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The Berlin Tapes (1995)
  
The Singles (1996)

Release date
  
October 1995

Label
  
Diva Records

Artist
  
Icehouse

Producer
  
Iva Davies

Genre
  
Rock music

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Released
  
AUS: October 1995 JAP: 1996

Studio
  
dIVA Studios, Whale Beach, Australia

Length
  
46:09 Original single CD release

Similar
  
Code Blue, Big Wheel, Measure for Measure, Man of Colours, Primitive Man

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The Berlin Tapes is a covers / soundtrack album by Australian rock musician Iva Davies and his band Icehouse. The record was a collaboration between Davies and classical music composer Max Lambert to accompany the Sydney Dance Company's production of the ballet "Berlin", for which Icehouse performed live on stage. The covers are mostly acoustic, with piano, strings and subtle electronica incorporated into most tracks. The record was initially released as a single or double disc set, with the second disc consisting of instrumental Icehouse tracks performed with the ballet. A 1996 Japanese re-release included three bonus tracks; a 2002 digitally remastered version with five bonus tracks was released in Australia – this time credited simply to Icehouse. It was re-released in Australia in August 2004 and re-titled as Heroes (see second infobox at below right), coinciding with Seven Network's TV broadcast of the Athens Olympic Games, which had two tracks removed and a second mix of "Heroes" added. "Heroes" (The Athens Mix), a cover of David Bowie's original hit, was released in August 2004 and peaked at #93 on the Australian singles charts.

Contents

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Australian 1995 release

  1. "Loving the Alien" (David Bowie) – 5:34
  2. "Sister Europe" (The Psychedelic Furs) – 3:59
  3. "Heaven" (Talking Heads) – 4:27
  4. "Complicated Game" (XTC) – 5:27
  5. "Berlin" (Lou Reed) – 0:49
  6. "All the Way" (Frank Sinatra) – 3:16
  7. "All Tomorrow's Parties" (The Velvet Underground) – 4:35
  8. "Let There Be Love" (Simple Minds) – 4:33
  9. "Disappointed" (Public Image Ltd) – 5:26
  10. "A Really Good Time" (Roxy Music) – 3:23
  11. "At Night" (The Cure) – 3:57
  12. "Love Like Blood" (Killing Joke) – 5:47
  13. "Heroes" (David Bowie) – 4:29

Australian 2CD release #1

Disc One – The Berlin Tapes

  • Disc One track listing is identical to single CD issue.

    • Disc Two – Boxes

    1. "Early Images" – 3:48
    2. "Terra Incognita" – 1:47
    3. "Solitaire" – 4:22
    4. "A Break In The Clouds" – 4:14
    5. "Love Dance" – 2:57
    6. "No Promises" – 6:02
    7. "The Tempest – Part One" – 2:20
    8. "The Tempest – Part Two" – 2:27
    9. "Gravity" – 1:40
    10. "Indian Summer" – 3:45
    11. "Russian Dolls" – 5:13
    12. "Regular Boys" – 2:37
    13. "Familiar Winds" – 2:01
    14. "The Walker" – 1:25
    15. "No Promises (Reprise)" – 1:21
    16. "Surgery" – 2:36
    17. "Regular Boys (Reprise)" – 3:17
    18. "Labyrinth – Part One" – 1:20
    19. "Labyrinth – Part Two" – 1:00
    20. "Liberation – Part One" – 1:23
    21. "Liberation – Part Two" – 1:55

    [Liner Notes: Music by Iva Davies and Bob Kretschmer. Boxes is a commission for the Sydney Dance Company. It was conceived by its composers, in collaboration with choreographer Graeme Murphy as a dance work. The first live performance of 'Boxes' was given by the Sydney Dance Company together with Iva Davies, Bob Kretschmer, Masaki Tanazawa in the Opera Theatre of the Sydney Opera House on 7 November 1985.]

    Australian 2CD release #2

    Disc One – The Berlin Tapes

  • Disc One track listing is identical to single CD issue.

    • Disc Two

    1. "Dedicated to Glam"
    2. "Melt Steel Part 1"
    3. "Orbital Line"
    4. "Melt Steel Part 2"
    5. "Pas de Trois" – 4:46
    6. "Giant and Child Fugue" – 2:15
    7. "Melt Steel Part 3"
    8. "Crazy (Midnight Mix)"

    Note

  • Disc Two tracks are not covers, but new versions of songs originally by Icehouse]

    • Japanese 1996 release

    Track listing for 1-13 is identical to single CD issue.

    Australian 2002 reissue

    Track listing for 1-13 is identical to original single CD issue.

    Notes

  • Tracks 14-16 originally appeared on the Japanese issue of The Berlin Tapes.
  • Tracks 17-18 originally appeared on the second 2-CD issue of The Berlin Tapes.

    • Australian 2004 release as Heroes

    This version drops "Disappointed" and "At Night" from the original track listing, and adds a new mix of "Heroes".

    1. "Heroes" (The Berlin Mix) (David Bowie)
    2. "Loving the Alien" (David Bowie)
    3. "Sister Europe" (The Psychedelic Furs)
    4. "Heaven" (Talking Heads)
    5. "Complicated Game" (XTC)
    6. "Berlin" (Lou Reed)
    7. "All the Way" (Frank Sinatra)
    8. "All Tomorrow's Parties" (The Velvet Underground)
    9. "Let There Be Love" (Simple Minds)
    10. "Really Good Time" (Roxy Music)
    11. "Love Like Blood" (Killing Joke)
    12. "Heroes" (The Athens Mix) (David Bowie)

    Australian 2012 reissue

    This version adds the additional tracks from the 2002 reissue (minus Being Boiled), plus the Athens Mix of Heroes from the 2004 release of the same name.

    Track listing for 1-13 is identical to original single CD issue.

    Personnel

    Adapted from AllMusic.

  • Greg Barrett – photography
  • Cover photo of Katherine Griffiths, Sydney Dance Company
  • Don Bartley – mastering
  • Steve Bull – bass guitar
  • David Chapman – arranger, programming, engineer
  • Iva Davies – guitar (acoustic), bass, keyboards, programming, vocals, engineer, digital remastering (2002),
  • Bruce Elder – liner notes
  • Simon Leadley – engineer
  • Ryan Scott – digital remastering (2002 version)
  • Adrian Wallis – cello
  • Paul Wheeler – drums

    • Songs

    1Loving the Alien5:34
    2Sister Europe3:59
    3Heaven4:27

    References

    The Berlin Tapes (album) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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