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~ Midge Ure
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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  • Audio CD (15 Jul 1996)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: EMI Gold
  • ASIN: B00001ZSY9
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 108,027 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. If I Was
2. When The Winds Blow
3. Living In The Past
4. That Certain Smile
5. Gift
6. Antilles
7. Wastelands
8. Edo
9. Chieftain
10. She Cried
11. Mood Music
12. Piano
13. Man Who Sold The World
14. Gift (1)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Midge Ure: The Gift, 10 Nov 2001
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Midge Ure's first solo album, The Gift was first released in 1985. A real mix of Keyboard work and roaring guitars, The Gift shows Midge at his musical roots. Key tracks to look out for are his number one hit "If I Was" alongside other classics such as: "That Certain smile" and "Wastelands". Not so well known is the orchestral extraviganza "The Gift" a song I would dearly love to use as my epitaph! The only fault I can find with The Gift is that it doesn't last long enough! Although the gift may not be everyone's cup of tea it is an absolutely essential buy for anyone who likes 80's music!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant album, 13 Jan 2009
I still remember the moment I first heard 'If I Was' way back........one of my all time favourite songs and often played on a loop. Other gems on this album include 'That Certain Smile' and 'She Cried'. I much prefer Midge's version of 'Living in the past' to the original and there is Midge's version of 'Man who sold the world'. Bowie was good but Midge is absolutely brilliant!
All in all it's an excellent solo album....the start of a solo career that has given us some outstanding albums from Mr Ure.....hopefully with more to come!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Impressive solo effort, 22 Jul 2007
By Pieter "Toypom" (Johannesburg) - See all my reviews
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The album opens with If I Was, an elegant love song which is followed by When The Winds Blows, a great rock ballad with a complex arrangement and soaring chorus, and Living In The Past, a mid tempo rock song with powerful synth sections and impressive guitars.

The tuneful That Certain Smile is a flowing pop song, whilst The Gift has an impressive instrumental intro with disembodied vocals and industrial sounds, then turning into a grand orchestral ballad like those of the great Scott Walker and ending with an industrial outro.

The evocative instrumental Antilles is followed by Wastelands, another great song with poetic lyrics and rousing vocals. Found sounds and atmospherics return on the instrumental Edo, whilst The Chieftain is another instrumental, an atmospheric piece with soaring synths and bubbling rhythms.

The graceful She Cried is a moving slice of synth-pop that sticks in the mind. This CD reissue has been enhanced by four extra tracks of which the cover of Bowie's The Man Who Sold The World is by far the most impressive.
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