Measure for Measure (album)

"Measure for Measure" is the fourth studio album by Australian new wave band Icehouse. It was released on 21 April, 1986 through Chrysalis Records. It went to number 2 in New Zealand and number 8 in Australia. It also reached number 55 in the United States.

Measure for Measure
Studio album by
Released21 April 1986 (1986-04-21)
RecordedAugust 1985
StudioCrescent Studios, Bath and Whitehouse, Livingston and Air Studios, London
Genre
Length51:55
LabelRegular
Producer
Icehouse chronology
Boxes
(1985)
Measure for Measure
(1986)
Man of Colours
(1987)
Singles from Measure for Measure
  1. "No Promises"
    Released: 28 October 1985[1]
  2. "Baby, You're So Strange"
    Released: 10 March 1986
  3. "Mr. Big"
    Released: 16 June 1986
  4. "Cross the Border"
    Released: 20 October 1986
  5. "Paradise"
    Released: 1986 (US and UK only)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic2.5/5 stars[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Iva Davies and Robert Kretschmer, except where noted.

Australian release
No. Title Length
1. "Paradise"   4:47
2. "No Promises"   4:40
3. "Mr Big"   3:33
4. "Angel Street"   4:46
5. "The Flame"   5:11
6. "Regular Boys"   3:30
7. "Cross the Border"   4:25
8. "Spanish Gold"   4:17
9. "Lucky Me" aka "American Way"   4:38
10. "Baby, You're So Strange"   3:59
1993 reissue bonus tracks
No. Title Length
11. "Too Late Now"   3:11
12. "Into the Wild"   4:53
2002 remastered reissue bonus tracks
No. Title Length
13. "Just a Word"   4:26
14. "The Perfect Crime"   3:38
15. "The Flame" (live) 5:26
16. "No Promises"   5:25
17. "Sister" (live) 3:48
25. Untitled (live)  
American release
No. Title Length
1. "No Promises"    
2. "Cross the Border"    
3. "Spanish Gold"    
4. "Paradise"    
5. "The Flame"    
6. "Regular Boys"    
7. "Mr. Big"    
8. "Angel Street"    
9. "Lucky Me"    
10. "Baby, You're So Strange"    
11. "Too Late Now"    
12. "Into the Wild"    

References