''Sidewalk'' is the third studio album by Australian

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band Icehouse, released on 26 June 1984 by Chrysalis Records and

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. It peaked at No. 8 on the National albums chart. Founding member

Iva Davies Ivor Arthur Davies, AM (born 22 May 1955), known professionally as Iva Davies, is an Australian singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. Davies' music career spans more than 40 years. He came to prominence in t ...

used the

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digital sampling synthesizer on this more sombre and reflective album. This is the first studio album that bassist Guy Pratt worked on as a member of the band. Pratt would later become a session musician, and go on to work with artists such as Pink Floyd,

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, Madonna and

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. In 2002,

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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

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1984 film ''

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''. Iva Davies also composed the film's score.

Track listing

All songs written by

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Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. Icehouse *

–

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;

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;

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;

programming; drum programming * Robert Kretschmer – guitar;

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are ...

* John Lloyd – drums;

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Ex ...

; backing vocals * Guy Pratt –

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

; backing vocals * Andy Qunta –

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Additional musicians * Joe Camilleri –

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(tracks 2, 3, 5, 10) * Remy Corps – backing vocals (track 1) * James SK Wān – bamboo flute Production * Iva Davies – producer;

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; mixing * John Brand – producer * Andy Hilton – engineer * Jim Taig – assistant engineer * David Jerden – mixing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sidewalk (album) 1984 albums Icehouse (band) albums Chrysalis Records albums Regular Records albums Sidewalks in art