Big Wheel (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Big Wheel
Type = Album
Artist = Icehouse


Background =
Released = 25 October 1993
Recorded = DIVA Studios, Whale Beach, Australia
Genre = Rock
Length =
Label = dIVA/Massive
Producer = Iva Davies
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dpfixqlaldfe~T0 link]
Last album = "Spin One"
(1993)
This album = "Big Wheel"
(1993)
Next album = "Full Circle"
(1994)
Misc = Singles
Name = Big Wheel
Type = single
Single 1 = Satellite
Single 1 date = September 1993
Single 2 = Big Wheel
Single 2 date = October 1993
Single 3 = Invisible People
Single 3 date = April 1994

"Big Wheel" is a studio album by Australian rock synthpop band, Icehouse, which was released by dIVA Records - founder Iva Davies' own label - and Massive Records. It was recorded at Davies' home in Whale Beach during 1993 with Davies on vocals, guitar, bass guitar and keyboards, David Chapman on guitar, keyboards and backing vocals, and Paul Wheeler on drums, percussion and backing vocals.cite web |url=http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/i/icehouse.html?k |title=The Flowers / Icehouse |publisher=Australian Rock Database |editor=Magnus Holmgren |accessdate=2008-07-07 ] cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dpfixqlaldfe~T2 |title="Big Wheel" (bonus tracks) credits |publisher=allmusic guide |accessdate=2008-07-07 ] "Big Wheel" peaked at #46 and was their first studio album not to reach the Top Ten on the Australian album charts.cite book |title=Australian Chart Book 1970-1992 |format=doc |last=Kent |first=David |authorlink= David Kent|publisher=Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. |year=1993 |isbn=0-646-11917-6 |accessdate=2008-07-07 ] 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 Davies and Ryan Scott with five bonus tracks added for the 2002 re-release by Warner Music Australia.

Track listing

Songwriters according to Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).cite web |url=http://www.apra.com.au/site/public/searchworks.stm |title=Australasian Performing Right Association |publisher=APRA |accessdate=2008-07-05 Note: requires user to input song title e.g. BIG WHEEL]
# "Big Wheel" (Iva Davies, David Chapman) - 4:28
# "Satellite" (Davies, Chapman, Paul Wheeler) - 4:19
# "Goodbye, Valentine" (Davies, Simon Lloyd, Wheeler) - 4:07
# "Judas" (Davies, Chapman, Wheeler) - 5:20
# "Invisible People" (Davies, Chapman, Wheeler) - 6:10
# "Feed the Machine" (Davies, Chapman, Wheeler) - 5:33
# "Cadillac" (Davies, Chapman, Wheeler) - 4:05
# "Sam the Man" (Davies, Chapman, Wheeler) - 3:55
# "Stolen Guitar" (Davies, Chapman, Wheeler) - 4:24
# "The Systems" (Davies, Chapman, Wheeler) - 6:56
# "Orbital Line" (Davies, Chapman, Wheeler) - 4:39 **
# "Turn it Round" (Davies) - 2:55 **
# "Driving Me Backwards" (live) (Brian Eno) - 5:54 **
# "Blank Frank" (live) (Eno, Robert Fripp) - 3:37 **
# "Satellite} (extended version) (Davies, Chapman, Wheeler) - 5:27 **

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

Personnel

Credited to:

Icehouse members
*Iva Davies — vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards
*David Chapman — guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
*Paul Wheeler — drums, percussion, backing vocals

Additional musicians
*Ben Nightingale — guitar on "Sam the Man"

Recording details
*Producer — Iva Davies
*Studio/s — dIVA Studios @ Whale Beach, Australia. Additional recordings by Simon Leadley @ Trackdown Studios assisted by James Cadsky, Richard Mould, Michelle Barry.
*Mix/Editing/Mastering — David Lord with Iva Davies, David Chapman, Paul Wheeler at Trackdown
*Mix/Editing/Mastering Engineered by — Simon Leadley at Trackdown

Art work
*Cover Concept — Iva Davies
*Artwork & Computer Graphics — Patti Gaines for Genki.
*Photography — Tony Mott

References