Icon [Import, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

Icon | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 4, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Axe Killer
• ASIN: B00004RBKQ
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #101,674 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. (Rock On) Through The Night

2. Killer Machine

3. On Your Feet

4. World War

5. Hot Desert Night

6. Under My Gun

7. Iconoclast

8. Rock'N'Roll Maniac

9. I'm Alive

10. It's Up To You

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Find !!, May 15, 2002

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Heavy Metal Seal "heavymetalseal" (New Jersey , United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Icon (Audio CD)

Back in 1980-something, a friend gave me a tape. Side-A was a new band called Metallica (Kill 'em All - destined to be a classic). Side-B was some band called Icon. Never heard of 'em, so I never played Side-B. Big mistake! One day I got the tape backwards in the player. When I heard it, I was blown away. How could I have missed this? Who are these guys? Needless to say, I've worn out the tape. Finding it on CD is like finding gold in my backyard! I have a vast collection of Priest, Metallica, Maiden, etc. To this day, this is still one of my favorites. I would best describe it as: Dokken meets Judas Priest. Nothing fancy or excessive. Heavy drummer, solid guitar, bass and vocals. In my opinion, this album is one of the best of the "unknown" '80s bands. And this CD should be a "must" for any serious '80s hard rock/metal collection! Hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Lost Treasure is Finally Re-mastered, August 20, 2000

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"ntlacrobat" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Icon (Audio CD)

I was thrilled to find that this Album had been re-released on CD. I wore out my copy of the tape years ago and had found that one in Canada. These guys never got the credit that they deserved and I had always thought that they were much better muscially than many of their metal peers in 1984. Icon affers well structured and well written metal with a commercial slant, yet the tunes stay heavy enough to satisfy even the heaviest metal fans appetite. Stephen Clifford's vocals are rough but have enough range to carry the commercial tunes. Dan Wexler and John Aquilino provide an awesome twin guitar attack that comes through with some solid riffing and many good guitar leads and solos. Tracy Wallach and Pat Dixon are a solid rythym section. Top tunes on this cd are "Hot Desert Night", "Killer Machine", "Rock and Roll Maniac" and my favorite which received very little airplay but was on MTV, "On Your Feet". If you like 80's metal, you should check these guys out. They deserve more credit than they got and this is a solid cd.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ICON, September 16, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Icon (Audio CD)

Truly one of the most underrated 80's metal bands. For anyone who appreciates solid, straight-forward, no B.S. rock, treat yourself to this album (if you can find it), then sit back and compare it to other era bands and draw your own conclusions.

I scored this album on vinyl about 15 years ago, and immediately put it on tape (like all my vinyl), and am now in the process of burning CDs to back up my collection. Good thing too, since it doesn't appear to be available anywhere now.