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Great Southern Land (1989)
  
Code Blue (1990)

Release date
  
23 October 1989

Artist
  
Icehouse

Label
  
Chrysalis Records

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Released
  
23 October 1989 (1989-10-23)

Genres
  
Rock music, Synthpop, New wave, Post-punk

Similar
  
The Singles, Love in Motion, Full Circle, Meltdown, Boxes

Icehouse touch the fire


Great Southern Land is a compilation album by Australian rock/synthpop band Icehouse, released by Chrysalis Records / Regular Records in October 1989. It peaked at #2 on the Australian albums charts, and contained two singles "Touch the Fire", which peaked at #13 on the singles charts, and "Jimmy Dean", which peaked at #47. There are quite a few different versions of this album, the Regular Records release for Australian / New Zealand markets was as a 16 track double vinyl LP, twin music cassette or CD; Chrysalis Records US versions were as 10 track LP / music cassette or 11 track CD release with a different track order; Chrysalis Records UK versions had 12 tracks (some not included on original Australian release); and a video version of 15 tracks was released in VHS PAL format.

Contents

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Australian/New Zealand release

  1. "Touch the Fire"
  2. "Can't Help Myself"
  3. "Hey Little Girl"
  4. "Great Southern Land"
  5. "Paradise"
  6. "Sister"
  7. "No Promises"
  8. "Jimmy Dean"
  9. "Cross the Border"
  10. "Street Cafe"
  11. "Love in Motion"
  12. "Walls"
  13. "Baby, You're So Strange"
  14. "We Can Get Together"
  15. "Mr. Big"
  16. "Don't Believe Anymore"

American release

  1. "Touch the Fire"
  2. "Jimmy Dean"
  3. "Hey Little Girl"
  4. "Can't Help Myself"
  5. "Great Southern Land"
  6. "Sister"
  7. "Cross the Border"
  8. "We Can Get Together"
  9. "Street Cafe"
  10. "Don't Believe Anymore"
  11. "No Promises" (12" Dance Mix) (**)

(**) Only released on CD version, not Cassette.

UK release

  1. "Touch the Fire"
  2. "Jimmy Dean"
  3. "Hey Little Girl"
  4. "Great Southern Land"
  5. "Electric Blue"
  6. "Crazy"
  7. "Cross the Border"
  8. "Street Cafe"
  9. "Don't Believe Anymore"
  10. "No Promises" (12" Dance Mix)
  11. "Sister"
  12. "Icehouse"

Video release

  1. "Can't Help Myself"
  2. "We Can Get Together"
  3. "Walls"
  4. "Sister"
  5. "Love in Motion"
  6. "Great Southern Land '82"
  7. "Hey Little Girl"
  8. "Street Cafe"
  9. "Don't Believe Anymore"
  10. "No Promises"
  11. "Baby, You're So Strange"
  12. "Mr. Big"
  13. "Cross the Border"
  14. "Touch the Fire"
  15. "Great Southern Land '89"

Released in VHS/PAL format.

Singles

  • "Touch the Fire" (1989) #13 AUS; #84 US
  • "Jimmy Dean" (1989) #47 AUS

    • Personnel

    Icehouse members

  • Iva Davies — vocals, guitars, keyboards
  • Robert Kretschmer — guitar
  • Simon Lloyd — saxophone, keyboards
  • Stephen Morgan — bass guitar
  • Paul Wheeler — drums

    • Art work

  • Cover photography — Hugh McLeod-Aitionn
  • Cover artwork — Hugh McLeod-Aitionn
  • Band photos —Jan Moxley & Tony Mott

    • Songs

    1Touch the Fire3:48
    2Jimmy Dean4:04
    3Hey Little Girl4:24

    References

    Great Southern Land (album) Wikipedia
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