their sultry keyboard recipe falls into the same category as that of the Human League, Ultravox, or Visage, Sidewalk fails to exemplify the same synth pop froth or colorfulness that these bands utilized in gaining chart success. Without the techno-pop radiance or keyboard-laden bite found on their next two albums -- 1986's Measure for Measure and 1987's Man of Colours -- Sidewalk is towed along somewhat lethargically by dimly lit lyrics and tiresome instrumental digressions. Even the earlier albums had Iva Davies sounding a little more enthused, especially 1982's Primitive Man. Sidewalk can easily be left behind without its greatest asset, "Taking the Town" even being missed.
© Mike DeGagne /TiVo
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Icehouse, MainArtist - Iva Davies, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1980 Diva Records
Icehouse, MainArtist - Ivor Arthur Davies, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Diva Records
Icehouse, MainArtist - Ivor Arthur Davies, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Diva Records
Icehouse, MainArtist - Ivor Arthur Davies, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Diva Records
Icehouse, MainArtist - Iva Davies, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1980 Diva Records
Icehouse, MainArtist - Ivor Arthur Davies, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Diva Records
Icehouse, MainArtist - Ivor Arthur Davies, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Diva Records
Icehouse, MainArtist - Ivor Arthur Davies, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Diva Records
Icehouse, MainArtist - Ivor Arthur Davies, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Diva Records
Icehouse, MainArtist - Ivor Arthur Davies, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Diva Records
Icehouse, MainArtist - Ivor Arthur Davies, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Diva Records
Icehouse, MainArtist - Iva Davies, Producer - Ivor Arthur Davies, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Diva Records
Icehouse, MainArtist - Iva Davies, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1980 Diva Records
Icehouse, MainArtist - Iva Davies, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Diva Records
Album review
Sidewalk is Icehouse's least-effective album, mainly because of a stagnant array of narrowly synthesized pop songs which lack the warmth, melody, or perkiness that can be found in later efforts. The hooks are few and far between, and while their sultry keyboard recipe falls into the same category as that of the Human League, Ultravox, or Visage, Sidewalk fails to exemplify the same synth pop froth or colorfulness that these bands utilized in gaining chart success. Without the techno-pop radiance or keyboard-laden bite found on their next two albums -- 1986's Measure for Measure and 1987's Man of Colours -- Sidewalk is towed along somewhat lethargically by dimly lit lyrics and tiresome instrumental digressions. Even the earlier albums had Iva Davies sounding a little more enthused, especially 1982's Primitive Man. Sidewalk can easily be left behind without its greatest asset, "Taking the Town" even being missed.
© Mike DeGagne /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 01:02:47
- Main artists: Icehouse
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: diva
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2012 Diva Records ℗ 2012 Diva Records
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