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Known as when the novel, The Icicle Works joined Liverpool's early 1980s 'neo-psychedelia' wave, which also propelled Echo & the Bunnymen and The Teardrop Explodes to stardom. Less prima however acclaimed however, A Icicle Works' large UK hit was 1983's "Love Is a Wonderful Colour." Their debut eponymous album (1984) reached a U.S. top Xl, when did a individual from either it "Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream)"; but The Small Price of a Bicyle (1985), If You Want to Defeat His Enemy Sing His Song (1987), and Blind (1988) formed fewer ripples.
Drummer Chris Sharrock departed (to The La's, and later to The Lightning Seeds), as did bassist Chris Layhe. Zak Starkey, son of Ringo Starr, briefly occupied a drumstool, when various keyboardists, bassists, & the guitar player passed across prior to the band bowed out using Permanent Damage (1990). Vocaliser & guitar player Ian McNabb's solo career included Truth and Beauty (1993), Head Like a Rock (1994) - featuring Neil Young's band Crazy Horse - Merseybeast (1996). Recently, Ian McNabb comes back to form by having the release of a fresh album, Prior to 100% of This (2005), a debut individual off which is "Let the Young Girl Do What She Wants," a song a lot redolent of his classic Icicle Works.
Singles |rowspan="2"|Year |rowspan="2"| Title |colspan="4"| Chart positions |rowspan="2"| Album |- |US Hot 100 |US Modern Rock |US Mainstream Rock |UK |- | 1988 | "High Time" | - | #13 | - | - | Blind |}
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