U Vox

Background

Despite reaching the UK Top 10, the album was not as successful as the previous Ultravox albums from the 1980s and contained no Top 20 hit singles (with "Same Old Story" and "All Fall Down" reaching 31 and 30 respectively). In addition, drummer Warren Cann was unceremoniously dumped by the band before recording the album, being replaced by Mark Brzezicki from Big Country. The sound developed the movement away from electronic rock started by Lament further and some unusual instrumentation was used, such as the Celtic sound of "All Fall Down" with instrumentation by The Chieftains. The album's final track, "All in One Day", was arranged and conducted by George Martin.

U-Vox was the last Ultravox album with Midge Ure before the band split in 1988. Future incarnations of the band in the 1990s would feature keyboardist Billy Currie as the lone original member, though the classic line-up of the band (including Cann and Ure) would reconvene in 2008 for a tour and recorded a new album, Brilliant, which was released in 2012.

EMI Gold remastered and re-issued the U-Vox album on CD in 2000, with bonus tracks, alongside the other re-releases of the Ultravox catalogue. A remastered 2-CD version was issued in 2009, which featured the original 9-track album on CD 1 and several B-sides, mixes and demos on CD 2.

Singles

1. "Same Old Story" [#31, UK, 1986]
2. "All Fall Down" [#30, UK, 1986]
3. "All in One Day" [#88, UK, 1987]

Track listing

All songs written by Chris Cross, Billy Currie, and Midge Ure.

1. "Same Old Story" – 4:38
2. "Sweet Surrender" – 4:34
3. "Dream On" – 4:47
4. "The Prize" – 5:37
5. "All Fall Down" – 5:09
6. "Time to Kill" – 4:26
7. "Moon Madness" – 3:28
8. "Follow Your Heart" – 4:53
9. "All in One Day" – 5:09

Bonus tracks on 2000 CD re-release (7243 5 25611 2 4):

1. "3" (B-side of Same Old Story) – 4:01
2. "All in One Day (Instrumental)" (B-side extra of Same Old Story (12" version)) – 6:12
3. "Dreams?" (B-side of All Fall Down) – 2:32
4. "All Fall Down (Instrumental)" (B-side extra of All Fall Down (12" version)) – 5:34
5. "Stateless" (B-side of All in One Day) – 2:51

Tracks on CD 2 of the 2009 Remastered Definitive Edition (5099996802526):

1. "Same Old Story (Extended Version)" – 7:00
2. "3" – 4:01
3. "All In One Day (Instrumental)" – 6:13
4. "All Fall Down (Extended Version)" – 7:41
5. "Dreams?" – 2:31
6. "All Fall Down (Instrumental)" – 5:36
7. "Dream On (Recorded Live At Wembley Arena, 06 Nov 1986)" – 3:50
8. "The Prize (Recorded Live At Wembley Arena, 06 Nov 1986)" – 4:58
9. "All Fall Down (Recorded Live At Wembley Arena, 06 Nov 1986)" – 5:41
10. "Stateless" – 2:52
11. "Same Old Story (Recorded Live At Glasgow Barrowlands, 01 Nov 1986)" – 4:32
12. "Sweet Surrender (Recorded Live At Glasgow Barrowlands, 01 Nov 1986)" – 3:02
13. "All In One Day (Recorded Live At Glasgow Barrowlands, 01 Nov 1986)" – 6:46
14. "Time To Kill (Recorded Live At Glasgow Barrowlands, 01 Nov 1986)" – 2:53
15. "All In One Day (Work In Progress Mix)" – 6:31

Personnel