Revelation (Ultravox album)
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Revelation is a studio album by British New Wave
rock band Ultravox
, released in 1993. The album was issued after the dissolution of the band in 1988 and the reformation of a new five-piece line-up in 1992, with Tony Fenelle as lead vocalist and keyboard player Billy Currie
as the only original member left.
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
rock band Ultravox
Ultravox
Ultravox is a British New Wave rock band. They were one of the primary exponents of the British electronic pop music movement of the late 1970s/early 1980s. The band was particularly associated with the New Romantic and New Wave movements....
, released in 1993. The album was issued after the dissolution of the band in 1988 and the reformation of a new five-piece line-up in 1992, with Tony Fenelle as lead vocalist and keyboard player Billy Currie
Billy Currie
Billy Currie is an English violist, violinist, pianist, keyboardist, and songwriter...
as the only original member left.
CD release: Deutsche Schallplatten; DSB 3098-2
- "I Am Alive" (Currie/Fenelle/Gammons) – 4.56
- "Revelation" (Currie/Fenelle/Gammons) – 4.06
- "Systems of Love" (Currie/Fenelle/Gammons) – 4.32
- "Perfecting the Art of Common Ground" (Currie/Fenelle/Laffy) – 5.17
- "The Great Outdoors" (Currie/Fenelle) – 4.12
- "The Closer I Get to You" (Currie/Fenelle) – 4.13
- "No Turning Back" (Currie/Fenelle) – 4.21
- "True Believer" (Currie/Fenelle/Gammons) – 4.56
- "Unified" (Currie/Fenelle) – 4.27
- "The New Frontier" (Currie/Fenelle/Gammons) – 4.43
Personnel
- Billy CurrieBilly CurrieBilly Currie is an English violist, violinist, pianist, keyboardist, and songwriter...
- synthesizer, keyboards, viola, violin - Tony Fenelle - guitar, lead vocals
- Gerry Laffy - guitar
- Neal Wilkinson - drums
- Jackie Williams - background vocals
- Richard NilesRichard NilesRichard Niles is an American composer, arranger, producer, guitarist, broadcaster and journalist. He has lived in London since 1975. Because of his extensive work across many genres Sound on Sound magazine referred to him as "one of the most versatile men in modern music".-Early years:Niles was...
– conductor, string arrangements