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The Best of The Icicle Works
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The Icicle Works
Label
Beggars Banquet
Catalogue Number
BBL124DA3
Release Date
August 31, 1992

Named after the 1960 short story "The Day the Icicle Works Closed" by science fiction author Frederik Pohl, The Icicle Works joined Liverpool's early 1980s 'neo-psychedelia' wave, which also propelled Echo & the Bunnymen and The Teardrop Explodes to stardom. They are best known in the UK for their only top 20 UK hit "Love Is a Wonderful Colour" (1983). In the US and Canada, they also had only one top 40 hit, the 1984 single "Whisper to a Scream (Birds Fly)".

Led by singer/songwriter Ian McNabb, the band released five albums from 1984 to 1990 before breaking up in 1991. McNabb later convened a revised line-up of the band in 2006 to play live shows; this revised Icicle Works line-up still plays sporadic live dates.

Digital Tracklist

  1. 1 Hollow Horse (Extended Version) 4:57 Buy

    Hollow Horse (Extended Version)

  2. 2 Love Is a Wonderful Colour 4:10 Buy

    Love Is a Wonderful Colour

  3. 3 Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream) 3:49 Buy

    Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream)

  4. 4 Understanding Jane ('92 Version) 3:25 Buy

    Understanding Jane ('92 Version)

  5. 5 Shit Creek 4:01 Buy

    Shit Creek

  6. 6 High Time (Acoustic Version) 3:34 Buy

    High Time (Acoustic Version)

  7. 7 Who Do You Want for Your Love? 3:54 Buy

    Who Do You Want for Your Love?

  8. 8 Evangeline 4:05 Buy

    Evangeline

  9. 9 Little Girl Lost 4:45 Buy

    Little Girl Lost

  10. 10 When It All Comes Down ('92 Version) 5:46 Buy

    When It All Comes Down ('92 Version)

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