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Ultravox: Dancing with Tears in my Eyes

 A l b u m   D e t a i l s


Label: EMI Records
Released: 1997
Time:
 63:00
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating: ********.. (8/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.ultravox.org.uk
Appears with: Midge Ure
Purchase date: 1997.07.22
Price in €: 7,99



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[1] Sleepwalk (Cann/Cross/Currie/Ure) - 3:13
[2] Waiting (Cann/Cross/Currie/Ure) - 3:52
[3] Passing Strangers (Cann/Cross/Currie/Ure) - 3:51
[4] Vienna (Cann/Cross/Currie/Ure) - 4:38
[5] Passionate Reply (Cann/Cross/Currie/Ure) - 4:18
[6] Voice (Cann/Cross/Currie/Ure) - 4:24
[7] Hymn (Cann/Cross/Currie/Ure) - 4:25
[8] Monument (Cann/Cross/Currie/Ure) - 3:17
[9] We Came to Dance (Cann/Cross/Currie/Ure) - 4:09
[10] Dancing With Tears in My Eyes (Cann/Cross/Currie/Ure) - 4:05
[11] Reap the Wild Wind (Cann/Cross/Currie/Ure) - 3:46
[12] Love's Great Adventure (Cann/Cross/Currie/Ure) - 3:08
[13] White China (Cann/Cross/Currie/Ure) - 3:46
[14] All Fall Down (Cross/Currie/Ure) - 5:09
[15] Dreams (Collins/Currie/Ure) - 2:32
[16] All in One Day (Cross/Currie/Ure) - 4:17

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


Midge Ure - Guitar, Vocals
Billy Currie - Violin
Warren Cann - Drums
Chris Cross - Bass

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


Dancing with Tears in My Ears is a 15-track overview of Ultravox's early-'80s commercial peak, hitting most, but not all, of their biggest hits, including "Sleepwalk," "Vienna," "All Stood Still," and "Reap the Wild Wind." It's not a bad collection, but if it had included hits like "The Thin Wall," it could have been a definitive retrospective.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine - All Music Guide



Biography:

Rejecting the abrasive guitars of their punk-era contemporaries in favor of lushly romantic synthesizers, Ultravox emerged as one of the primary influences on the British electro-pop movement of the early '80s. Formed in London in 1974, the group - originally dubbed Ultravox! - was led by vocalist and keyboardist John Foxx (born Dennis Leigh), whose interest in synths and cutting-edge technology began during his school years; with an initial line-up consisting of bassist Chris Cross, keyboardist/violinist Billy Currie, guitarist Steve Shears and drummer Warren Cann, their obvious affection for the glam rock sound of David Bowie and Roxy Music brought them little respect from audiences caught up in the growing fervor of punk, but in 1977 Island Records signed the quintet anyway, with Brian Eno agreeing to produce their self-titled debut LP.

After scoring a minor UK hit with the single "My Sex," Ultravox returned later that year with Ha! Ha! Ha!; sales were minimal, however, and Shears soon exited, replaced by guitarist Robin Simon. A third LP, 1978's Systems of Romance, was recorded in Germany with renowned producer Conrad Plank, but it too failed commercially; Island soon dropped the band, at which time both Foxx and Simon quit, the former mounting a solo career and the latter joining Magazine. At that point the remaining members of Ultravox tapped singer/guitarist Midge Ure, an alumnus of Silk as well as Glen Matlock's Rich Kids; upon signing to Chrysalis, the new line-up recorded Vienna, scoring a surprise smash hit with the single "Sleepwalk," which reached the number two spot on the UK pop charts in 1981 and pushed the LP into the Top Five.

After 1981's Rage in Eden, Ultravox teamed with legendary producer George Martin for 1983's Quartet; their most successful LP in the otherwise impenetrable American market, it launched the minor hit "Reap the Wild Wind." Upon completing 1984's Lament, Ure - who had co-written the Band Aid charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas" - left Ultravox to forge a solo career, topping the UK charts a year later with the solo smash "If I Was; " the remaining members, adding Big Country's Mark Brzezicki, resurfaced with U-Vox in 1986 before going their separate ways. Currie and Simon reformed the band as U-Vox in 1993, adding vocalist Marcus O'Higgins; three years later, they released the lackluster Ingenuity.

Jason Ankeny - All Music Guide
 

 L y r i c s


SLEEPWALK

Sleepwalk
Sleepwalk
Sleepwalk
Sleepwalk

Rolling and falling, I'm choking and calling
Name after name after name

Sleepwalk
Sleepwalk
Sleepwalk
Sleepwalk

Naked and bleeding, the streetlights rain by me
Hurting my eyes with their glare

Sleepwalk
Sleepwalk
Sleepwalk
Sleepwalk

Helplessly braking, exchanging my faces
Destined, we had to collide

Sleepwalk!

Caught on the outside, I'm crumbling and crawling
Watching the day drag away
Spiralling deeper, I can't feel my fingers
Grip round my throat as I dream

Dream dream dream dream dream dream dream dream

Sleepwalk
Sleepwalk
Sleepwalk
Sleepwalk
Sleepwalk
Sleepwalk
Sleepwalk
Sleepwalk
Sleepwalk
Sleepwalk
Sleepwalk
Sleepwalk
Sleepwalk


WAITING

Move on as we step in time
Strange words from the other line
Edging forward, feeling strong
Syncopate with the marching song

Thoughts and dreams flick across your mind
Fade away as you wait for your time to go
You're waiting, waiting, waiting

Looking back as you head for home
Unsure if you walk alone
Friends call from an open door
Strange voice as you cross the floor

Thoughts of home flick across your mind
Slip away as you wait for your time to go
You're waiting, waiting, waiting


PASSING STRANGERS

We were so young, we were too vain
Dance in the dark, sing in the rain
Time on our hands, hope in our hearts

We were talking, passing strangers
Moments caught across an empty room
Wasted whispers, faded secrets
Quickly passes, time goes, time goes by too soon

We stood alone, silent and proud
Moments unknown, lost in a crowd
Running through memories like thieves in the night
Clutching emotions, holding too tight
Hope turns to dust, shattered by light

We were talking, passing strangers
Moments caught across an empty room
Wasted whispers, faded secrets
Quickly passes, time goes, time goes by too soon

We were talking, passing strangers
Moments caught across an empty room
Wasted whispers, faded secrets
Quickly passes, time goes, time goes by too soon

We were talking, passing strangers
Moments caught across an empty room
Wasted whispers, faded secrets
Quickly passes, time goes, time goes by too soon


VIENNA

We walked in the cold air
Freezing breath on a window pane
Lying and waiting
A man in the dark in a picture frame
So mystic and soulful
A voice reaching out in a piercing cry
It stays with you until

The feeling has gone only you and I
It means nothing to me
This means nothing to me
Oh, Vienna

The music is weaving
Haunting notes, pizzicato strings
The rhythm is calling
Alone in the night as the daylight brings
A cool empty silence
The warmth of your hand and a cold grey sky
It fades to the distance

The image has gone only you and I
It means nothing to me
This means nothing to me
Oh, Vienna

This means nothing to me
This means nothing to me
Oh, Vienna


PASSIONATE REPLY

Suddenly you find
Yourself walking for a long time
Your back's to the wall
But now you must go

Painting scenes from magazines
Sucking breath from nicotine
Standing tall against the crowd we sigh
Taking turns on telephones
Living lives in other homes
Listening for the passionate replies

Suddenly we find
Ourselves talking for a long time
Our voices are low
But now you must know

Giving all you have to give
Taking all you've got to live
Plotting all mistakes along the way
Find it hard to take it all
Reading names on other walls
Writing down the words we tried to sing


THE VOICE

Native these words seem to me
All speech directed to me
I've heard them once before
I know that feeling

Stranger emotions in mind
Changing the contours I find
I've seen them once before
Someone cries to me

Oh the look and the sound of the voice
They try, they try
Oh the shape and the power of the voice
In strong low tones

Forceful and twisting again
Wasting the perfect remains
I've felt it once before
Slipping over me

Oh the look and the sound of the voice
They try, they try
Oh the shape and the power of the voice
In strong low tones

Sweetly the voices decay
Draw on the lines that they say
I'd lost it once before
Now it cries to me

Oh the look and the sound of the voice
They try, they try
Oh the shape and the power of the voice
In strong low tones
Oh the look and the power of the voice
They try
Oh the shape and the sound of the voice
In strong low tones
Oh the shape and the power of the voice
In strong low...


HYMN

Give us this day all that you showed me
The power and the glory, till my kingdom comes

Give us this day all that you showed me
The power and the glory, till my kingdom comes
Give me all the storybook told me
The faith and the glory till my kingdom comes

And they say that in our time
All that's good will fall from grace
Even saints would turn their face
In our time
And they told us that in our days
Different words said in different ways
Have other meanings from he who says
In our time

Give us this day all that you showed me
The power and the glory, till my kingdom comes
Give me all the storybook told me
The faith and the glory till my kingdom comes

And they say that in our time
We would reap from their legacy
We would learn from what they had seen
In our time
And they told us that in our days
We would know what was high on high
We would follow and not defy
In our time

Give us this day all that you showed me
The power and the glory, till my kingdom comes
Give me all the storybook told me
The faith and the glory till my kingdom comes

Faithless in faith
We must behold the things we see

Give us this day all that you showed me
The power and the glory, till my kingdom comes
Give me all the storybook told me
The faith and the glory till my kingdom comes

Give us this day all that you showed me
The power and the glory, till my kingdom comes
Give me all the storybook told me
The faith and the glory till my kingdom comes

Give us this day all that you showed me
The power and the glory, till my kingdom comes
Give me all the storybook told me
The faith and the glory till my kingdom comes


MONUMENT

No lyrics available.


WE CAME TO DANCE

We came to dance
Making moves from a passion play
The ties that bind us just slip away
We came to dance
The piper calls out a different rhyme
He cracks the whip and we step in time

Standing as the parade goes passing by
I hear a voice around me cry
Like the sound of distant drums
Rejected and alone
A heart without a home
And someone said

We came to dance
Making moves from a passion play
The ties that bind us just slip away
We came to dance
The piper calls out a different rhyme
He cracks the whip and we step in time

We came to dance

Waiting as the panic grips my hand
Hearing prose from high command
Like a million times before
No dignity or grace
It's the prize and not the race
And someone said

We came to dance
Making moves from a passion play
The ties that bind us just slip away
We came to dance
The piper calls out a different rhyme
He cracks the whip and we step in time

We came to dance

We came to dance
Making moves from a passion play
The ties that bind us just slip away

"Take what you can", they said
"Take it while you may.
But keep in mind the penalty fits the crime
And it deals no softened blow."

We came to dance
Making moves from a passion play
The ties that bind us just slip away
We came to dance
The piper calls out a different rhyme
He cracks the whip and we step in time

We came to dance
Making moves from a passion play
The ties that bind us just slip away
We came to dance
The piper calls out a different rhyme
He cracks the whip and we step in time

We came to dance
Making moves from a passion play
The ties that bind us just slip away
We came to dance
The piper calls out a different rhyme
He cracks the whip and we step in time


DANCING WITH TEARS IN MY EYES

Dancing with tears in my eyes
Weeping for the memory of a life gone by
Dancing with tears in my eyes
Living out a memory of a love that died

It's five and I'm driving home again
It's hard to believe that it's my last time
The man on the wireless cries again
It's over, it's over

Dancing with tears in my eyes
Weeping for the memory of a life gone by
Dancing with tears in my eyes
Living out a memory of a love that died

It's late and I'm with my love alone
We drink to forget the coming storm
We love to the sound of our favourite song
Over and over

Dancing with tears in my eyes
Weeping for the memory of a life gone by
Dancing with tears in my eyes
Living out a memory of a love that died

It's time and we're in each other's arms
It's time but I don't think we really care

Dancing with tears in my eyes
Weeping for the memory of a life gone by
Dancing with tears in my eyes
Living out a memory of a love that died

Dancing with tears in my eyes
Weeping for the memory of a life gone by
Dancing with tears in my eyes


REAP THE WILD WIND

Reap the wild wind
Reap the wild wind
Reap the wild wind

A finger points to show a scene
(Take my hand, take my hand)
Another face where mine had been
(Take my hand, take my hand)
Another footstep where I once walked
(Take my hand)
Take it all

You take my hand and give me your friendship
I'll take my time and sell you my slow reply
Give me an inch and I'll make the best of it
Take all you want and leave all the rest to die
Reap the wild wind

A footprint haunts an empty floor
(Take my hand, take my hand)
A fading coat that I once wore
(Take my hand, take my hand)

Oh desolation where I once lived
I have seen in times gone by
I have felt a different shadow on the wall
A stranglehold on a certain feeling

You take my hand and give me your friendship
I'll take my time and sell you my slow reply
Give me an inch and I'll make the best of it
Take all you want and leave all the rest to die
Reap the wild wind
Reap the wild wind

You take my hand and give me your friendship
I'll take my time and sell you my slow reply
Give me an inch and I'll make the best of it
Take all you want and leave all the rest to die
Reap the wild wind


LOVE'S GREAT ADVENTURE

Standing on my own
It didn't mean that much to me
I thought I had it all
I didn't see the mystery
I stood the test of time
And took the step to find
Love's great adventure

I spoke a million words
They didn't mean that much to me
They rang around my head
Like empty tuneless harmonies
Love's great adventure's mine

Lying side by side
It didn't mean that much to me
But starting to enjoy
The poetry and symphonies
I took it in my stride
And hailed the day I tried
Love's great adventure

A fool who couldn't see
It didn't mean that much to me
I couldn't understand
That's how the game is meant to be
Love's great adventure's mine

The great adventure
Love's great adventure
Love's great adventure

Standing on my own
It didn't mean that much to me
I thought I had it all
I didn't see the mystery
I stood the test of time
I took the step to find
Love's great adventure's mine


WHITE CHINA

When pale turns to pink
With a soft unnerving ease
And all you've built around
May just tumble to the ground

Will you stand or fall?
With your future in another's hands
Will you stand or fall?
When your life is not your own

When white turns to red
In the not too distant days
Will force and misery
Be the life you have to lead?

Will you stand or fall?
With your children in another's world
Will you stand or fall?
When your town is not your own

White China
White China

When crimson takes a hold
The lights go down on all you've ever known
And all you'll ever do is worked out for you

Will you stand or fall?
When the thoughts you have are not your own
Will you stand or fall?
Oh, when the freedom slips away

White China
White China

White China
White China
White China
White China


ALL FALL DOWN (Live)

"This is a modern folk song"...

When I was a boy there's a dream that I had
That a war if it's fought was for good against bad
And I woke up to find that the world had gone mad
And we'd all fall down

And I feel like a child again sitting observing
You're toying with power, your fingers are burning
You're pushing so hard that the worms won't be turning
We'll all fall down

While you try to pretend you're a god upon high
With your party ideals and your squeaky clean lies
When it comes to the crunch you're no smarter than I
And we'll all fall down

If it's colour or creed or your old time religion
Well fighting for that shows a pure lack of vision
The fight that we strive is the fight to survive
And we'll all fall down

Well look in the mirror and what do you see
An American, Russian, a soldier or me
When you've all pressed the buttons just where will you be
When we all fall down

It gets harder to see just what future's in store for us
Hard to see through all the wool you pull over us
Words that you give are just words to console us
We'll all fall down

And what will you do when you've pulled the release
When the sound of the thunder has drowned out the pleas
'Cos after all that was your idea of peace
When we all fall down

No sun for a world that once stood so tall
No wind's going to blow and no rain's going to fall
No flowers for graves, in fact no graves at all
When we all fall down

Hup, hup, hup, hup....

One, two, three, four...
One, two, three, four...

"Thankyou, goodnight!"


DREAMS

First of all, do you all dream?
Yes we do. Uh, the difference between us is that
some of us remember our dreams better than others.

Do you all dream every night?
Yes we do. It's part of, a regular part of our sleep. Yes it is.

Does it affect the quality of that sleep?
Only if we wake up from the dreams
and we find our dreams disturbing


ALL IN ONE DAY

No lyrics available.

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