U-Vox
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| Studio album by Ultravox | ||||
| Released | 1986 | |||
| Recorded | 1986 | |||
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| Length | 42:49 | |||
| Label | Chrysalis | |||
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U-Vox is the eighth album by Ultravox, released in 1986. This was their eighth full album and the fifth of the Midge Ure era. It was also the last Ultravox album to reach the top 10 in the UK Album Chart.
Despite reaching the UK Top 10, the album was not as successful as the previous Ultravox albums from the 1980s and contained no Top 20 hit singles (with "Same Old Story" and "All Fall Down" reaching 31 and 30 respectively). In addition, drummer Warren Cann was unceremoniously dumped by the band before recording the album, being replaced by Mark Brzezicki from Big Country. The sound developed the movement away from electronic rock started by Lament further and some unusual instrumentation was used, such as the Celtic sound of "All Fall Down" with instrumentation by The Chieftains. The album's final track, "All in One Day", was arranged and conducted by George Martin.
U-Vox was the last Ultravox album with Midge Ure before the band split in 1988. Future incarnations of the band in the 1990s would feature keyboardist Billy Currie as the lone original member, though the classic line-up of the band (including Cann and Ure) would reconvene in 2008 for a tour and recorded a new album, Brilliant, which was released in 2012.
EMI Gold remastered and re-issued the U-Vox album on CD in 2000, with bonus tracks, alongside the other re-releases of the Ultravox catalogue. A remastered 2-CD version was issued in 2009, which featured the original 9-track album on CD 1 and several B-sides, mixes and demos on CD 2.
All songs written by Chris Cross, Billy Currie, and Midge Ure.
Bonus tracks on 2000 CD re-release (7243 5 25611 2 4):
Tracks on CD 2 of the 2009 Remastered Definitive Edition (5099996802526):
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