Icicle Works, Icicle Works, 1984 on Arista / Beggars Banquet

In the UK (and elsewhere) this was credited to The Icicle Works and was on Beggars Banquet, but in the US it was titled just Icicle Works (no “the”) and was on Arista.

Either way this was their self-titled debut album and included their biggest hit, which—like the album—was titled differently in the US. Most regions knew it as “Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream)” where in the US it was called “Whisper to a Scream (Birds Fly).”

Icicle Works came out of Liverpool, formed by Chris Layhe, Ian McNabb, and Chris Sharrock. If you’ve only known the single, well worth checking out the full LP. In my collection Via Academy Records in NYC.

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Not a bad little 2-day road trip haul!

Super clean Peter Gabriel upgrade original copy, some They Might Be Giants, Brilliant Orange (great #80s #vancouver band!), Icicle Works, Blue Murder, and the 2xLP anniversary edition of Nirvana’s Unplugged, which is superior sounding in every way to the 1xLP Europe pressing I had.
Great little road haul!
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