Icon (Icon album)

This article is about the album by the band Icon. For an album called "Icon" from the series of albums called "Icon", see Icon (album series). For other uses, see Icon (disambiguation).
Icon
Studio album by
Icon
ReleasedJuly 7, 1984
Recorded1984
StudioPrairie Sun Recording Studios, Cotati, California
GenreHeavy metal, glam metal, hard rock
Length36:49
LabelCapitol
ProducerMike Varney
Icon chronology
Icon
(1984) 		Night of the Crime
(1985)
Singles from Icon
  1. "On Your Feet" / "Hot Desert Night"
    Released: 1984
  2. "(Rock On) Through the Night" / "World War"
    Released: 1984
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal7/10[2]
Kerrang!(very favorable)[3]

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.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "(Rock On) Through the Night" (Dan Wexler, Stephen Clifford, John Aquilino) – 3:31
  2. "Killer Machine" (Aquilino, Wexler) – 3:31
  3. "On Your Feet" (Aquilino, Clifford) – 3:22
  4. "World War" (Wexler, Tracy Wallach, Clifford) – 4:30
  5. "Hot Desert Night" (Wexler, Clifford) – 3:49

Side two

  2. "Under My Gun" (Wexler) – 3:30
  3. "Iconoclast" (Wexler, Aquilino) – 1:26
  4. "Rock n' Roll Maniac" (Wexler, Clifford, Aquilino, Wallach, Pat Dixon) – 3:58
  5. "I'm Alive" (Wexler) – 4:08
  6. "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 – 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

  1. ^ Theakston, Rob. "Icon - Icon review". AllMusic. Retrieved September 3, 2011.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Dome, Malcolm (May 3, 1984). "Icon 'Icon'". Kerrang!. No. 67. London, UK: Spotlight Publications Ltd. p. 12.


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