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Ultravox: The Collection

 A l b u m   D e t a i l s


Label: Chrysalis Records
Released: 1984
Time:
 56:51
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating: ********** (10/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.ultravox.org.uk
Appears with: Midge Ure
Purchase date: 1997.07.22
Price in €: 14,99



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[1] Dancing with Tears in My Eyes (Cann/Cross/Currie/Ure) - 4:07
[2] Hymn (Cann/Cross/Currie/Ure) - 4:25
[3] Thin Wall (Cann/Cross/Currie/Ure) - 4:26
[4] Voice (Cann/Cross/Currie/Ure) - 4:24
[5] Vienna (Cann/Cross/Currie/Ure) - 4:38
[6] Passing Strangers (Cann/Cross/Currie/Ure) - 3:49
[7] Sleepwalk (Cann/Cross/Currie/Ure) - 3:12
[8] Reap the Wild Wind (Cann/Cross/Currie/Ure) - 3:50
[9] All Stood Still (Cann/Cross/Currie/Ure) - 3:40
[10] Visions in Blue (Cann/Cross/Currie/Ure) - 4:13
[11] We Came to Dance (Cann/Cross/Currie/Ure) - 4:10
[12] One Small Day (Cann/Cross/Currie/Ure) - 4:38
[13] Love's Great Adventure (Cann/Cross/Currie/Ure) - 3:03
[14] Lament (Cann/Cross/Currie/Ure) - 4:16

 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

Geoff Emerick - Engineer
Conny Planck - Producer, Engineer
 

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


Ultravox's UK hit singles during the Midge Ure era.

William Ruhlmann - 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


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


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


THE THIN WALL

The sound is on
The visions move
The image dance starts once again
They shuffle with a bovine grace
And glide in syncopation
Just living lines from books we've read
With atmospheres of days gone by
With paper smiles the screenplay calls
A message for the nation

And those who sneer will fade and die
And those who laugh will surely fall
And those who know will always feel their backs against the thin wall

Thin wall
Thin wall

Old men who speak of victory
Shed light upon their stolen lives
They drive by night
And act as if they're moved by unheard music
To step in time and play the part
With velvet voices smooth and cold
Their power game's a game no more
And long the chance to use it

And those who sneer will fade and die
And those who laugh will surely fall
And those who know will always feel their backs against the thin wall

Thin wall
Thin wall

And those who wait will wait no more
And those who talk will hear the word
And those who dance will spin and turn
And those who sneer will fade and die
And those who laugh will surely fall
And those who know will always feel their backs against the thin wall

Thin wall
Thin wall

And those who dance
And those who wait
And those who talk
And those who sneer
And those who dance
And those who dance
And those who dance
And those who dance


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...


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


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


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


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


ALL STOOD STILL

The lights went out
    (the last fuse blew)
The clocks all stopped
    (it can't be true)
The program's wrong
    (what can we do?)
The printout's blocked
    (it relied on you)

The turbine cracked up
The buildings froze up
The system choked up
What can we do?

Please remember to mention me
In tapes you leave behind

We stood still
We all stood still
Still stood still
We're standing still

The screen shut down
    (there's no reply)
The lifts all fall
    (a siren cries)
And the radar fades
    (a pilot sighs)
As the countdowns stall
    (the readout lies)

The turbines cracked up
The buildings froze up
The system choked up
What can we do?

Please remember to mention me
In tapes you leave behind

We stood still
We all stood still
Still stood still
We're standing still

The black box failed
    (the codes got crossed)
And the jails decayed
    (the keys got lost)
Everyone kissed
    (we breathe exhaust)
In the new arcade
    (of the holocaust)

The turbine cracked up
The buildings froze up
The system choked up
What can we do?

Plese remember to mention me
In tapes you might leave behind

We stood still
We all stood still
Still stood still
We're standing still

We stood still
We all stood still
Still stood still
We're standing still


VISIONS IN BLUE

Face in the window in the night
Caught for a second by the light
Ashes of memories still aglow
Only for you
Portraits and pictures you once saw
Visions in blue

Read while the letters still remain
Sip from the wine of youth again
Oaths made in silence still return
Only for you
Cast like a shroud you're clutching on
Visions in blue

Catch aimless smiles from passers by
Blistered and broken in reply
Breath seems to mist the hazy view
Only for you
Tears coat your lifeless eyes with dew
Visions in blue
Visions in blue
Ashes of memories still aglow
Portraits and pictures you once saw

Ashes of memories still aglow
Portraits and pictures you once saw

Ashes of memories still aglow
Portraits and pictures you once saw

Face in the window in the night
Caught for a second by the light
Ashes of memories still aglow
Only for you
Portraits and pictures you once saw
Visions in blue


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


ONE SMALL DAY

If the stack is high against you
And the hammer's coming down
And the time that's yours lies heavy in your hands
Oh my sentimental friend
The fast must reach an end
One day

Lying face down on the cold stone
And they give their all to you
But their all is slipping through your hands
Oh my sentimental friend
Your time will come again
One day

One day where I didn't die a thousand times
Where I could satisfy this life of mine
One small day
One day where every hour could be a joy to me
And live a life the way it's meant to be
One small day

How many times has it turned against you?
How many times will they walk away?
How many times have you let depression win the fight?
Oh my sentimental friend
We'll walk as one again
One day

One day where I didn't die a thousand times
Where I could satisfy this life of mine
One small day
One day where every hour could be a joy to me
And live a life the way it's meant to be
One small day

Walk away
Turn against you
Walk away
Turn against you
Walk away
How many times can they turn against you?
How many times can they walk away?

One day where I didn't die a thousand times
Where I could satisfy this life of mine
One day where every hour could be a joy to me
And live a life the way it's meant to be

One day where I wouldn't feel my senses die
Where nothing made me hang my head and cry
One day where I could see myself as others can
Where I could feel the strength of love at hand

One day where I didn't die a thousand times
Where I could satisfy this life of mine
One day where every hour could be a joy to me
And live a life the way it's meant to be


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


LAMENT

And just as my eyes start seeing
After all the pain
The twist in my life starts healing
Just to twist again
In stillness, in sorrow
Returns that softly sighing lament

Lament

And just as the smile's returning
After all the pain
The fire inside stops burning
Just to burn again
In moments of madness
Returns that softly sighing lament

Lament

Lament
Lament
Lament
Lament
Lament
Lament

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