Lament [Deluxe Edition]

by Ultravox

Overview

As the title suggests, Ultravox were in a gray mood as they launched into their seventh studio LP, their previous existential angst now pooling around personal anguish. The album's title track was a study in languorous melancholy, where the emotional pain lingered on and on. And why would it ever dissipate, when romance is forever doomed, as "When the Time Comes" exquisitely illustrated? Even "One Small Day," the most musically celebratory song on the set, battles depression but dismally loses the war. No wonder Ultravox were so keen to escape far into the past, with "Man of Two Worlds" taking them back to the gloriously romanticized days of the Celts. The modern world, in contrast, was filled with terrors, both emotional ("A Friend I Call Desire") and global. There was the omnipresent yellow peril to fear; but if "White China" warned of the dangers of creeping communism, the nation sworn to protect its citizens from a Stalinistic embrace proves just as nefarious on "Heart of the Country." Each side is as bad as the other, together threatening the globe with annihilation, with the mini-epic "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" poignantly pointing out the richness of life the world's leaders hold so carelessly in their hands. This was to be Ultravox's final album, at least in this form, and in many ways, the set was the band's perfect epitaph, as lavish musically as it was desolate thematically. ~ Dave Thompson

Product Details

Release Date:	09/06/2024
Label:	CHRYSALIS
UPC:	0840401700020

Tracks

Disc 1

1. White China
2. One Small Day
3. Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
4. Lament
5. Man of Two Worlds
6. Heart of The Country
7. When The Time Comes
8. A Friend I Call Desire

Disc 2

9. White China [Steven Wilson Stereo Mix]
10. One Small Day [Steven Wilson Stereo Mix]
11. Dancing With Tears In My Eyes [Steven Wilson Stereo Mix]
12. Lament [Steven Wilson Stereo Mix]
13. Man of Two Worlds [Steven Wilson Stereo Mix]
14. Heart of The Country [Steven Wilson Stereo Mix]
15. When The Time Comes [Steven Wilson Stereo Mix]
16. A Friend I Call Desire [Steven Wilson Stereo Mix]
17. Easterly [Steven Wilson Stereo Mix]
18. Building [Steven Wilson Stereo Mix]
19. Love's Great Adventure [Steven Wilson Stereo Mix]

Disc 3

20. White China [Extended Re-Mix]
21. One Small Day [Extended Re-Mix]
22. Dancing With Tears In My Eyes [Blank & Jones so8os Reconstruction]
23. Lament [Moby Remix]
24. Man of Two Worlds [Extended Re-Mix]
25. Heart of The Country [Extended Re-Mix]
26. When The Time Comes [Steven Wilson 12¿ Re-Mix]
27. A Friend I Call Desire [Steven Wilson 12¿ Re-Mix]

Disc 4

28. One Small Day [U.S. Single Edit]
29. Easterly
30. Dancing With Tears In My Eyes [Single Version]
31. Building
32. One Small Day [U.S. Club Version]
33. Lament [Single Version]
34. Heart of The Country [Instrumental]
35. Love's Great Adventure
36. White China [Live at Hammersmith Odeon, June 1984]
37. Man of Two Worlds [Instrumental]
38. White China [Rough Mix]
39. Lament [Backing Track]
40. Man of Two Worlds [Monitor Mix]
41. Dancing With Tears In My Eyes [Piano Version]
42. Love's Great Adventure [Work In Progress]
43. Threads 1
44. Threads 2 [Love's Great Adventure Theme]
45. Rivets

Disc 5

46. One Small Day [Special Re-Mix]
47. One Small Day [Special Extra Re-Mix Extra]
48. White China [Special Re-Mix]
49. Dancing With Tears In My Eyes [Special Re-Mix]
50. Dancing With Tears In My Eyes [Extended]
51. Lament [Extended Version]
52. Heart of The Country [Unedited Special Re-Mix]
53. Love's Great Adventure [Extended Version]
54. One Small Day [Final Mix]

Disc 6

55. Man of Two Worlds [Live Hammersmith 1984]
56. Passing Strangers [Live Hammersmith 1984]
57. We Stand Alone [Live Hammersmith 1984]
58. New Europeans [Live Hammersmith 1984]
59. I Remember (Death In The Afternoon) [Live Hammersmith 1984]
60. Visions In Blue [Live Hammersmith 1984]
61. Heart of The Country [Live Hammersmith 1984]
62. Western Promise [Live Hammersmith 1984]
63. Vienna [Live Hammersmith 1984]

Disc 7

64. Reap The Wild Wind [Live Hammersmith 1984]
65. We Came to Dance [Live Hammersmith 1984]
66. White China [Live Hammersmith 1984]
67. One Small Day [Live Hammersmith 1984]
68. Hymn [Live Hammersmith 1984]
69. The Voice [Live Hammersmith 1984]
70. Lament [Live Hammersmith 1984]
71. Dancing With Tears In My Eyes [Live Hammersmith 1984]
72. All Stood Still [Live Hammersmith 1984]

Disc 8

73. White China [Steven Wilson Stereo Mix]
74. One Small Day [Steven Wilson Stereo Mix]
75. Dancing With Tears In My Eyes [Steven Wilson Stereo Mix]
76. Lament [Steven Wilson Stereo Mix]
77. Man of Two Worlds [Steven Wilson Stereo Mix]
78. Heart of The Country [Steven Wilson Stereo Mix]
79. When The Time Comes [Steven Wilson Stereo Mix]
80. A Friend I Call Desire [Steven Wilson Stereo Mix]
81. Easterly [Steven Wilson Stereo Mix]
82. Building [Steven Wilson Stereo Mix]
83. Love's Great Adventure [Steven Wilson Stereo Mix]
84. White China
85. One Small Day
86. Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
87. Lament
88. Man of Two Worlds
89. Heart of The Country
90. When The Time Comes
91. A Friend I Call Desire

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Ultravox   Primary Artist
Margaret Roseberry   String Quartet
Mae McKenna   Vocals
Midge Ure   Guitar,Vocals,Synthesizer
Billy Currie   Violin,Keyboards,Synthesizer
Debbie Doss   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Jacky Woods   String Quartet
Amanda Woods   String Quartet
Warren Cann   Percussion,Drums
Chris Cross   Synthesizer,Vocals,Bass
Robert Wollard   String Quartet
Shirley Roden   Vocals,Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

John Hudson   Mixing Engineer
Midge Ure   Composer
Billy Currie   Composer
Ultravox   Producer
June Graham   Transcription,Translation
Warren Cann   Composer
Chris Cross   Composer
Peter Saville   Art Direction,Design
Simon Sullivan   Mixing Engineer