Ultravox! (album)
| Ultravox! | ||||
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Island, London | ||||
| Genre | New wave | |||
| Length | 38:04 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
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| Ultravox! chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Ultravox! | ||||
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Ultravox! is the debut studio album by British
Island Studios in Hammersmith, London in the autumn of 1976[1] and produced by Ultravox and Steve Lillywhite with studio assistance from Brian Eno. It was released on 25 February 1977 by Island.[2]
Writing
The songs "Satday Night in the City of the Dead" and "Dangerous Rhythm", alongside other songs from the album, were written while the band were named
Exile On Main Street
in 1972.
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B[4] |
| Record Mirror | [5] |
Ada Wilson in The Rough Guide to Rock wrote that the album "failed to recapture [Ultravox!'s] on-stage energy".punk."[3]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Satday Night in the City of the Dead" | John Foxx | 2:35 |
| 2. | "Life at Rainbow's End (For All the Tax Exiles on Main Street)" | Foxx | 3:44 |
| 3. | "Slip Away" | Billy Currie, Foxx | 4:19 |
| 4. | "I Want to Be a Machine" | Currie, Foxx | 7:21 |
| 5. | "Wide Boys" | Foxx | 3:16 |
| 6. | "Dangerous Rhythm" | Warren Cann, Chris Cross, Currie, Foxx, Stevie Shears | 4:16 |
| 7. | "The Lonely Hunter" | Foxx | 3:42 |
| 8. | "The Wild, the Beautiful and the Damned" | Cross, Currie, Foxx | 5:50 |
| 9. | "My Sex" | Cross, Currie, Foxx | 3:01 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10. | "Slip Away (Live)" | Currie, Foxx | 4:12 |
| 11. | "Modern Love (Live)" | Cann, Cross, Currie, Foxx, Shears | 2:31 |
| 12. | "The Wild, The Beautiful and the Damned (Live)" | Cross, Currie, Foxx | 5:18 |
| 13. | "My Sex (Live)" | Cross, Currie, Foxx | 3:05 |
Personnel
- Ultravox!
- Warren Cann – drums, backing vocals
- Chris Cross – bass, backing vocals
- Billy Currie – keyboards, violin
- John Foxx – lead vocals, acoustic guitar on "I Want to Be a Machine", harmonica on "Satday Night in the City of the Dead"
- Stevie Shears – guitars
- Technical personnel
- Terry Barham – assistant engineer
References
- ^ a b c d e Ultravox! (album reissue booklet). Ultravox. Island Records. 2006.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "John Foxx Official Website Metamatic : Discography : Ultravox! : UK 12 Inch Vinyl". metamatic.com. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ^ a b Thompson, Dave. "Ultravox! – Ultravox". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ISBN 0-89919-026-X. Retrieved 17 March 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Potter, Seamus (12 March 1977). "Voxy Music". Record Mirror. p. 14.
- ISBN 9781843531050. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
