Icehouse – Great Southern Land (VG/VG+) – 2xLP, AU 1989

Great Southern Land is an LP by Icehouse from 1989 released on the Festival Records, Regular Records label.

About this album

Great Southern Land gathers Icehouse’s best-known late-1980s material into a sharp snapshot of the band’s commercial peak. By this point, Iva Davies had steered the group from art-rock beginnings into sleek synth-pop and polished mainstream pop, with songs such as Hey Little Girl, Electric Blue and Crazy helping define their international reach. The title track became one of the band’s signature statements, balancing widescreen atmosphere with a distinctly Australian identity. As a compilation, it shows how Icehouse translated studio precision and melodic hooks into enduring radio hits that helped make them one of Australia’s most successful crossover acts.

Genre: Pop & Rock