Sidewalk is the third studio album by Australian rock band Icehouse, released on 26 June 1984 by Chrysalis Records and Regular Records. It peaked at No. 8 on the Australian national albums chart and No.2 in New Zealand. Founding member Iva Davies used the Fairlight CMI digital sampling synthesizer on this more sombre and reflective album.
In 2002, Warner Music re-released the album, digitally remastered by Davies and Ryan Scott, with four bonus tracks.
Use in other media Included are two tracks, "Shot Down" and "The Mountain", that were used for the Russell Mulcahy 1984 film Razorback. Iva Davies also composed the film's score.
Track listing All songs written by Iva Davies. Note: requires user to input song title e.g. TAKING THE TOWN
Personnel Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.
Icehouse Iva Davies – vocals; guitar; oboe; Fairlight CMI programming; drum programming Robert Kretschmer – guitar; backing vocals John Lloyd – drums; percussion; backing vocals Guy Pratt – bass guitar; backing vocals Andy Qunta – keyboards
Additional musicians Joe Camilleri – saxophone (tracks 2, 3, 5, 10) Remy Corps – backing vocals (track 1) James SK Wān – bamboo flute
Production Iva Davies – producer; engineer; mixing Andy Hilton – engineer Jim Taig – assistant engineer David Jerden – mixing
Charts
Weekly charts +Weekly chart performance for Sidewalk Chart (1984–85) Peakposition Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) 8
Year-end charts +1984 year-end chart performance for Sidewalk Chart (1984) Position Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) 44 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) 40
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