The Best of Ultravox

Performer: Ultravox
Artist: Midge Ure
Distributor: MSI Music Distribution

Notes: Ultravox: Midge Ure (vocals, guitar); Billy Currie (viola, keyboards); Chris Cross (keyboards, bass); Warren Cann (acoustic & electronic drums). Producers: Ultravox, Conny Plank, Georg Martin. This compilation selects some of the best from the synth-pop group Ultravox, including "Sleepwalk," "Passing Strangers," Monument," and "All Fall Down." Between 1980 and their disbandment in 1987, Ultravox placed 17 singles into the U.K. charts. DANCING WITH TEARS IN MY EYES, titled after one of their most popular hits, rounds up many of them, with some surprising exceptions. The compilation begins with "Sleepwalk" and its B-side "Waiting," the single which debuted the band's new frontman, Midge Ure. Other notables include "Passing Strangers" and "Viennna," and while the addition of B-sides omits some stronger songs in the process, this remains an excellent introduction to the kings of the New Romantics.

Ultravox rose up out of Britain's late-'70s punk movement, adding a dark, moody touch to the sonic din. But before long Ultravox was incorporating synthesizers and a pronounced art-rock influence. In both their initial incarnation with singer John Foxx (who went on to a highly influential solo career) and their later phase with Midge Ure, they were enormously influential to the burgeoning new romantic and synth-pop scenes. In the 21st century, their synth-based, distinctly European sound would inspire a whole new generation of bands who took their cue from '80s electro-pop and were eventually gathered under the umbrella term "Electroclash."

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