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| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Astradyne (2008 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 2. New Europeans (2008 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 3. Private Lives (2008 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 4. Passing Strangers (2008 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 5. Sleepwalk (2008 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 6. Mr X (2008 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 7. Western Promise (2008 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 8. Vienna (2008 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 9. All Stood Still (2008 Digital Remaster) | |||
| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Sleepwalk (Early Version) (2008 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 2. Waiting (2008 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 3. Face To Face (Recorded Live At St Albans 16/8/80) (2008 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 4. King's Lead Hat (Recorded Live At The Lyceum 17/8/80) (2008 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 5. Passionate Reply (2008 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 6. Herr X (2008 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 7. All Stood Still (12" Version) (2008 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 8. Alles Klar (2008 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 9. Keep Talking (Cassette Recording During Rehearsals) (2008 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 10. Sleepwalk (Recorded Live In Rehearsals At The Lyceum 17/8/80) | |||
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
My only negative of this package is the fact of here we go again, ive lost track of the number of formats ive bought it on.. but theres cassette, vinyl and original cd release to name but three... so did we need another, the jurys still out.. this album is a classic, a real rags to riches story, with the ironic drama of the number 1 that never was... the songs are good enough to stand out whatever there played on... the new re mastering certainly takes advantage of modern technology, which just keeps getting better..
What i really would have liked, was this remastered in surround format,, the textures of the bulk of tracks cry out for this treatment, imagine astrodyne, mr x, vienna and western promise whizzing around the sound stage.. and the other albums in the series would benefit from this approach...
So if there is to be another re release please make it in 5.1, and i for one will buy it.. just once more...
This still gets five stars from me because vienna is an unsurpassable icon..
What i really would have liked, was this remastered in surround format,, the textures of the bulk of tracks cry out for this treatment, imagine astrodyne, mr x, vienna and western promise whizzing around the sound stage.. and the other albums in the series would benefit from this approach...
So if there is to be another re release please make it in 5.1, and i for one will buy it.. just once more...
This still gets five stars from me because vienna is an unsurpassable icon..
35 of 42 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This will be the fifth time I've bought Vienna; vinyl and cassette way back in the Summer of 1980 (yes, I am that old), the original CD release in the 90's, the recent(ish) expanded version and now this, the "Remastered Difinitive Edition".
Well, there's not a lot to say about disc one apart from: it's the best post-Foxx album by miles. Not only do you get the classic (and that term really is apt here) single "Vienna", you get a couple of `should have beens' in "Sleepwalk" and "Passing Strangers" and one `why choose this as a single' in "All Stood Still" . The album starts off in fine fettle with the absolutely fantastic instrumental "Astradyne", an immense seven-minute synth extravaganza. Apart from the throwaway "Mr X" there really isn't a bad track on here, with "New Europeans" being a particular highlight. SO, if you've never heard this album before you'll in for a real treat.
If, like me, you bought this CD purely for the bonus disc then, like me, you maybe a tad disappointed. Why? Well, we've been here before haven't we? The b-sides have already appeared on the excellent but long-deleted "Rare" CDs AND on the previous expanded incarnation of this album. In fact, the only unreleased material you get is a couple of rehearsal recordings of "Sleepwalk and "All Stood Still". Historically interesting perhaps, but hardly essential and certainly not worth the price of buying this CD.
Another disappointment is the booklet; some nice photos maybe, but extremely thin with no insight or comment from any of the band. Compared to other remastered releases (particularly the excellent Thompson Twins releases on Edsel) this is a real let-down. OK, so if material doesn't exist in the archives then you can't add it to anything, but this smacks of a cash-in, rather than being a truly essential release. OK, so it's nice to have the b-sides on one CD, but still...
Now, before you have a pop, I'm certainly NOT having a go at the music, Ultravox were truly magnificent on this album, it's just that the overall package smacks of bandwagoning.
Five stars for the music, two for the package.
Well, there's not a lot to say about disc one apart from: it's the best post-Foxx album by miles. Not only do you get the classic (and that term really is apt here) single "Vienna", you get a couple of `should have beens' in "Sleepwalk" and "Passing Strangers" and one `why choose this as a single' in "All Stood Still" . The album starts off in fine fettle with the absolutely fantastic instrumental "Astradyne", an immense seven-minute synth extravaganza. Apart from the throwaway "Mr X" there really isn't a bad track on here, with "New Europeans" being a particular highlight. SO, if you've never heard this album before you'll in for a real treat.
If, like me, you bought this CD purely for the bonus disc then, like me, you maybe a tad disappointed. Why? Well, we've been here before haven't we? The b-sides have already appeared on the excellent but long-deleted "Rare" CDs AND on the previous expanded incarnation of this album. In fact, the only unreleased material you get is a couple of rehearsal recordings of "Sleepwalk and "All Stood Still". Historically interesting perhaps, but hardly essential and certainly not worth the price of buying this CD.
Another disappointment is the booklet; some nice photos maybe, but extremely thin with no insight or comment from any of the band. Compared to other remastered releases (particularly the excellent Thompson Twins releases on Edsel) this is a real let-down. OK, so if material doesn't exist in the archives then you can't add it to anything, but this smacks of a cash-in, rather than being a truly essential release. OK, so it's nice to have the b-sides on one CD, but still...
Now, before you have a pop, I'm certainly NOT having a go at the music, Ultravox were truly magnificent on this album, it's just that the overall package smacks of bandwagoning.
Five stars for the music, two for the package.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Like many reviews before, this masterpiece from Ultravox needs no further discussion re: music content; although I would say "Western Promise" is totally outstanding and is segued seemlessly into the title track. I agree that "All Stood Still" should not have been a single but back in 1981 there was pressure from the record company, Chrysalis, to keep the momentum of the buying public soon after the success of Vienna the single. Infact "All Stood Still" was released as a single when "Vienna" was still in the upper reaches of the chart. The 12" version, here on disk 2, is a much better mix than the edited single. I always felt "All Stood Still" didn't belong on the original LP and something tells me the early pressings did not include it.
This digital remaster is exceptional but is marred by the absence of sleevenotes. Surely, should we not have received new retrospective notes detailing the precise origins of the songs, concept development and recording sessions that led to what effectively became a sharper Ultravox in the post-Foxx era? I am sure Midge Ure has been interviewed down the years regarding the Vienna project but even a precie of these would have gone someway to justifying yet another reason to buy the album.
Finally, the extra disk is useful. "Herr X" is merely work in progress and the early "Sleepwalk" is fairly tiresome, but "Passionate Reply" is very timely brought back to our listening ears after nearly 30 years as this was the original b-side of "Vienna" the single; so well done EMI for digging this out and remastering the lost classic b-side.
This digital remaster is exceptional but is marred by the absence of sleevenotes. Surely, should we not have received new retrospective notes detailing the precise origins of the songs, concept development and recording sessions that led to what effectively became a sharper Ultravox in the post-Foxx era? I am sure Midge Ure has been interviewed down the years regarding the Vienna project but even a precie of these would have gone someway to justifying yet another reason to buy the album.
Finally, the extra disk is useful. "Herr X" is merely work in progress and the early "Sleepwalk" is fairly tiresome, but "Passionate Reply" is very timely brought back to our listening ears after nearly 30 years as this was the original b-side of "Vienna" the single; so well done EMI for digging this out and remastering the lost classic b-side.
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