Lament (Ultravox album)

Infobox Album
Name = Lament
Type = Album
Artist = Ultravox


Released = 1984
Recorded = 1983
Genre = Synthpop, Electronic
Label = Chrysalis Records
Producer = Ultravox
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:rkqvad1kv8wj link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/ultravox/albums/album/311972/review/5945392/lament link]
Last album = "Monument"
(1983)
This album = "Lament" (1984)
Next album = "U-Vox"
(1986)

"Lament" is an album by Ultravox, released in 1984. This was the seventh full album and the fourth of the band's most-recognisable incarnation, fronted by Midge Ure. It was also the last album featuring original drummer Warren Cann.

The album's sound saw the band continuing to move away from the synth pop/New Wave idiom, heading in a not entirely dissimilar direction to contemporaries such as Echo and the Bunnymen, Simple Minds and U2 featuring greater use of guitar and 'stadium' reverb.

The album was re-released on CD in 1999 with seven bonus tracks comprising of various b-sides and remixes from the "Lament" period.

Track listing

#"White China" – 3.52
#"One Small Day" – 4.33
#"Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" – 4.40
#"Lament" – 4.42
#"Man of Two Worlds" – 4.28 (featuring Gaelic vocals by Mae McKenna [cite web
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#"Heart of the Country" – 5.07
#"When the Time Comes" – 4.58
#"A Friend I Call Desire" – 5.13

Bonus tracks for 1999 UK re-release

9. "Easterly" - 3.49
10. "Building" - 3.14
11. "Heart of the Country (Instrumental)" - 4.25
12. "Man of Two Worlds (Instrumental)" - 4.33
13. "White China (Special Mix)" - 8.25
14. "One Small Day (Extended Mix)" - 8.31
15. "Lament (Extended Mix)" - 8.01

References