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Icicle Works

The Icicle Works (also known as Icicle Works in the United States) are an English alternative rock band and were named after the 1960 short story "The Day the Icicle Works Closed" by science fiction author Frederik Pohl. They had a top 20 UK hit with "Love Is a Wonderful Colour" (1983). In the US and Canada, they had one top 40 hit, the 1984 single "Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream)". Led by singer-songwriter Ian McNabb, the band released five albums from 1984 to 1990 before breaking up in 1991. McNabb later convened a revised line-up of the band in 2006 to play live shows; this revised Icicle Works line-up still plays sporadic live dates.

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Song	Album	Duration
A Factory in the Desert	Icicle Works [Expanded] 1984	3:11
A Factory in the Desert	Icicle Works 1984	3:11
A Factory in the Desert	5 Albums 2013	3:11
All the Daughters	Seven Singles Deep 1986
All the Daughters (Of Her Father's House)	Icicle Works [13 Tracks] 1984
All the Daughters (Of Her Father's House)	The Small Price of a Bicycle 1985	4:31
All the Daughters (of Her Father's House)	The Small Price of a Bicycle [3-CD] 1985	4:32
All the Daughters (of Her Father's House)	5 Albums 2013	4:32
All the Daughters (of Her Father's House) [Janice Long Session 24/4/85]	The Small Price of a Bicycle [3-CD] 1985	4:31
As the Dragonfly Flies	Icicle Works [Expanded] 1984	3:58
As the Dragonfly Flies	Icicle Works 1984	3:58
As the Dragonfly Flies	5 Albums 2013	3:58
Baby Don't Burn	Permanent Damage 1990
Bird's Fly	Icicle Works [13 Tracks] 1984
Birds Fly	Icicle Works 1984	3:49
Birds Fly	Made in the 80's 1997
Birds Fly (Whisper To A Scream)	Unknown Album
Birds Fly (Whisper To a Scream)	5 Albums 2013	3:50
Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream)	English Invasion 2007	3:49
Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream)	One Hit Wonders [Sony Special Products] 2003	3:49
Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream)	Spirit of the Edge 1994	3:48
Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream)	Icicle Works [Expanded] 1984	3:49
Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream)	Real Eighties the Video Hits [Disc 2] 2003	3:49
Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream)	Real 80's: The Video Hits 2004	3:49
Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream)	Icicle Works 1984	3:49
Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream)	Here Come the 80's 2001	3:49
Birds Fly [Live]	5 Albums 2013	8:15
Chop the Tree	Icicle Works [Expanded] 1984	4:43
Chop the Tree	Icicle Works 1984	4:43
Chop the Tree	5 Albums 2013	4:43
Dumb Angel	Permanent Damage 1990
Evangeline	The Best of the Icicle Works 1995	4:04
Evangeline	Mooi en Meesterlijk
Evangeline	If You Want to Defeat Your Enemy Sing His Song 1987	4:05
Evangeline	BBC Live in Concert 1994	4:13
Evangeline	5 Albums 2013	4:06
*Everybody Loves To Play the Fool []**	5 Albums 2013	4:09
Everybody loves to play the fool	If You Want to Defeat Your Enemy Sing His Song 1987	4:08
Factory in the Desert	Icicle Works 1984	3:11
Hollow Horse	The Small Price of a Bicycle [3-CD] 1985	4:05
Hollow Horse	Icicle Works [13 Tracks] 1984
Hollow Horse	The Small Price of a Bicycle 1985	4:05
Hollow Horse	Seven Singles Deep 1986
Hollow Horse	5 Albums 2013	4:05
Hollow Horse	The Best of the Icicle Works 1995	4:58
Hollow Horse [Live]	5 Albums 2013	4:36
Hope Springs Eternal	If You Want to Defeat Your Enemy Sing His Song 1987	4:06
Hope Springs Eternal	5 Albums 2013	4:07
Hope Springs Eternal [Live]	5 Albums 2013	4:01
Hope Street Rag	Permanent Damage 1990
I Still Want You	Permanent Damage 1990
In the Cauldron of Love	Icicle Works [Expanded] 1984	3:50
In the Cauldron of Love	Icicle Works 1984	3:50
In the Cauldron of Love	5 Albums 2013	3:50
Little Girl Lost	The Best of the Icicle Works 1995	4:35
Little Girl Lost	BBC Live in Concert 1994	5:09
Little Girl Lost	Blind 1988	4:44
Little Girl Lost	5 Albums 2013	4:39
Looks Like Rain	Permanent Damage 1990
Love Is a Wonderful Colour	The Best of the Icicle Works 1995	4:10
Love Is a Wonderful Colour	Icicle Works [13 Tracks] 1984
Love Is a Wonderful Colour	A Kick Up the Eighties, Vol. 5: Since Yesterday 1991	4:14
Love Is a Wonderful Colour	Seven Singles Deep 1986
Love Is a Wonderful Colour	Once in a Lifetime 1997
Love Is a Wonderful Colour	Charts Pur: Pop & Wave 2009	4:12
Love Is a Wonderful Colour	Alternative '80s 2002
Love Is a Wonderful Colour	Icicle Works [Expanded] 1984	4:15
Love Is a Wonderful Colour	Icicle Works 1984	4:13
Love Is a Wonderful Colour	Eighties Flashback 2001
Love Is a Wonderful Colour	5 Albums 2013	4:14
Love Is a Wonderful Colour	80's Mixtape 2011	4:09
Love Is a Wonderful Colour [12"]	12"/80's 2005	6:44
Love is a Wonderful Colour [Live]	5 Albums 2013	4:24
Lover's Day	Icicle Works [13 Tracks] 1984
Lover's Day	Icicle Works 1984	4:49
Melanie Still Hurts	Permanent Damage 1990
Motorcycle Rider	Permanent Damage 1990
Nirvana	Icicle Works [13 Tracks] 1984
Nirvana	Icicle Works [Expanded] 1984	5:08
Nirvana	Icicle Works 1984	5:09
Nirvana	Another Splash of Colour: New Psychedelia in Britain from 1980 to 1985 2016	5:09
Nirvana	5 Albums 2013	5:08
One Good Eye	Permanent Damage 1990
Out of Season	The Best of the Icicle Works 1995	4:43
Out of Season	Icicle Works [13 Tracks] 1984
Out of Season	Icicle Works [Expanded] 1984	4:46
Out of Season	Icicle Works 1984	4:46
Out of Season	5 Albums 2013	4:46
Permanent Damage	Permanent Damage 1990
Rapids	The Small Price of a Bicycle [3-CD] 1985	4:28
Rapids	Icicle Works [13 Tracks] 1984
Rapids	The Small Price of a Bicycle 1985	4:27
Rapids	Seven Singles Deep 1986
Rapids	5 Albums 2013	4:28
Rapids	Unknown Album
Rapids [Live]	5 Albums 2013	5:07
Reaping the Rich Harvest	Icicle Works [Expanded] 1984	4:07
Reaping the Rich Harvest	Icicle Works 1984	4:07
Reaping the Rich Harvest	5 Albums 2013	4:06
Seven Horses	The Small Price of a Bicycle [3-CD] 1985	4:19
Seven Horses	Icicle Works [13 Tracks] 1984
Seven Horses	The Small Price of a Bicycle 1985	4:19
Seven Horses	Seven Singles Deep 1986
Seven Horses	5 Albums 2013	4:19
Seven Horses [Live]	5 Albums 2013	5:08
Sweet Thursday	If You Want to Defeat Your Enemy Sing His Song 1987	4:17
Sweet Thursday	5 Albums 2013	4:18
Sweet Thursday [Live]	5 Albums 2013	4:56
The Kiss Off [Instrumental Dub] [Instrumental][Version]	Blind 1988	4:51
Travelling Chest	If You Want to Defeat Your Enemy Sing His Song 1987	4:40
Travelling Chest	5 Albums 2013	4:42
Travelling Chest [Live]	5 Albums 2013	4:54
Truck Driver's Lament	If You Want to Defeat Your Enemy Sing His Song 1987	5:18
Truck Driver's Lament	5 Albums 2013	5:21
Turn Any Corner	Unknown Album
Two Two Three	Blind 1988	2:23
Two Two Three	5 Albums 2013	2:23
Understanding Jane	If You Want to Defeat Your Enemy Sing His Song 1987	3:21
Understanding Jane	BBC Live in Concert 1994	3:41
Understanding Jane	5 Albums 2013	3:24
Understanding Jane	The Best of the Icicle Works 1995	3:25
Understanding Jane	Modern Rock 1987: Hang the DJ 1996
Understanding Jane [Live]	5 Albums 2013	3:51
Up Here In the North of England	5 Albums 2013	5:13
Up Here in the North of England	The Best of the Icicle Works 1995	5:12
Up Here in the North of England	If You Want to Defeat Your Enemy Sing His Song 1987	5:12
Up Here in the North of England	BBC Live in Concert 1994	5:52
Up Here in the North of England	Up Here in the North of England 1986
Visions of China	80's Mixtape 2011	3:34
Walking With a Mountain	If You Want to Defeat Your Enemy Sing His Song 1987	4:44
Walking With a Mountain	5 Albums 2013	4:46
What She Did to My Mind	Permanent Damage 1990
When You Were Mine	If You Want to Defeat Your Enemy Sing His Song 1987	4:37
When You Were Mine	5 Albums 2013	4:39
Who Do You Want For Your Love?	5 Albums 2013	4:00
Who Do You Want For Your Love? [Live]	5 Albums 2013	4:20
Who Do You Want for Your Love?	The Best of the Icicle Works 1995	3:56
Who Do You Want for Your Love?	If You Want to Defeat Your Enemy Sing His Song 1987	3:54
Who Do You Want for Your Love?	BBC Live in Concert 1994	4:17
Who Do You Want for Your Love?	Who Do You Want for Your Love? 1986
Woman on My Mind	Permanent Damage 1990

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