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| Play | 1. The Voice (2008 Digital Remaster) | 6:02 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 2. We Stand Alone (2008 Digital Remaster) | 5:39 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 3. Rage In Eden (2008 Digital Remaster) | 4:12 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 4. I Remember (Death In The Afternoon) (2008 Digital Remaster) | 4:57 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 5. The Thin Wall (2008 Digital Remaster) | 5:41 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 6. Stranger Within (2008 Digital Remaster) | 7:28 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 7. Accent On Youth (2008 Digital Remaster) | 4:44 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 8. The Ascent (2008 Digital Remaster) | 2:19 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 9. Your Name (Has Slipped My Mind) (2008 Digital Remaster) | 4:32 | £0.89 | ||
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| Play | 1. I Never Wanted To Begin (2008 Digital Remaster) | 3:33 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 2. Paths And Angles (2008 Digital Remaster) | 4:22 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 3. I Never Wanted To Begin (Extended Version) (2008 Digital Remaster) | 6:19 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 4. Private Lives (Recorded Live At Crystal Palace 13/6/81) (2008 Digital Remaster) | 4:51 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 5. All Stood Still (Recorded Live At Crystal Palace 13/6/81) (2008 Digital Remaster) | 4:22 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 6. I Remember (Death In The Afternoon) (Recorded Live At Hammersmith Odeon 1981) | 5:47 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 7. Stranger Within (Recorded Live At Hammersmith Odeon 1981) | 8:02 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 8. Rage In Eden (Recorded Live At Hammersmith Odeon 1981) | 4:26 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 9. Accent On Youth (Recorded Live At Hammersmith Odeon 1981) | 4:45 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 10. The Ascent (Recorded Live At Hammersmith Odeon 1981) | 2:27 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 11. Your Name (Has Slipped My Mind Again) (Recorded Live At Hammersmith Odeon 1981) | 4:45 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 12. Stranger Within (Work In Progress Mix) | 7:11 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 13. The Thin Wall (Work In Progress Mix) | 5:16 | £0.89 | ||
| Digital Booklet: Rage In Eden | n/a | Album Only | |||
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12 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
What can I say about an album I still cherish?
Ultravox were faced with a real mountain to climb after Vienna went to number two in the UK in February 1981. The pressure was on to come up with something equally memorable and innovative and yet time was short: both Billy Currie and Midge Ure were still involved with Visage so Rage In Eden came together slowly - over three months - at the late Conny Plank's rural studio in Germany. The recording wasn't without its setbacks, the least of all being drummer Warren Cann breaking his arm in a car crash!
My memories abound with this album: buying The Thin Wall 12" in a Blackpool record shop and waiting a week to hear it on my stereo, seeing the band live at Crystal Palace Bowl where they played The Thin Wall for the first time and then buying the album on the day of release before seeing them play a blinder at Hammersmith that October, just weeks after its release.
Vienna is probably their greatest album but Rage runs it a close second.
There are no weak songs here although the media at the time were united in
their ridicule. Kicking-off with the sparky and contrasting The Voice and We Stand Alone before the atmospheric title track and possibly the album's highlight, I Remember (Death In The Afternoon), a track which contained everything that Ultravox had achieved to that point in an accessible, uptempo song-based format.
It's not just about Monroe but also hearing about the deaths of Kennedy, Dean, Lennon and several others; it's more roundabout than specifically about certain dead celebs. That it borrows its title from Hemingway's sublime work is also part of the atmos they were trying to create here and the image involved (based on the fashion of the 1940s, Evelyn Waugh etc).
The second side is a different creature; the shade to the first side's light if you like. Stranger Within is an intense, challenging track, focussing as it does on personal paranoia, Ure's voice in the middle break being both vulnerable, intimate and then full of relief when he delivers the final line. It's quite something, even now. The final three songs are a linked trilogy, detailing a generic teenage journey. To say this chimed with me aged 15 at the time is somewhat of an understatement. Read the lyrics and you'll understand.
The b-sides and live stuff complete a fully-rounded re-issued package that's well worth having.
Ultravox were faced with a real mountain to climb after Vienna went to number two in the UK in February 1981. The pressure was on to come up with something equally memorable and innovative and yet time was short: both Billy Currie and Midge Ure were still involved with Visage so Rage In Eden came together slowly - over three months - at the late Conny Plank's rural studio in Germany. The recording wasn't without its setbacks, the least of all being drummer Warren Cann breaking his arm in a car crash!
My memories abound with this album: buying The Thin Wall 12" in a Blackpool record shop and waiting a week to hear it on my stereo, seeing the band live at Crystal Palace Bowl where they played The Thin Wall for the first time and then buying the album on the day of release before seeing them play a blinder at Hammersmith that October, just weeks after its release.
Vienna is probably their greatest album but Rage runs it a close second.
There are no weak songs here although the media at the time were united in
their ridicule. Kicking-off with the sparky and contrasting The Voice and We Stand Alone before the atmospheric title track and possibly the album's highlight, I Remember (Death In The Afternoon), a track which contained everything that Ultravox had achieved to that point in an accessible, uptempo song-based format.
It's not just about Monroe but also hearing about the deaths of Kennedy, Dean, Lennon and several others; it's more roundabout than specifically about certain dead celebs. That it borrows its title from Hemingway's sublime work is also part of the atmos they were trying to create here and the image involved (based on the fashion of the 1940s, Evelyn Waugh etc).
The second side is a different creature; the shade to the first side's light if you like. Stranger Within is an intense, challenging track, focussing as it does on personal paranoia, Ure's voice in the middle break being both vulnerable, intimate and then full of relief when he delivers the final line. It's quite something, even now. The final three songs are a linked trilogy, detailing a generic teenage journey. To say this chimed with me aged 15 at the time is somewhat of an understatement. Read the lyrics and you'll understand.
The b-sides and live stuff complete a fully-rounded re-issued package that's well worth having.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
ok lets get this out the way...this album is a 100 times better than the very commercial vienna.althought vienna was great,to me it was so famous it burnt out.this,however this a far superior album in every way and will remain my favourite ultravox one to date.from the brilliant(and my favourite off the album)rage in eden.to the haunting youre name has slipped my mind this album has it all.the remastering is spot on,just listen to the thin wall on your i pod through the headphones.comes with an extra disc with some great live tracks.and as someone who has already mentioned a different cut of the thin wall.which does sound great.an essential purchase for fans and novices alike.enjoy.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Played this to DEATH when it first came out - In 28 years of buying records/CD's I can't remember getting an album and playing it more than this one, I am not saying its the best album I own, but it was when it came out - Definately THE Ultravox album and still worth a play.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Wonderful
I was a child when this album came out and as an adult, I shouldn't still like this album, but somehow I do. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Fabio de Bolleaux
Not quite as good as 'Vienna' but still 5 stars...
Ultravox's 'Vienna' is within my all-time top 10 albums, but Rage in Eden is in the top 100. So, not quite same league but still very good. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Tim Kidner
Brooding synth-rock
This 1983 album yielded two hit singles: The Voice and The Thin Wall. Somewhat meandering, the ballad The Voice has grand choirs and sounds like a lament, whilst the mid-tempo We... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Pieter
a difficult follow up?
I can still remember buying the original LP... great artwork, and full of promise as I scanned the packiging on the bus home... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Chris Preddy
I may have to buy it again
I got the version with the alternative cover design for cheap but I may need to buy this one just to have the lovely cubist-esque cover art. Read more
Published on 14 Oct 2009 by D. L. Wilkinson
This is the moody one
If you're reading this review for actual buying advice, then you know nothing about the 80's, or one of the most underrated bands of the era, otherwise you'd have clicked 'buy'... Read more
Published on 9 July 2009 by Weaver
Their best album
Fully agree with the reviewers who've sung this album's praises.
The extras are mostly repeats but I was very impressed with the early version of 'The Thin Wall', which... Read more
The extras are mostly repeats but I was very impressed with the early version of 'The Thin Wall', which... Read more
Published on 28 April 2009 by Dr Mabuse
The best!
Owning the vinyl record since 1981, upgrading to CD in the '90s and then to the Extended version of 2000, this disc is my FOURTH version of this utterly superb album. Read more
Published on 18 Feb 2009 by B. Van Den Heuvel
rage to eden ultravox
very good service very good condition and i will of course order again soon
Published on 16 Feb 2009 by Alan Norris
Brilliant Buy Now!!!
Out of the two re-releases this is the better if slightly less propular one to buy for Ultravox and 80s fans. Read more
Published on 20 Jan 2009 by Mr. M. Robinson
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