Ultravox - Brilliant (2012)

Ultravox - Brilliant - 2012
01 - Live (04:11)
02 – Flow (04:24)
03 – Brilliant (04:22)
04 – Change (04:30)
05 – Rise (04:04)
06 – Remembering (03:43)
07 – Hello (05:40)
08 – One (04:43)
09 – Fall (04:07)
10 – Lie (04:35)
11 – Satellite (03:58)
12 – Contact (04:31)
Seminal electro pioneers Ultravox have issued the artwork for their first new album in 28 years, ‘Brilliant’ which is released on May 28th through EMI. The legendary quartet of Midge Ure, Billy Currie, Chris Cross and Warren Cann have created an album that not only stands alongside the finest work of their career but firmly places them as both a huge influence upon, and a vital contemporary force within, today’s musical climate.
Recorded in Canada, Los Angeles and the UK, ‘Brilliant’ is a stunning tour de force. "I think this record is probably the best one we’ve ever done," explains Midge Ure, "because the songs are so much stronger than before.
And the result is astonishing. From the opening, swelling barrage of ‘Live Again’ with its instantly identifiable piano motifs through the epic rock of ‘Flow’ to first single and title track ‘Brilliant’, there is no mistaking the sound of Ultravox; the huge choruses, the impassioned vocals, the driving rhythms and pulsing electronics.
‘Rise’ is a modern computer-pop classic while the likes of ‘Remembering’, ‘This One’ and ‘The Change’ evoke the cinematic atmospheres Ultravox do so well. Coupled with the widescreen drama of ‘Let It Lie’, the chiming exoticism of ‘Satellite’, the sinister tension of ‘Hello’ and the chilling heartbreak of ‘Fall’, Ultravox have crafted an album that may well be ranked as their finest work to date.