''Icon'' was the debut album by the
heavy metal band
Icon
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. It included their biggest metal radio hit song, "On Your Feet". The album was re-released the same year with songs 1 and 3 re-mixed, 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.
Track listing
Side 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
;Icon
*Stephen Clifford – vocals
*John Aquilino – guitars
*Dan Wexler – guitars, vocals
*Tracy Wallach – bass, vocals
*Pat Dixon – drums
;Production
*Mike Varney
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– producer
*Allen Sudduth – engineer
*Stephen Marcussen
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Biography
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– 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
1984 debut albums
Icon (band) albums
Albums produced by Mike Varney
Capitol Records albums
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