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Ultravox: The Very Best of Ultravox

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Label: Chrysalis Records
Released: 2009.04.10
Time:
 75:03
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating:
Media type: CD
Web address: www.ultravox.org.uk
Appears with: Midge Ure
Purchase date: 2010.01.14
Price in €: 2,00





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[1] Sleepwalk (W.Cann/J.Cross/B.Currie/M.Ure) - 3:12
[2] Passing Strangers (W.Cann/J.Cross/B.Currie/M.Ure) - 3:50
[3] Vienna [Single Version] (W.Cann/J.Cross/B.Currie/M.Ure) - 4:39
[4] All Stood Still (W.Cann/J.Cross/B.Currie/M.Ure) - 4:23
[5] The Thin Wall [Single Version] (W.Cann/J.Cross/B.Currie/M.Ure) - 4:26
[6] The Voice [Single Version] (W.Cann/J.Cross/B.Currie/M.Ure) - 4:23
[7] Reap the Wild Wind (W.Cann/J.Cross/B.Currie/M.Ure) - 3:45
[8] Hymn [Single Version] (W.Cann/J.Cross/B.Currie/M.Ure) - 4:25
[9] Visions in Blue [Single Version] (W.Cann/J.Cross/B.Currie/M.Ure) - 4:13
[10] We Came to Dance [Single Version] (W.Cann/J.Cross/B.Currie/M.Ure) - 4:08
[11] One Small Day [Single Version] (W.Cann/J.Cross/B.Currie/M.Ure) - 4:35
[12] Dancing with Tears in My Eyes [Single Version] (W.Cann/J.Cross/B.Currie/M.Ure) - 4:09
[13] Lament [Single Version] (W.Cann/J.Cross/B.Currie/M.Ure) - 4:18
[14] White China (W.Cann/J.Cross/B.Currie/M.Ure) - 3:53
[15] Love's Great Adventure (W.Cann/J.Cross/B.Currie/M.Ure) - 3:06
[16] Same Old Story [Single Version] (J.Cross/B.Currie/M.Ure) - 3:58
[17] All Fall Down (J.Cross/B.Currie/M.Ure) - 5:09
[18] All in One Day [Single Version] (J.Cross/B.Currie/M.Ure) - 4:20

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Midge Ure - Vocals
Steve Shears - Keyboards, Vocals
Warren Cann - Percussion, Drums, Voclas
Billy Currie - Synthesizer, Violin, Keyboards
Chris Cross - Bass, Vocals

Geoff Emerick - Engineer
Paul Fletcher - Project Coordinator
John Hudson - Engineer, Remixing
George Martin - Arranger, Conductor, Producer
Conny Plank - Producer, Engineer
Nigel Reeve - Project Coordinator
Steve Rooke - Remastering
Simon Sullivan - Remixing
 

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2009     CD     EMI Music Distribution     266722

This CD and DVD extravaganza sees the new-wave and electro-pop pioneers Ultravox have their most popular material collected together and packaged with live performances. The firstdisc eschews the earlier John Foxx-led period and focuses on the later, Midge Ure-dominated and arguably more popular period. This later incarnation of the band was responsible for hits like 'Vienna' and 'All Stood Still', both present on this collection. The live material on the DVD features live performances from St Albans, as well as Top Of The Pops recordings and music videos for several songs.



With the departure of John Foxx and the arrival of his replacement Midge Ure, Ultravox underwent a seismic shift in emphasis, signaled by more than the mere loss of their moniker's exclamation point. Having flirted with lush and lavish synthesized sounds on their third album, Systems of Romance, the band threw itself whole-heartedly into the burgeoning New Romantic movement. Beginning in June 1980, Ultravox began releasing a series of seminal singles pooling around alienation and dislocation, taking them into the U.K. singles chart for the first time and keeping them there until their dissolution in 1987. The group's themes became ever more grandiose - "Vienna"'s crumbling Hapsburg empire, "Reap the Wild Wind"'s horrors and heroism of war, "The Voice" examining the fearsome pull of fascism, "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" spreading terror of nuclear annihilation. All are packed with images so vivid they remain engraved in the minds of anyone old enough to remember the '80s. But that's because one can't hear the songs today without their fabulous videos swirling into view. Best of Ultravox: Sight and Sound pairs a CD featuring all the Ure-led band's singles (along with a sole B-side, "White China") with a DVD of 14 of their hits and accompanying videos: "Vienna" defining the New Romantic genre and look, "Wild Wind" paying tribute to the RAF who saved Britain from the Nazi onslaught, and "Dancing" turning a three-minute warning into an epic homage of the life that mankind's leaders seemed set to destroy. A pair of live performances and a Top of the Pops appearance give potent reminders of the band at their early height. For those still drawn to the past and those curious to experience it for themselves, this two-disc set is unbeatable.

Dave Thompson - All Music Guide

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