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DAAS Icon (also known as Icon) is the first and only studio album recorded and released by Australian comedy trio, the Doug Anthony All Stars. Released in 1990,^[1] it features the singles "I Want to Spill the Blood of a Hippy" and "Bottle". Icon went on to become the highest-selling independent album in Australia,^[2] but was banned in the UK due to a reference to the IRA in the song "KRSNA".^[3] This was later overturned by a British court.^[4]

The tracks "Little Gospel Song" and "Change the Blades" previously appeared on their demo tape Let It Swing in 1988.

Track listing

All tracks capitalised as on the back cover (for CD) and inner sleeve (for LP).

All lyrics are written by Paul McDermott; all music is composed by Doug Anthony All Stars

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Commies for Christ"	3:02
2.	"My Babys gone to Jail"	2:29
3.	"JACK"	1:57
4.	"Change the Blades"	3:14
5.	"KRS̈NA"	2:50
6.	"Shang-a-lang"	2:54
7.	"Little Gospel Song"	1:40
8.	"DEAD ELVIS"	2:45

Side B
No.	Title	Length
9.	"i want to spill the blood of a Hippy"	4:54
10.	"Go to Church"	3:06
11.	"RAT"	3:12
12.	"Broad lic Nic"	3:10
13.	"2x"	2:13
14.	"Motorcycle St. Sebastian"	3:05
15.	"BOTTLE"	2:33

Personnel

Produced by DAAS and The Cockle Factor
Engineered by Ross Cockle and Melita Jagic
All songs by Control
Richard Fidler - guitars, sitar, Irish harp, axe and dinner plates, backing and harmony vocals
Paul McDermott- kettle drum, erhu, viola, sheet metals and cymbals, lead and harmony vocals
Ferguson - keyboards, Fairlight, euphonium, kora, bachelors rags, backing and harmony vocals
Andrew - brass
Steve Hadley - double bass
Rosie Westbrook - electric bass, double bass, Angus Burchell
J.J. Hackett - drums
Sam See - drum programmer
Kerri Simpson - vocals
Richard Lewis - artwork

References

^ Casellas, Leanne (1990-06-01). "Gleesome Threesome". Daily News. Archived from the original on 2009-10-26. Retrieved 2008-09-14.
^ Lum, Alexander (1994-04-14). "DAAS Mania". Togatus. Archived from the original on 2009-10-26. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
^ Murphy, Nicola (1990-06-02). "Banned! (So What's New?)". TV Week. Archived from the original on 2009-10-22. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
^ Ferguson, Tim (1990). "Humour In Uniform". The Harvey. Archived from the original on 2009-10-26. Retrieved 2008-09-15.

External links

Icon at Discogs (list of versions)
Purchase Icon on the iTunes Music Store

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[1] Casellas, Leanne (1990-06-01). "Gleesome Threesome". Daily News. Archived from the original on 2009-10-26. Retrieved 2008-09-14.

[2] Lum, Alexander (1994-04-14). "DAAS Mania". Togatus. Archived from the original on 2009-10-26. Retrieved 2008-09-16.

[3] Murphy, Nicola (1990-06-02). "Banned! (So What's New?)". TV Week. Archived from the original on 2009-10-22. Retrieved 2008-12-08.

[4] Ferguson, Tim (1990). "Humour In Uniform". The Harvey. Archived from the original on 2009-10-26. Retrieved 2008-09-15.

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-'''''DAAS Icon''''' (also known as '''''Icon''''') is the first [[studio album]] recorded and released by [[Australia]]n comedy trio, the [[Doug Anthony All Stars]].  Released in 1990,<ref>{{cite web |author= Casellas, Leanne |url= http://www.geocities.com/tangawarra/daasart8.html | title=Gleesome Threesome |work=Daily News |date=1990-06-01 | accessdate=2008-09-14|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/tangawarra/daasart8.html&date=2009-10-26+02:59:49|archivedate=2009-10-26}}</ref> it features the singles "I Want to Spill the Blood of a Hippy" and "Bottle". ''Icon'' went on to become the highest-selling independent album in Australia,<ref>{{cite web |author= Lum, Alexander |url= http://www.geocities.com/tangawarra/daasart3.html | title=DAAS Mania  |work=Togatus |date=1994-04-14 | accessdate=2008-09-16|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20091026025927/http://geocities.com/tangawarra/daasart3.html|archivedate=2009-10-26}}</ref> but was banned in the UK due to a reference to the [[Irish Republican Army|IRA]] in the song "KRSNA".<ref>{{cite web |author=Murphy, Nicola |url= http://www.geocities.com/still_gorgeous/interrogations/daas/banned.html | title=Banned! (So What's New?)  |work=TV Week |date=1990-06-02 | accessdate=2008-12-08|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20091022175356/http://geocities.com/still_gorgeous/interrogations/daas/banned.html|archivedate=2009-10-22}}</ref>  This was later overturned by a British court.<ref>{{cite web |author=Ferguson, Tim |url= http://www.geocities.com/tangawarra/daasart5.html | title=Humour In Uniform  |work=The Harvey |date=1990 | accessdate=2008-09-15|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/tangawarra/daasart5.html&date=2009-10-26+02:59:41|archivedate=2009-10-26}}</ref>
+'''''DAAS Icon''''' (also known as '''''Icon''''') is the first and only [[studio album]] recorded and released by [[Australia]]n comedy trio, the [[Doug Anthony All Stars]].  Released in 1990,<ref>{{cite web |author= Casellas, Leanne |url= http://www.geocities.com/tangawarra/daasart8.html | title=Gleesome Threesome |work=Daily News |date=1990-06-01 | accessdate=2008-09-14|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/tangawarra/daasart8.html&date=2009-10-26+02:59:49|archivedate=2009-10-26}}</ref> it features the singles "I Want to Spill the Blood of a Hippy" and "Bottle". ''Icon'' went on to become the highest-selling independent album in Australia,<ref>{{cite web |author= Lum, Alexander |url= http://www.geocities.com/tangawarra/daasart3.html | title=DAAS Mania  |work=Togatus |date=1994-04-14 | accessdate=2008-09-16|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20091026025927/http://geocities.com/tangawarra/daasart3.html|archivedate=2009-10-26}}</ref> but was banned in the UK due to a reference to the [[Irish Republican Army|IRA]] in the song "KRSNA".<ref>{{cite web |author=Murphy, Nicola |url= http://www.geocities.com/still_gorgeous/interrogations/daas/banned.html | title=Banned! (So What's New?)  |work=TV Week |date=1990-06-02 | accessdate=2008-12-08|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20091022175356/http://geocities.com/still_gorgeous/interrogations/daas/banned.html|archivedate=2009-10-22}}</ref>  This was later overturned by a British court.<ref>{{cite web |author=Ferguson, Tim |url= http://www.geocities.com/tangawarra/daasart5.html | title=Humour In Uniform  |work=The Harvey |date=1990 | accessdate=2008-09-15|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/tangawarra/daasart5.html&date=2009-10-26+02:59:41|archivedate=2009-10-26}}</ref>
 The tracks "Little Gospel Song" and "Change the Blades" previously appeared on their demo tape ''Let It Swing'' in 1988.