Code Blue (album)

Code Blue
Studio album by Icehouse
Released	11 November 1990
Recorded	Trackdown and Rhinoceros Studios, Sydney, Australia
Genre	Rock, New Wave
Length	51:38
Label	Regular
Producer	Nick Launay
Icehouse chronology
Great Southern Land (1989) Code Blue (1990) Masterfile (1992)
Singles from Code Blue
"Big Fun" Released: 23 July 1990 (1990-07-23) "Miss Divine" Released: 28 August 1990 (1990-08-28) "Anything is Possible" Released: 9 December 1990 (1990-12-09) "Where the River Meets the Sea" Released: April 1991

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Code Blue is a studio album by the Australian rock synthpop band Icehouse and was released in November 1990 by Regular Records. Although less commercially successful than their previous studio album, 1987's Man of Colours, Code Blue peaked at #5 on the Australian album charts. Singles from the album were "Big Fun", "Miss Divine", "Anything Is Possible" and "Where the River Meets the Sea" - best performed single "Miss Divine" peaked at #16 on the Australian singles chart and became their last Top 40 hit.^[2] The album was digitally remastered by Icehouse founder Iva Davies and Ryan Scott with three bonus tracks added for the 2002 re-release by Warner Music Australia.^[3]

Track listing

Songwriters according to Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).^[4]

1. "Mercy on the Boy" (Iva Davies, Robert Kretschmer) - 3:46
2. "Habour Town" (Davies) - 3:38
3. "The Great Divide" (Davies) - 4:39
4. "Wind and Sail" (Davies, Kretschmer) - 5:08
5. "Big Fun" (Davies, Kretschmer) - 4:00
6. "Miss Divine" (Davies, Kretschmer) - 4:20
7. "Knockin' 'Em Down" (Davies) - 3:46
8. "Miracle Mile" (Davies, Kretschmer) - 4:40
9. "Anything is Possible" (Davies, Kretschmer) - 4:21
10. "Where the River Meets the Sea" (Davies, Kretschmer) - 4:08
11. "Jericho Bay" (Davies, Simon Lloyd) - 4:06
12. "Charlie's Sky" (Davies) - 5:00
13. "Big Fun" (The Riddler Mix) (Davies, Kretschmer) - 6:21 (**)
14. "Miss Divine" (Spellbound Mix) (Davies, Kretschmer) - 6:39 (**)
15. "Where the River Meets the Sea" (Original Demo) (Davies, Kretschmer) - 4:04 (**)

(**) Only available on the Australian 2002 remastered version.

Singles

• "Big Fun" #47 AUS
• "Miss Divine" #16 AUS
• "Anything Is Possible" #49 AUS

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Peak
1990	Australian Chart	5

Personnel

Credited to:^[3]

Icehouse members

• Iva Davies — vocals, guitars, keyboards, oboe, bagpipes
• Simon Lloyd — saxophone, keyboards, programming
• Stephen Morgan — bass
• Paul Wheeler — drums

Additional musicians

• Mark Azzopardi — backing vocals
• Mary Azzopardi - backing vocals
• Kevin Bennett — backing vocals
• Robert Burke — saxophone
• The Cove Chamber Orchestra — strings
• Sandy Evans — saxophone
• Sean Kelly — backing vocals
• Wendy Matthews — backing vocals
• James Morrison — trumpet
• Mark Punch — backing vocals
• James Valentine — saxophone

Recording details

• Studio/s: Trackdown and Rhinoceros Studios, Rich and E.M.I. Studio 301 Sydney
• Arranger (brass, strings) — Iva Davies
• Engineer — Nick Launay
  • Assistants — James Cadsky, Nich Hartley, Peter Lees, Adrian Webb, Kristen Wolek
• Mastered — Tony Cousins @ The Town House, London, England.
• Mixed — Nick Launay, Iva Davies (bonus tracks)
• Producer — Nick Launay, Iva Davies (bonus tracks)
• Digital remastering (2002) — Iva Davies, Ryan Scott

Art work

• Cover Concept — Iva Davies
• Art Director — David Barnes
• Photography — Hugh Stewart

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ "Search results for:Icehouse". australian-charts.com. http://www.australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Icehouse. Retrieved 2008-07-05. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Man of Colours (bonus tracks) credits". allmusic guide. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r621885. Retrieved 2008-07-05. 
4. ^ "Australasian Performing Right Association". APRA. http://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch&switchDet=Y. Retrieved 2008-07-05.  Note: requires user to input song title e.g. MERCY ON THE BOY