The Voice: The Best of Ultravox

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Performer: Ultravox
Distributor: Caroline Distribution

Notes: One of well over a dozen Ultravox compilations, The Voice: The Best of Ultravox is an 18-track set that ignores the band's first three albums with John Foxx, containing material from 1980's Vienna through 1986's U-Vox. It's fairly straightforward and sensible selection-wise, though it's a little too fair with the U-Vox era. Though it has just about every song you could possibly want from this phase of the group's existence -- "Vienna," "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes," "The Voice," "Monument" -- there are several other sets that handle it just as well, if not better, and with more attractive and detailed packaging. ~ Andy Kellman

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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