Cries from the Quiet World: Icon

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viernes, 1 de marzo de 2019

Icon "1984 Live Bootleg"

Recorded live on December 30th, 1984 @ Graham Central Station, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Right Between the Eyes is a 1989 album by American heavy metal band Icon. It marked a number of changes for the band, including a new record label, Megaforce Worldwide/Atlantic Records and new guitarist Drew Bollmann, who was listed as a member although he did not actually play on the album. The album was produced by guitarist Dan Wexler, Dan Zelisko, and radio personality Eddie Trunk (credited as "Ed Trunk"), who worked at Megaforce at the time. The album featured a guest vocal appearance by Alice Cooper on the tracks "Two for the Road" and "Holy Man's War". For this album Icon toured with, among others, Ace Frehley of Kiss fame and Electric Angels in the US, and with King's X in the U.K. For the last part of the tour, David Lauser of Sammy Hagars band replaced drummer Dixon. The video for the first single "Taking My Breath Away" was played on MTV´s Headbangers Ball in Europe and in the US.

Track List:

"Right Between the Eyes" (Dan Wexler, Jerry Harrison, Pat Dixon, Tracy Wallach) – 5:13
"Two for the Road" (Harrison) – 3:54
"Taking My Breath Away" (Wexler, Harrison, Dixon, Wallach) – 4:36
"A Far Cry" (Wexler, Harrison, Dixon, Wallach) – 4:19
"In Your Eyes" (Wexler, Harrison) – 4:00
"Holy Man's War" (Wexler, Harrison, Dixon, Wallach) – 7:16
"Bad Times" (Wexler, Harrison) – 3:25
"Double Life" (Wexler, Harrison, Dixon, Wallach) – 4:06
"Forever Young" (Wexler, Harrison) – 3:50
"Running Under Fire" (Wexler, Harrison) – 4:26
"Peace & Love" (instrumental) (Wexler, Dixon, Wallach) – 1:19

Icon "An Even More Perfect Union"

More Perfect Union is a 1987 release by Arizona glam metal band Icon. The album, initially released on cassette only, featured a Capitol Records logo like their previous two major label albums, but was in essence an independent release as guitarist Dan Wexler states that "We lost the deal from Capitol in October/November 1985". After losing the deal, and frontman Stephen Clifford, the band played a few shows with new singer Steven Young, but before starting work on this album he was replaced by Jerry Harrison, and guitarist John Aquilino by keyboardist Kevin Stoller, known for his work with Stevie Nicks among others. The cassette originally contained nine tracks, sold out quickly and became a sought-after collectible due to the band's worldwide cult status. Due to fan demand, the album was re-released in 1994 on CD with the title An Even More Perfect Union and several bonus tracks, initially as a limited numbered edition autographed by Dan Wexler. The later printings are easily identified as they have the logo and title in a different color.

Icon "Night Of The Crime"

Night of the Crime is the second album by the heavy metal band Icon. It was far more polished than their self-titled debut and forayed into areas of glam only previously alluded to on their debut. It was produced and engineered by legendary producer, Eddie Kramer. Around 30 songs were demoed for the album, and Kramer´s version included one more finished track, "Hang Tough" (later covered by Pretty Maids). Ron Nevison mixed the album and "Hang Tough" did not make it to the final release. The album has, like the debut, been remastered and re-released several times on CD. "Night of the Crime" was voted 3rd best AOR album of all time by Kerrang! magazine readers in 1988, behind multimillion selling classic albums by Journey and Michael Bolton.

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