If You Want to Defeat Your Enemy Sing Hi [Import]

Icicle Works | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 2, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Beggar's Banquet
• ASIN: B00002551H
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #310,796 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hope Springs Eternal

2. Travelling Chest

3. Sweet Thursday

4. Up Here In The North Of E

5. Who Do You Want For Your

6. Everybody Loves To Play T

7. When You Were Mine

8. Don't Let It Rain On My P

9. Evangeline

10. Truck Driver's Lament

11. Understanding Jane

12. I Never Saw My Home Town

13. Walking With A Mountain

14. Into The Mystic

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 80's Alternative Rock, March 24, 2006

By 

Robert D. Peyton "R Peyton" (New Orleans, LA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: If You Want to Defeat Your Enemy Sing Hi (Audio CD)

Most people in the US are probably more familiar with Icicle Works' eponymous debut record from the airplay that the single "Whisper to a Scream" got here. For my money, this record is better. I believe the title refers to the fact that on this album the band moved toward the mainstream of 80's alternative rock music, increasing the volume and the energy. If that sounds like a bad thing to you, give a listen to "Understanding Jane," which remains one of my favorite songs from the decade. The rest of the record never quite matches the energy of that song, but it comes close on "Evangeline" and ballads like "Hope Springs Eternal" and "Up Here in the North of England." A great record, and one that deserves a place in your collection of 80's alternative pop/rock.