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1. Reap The Wild Wind	Listen
2. Serenade	Listen
3. Mine For Life	Listen
4. Hymn	Listen
5. Visions In Blue	Listen
6. When The Scream Subsides
7. We Came To Dance
8. Cut And Run
9. Song (We Go)
10. Hosanna
11. Monument
12. Break your back
13. Overlook

Description
In the early-'80s, the new wave movement was disintegratinginto a million fragments, as those who embraced guitars andthose who embraced synthesizers drew lines in the sand and began to vehemently territorialise. An adjunct arm of the synth-pop scene (see Gary Numan, OMD, The Human League) grew from out of the new wave, and, armed to the teeth with the Germanic sequencers of the '70s and state-of-the-art synthesizers, these groups became part of what was known as the New Romantics. Some grew large (Duran Duran, ABC), others recededinto the cut-out bins--Ultravox grabbed the brass ring for a short while, courtesy of their brilliant VIENNA album. QUARTET followed two releases later, produced by former Beatlesdirector George Martin, featuring a fairly stripped-down, but still illustrious Ultravox.
The opening "Reap the WildWind", with its gigantic drumbeats, soaring strings, and windswept synths remains a high point for the band, and remains the album's finest moment. Ultravox were in something of adisarray at the time of QUARTET's release, but their glorious sound--the sort of stuff the Romans might have danced to had they installed sub-woofers in the Coliseum--remained fresh and invigorating.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   2 of 2 people found the following review helpful: Solid and varied album, 14 Feb 2003 By  "rdebourgh" - See all my reviews This album is overall a very worthy sounding piece of neo-classical synth. However it is missing something somewhere between track 9 (an original from 1982) and track 13 (an extra track). Dont perceive me wrongly, as those extra tracks are extremely macabre and mannequin like, which is why I like Ultravox. Especially 'Break your back', a beat-box ballad reminding me of 'Hiroshima mon amour'. 'Serenade' is a wonderful sounding song, which really made me think of classical music in its use of ostinati and moving, progressive bass line etc. This album is a very artistic 'art-house' offering, not as atmospheric as the monumentally dark 'Rage in Eden', but it sounds more accessible than Lament and especially 'The Island Years'. I couldnt give it 5 stars because it doesnt grip me enough to listen to it all the way through and not having to look at the seconds left of the a song! 'Rage In Eden' on the other hand just takes me along in the journey, with some tracks sounding as if they've come from 'The Shining' or 'The Hunger'.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   1 of 2 people found the following review helpful: ultravox quartet, 6 Oct 2003 By  "polac48" - See all my reviews what more can be said about this album, i consider it to be one of the definative albums released by ultravox, the extra tracks originally featured on release b-sides and can also be found on recent 'rare' ultravox releases.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   2 of 5 people found the following review helpful: Hit album but missed opportunity, 11 Nov 2000 By  paul@hotgen.com (London) - See all my reviews ....for Ultravox to recapture the mood of their first two Ure-led albums, providing three chart singles, and an US fanbase with the Reap the Wild Wind track. But George Martin's enthusiasm in the production suite bleached their typical haunting synth-orchestral arrangements, none of which was necessary given the success of Vienna. The vienna-esque structure of the albums best moment, Visions in Blue, is the last real gasp of Ultravox being imaginative and visionary before relaxing on their laurels, and consigning themselves to bland releases happily ever-after.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this) › See all 3 customer reviews...		Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews