Code Blue (Icehouse album)

Infobox Album
Name = Code Blue
Type = studio
Artist = Icehouse


Background =
Released = 11 November 1990
Recorded = Trackdown and Rhinoceros Studios, Sydney,Australia
Genre = Rock/New Wave/Post-punk
Length = 51:38
Label = Regular
Producer = Nick Launay
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|1.5|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hzfqxq9hld6e link]
Last album = "Great Southern Land" (1989)
This album = "Code Blue" (1990)
Next album = "Masterfile" (1992)
Misc = Singles
Name = Code Blue
Type = single
Single 1 = Big Fun
Single 1 date = Start date|1990|07|23
Single 2 = Miss Divine
Single 2 date = Start date|1990|08|28
Single 3 = Anything is Possible
Single 3 date = Start date|1990|12|9
Single 4 = Where the River Meets the Sea
Single 4 date = April 1991

"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.cite web | title = Search results for:Icehouse | publisher = australian-charts.com | url = http://www.australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Icehouse | accessdate = 2008-07-05 ] 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.cite web |url=http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jpfixqlaldfe~T2 |title="Man of Colours" (bonus tracks) credits |publisher=allmusic guide |accessdate=2008-07-05 ]

Track listing

Songwriters according to Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).cite web |url=http://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch&switchDet=Y |title=Australasian Performing Right Association |publisher=APRA |accessdate=2008-07-05 Note: requires user to input song title e.g. MERCY ON THE BOY]
# "Mercy on the Boy" (Iva Davies, Robert Kretschmer) - 3:46
# "Habour Town" (Davies) - 3:38
# "The Great Divide" (Davies) - 4:39
# "Wind and Sail" (Davies, Kretschmer) - 5:08
# "Big Fun" (Davies, Kretschmer) - 4:00
# "Miss Divine" (Davies, Kretschmer) - 4:20
# "Knockin' 'Em Down" (Davies) - 3:46
# "Miracle Mile" (Davies, Kretschmer) - 4:40
# "Anything is Possible" (Davies, Kretschmer) - 4:21
# "Where the River Meets the Sea" (Davies, Kretschmer) - 4:08
# "Jericho Bay" (Davies, Simon Lloyd) - 4:06
# "Charlie's Sky" (Davies) - 5:00
# "Big Fun" (The Riddler Mix) (Davies, Kretschmer) - 6:21 (**)
# "Miss Divine" (Spellbound Mix) (Davies, Kretschmer) - 6:39 (**)
# "Where the River Meets the Sea" (Original Demo) (Davies, Kretschmer) - 4:04 (**)

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

ingles

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

Chart Positions

Personnel

Credited to:

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