''Great Southern Land'' is the first compilation album by Australian
rock/
synthpop
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band
Icehouse
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* Ice house (building), a building where ice is stored
* Ice shanty, a shelter for ice fishing also known as an ''Icehouse''
* Ice skating rink, a facility for ice skating.
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, released by
Chrysalis Records
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/
Regular Records in October 1989. It peaked at No. 2 on the Australian albums charts, and contained two new singles "Touch the Fire", which peaked at No. 13 on the singles chart, and "Jimmy Dean", which peaked at No. 47.
Several different versions of this album exist; the Regular Records release for Australian / New Zealand markets was as a 16 track double vinyl
LP, twin
music cassette
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or
CD; Chrysalis Records US versions were as 10 track LP / music cassette or 11 track CD release with a different track order; Chrysalis Records UK versions had 12 tracks (some not included on original Australian release); and a video version of 15 tracks was released in
VHS PAL format.
Track listing
Australian/New Zealand release
# "Touch the Fire"
# "
Can't Help Myself"
# "
Hey Little Girl"
# "
Great Southern Land"
# "Paradise"
# "Sister"
# "
No Promises No Promises may refer to:
Music Albums
* ''No Promises'' (Carla Bruni album) (2007)
* ''No Promises'' (Icehouse album) (1997)
Songs
* "No Promises" (Bryan Rice song), a 2005 song from the soundtrack of ''Nynne'', covered by Shayne Ward ...
"
# "Jimmy Dean"
# "Cross the Border"
# "Street Cafe"
# "
Love in Motion"
# "
Walls"
# "Baby, You're So Strange"
# "
We Can Get Together
"We Can Get Together" is the second single released by the Australian rock band Flowers, later known as Icehouse. It was released in September 1980, on the independent label Regular Records from their first album, '' Icehouse'', two weeks befo ...
"
# "Mr. Big"
# "Don't Believe Anymore"
American release
# "Touch the Fire"
# "Jimmy Dean"
# "
Hey Little Girl"
# "
Can't Help Myself"
# "
Great Southern Land"
# "Sister"
# "Cross the Border"
# "
We Can Get Together
"We Can Get Together" is the second single released by the Australian rock band Flowers, later known as Icehouse. It was released in September 1980, on the independent label Regular Records from their first album, '' Icehouse'', two weeks befo ...
"
# "Street Cafe"
# "Don't Believe Anymore"
# "
No Promises No Promises may refer to:
Music Albums
* ''No Promises'' (Carla Bruni album) (2007)
* ''No Promises'' (Icehouse album) (1997)
Songs
* "No Promises" (Bryan Rice song), a 2005 song from the soundtrack of ''Nynne'', covered by Shayne Ward ...
" (12" Dance Mix) (**)
(**) Only released on CD version, not Cassette.
UK release
# "Touch the Fire"
# "Jimmy Dean"
# "
Hey Little Girl"
# "
Great Southern Land"
# "
Electric Blue"
# "Crazy"
# "Cross the Border"
# "Street Cafe"
# "Don't Believe Anymore"
# "
No Promises No Promises may refer to:
Music Albums
* ''No Promises'' (Carla Bruni album) (2007)
* ''No Promises'' (Icehouse album) (1997)
Songs
* "No Promises" (Bryan Rice song), a 2005 song from the soundtrack of ''Nynne'', covered by Shayne Ward ...
" (12" Dance Mix)
# "Sister"
# "
Icehouse
Icehouse or ice house may refer to:
* Ice house (building), a building where ice is stored
* Ice shanty, a shelter for ice fishing also known as an ''Icehouse''
* Ice skating rink, a facility for ice skating.
* Ice hockey arena, an area where ice ...
"
Video release
# "
Can't Help Myself"
# "
We Can Get Together
"We Can Get Together" is the second single released by the Australian rock band Flowers, later known as Icehouse. It was released in September 1980, on the independent label Regular Records from their first album, '' Icehouse'', two weeks befo ...
"
# "
Walls"
# "Sister"
# "
Love in Motion"
# "
Great Southern Land '82"
# "
Hey Little Girl"
# "Street Cafe"
# "Don't Believe Anymore"
# "
No Promises No Promises may refer to:
Music Albums
* ''No Promises'' (Carla Bruni album) (2007)
* ''No Promises'' (Icehouse album) (1997)
Songs
* "No Promises" (Bryan Rice song), a 2005 song from the soundtrack of ''Nynne'', covered by Shayne Ward ...
"
# "Baby, You're So Strange"
# "Mr. Big"
# "Cross the Border"
# "Touch the Fire"
# "
Great Southern Land '89"
Released in
VHS/
PAL format.
Personnel
Icehouse members
*
Iva Davies —
vocals,
guitars,
keyboards
*Robert Kretschmer — guitar
*Simon Lloyd —
saxophone, keyboards
*Stephen Morgan —
bass guitar
*Paul Wheeler —
drums
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Art work
*Cover photography — Hugh McLeod-Aitionn
*Cover artwork — Hugh McLeod-Aitionn
*Band photos —Jan Moxley & Tony Mott
Charts
Certifications
References
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1989 compilation albums
Icehouse (band) albums
Chrysalis Records compilation albums
Compilation albums by Australian artists