Sweeter Than the Radio explained
| Sweeter Than the Radio |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Icecream Hands |
| Cover: | Icecreamradiocd.jpg |
| Released: | 1999 |
| Recorded: | January 1999 |
| Studio: | Hothouse Studios, St Kilda |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Length: | 48:00 |
| Label: | Rubber Records |
| Producer: | Icecream Hands, Wayne Connolly |
| Prev Title: | Memory Lane Traffic Jam |
| Prev Year: | 1997 |
| Next Title: | Broken UFO |
| Next Year: | 2002 |
Sweeter Than the Radio is the third album by Australian rock band Icecream Hands. It was released in 1999[1] [2] and was nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Adult Contemporary Album at the ARIA Music Awards of 2000.
Track listing
(All songs by Charles Jenkins except where noted)
- "Can Anyone Be Hypnotised?" — 3:21
- "Spiritlevel Windowsill" — 2:26
- "Dodgy" (Charles Jenkins, Douglas Lee Robertson) — 2:40
- "Rise, Fall & Roll" — 3:07
- "Nipple" — 3:41
- "Yellow & Blue" (Robertson) — 2:31
- "Gasworks Park" — 5:18
- "Picture Disc From the Benelux" (Derek G. Smiley, Douglas Lee Robertson, Charles Jenkins) — 3:18
- "Bad Hip" — 3:07
- "You Could Be Reported" — 4:12
- "Giving It All Away" — 3:43
- "Stupid Boy" — 3:05
- "Magic Pudding Blues" — 1:54
- The Obvious Boy" — 3:28
- "Seawall" — 2:01
Personnel
- Marcus Goodwin — guitar
- Charles Jenkins — guitar, vocals
- Douglas Lee Robertson — bass, vocals
- Derek G. Smiley — drums, vocals
Additional personnel
- David Owen — keyboards ("Can Anyone Be Hypnotised?", "Dodgy")
- Elroy Falcon — guitar ("Dodgy," "Bad Hip," "Magic Pudding Blues")
- Anita Quayle — cello
- Craig Harnath — keyboards ("Gasworks Park")
Notes and References
- Noel Mengel, "Melting moments," The Courier-Mail, 31 December 1999.
- Bernard Zuel, "Stay in touch," Sydney Morning Herald, 1 October 1999.
