Icon is the debut album by American rock band Icon. It included their biggest metal radio hit song, "On Your Feet". The album was re-released the same year with songs 1 and 3 remixed, and a video was made for the remix of "On Your Feet". The album has seen multiple re-releases on CD, in Japan and on the European labels Bear Tracks, AxeKiller and Rock Candy.
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | July 7, 1984 | |||
| Recorded | 1984 | |||
| Studio | Prairie Sun Recording Studios, Cotati, California | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal, glam metal, hard rock | |||
| Length | 36:49 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Mike Varney | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 7/10[2] |
| Kerrang! | (very favorable)[3] |
Track listing
editSide one
- "(Rock On) Through the Night" (Dan Wexler, Stephen Clifford, John Aquilino) – 3:31
- "Killer Machine" (Aquilino, Wexler) – 3:31
- "On Your Feet" (Aquilino, Clifford) – 3:22
- "World War" (Wexler, Tracy Wallach, Clifford) – 4:30
- "Hot Desert Night" (Wexler, Clifford) – 3:49
Side two
- "Under My Gun" (Wexler) – 3:30
- "Iconoclast" (Wexler, Aquilino) – 1:26
- "Rock n' Roll Maniac" (Wexler, Clifford, Aquilino, Wallach, Pat Dixon) – 3:58
- "I'm Alive" (Wexler) – 4:08
- "It's Up to You" (Wexler, Clifford, Wallach) – 5:05
Personnel
edit- Icon
- Stephen Clifford – vocals
- John Aquilino – guitars
- Dan Wexler – guitars, vocals
- Tracy Wallach – bass, vocals
- Pat Dixon – drums
- Production
- Mike Varney – producer
- Allen Sudduth – engineer
- Stephen Marcussen – mastering at Precision Lacquer, Hollywood, California
- Roy Kohara – art direction
- James Dowlen – cover illustration
- John O'Brien – logo design
- Rick Monzon – logo illustration
- Karen Filter – photography
- Volker Kurze – re-issue producer
- Peter Morticelli – manager
References
edit- ^ Theakston, Rob. "Icon - Icon review". AllMusic. Retrieved September 3, 2011.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 167. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
- ^ Dome, Malcolm (May 3, 1984). "Icon 'Icon'". Kerrang!. No. 67. London, UK: Spotlight Publications Ltd. p. 12.
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