The Icicle Works - All The Daughters (Beggars Banquet)

What fake fur are they flinging at our kids? More poppy brass for the scouse gardeners - sounding more like Scott Walker with Teardrop Explodes than ever. A good earnest performance that nods along at the back - but is far too dated to offer much in the way of newsworthy style. (Dylan Jones, Record Mirror, May 25, 1985)

The Icicle Works - Hollow Horse (Beggars Banquet)

Another splendid track from Liverpool's The Icicle Works. Neither "Birds Fly (A Whisper To A Scream)" nor "Love Is A Wonderful Colour" got the Top Ten placings they deserved. I was praying this wasn't going to be a disappointment and it's not. Distinctive, inventive and fresh sounding. Fingers crossed for a huge hit and definitely Single Of The Fortnight. (DJ Mike Read, Smash Hits, October 11, 1984)

I've always thought The Icicle Works tried a bit too much. Not so here, "Hollow Horse" is a roistering exercise in the big guitar coupled with a classic example of the 'northern' rock voice - epic spilling of emotion over a dirty old long mac. I'm surprised, I really like it.(Jim Reid, Record Mirror, October 6, 1984)