Quartet

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Quartet was produced by George Martin, most notable for his work with The Beatles. The album was recorded 1982 in Air Studios June to July in London, July to August in Montserrat. Filename Z:\OdW\Ultravox\1977 - Ha! Ha! Ha! (74321 11292 2)\Ultravox! - Ha! Ha! Ha! (74321 11292 2).wav Their music was played at every party, bush bash, and camp fire you would go to": Fully Completely by The Tragically Hip - Album Of The Week Club review Ultravox then decided to produce their next album themselves. 1984's Lament continued the band's run of top ten albums and produced three top 40 hit singles, including the international hit " Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" (UK No.3), " Lament" (No.22) and " One Small Day" peaking at No.27. Most of the album that would become Vienna was ready to record by the time Ultravox signed a new record deal with Chrysalis Records. Vienna, heralded a major change of direction and would become their most successful to date, far surpassing any of the previous Ultravox (or Foxx) albums. As with Systems of Romance, it was produced by Conny Plank.

Quartet is the sixth studio album by the British new wave band Ultravox. The album peaked at no.6 on the UK Albums Chart and was certified Gold by the BPI in December 1982 for 100,000 copies sold. It also peaked at #13 in Germany, and at #61 in the United States. Currie signed a deal with IRS Records and recorded a solo album. [15] Cross retired from the music business to become a psychotherapist. [16] Cann later moved to Los Angeles to work in the movie business. Currie and Robin Simon reunited in 1989 as the short-lived Humania, performing live shows, but never making a release until 2006, the album Sinews of the Soul. Not at Hammersmith in '82 at any rate. I can't recall Serenade ever being played live (could be wrong) and WCTD wasn't a live staple until Set Movements in '84. News". Ultravox.org.uk. Archived from the original on 25 December 2008 . Retrieved 29 December 2014.That's a different clip though! Yes they sound like live vocals but the other clip is definitely mimed. The live versions of New Europeans, We Stand Alone and I Remember were on the Quartet Deluxe edition from 2009, great that we get the full show now. This new 2023 Stereo Mix has been undertaken by renowned musician and producer Steven Wilson, along with it an exclusive to this release, his instrumental mixes of the album.

Also....Monument is from several different nights' recordings so some of the Monument performances appear on this release. See if you can work out which ones! The album was released in October 1982. Four singles, "Reap the Wild Wind", "Hymn", "Visions in Blue" and "We Came to Dance", were released from the album, all of which reached the UK Top 20. The album was also released as a marble picture disc LP, a cassette and, in 1983, a CD. [10] The band promoted the album with their "Monument Tour" in late 1982, one of the shows from which was recorded and released as an album and video in 1983. Their third album, 1978's Systems of Romance, was recorded with producer Conny Plank (the producer of German electronic outfit Kraftwerk) and engineer Dave Hutchins at Plank's Studio in rural Germany. Musically, the album was markedly different from Ultravox's earlier work, bringing synthesisers to the forefront of the group's sound. Despite praise from some critics, the album was a commercial failure. Since none of the albums to date had generated much income, tensions within the band—particularly between Currie and Foxx—threatened the band's viability.

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Midge Ure years: 1979–1987 [ edit ] Midge Ure in concert, Oslo November 1981 Ure in concert, April 1984 Wårstad, Jonas (27 November 1998). "Warren Cann/Ultravox Interview". Discog.info . Retrieved 29 December 2014. Foxx subsequently signed to Virgin Records and released his album Metamatic in January 1980. By this time, Billy Currie had been recruited by the rising star Gary Numan in 1979 to do a performance at The Old Grey Whistle Test show with his band Tubeway Army. Numan had been a fan of Ultravox and Currie was also asked to play on Numan's début solo album, The Pleasure Principle, and its subsequent tour. Warren Cann went to work for Zaine Griff, while Chris Cross did some shows with James Honeyman-Scott (of The Pretenders) and Barrie Masters (from Eddie and the Hot Rods).

LP4 - Hammersmith 1982 [Part Two]: The Voice* / Vienna* / Astradyne* / All Stood Still* / Passing Strangers* / Mine For Life* Hymn* / The Sing (We Go)* LP3 - Hammersmith 1982 [Part One]: Reap The Wild Wind* / When The Scream Subsides* / The Thin Wall* / New Europeans* / We Stand Alone* / I Remember (Death In The Afternoon)* / Visions In Blue* / Mr. X* / Sleepwalk*Gary Numan has stated that the original 1970s-era Ultravox was the most important influence on his music. [24] Ultravox was also a major influence on early Simple Minds [25] and Duran Duran. [26]