To my eyes and ears, there were two Ultravox's. One was Ultravox! and the other dropped the exclamation point. Both were really good in different ways. We cover the family of both incarnations in this pick. The first Ultravox! was John Foxx with Billy Curie, John Cross, Warren Cann, Stevie Shears. The second Ultravox dropped John Foxx and gained Midge Ure. Others cycled in and out, but those two leads and Billy (and Warren) made up the band for decades. They came from Slik and The Rich Kids and we have a track from each. A track from John Foxx solo. Billy was also in Visage, and played with Gary Numan (among others) and had solo tracks. Midge Ure was probably most famous for Band Aid, but also had great solo hits (look for a Midge Ure pick later). Several of Ultravox members over the years also played with Magazine, hence their track. Visage has several crossovers and we'll get in to more detail tomorrow.
Ultravox Family Pick
01 Slik - Forever And Ever
02 Ultravox! - My Sex
03 Rusty Egan Featuring Midge Ure - Glorious
04 Visage - Fade To Grey
05 Midge Ure - The Man Who Sold The World
06 Midge Ure & Mick Karn - After A Fashion
07 Rich Kids - Ghosts of Princes in Towers
08 Midge Ure - If I Was
09 The Disco Boys Featuring Midge Ure - The Voice (Club Mix)
10 Steve Howe & Billy Currie - Airlift
11 Gary Numan - Cars
12 John Foxx - Underpass
13 Magazine - The Light Pours Out Of Me
14 Ultravox! - Hiroshima Mon Amour
15 Ultravox - Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
16 Ultravox - Vienna
17 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas
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