Ultravox! (album)
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Ultravox! is the first studio album from the band Ultravox!
, which at the time was properly eponymous before the band dropped the Neu!
-inspired exclamation mark from their name. It was released on Island Records
on 25 February 1977, recorded at Island Studios in Hammersmith
in the autumn of 1976 and produced by Ultravox!
and Steve Lillywhite
, with studio assistance from Brian Eno
.
Songs like "Sat'day Night in the City of the Dead" and "Dangerous Rhythm" were written while the band were named as Tiger Lily
and were performed, alongside other songs from the album, during 1976, before its release. Videos of a gig in Germany in that year can be seen on Youtube.
It's believed three of the songs of the album have promo videos, "The Wild, The Beautiful And The Damned", "Dangerous Rhythm" and "Wide Boys" and also can be seen on Youtube, but it is also suggested the three were only live performances with playback.
Bonus tracks on 2006 CD re-release
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....
, which at the time was properly eponymous before the band dropped the Neu!
Neu!
Neu! was a German band formed by Klaus Dinger and Michael Rother after their split from Kraftwerk in the early 1970s...
-inspired exclamation mark from their name. It was released on Island Records
Island Records
Island Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica. It was based in the United Kingdom for many years and is now owned by Universal Music Group...
on 25 February 1977, recorded at Island Studios in Hammersmith
Hammersmith
Hammersmith is an urban centre in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in west London, England, in the United Kingdom, approximately five miles west of Charing Cross on the north bank of the River Thames...
in the autumn of 1976 and produced by 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....
and Steve Lillywhite
Steve Lillywhite
Steve Lillywhite is an English Grammy Award winning record producer. Since he began his career in 1977, Lillywhite has been credited for working on over 500 records and has collaborated with a variety of musicians including XTC, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Dave Matthews Band, U2, Peter Gabriel,...
, with studio assistance from Brian Eno
Brian Eno
Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno , commonly known as Brian Eno or simply as Eno , is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer and visual artist, known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music.Eno studied at Colchester Institute art school in Essex,...
.
Songs like "Sat'day Night in the City of the Dead" and "Dangerous Rhythm" were written while the band were named as Tiger Lily
Tiger Lily (UK band)
Tiger Lily was a short-lived glam rock band and the seed of Ultravox! . It was founded in London in 1973 by Royal College of Art student Dennis Leigh , who escaped from his northern industrial environment in Lancashire, Chris St...
and were performed, alongside other songs from the album, during 1976, before its release. Videos of a gig in Germany in that year can be seen on Youtube.
It's believed three of the songs of the album have promo videos, "The Wild, The Beautiful And The Damned", "Dangerous Rhythm" and "Wide Boys" and also can be seen on Youtube, but it is also suggested the three were only live performances with playback.
Track listing
- "Sat'day Night in the City of the Dead" (Foxx) – 2:35
- "Life at Rainbow's End (For All the Tax Exiles on Main Street)" (Foxx) – 3:44
- "Slip Away" (Foxx/Currie) – 4:19
- "I Want to Be a Machine" (Foxx/Currie) – 7:21
- "Wide Boys" (Foxx) – 3:16
- "Dangerous Rhythm" (Foxx/Currie/Cross/Cann/Shears) – 4:16
- "The Lonely Hunter" (Foxx) – 3:42
- "The Wild, The Beautiful and the Damned" (Foxx/Currie/Cross) – 5:50
- "My Sex" (Foxx/Currie/Cross) – 3:01
Bonus tracks on 2006 CD re-release
- "Slip Away (Live)"Young Savage"Young Savage" is the second single of the experimental New Wave band Ultravox!. It was released as a single by Island Records on May 28, 1977, during a time of experimentation to define a new sound for the band, in advance of their second album....
(Foxx/Currie) – 4:12
- "Modern Love (Live)Quirks (single)"Quirks" is the fourth single of New Wave band Ultravox!. It was released by Island Records in 1977, and came along the initial copies of the second album Ha!-Ha!-Ha!, being a limited edition....
" (Cann/Cross/Currie/Foxx/Shears) – 2:31
- "The Wild, The Beautiful and the Damned (Live)" (Foxx/Currie/Cross) – 5:18
- "My Sex (Live)" (Foxx/Currie/Cross) – 3:05
Personnel
- Vocals: John FoxxJohn FoxxJohn Foxx is an English singer, artist, photographer and teacher. He was the original lead singer of the band Ultravox before being replaced by Midge Ure, when he left to embark on a solo career in 1979...
- Bass and vocals: Chris CrossChris CrossChris Cross is the bass guitarist in the band Ultravox.-Early years:Cross went to Belmont Secondary Modern School, William Forster Comprehensive...
- Drums and vocals: Warren CannWarren CannWarren Reginald Cann is a drummer and drum machine programmer, best known as a member of the British New Wave band Ultravox.-Early life:...
- Violin and keyboards: Billy CurrieBilly CurrieBilly Currie is an English violist, violinist, pianist, keyboardist, and songwriter...
- Guitar: Stevie ShearsStevie ShearsStevie Shears is a musician known for playing in english rock bands Tiger Lily and Ultravox! , alongside electronic musician John Foxx.-Tiger Lily and Ultravox!:...
- Assistant Engineer: Terry Barham