Ultravox!

Infobox Album | Name = Ultravox!
Type = Album
Artist = Ultravox


Released = 1 March, 1977
Recorded = 1976
Genre = New Wave
Length =
Label = Island Records
Producer = Brian Eno, Ultravox!, Steve Lillywhite
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:olozefwkhgfj link]
Last album =
This album = Ultravox!
(1977)
Next album = Ha! Ha! Ha!
(1977)
Misc = Singles
Name = Ultravox!
Type = studio
Single 1 = Dangerous Rhythm
Single 1 date = Start date|19 January 1977

"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 1 March 1977, recorded at Island Studios in Hammersmith late 1976 and produced by Ultravox! and Steve Lillywhite, with studio assistance from Brian Eno.

Many songs were written while the band were named as Tiger Lily and were performed during 1976, before the album was released. 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's 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) – 3:01Bonus tracks on 2006 CD re-release

10. "Slip Away (Live)" (Foxx/Currie) – 4:12
11. "Modern Love (Live)" (Cann/Cross/Currie/Foxx/Shears) – 2:31
12. "The Wild, The Beautiful and the Damned (Live)" (Foxx/Currie/Cross) – 5:18
13. "My Sex (Live)" (Foxx/Currie/Cross) – 3:05

ingles

*"Dangerous Rhythm"/"My Sex" (19 January 1977)

Personnel

*Vocals: John Foxx
*Bass and vocals: Chris Cross
*Drums and vocals: Warren Cann
*Violin and keyboards: Billy Currie
*Guitar: Stevie Shears
*Assistant Engineer: Terry Barham

Track trivia

*"Sat'day Night In The City Of The Dead" features Foxx playing harmonica and rapidly delivered vocals, with lyrics that paint a picture of city nightlife on speed.
*The epic "I Want To Be A Machine" has a title which comes from a famous Andy Warhol quote.
*"Wide Boys" makes use of a telephonic distorted voice, not unlike John Lennon in the track "Tomorrow Never Knows", found on The Beatles' "Revolver".
*"Lonely Hunter" is about a fox, roaming around various landscapes. This is a favorite Foxx theme throughout his career.
*The lyrics to "My Sex" include many striking images, such as suburban photographs, silent films and even a car crash overpass. It got radio play in spite of its subject matter and caught the attention of many ears. The single moved some units and features Eno's minimoog, as does the unique sounding Currie/Foxx composition "Slip Away". The song also influenced the name of another New Wave band, formed in New Zealand in 1978, Mi-Sex.

External links

* [http://www.ultravox.org.uk/ Official Ultravox! site]