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Midge Ure: Breathe

 A l b u m   D e t a i l s


Label: EMI Records
Released: 1996.07.18
Time:
 46:44
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): Richard Feldman
Rating: *********. (9/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.midgeure.com
Appears with: Ultravox, Visage
Purchase date: 1998.04.25
Price in €: 14,99



 S o n g s ,   T r a c k s


[1] Breathe (Ure) - 4:28
[2] Fields of Fire (Feldman/Ure) - 4:32
[3] Fallen Angel (Bazillian/Feldman/Ure) - 3:53
[4] Free (Feldman/Klein/Ure) - 4:43
[5] Guns and Arrows (Ure) - 4:44
[6] Lay My Body Down (Feldman/Ure) - 3:58
[7] Sinner Man (Mitchell/Ure) - 3:38
[8] Live Forever (Feldman/Shipley/Ure) - 4:21
[9] Trail of Tears (Shipley/Ure) - 3:38
[10] May Your Good Lord (Ure) - 4:04
[11] Maker (Ure) - 4:45

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


MIDGE URE - Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Engineer

RICHARD FELDMAN - Percussion, Keyboards, Programming, Producer, Engineer
SHANKAR - Vocals, Double Violin
LIAM O'MAONLAI - Vocals, Didjeridoo, Bodhran
ROBERT FRIPP - Guitar
DEAN PARKS - Guitar
ERIC BAZILIAN - Mandolin, Elodica
FRANK GALLAGHER - Fiddle
OFRA HARNOY - Cello
NOREEN O'DONOGHUE - Celtic Harp
ETHAN JAMES - Hurdy Gurdy, Harmonium
PADDY MOLONEY - Uillean Pipes
PAT CROWLEY - Accordion
FRANK MCNAMARA - Accordion
CHARLES JUDGE - Keyboards
JAMIE MUHULRICK - Keyboards
JEREMY MEEHAN - Bass
LARRY KLEIN - Bass
ANDY KRAVITZ - Drums
DAVID PALMER - Drums
MIKE FISHER - Percussion
IKI LEVY - Percussion

ELEANOR MCEVOY - Vocals
MATTHEW HAGER - Vocals
SALLY DWORSKY - Vocals
MAXAYN LEWIS - Vocals
MONALISA YOUNG - Vocals
KATE STEPHENSON - Background Vocals
JACKIE SHERIDAN - Background vocals

BOB LUDWIG - Mastering
LEE MANNING - Engineer
BRIAN TENCH - Engineer, Mixing

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


1996 CD RCA 34629
1996 CS RCA 34629



With Breathe, Midge Ure attempted to make a comeback to the pop mainstream in the mid-'90s by targeting the adult alternative market. Consequently, Breathe is atmospheric and lush, with airy melodies and interweaving keyboards. The new approach might have been a success if Ure had written songs as memorably melodic as his earlier solo hits - not to mention his singles with Ultravox - but he has opted for texture over songcraft, which makes Breathe a pleasant, but unengaging listen.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine - All Music Guide



Wie viele Kollegen seiner Generation hat der einstige Elektropopper eine gründliche musikalische Kehrtwende vollzogen. Von Synthis schwenkte Ex-Ultravox-Sänger Midge Ure auf akustische Gitarren um. Der Schotte konnte schon immer süffige Melodien zaubern und diese mit der nötigen Emphase singen. Die keltisch unterfütterte Folkrock-Power in "Breathe" unterstreicht das hymnische Element. Allerdings stellen sich über die Länge von elf Songs auch Ermüdungserscheinungen ein. Im Studio versammelte Ure den Gitarristen Robert Fripp, den indischen Geiger Shankar, Hothouse-Flowers-Sänger Liam O'Maonlai und die Band der irischen Pop-Diva Mary Black.

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 L y r i c s


BREATHE

Breathe
With every waking breath I breathe
I see what life has dealt to me
With every sadness I deny
I feel a chance inside me die

Give me a taste of something new
To touch to hold to pull me through
Send me a guiding light that shines
Across this darkened life of mine

Breathe some soul in me
Breathe your gift of love to me
Breathe life to lay 'fore me
Breathe to make me breathe

For every man who built a home
A paper promise for his own
He fights against an open flow
Of lies and failures, we all know

To those who have and who have not
How can you live with what you've got?
Give me a touch of something sure
I could be happy evermore

Breathe some soul in me
Breathe your gift of love to me
Breathe life to lay 'fore me
To see to make me breathe

Breathe your honesty
Breathe your innocence to me
Breathe your word and set me free
Breathe to make me breathe

This life prepares the strangest things
The dreams we dream of what life brings
The highest highs can turn around
To sow love's seeds on stony ground

Breathe
Breathe

Breathe some soul in me
Breathe your gift of love to me
Breathe life to lay 'fore me
To see to make me breathe

Breathe your honesty
Breathe your innocence to me
Breathe your word and set me free
Breathe to make me breathe

Breathe


FIELDS OF FIRE

How can we ever be free again?
After all the shouting and crying
Trying to hurt one another, for nothing
Things will be better again

Baby's in red, broken and bled
By the flames that rule her fields of fire
Baby's in blue, broken in two
May the rains run through her fields of fire
Her fields of fire

Now that the skies have gone clear again
And we try to talk it through, peace of mind
One day at a time
We're praying things will be better again

Baby's in red, broken and bled
By the flames that rule her fields of fire
Baby's in blue, broken in two
May the rains run through her fields of fire
Her fields of fire

Something is hurting way deep down inside
Showing the scars of the ghosts that are hiding
Stay in my arms, things will be better again

Baby's in red, broken and bled
By the flames that rule her fields of fire
Baby's in blue, broken in two
May the rains run through her fields of fire

Baby's in red, broken and bled
By the flames that rule her fields of fire
Baby's in blue, broken in two
Let the rains run through her fields of fire

Baby's in blue, what shall she do?
May the rains run through her fields of fire
Her fields of fire


FALLEN ANGEL

Hush with your talk now, nothing to say 'bout what life has done to you
Cradle your young head safe in my bed and I will help pull you through
Listen to every word I said to you and then you'll know it's true
When you look inside, love can turn you onto anything you want to

Take me home, my fallen angel
I will make you shine, I can soothe your soul

Open your eyes to all the wonderful days waiting there for you
Listen to every word I say to you, and then you'll know it's true
When you look inside, love can turn you onto anything you want to

Take me home, my fallen angel
I will make you shine, I can soothe your soul
So take me home, my fallen angel

Take me home, my fallen angel
I will make you shine, I will soothe your soul
So take me home, oh fallen angel
I will make you shine, I will soothe your soul
So take me home, oh fallen angel
My fallen angel, oh my fallen angel
Fallen angel


FREE

As I walked the busy, empty streets with the weight of the world on my shoulders
An ancient voice screamed in my head saying run boy, run

I waited for the inspiration, waited for forever or so it seemed
I made my mind up and started there and then to run boy, run

I'm free
(no ties to bind me)
I'm free
(left the world behind me)
I took my life and I walked away
Oh, I'm free
(no ropes to tie me)
I'm free
(where no one can find me)
I packed my life and I walked away
Ooh...

I left the dust of a million dreams lying dead by the side of the road
I felt the breath of a brand new day make me run boy, run

I'm free
(left the world behind me)
I'm free
(no ties to bind me)
I took my past and I walked away
Oh, I'm free
(where no one can find me)
I'm free
(no ropes to tie me)
I packed my past and I walked away
Ooh...

And I walked away
Left the world behind me
I just walked away
(I just walked away)

I'm free
(left the world behind me)
I'm free
(no ties to bind me)
I packed my past and I walked away
Oh, I'm free
(where no one can find me)
I'm free
(no ropes to tie me)
I packed my past and I walked away
Oh...


GUNS AND ARROWS

Come lay your head upon my breast, she said
Come turn your worries into mine
I want to hear it all, so let your fortress fall and you'll be fine
Then she said

When you're tired of all your sorrows just fire your guns and arrows
And nail me through my heart
Oh, this open heart

Told her all the things I'd kept inside, the things I wouldn't tell a soul
She smiled and took my hand, with a look of understanding she eased it all
Then she said

When you're tired of all your sorrows
Just fire your guns and arrows and nail me through my heart
Oh, this open heart
Take me through my heart
Oh, this open heart

She gave herself up to me, the first to touch her soul
She cried and kissed my hand
With a look of understanding she eased it all
Then she said

When you're tired of all your sorrows just fire your guns and arrows
And nail me through my heart
Oh, this open heart
Just love me for my heart
Oh, this open heart


LAY MY BODY DOWN

Bring me my four white horses
Show me my hallowed ground
Bring me my lost companions
Oh, lay my body down

Bring me my glass of comfort
Give me your sacred vow
Bring on my faded glory
Oh, lay my body down
Lay me, lay my body down

Will you remember my name
In years to come
When all the power I had laid before me
Rushes o'er me
When you lay me down

Surrender, surrender

Bring me my choir of angels
I hear the trumpets sound
Bring on my judge and jury
Oh, lay my body down

Look to this golden mirror
This king has lost his crown
And bring on my Spanish dancers
Oh, lay my body down

Should you remember my name
Oh, in years to come
When all the glory I had made before you
Rushes o'er me
When you lay me down

Lay my body down
Oh, lay my body down
Oh, lay my body down

Surrender, surrender
Surrender, surrender
Surrender, surrender


SINNERMAN

You're through with hoping, you're done with dreaming
Why have you burned every bridge you have crossed?
You can't rely on anyone, you're mother's boy, you're father's son
If you believe in no-one what will you do?
Oh, it's there in front of you

Pull for the shoreline, reach for a hand
You're nothing at all, oh you sinnerman
No more excuses, won't you please understand?
You're lost without love, oh you sinnerman
Sinnerman

So leave the darkness you carried with you
Those angry skies, all the storms you've been through
The battle's over, walk away
The simple price you have to pay
Is to believe that someone's helping you through
Oh, it's all you have to do

Pull for the shoreline, reach for a hand
You're nothing at all, oh you sinnerman
No more excuses, won't you please understand?
You're lost without love, oh you sinnerman
Sad, sad sinnerman

(Gaelic solo)

Pull for the shoreline
Reach for a hand
You're nothing at all, oh you sinnerman
No more excuses, won't you please understand?
You're lost without love, oh you sinnerman
Oh sinnerman

Pull for the shoreline, reach for a hand
You're nothing at all, oh you sinnerman
No more excuses, won't you please understand?
You're lost without love, oh you sinnerman
Sad sinnerman


LIVE FOREVER

Hands upon a cross I see you pray
I can hear the words you cannot say
Free your mind and you will see
Live forever, come to me

Voices of the past will hunt you down
Give yourself to me and you'll be found
Free your mind and you will see
Love will come when your soul is free
Live forever, come to me
Come with me

There is no forgetting sorrow
There is no regretting love
All we really do is borrow
All the dreams we're dreaming of
We can never know tomorrow
There is only giving love today

Something flickers 'round your faithless eyes
Something deep inside that never dies
Free your mind and you will see
Love will come when your soul is free
Live forever, come to me
Live forever, come with me
With me


TRAIL OF TEARS

Falling from an open sky
Fallen from the grace you gave so free
Who would want to cradle me?

Lying through my truest eyes
Lying here beside my dark desires
There's something I don't understand
You want me, you'll find me

Open for trust, trusted for love
Relying on faith, but faith's not enough
How long must I walk this trail of tears?

Moving what's before me
Nothing can disguise the things you see
Who would want to lay with me?

And after all the stars fall
And after all the dream has gone away
There's one thing I don't understand
You want me, you'll find me

Open for trust, trusted for love
Relying on faith, but faith's not enough
How long must I walk this trail of tears?

Open for trust, trusted for love
Relying on faith, but faith's not enough
No, faith's not enough

You want me
You want me, you'll find me

Open for trust, trusted for love
Relying on faith, but faith's not enough
How long must I walk this trail of tears?

Open for trust, trusted for love
Relying on faith, but faith's not enough
How long must I walk this trail of tears?


MAY YOUR GOOD LORD

When you hold your hands out
May your good lord show a sign
And when you seek forgiveness
May your good lord take the time
May your good lord talk to mine

When you light a candle
May your good lord see it glow
Shining through the darkness
May your good lord make it grow
To cast a light across the land
From killing fields to desert sands
From distant shores to where I stand
Will your good lord make it so

And after all I think and do
I can't believe that this is true

If I cry out treason
May your good lord make them pray
All these men of reason
Leading nowhere, lost their way
Turning riches into rags
Turning rags into the street
Turn the streets into a hell
May your good lord have his day

And after all is said and done
I can't believe our gods are one

Turning riches into rags
Turning rags into the street
Turn the streets into a hell
May your good lord have his day

What would it take to take a hold
A shepherd searching for a fold
The greatest story ever told
Somebody's lying

If I believed in something
Would your good lord make it true?
Give me the sword of justice
Show me the hate to put it through
Cut down the bitter tears
The sleepless nights, the waking fears
The empty words, the silent ears
Would your good lord love me too?


THE MAKER

The last day rushes by
And the moon looks so sad
No tears tonight
It's the best we've ever had
And the air's filled with voices
And loudspeaker calls
And we just waltz
As we're waiting for the Maker

For the Maker

And in the far distant sky
Rose a black evil cloud
Come to feed on the lives
Of the fools who allowed
Stupid men fight their wars
With empty words in hallowed halls
And leave us waltz
As we waited for the Maker

For the Maker

'Round and around and around and around
For the Maker
For the Maker
For the Maker
For the Maker

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