Boxes (album)

Boxes
Soundtrack album by Icehouse
Released	1 November 1985
Recorded	Trash Studios, Sydney, Australia
Genre	Synthpop, new wave
Label	Festival/Chrysalis
Producer	Iva Davies Bob Kretschmer
Icehouse chronology
Sidewalk (1984) Boxes (1985) Measure for Measure (1986)
Singles from Boxes
"No Promises" Released: November 1, 1985

Boxes is a soundtrack album by Australian band Icehouse, released by Festival Records / Chrysalis Records in November 1985. The work was originally conceived by its composers, Iva Davies and Robert Kretschmer, in collaboration with choreographer Graeme Murphy of the Sydney Dance Company for performance as the ballet Boxes. The first live performance of Boxes was given by the Sydney Dance Company together with Davies and Kretschmer of Icehouse and guest percussionist Masaki Tanazawa in the Opera Theatre of the Sydney Opera House on 7 November 1985.^[1] Boxes was released in the US under the name Sydney Dance Company.^[2] The single "No Promises" was released as a 12" in November and a cassingle in December on Regular Records for Australian and New Zealand markets, it contained other tracks from Boxes; two tracks from Boxes were later released on their next studio album Measure for Measure in April 1986.

Track listing

1. "Early Images" - 3:48
2. "Terra Incognita" - 1:47 ^
3. "Solitaire" - 4:22
4. "A Break in the Clouds" - 4:15
5. "Love Dance" - 2:57
6. "No Promises" - 6:03 ^ &&
7. "The Tempest - Part 1" - 2:21 ^
8. "The Tempest - Part 2" - 2:27 ^
9. "Gravity" - 1:41 ^
10. "Indian Summer" - 3:46
11. "Russian Dolls" - 5:14
12. "Regular Boys" - 2:38
13. "Familiar Winds" - 2:02
14. "The Walker" - 1:25
15. "No Promises" (reprise) - 1:22
16. "Surgery" - 2:36
17. "Regular Boys" (reprise) - 3:17 &&
18. "Labyrinth - Part 1" - 1:21
19. "Labyrinth - Part 2" - 1:00
20. "Liberation - Part 1" - 1:24
21. "Liberation - Part 2" - 1:55

^ tracks also on "No Promises" 12" single in 1985
&& tracks, different versions, also on Measure for Measure in 1986

Personnel

Credits:^[3]

• Music:Iva Davies, Bob Kretschmer, Masaki Tanazawa
• Studio/s: Trash Studios, Sydney, Australia
• Mix: Warne Livesey @ Crescent Studios, Bath, England.
• Producer/s: Iva Davies and Bob Kretschmer

References

1. McFarlane, Ian (1999). Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86448-768-2. Archived from the original (doc) on 2003-05-17. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
2. "Icehouse & Sydney Dance Company". MusicBrainz. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
3. Holmgren, Magnus. "The Flowers / Icehouse". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2014.

External links

• 'Boxes' at Discogs