Icon (Icon album)

This article is about the album by the band Icon. For an album called "Icon" from the series of albums called "Icon", see Icon (album series). For other uses, see Icon (disambiguation).
Icon
Studio album by
Icon
Released1984
StudioPrairie Sun (Cotati, California)
GenreHeavy metal[1]
Length36:49
LabelCapitol
ProducerMike Varney
Icon chronology
Icon
(1984) 		Night of the Crime
(1985)
Singles from Icon
  1. "On Your Feet" / "Hot Desert Night"
    Released: 1984
  2. "(Rock On) Through the Night" / "World War"
    Released: 1984
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal7/10[3]
Kerrang!(very favorable)[4]

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.[1] The album debuted on the Billboard 200 chart on June 9, 1984, at #194,[5] and reached #190 on June 16, 1984, a week later.[6]

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.[7]

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.[7]

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.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "(Rock On) Through the Night" (Dan Wexler, Stephen Clifford, John Aquilino) – 3:31
  2. "Killer Machine" (Aquilino, Wexler) – 3:31
  3. "On Your Feet" (Aquilino, Clifford) – 3:22
  4. "World War" (Wexler, Tracy Wallach, Clifford) – 4:30
  5. "Hot Desert Night" (Wexler, Clifford) – 3:49

Side two

  2. "Under My Gun" (Wexler) – 3:30
  3. "Iconoclast" (Wexler, Aquilino) – 1:26
  4. "Rock n' Roll Maniac" (Wexler, Clifford, Aquilino, Wallach, Pat Dixon) – 3:58
  5. "I'm Alive" (Wexler) – 4:08
  6. "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

Charts

Chart (1984) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[6] 190

References

  1. ^ a b "Icon Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
  2. ^ Theakston, Rob. "Icon - Icon review". AllMusic. Retrieved September 3, 2011.
  3. ^ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 167. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
  4. ^ Dome, Malcolm (May 3, 1984). "Icon 'Icon'". Kerrang!. No. 67. London, UK: Spotlight Publications Ltd. p. 12.
  5. ^ "Billboard 200". Billboard. June 9, 1984. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
  6. ^ a b "Billboard 200". Billboard. June 16, 1984. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
  7. ^ a b "Icon – Arizonas ikoniske kulthelter". NORWAY ROCK MAGAZINE (in Norwegian Bokmål). March 28, 2025. Retrieved April 8, 2025.


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