Permanent Damage

Permanent Damage
Studio album by
The Icicle Works
ReleasedMay 1990
StudiosAmazon, Livingstone, Mayfair and Air Studios, London
GenresPost-punk, new wave, neo-psychedelia
Length46:56
LabelEpic
ProducersThe Icicle Works, Michael H. Brauer (tracks 1 to 5), Richard Manwaring (track 6)
The Icicle Works chronology
Blind
(1988)		 Permanent Damage
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarHalf star
Classic RockStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStar
The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStarStar
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide

Permanent Damage is the fifth and final album by the Icicle Works. The album was released in 1990.

Critical reception

The Quietus called the album a collection of "more straightforward classic rock songs ... an unimaginative set." The Rough Guide to Rock called it a "somewhat desperate set redeemed by the excellent single 'Motorcycle Rider.'" MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide wrote that it tended "to be uninspired and samey."

Track listing

All songs written by Ian McNabb.

Original 1990 album

  1. "I Still Want You" – 3:35
  2. "Motorcycle Rider" – 3:35
  3. "Melanie Still Hurts" – 4:13
  4. "Hope Street Rag" – 3:28
  5. "I Think I'm Gonna Be OK" – 3:11
  6. "Baby Don't Burn" – 4:07
  7. "What She Did to My Mind" – 7:18
  8. "One Good Eye" – 4:47
  9. "Permanent Damage" – 3:17
  10. "Woman on My Mind" – 3:41
  11. "Looks Like Rain" – 2:12
  12. "Dumb Angel" – 3:32

Bonus disc on 2006 reissue

  1. "Turn Any Corner" – 3:06
  2. "Let's Get Loaded" – 2:11
  3. "Red Lightning" – 2:44
  4. "People Change" – 2:37
  5. "Victoria's Ghost" – 2:38
  6. "When The Crying's Done" – 2:45
  7. "Mickey's Blue" – 3:04
  8. "I Dreamt I Was A Beautiful Woman" – 2:27
  9. "I Want That Girl" – 3:21
  10. "Wouldn't It Be Great" – 2:51
  11. "Sweet Disposition" – 3:42
  12. "It's Not Gonna Rain Forever" – 3:06

Personnel

The Icicle Works
Additional musicians
Production

References

  1. ↑ Mann, Bill, ed. (12 May 1990). "New Album Releases" (PDF). Sounds. p. 14. ISSN 0144-5774.
  2. ↑ Mathew, Leslie. "Permanent Damage - The Icicle Works review". AllMusic. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  3. ↑ Doran, John (March 2010). "The Icicle Works - Permanent Damage". Classic Rock. No. 142. p. 93.
  4. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. Oxford University Press. p. 447. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.
  5. 1 2 Gary Graff; Daniel Durchholz, eds. (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. p. 572. ISBN 978-0-82-567256-9.
  6. 1 2 The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. 27 August 2003. ISBN 978-1-85-828457-6 – via Google Books.
  7. ↑ "Truth And Beauty - Record Collector Magazine". recordcollectormag.com.
  8. ↑ "Icicle Works". Trouser Press. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  9. ↑ "The Quietus | Features | A Quietus Interview | Roll Over The Icicle Works: Ian McNabb Interviewed". The Quietus.