Great Southern Land

I like this album. It includes earlier tracks like 'Sister', 'We Can Get Together', 'Hey, Little Girl', etc.. I don't like some of the over-produced later ones like 'Jimmy Dean' and 'Touch the Fire', but overall this is crisp, catchy pop with interesting lyrics and great hooks.

The CD arrived in quick order and stated condition. The music shows Icehouse finding and exploring their sounds. Tracks vary from Late Roxy Music 80's Bowie sounding (No Promises) to more Australian tinged pop rock (Great Southern Land) to rock (Jimmy Dean). My next Icehouse purchase will be Man Of Colours.

I've been looking for this CD for years! It works perfectly and arrived quickly with no problems.

Fast delivery and LP came in better condition than some of the brand new ones. Perfect description by Mom and Dads.

Love it so much I had to replace the copy I had

great album

One of Icehouse's best recordings. Highly recommended.

ever since hearing them on the Young Einstein soundtrackhave wanted to get a cd of their work. I was not disappointedif you like 80's rock and roll pick this one up

Oh wow man :) In my honest opinion,Icehouse are one of the best Bands to come out of Australia,The clue of there love for their homeland is in the title of this Enormous album,Iva Davies (lead singer and guitar) Originally chose the name Great Southern Land whilst on a flight home to Australia from Great Britain,He fell asleep on the flight and woke up two hours later only to still be flying over the Great Southern Land,He said he thought to himself,This place is huge :) Anyway this album deserves it's status as one of the most successful albums to come from Icehouse,Originally started out as Flowers,They had to change the band name due to a scottish band who were already called Flowers,Every track on here is written and performed with great pride and expert musical knowledge from the band,Hey little girl is still being performed by the band on a regular basis,The Bassist for Icehouse Steve Morgan is just fantastic and locks in brilliantly as well as doing backing vocals,There are a lot of Oz bands that are mostly brilliant,But for me Icehouse rolls in first with ease,I never though i would get a copy of this again,I am so buzzing that i now have one.

Fabulous track sounds as good now as in the 80s

Icehouse ist im kollektiven Pop-Gedächtnis vor allem eine archetypische Band der 80er Jahre. Songs wie "Street Café", "Great Southern Land" oder "Hey Little Girl" haben diesen typischen, kühlen oder auch künstlichen Touch, der vor allem durch die speziellen Keyboards, das artifiziell klingende Drumkit und den Hall erzielt wird. Allerdings sind gerade die genannten Songs - vor allem "Great Southern Land" - wegen ihres doch recht reduzierten instrumentalen Aufwandes und ihrer einfachen Melodie beeindruckend. Die meisten Songs wirken elegant und dadurch fast stilbildend für die 80er Jahre. Von dem Album "Measure by Measure" ist neben "Cross The Border" auch das grandiose "No Promises" enthalten, leider aber in einer überzogenen Langfassung, der die Dringlichkeit und Eleganz der Albumversion abgeht. Im Übrigen aber eine Sammlung zeitloser Popsongs, der man die Zeit ihrer Entstehung aber sehr anhört.

Auf dieser Scheibe hat es wirklich viele tolle Songs mit sehr schönen Melodien. Wer Icehouse noch nicht kennt sollte gerade hier einmal reinhören. Er wird wahrscheinlich begeistert sein und es nicht bereuen. Denn von dieser Band gibt es ja nicht nur Hey Little Girl und Streetcafe. Das waren deren Welthits aber die haben ganz andere klasse Stücke. Und die lohnt es sich zu genießen. Viel Freude damit!

I am not sure if the co-writers of this CD are talking about Australia.Not worryies CD worth listening to and make part of an excellent CD collection