Anyone heard the Midge Ure / Ryoichi Yuki collaboration CD?
On Mon, 31 May 1999, Andrew Duke Cognition/In The Mix wrote:
quoted 3 lines I'm looking for recommendations as to what
> I'm looking for recommendations as to what
> is worth buying from John Foxx solo and from Ultravox. (Unfortunately,
> they didn't have any Visage there). Thanks in advance for any help.
John Foxx: I've got _Metamatic_ and _The Garden_. Both are plenty
worthwhile, though _The Garden_ is a little warmer, and is more appealing
to me -- if only because of "The Lifting Sky" on the CD. It wasn't the
A-side to a single, but it should have been. Can anyone recommend
for/against his other 2(?) albums? I think _Systems of Romance_ is by far
the best of the 3 Ultravox albums with Foxx.
Ultravox: The singles comp, _The Collection_, represents them fairly well
and catches most of the high points. I'd encourage you to dig further,
though. I am a fan of New Romantic pop, and prefer the Midge Ure era.
_Rage in Eden_ is an amazing album. The edited singles don't do justice
to the record as a whole. If it didn't work so well, the record would be
quite pretentious. As for the rest, the sound of the singles will guide
you. I might suggest this order: _Vienna_ (1st album w/ Ure), _Lament_
(not as exciting, but satisfying), _Quartet_.
Midge Ure: If the very thought doesn't make you retch, check out
_Breathe_. Themes of faith and alienation run through all of Ultravox,
John Foxx, and Midge Ure, so this is a natural evolution. It might be
more-or-less Christian Contemporary, but it avoids the biggest hazards: 1)
Not preachy 2) Doesn't try to weld some hamfisted "Christian" message to a
so-called "hip" style. Think "In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel. Not IDM,
nothing adventurous.
--Mark
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