Icon is the debut studio album by American rock band Icon, released in 1984 by Capitol Records. It included their biggest metal radio hit song, "On Your Feet". It is considered a dynamic record in the same melodic heavy metal vein traditional of Dokken. The album debuted on the Billboard 200 chart on June 9, 1984, at #194, and reached #190 on June 16, 1984, a week later.
The album was recorded mostly in the summer of 1983, with three additional songs "World War", "Killer Machine" and "Rock'N Roll Maniac" recorded in the winter to replace the two "weakest" songs to make a stronger album.
The band toured the United States extensively to support the album, mainly headlining big clubs but also playing with other bands such as Accept and Autograph.
The album was re-released the same year with songs 1 and 3 remixed, and a video was made for the remix of "On Your Feet". The album has seen multiple re-releases on CD, in Japan and on the European labels Bear Tracks, AxeKiller and Rock Candy.
Contents
Track listing
Side one
"(Rock On) Through the Night" (Dan Wexler, Stephen Clifford, John Aquilino) – 3:31
"Killer Machine" (Aquilino, Wexler) – 3:31
"On Your Feet" (Aquilino, Clifford) – 3:22
"World War" (Wexler, Tracy Wallach, Clifford) – 4:30
"Hot Desert Night" (Wexler, Clifford) – 3:49
Side two
"Under My Gun" (Wexler) – 3:30
"Iconoclast" (Wexler, Aquilino) – 1:26
"Rock n' Roll Maniac" (Wexler, Clifford, Aquilino, Wallach, Pat Dixon) – 3:58
"I'm Alive" (Wexler) – 4:08
"It's Up to You" (Wexler, Clifford, Wallach) – 5:05
Personnel
Icon
Stephen Clifford – vocals
John Aquilino – guitars
Dan Wexler – guitars, vocals
Tracy Wallach – bass, vocals
Pat Dixon – drums
Production
Mike Varney – producer
Allen Sudduth – engineer
Stephen Marcussen – mastering at Precision Lacquer, Hollywood, California
Roy Kohara – art direction
James Dowlen – cover illustration
John O'Brien – logo design
Rick Monzon – logo illustration
Karen Filter – photography
Volker Kurze – re-issue producer
Peter Morticelli – manager