Not being too dystopian music-wise, 1984 found ULTRAVOX at the crossroads – at least, in stylistic terms. It wasn’t the foursome’s fault, of course; it was due to the decline of new wave as a music genre. However, the ensemble were on a roll after a stretch of successful records – four studio and one live – they had been releasing on an annual basis since 1980, and when the quartet followed 1983’s concert document “Monument” with “Lament” their fans felt rather hopeful. The band, too – deciding to produce this platter themselves, building up on the experience rubbed off from Brian Eno, Steve Lillywhite, Conny Plank and George Martin and achieving their goals – commercial if not creative. Or so it seemed for years, in the light of original drummer Warren Cann leaving the line-up before their next longplay, which also would be the last to feature Midge Ure until the arrival of their final chapter “Brilliant” in 2012 – yet the album’s 40th Anniversary Edition might redress the impression of yore.
Set to be out on August 23rd, the deluxe edition of “Lament” is shaped similarly to the box set that celebrated four decades of “Quartet” a year ago; only this time there are seven, as opposed to six, CDs in it, plus a DVD-A (with a separate vinyl variant). Quite reflective of the era when the British group delved into remixes of which there’s a lot – the collective’s own, Moby’s et all – as well as Steven Wilson‘s stereo and surround reconstruction of the album per se. Quite an overload, perhaps, but with two discs dedicated to the band’s onstage performance from the period, it’s difficult to complain.
Lament –
Deluxe Edition
CD 1 – Lament – 2024 remaster:
1. White China
2. One Small Day
3. Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
4. Lament
5. Man Of Two Worlds
6. Heart Of The Country
7. When The Time Comes
8. A Friend I Call Desire
CD 2 – Steven Wilson Stereo mix:
1. White China
2. One Small Day
3. Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
4. Lament
5. Man Of Two Worlds
6. Heart Of The Country
7. When The Time Comes
8. A Friend I Call Desire
9. Easterly
10. Building
11. Love’s Great Adventure
CD 3 – Extended mixes:
1. White China (extended remix)
2. One Small Day (extended remix)
3. Dancing With Tears In My Eyes (Blank & Jones So8Os Reconstruction)
4. Lament (Moby remix)
5. Man Of Two Worlds (extended mix)
6. Heart Of The Country (extended remix)
7. When The Time Comes (Steven Wilson 12″ mix)
8. A Friend I Call Desire (Steven Wilson 12″ mix)
CD 4 – Singles & Rarities:
1. One Small Day (U.S. single edit)
2. Easterly
3. Dancing With Tears In My Eyes (single version)
4. Building
5. One Small Day (U.S. Club version)
6. Lament (single version)
7. Heart Of The Country (instrumental)
8. Love’s Great Adventure
9. White China (Live at Hammersmith Odeon, June 1984)
10. Man Of Two Worlds (instrumental)
11. White China (rough mix, September 1983)
12. Man Of Two Worlds (monitor mix, September 1983)
13. Lament (backing track, September 1983)
14. Dancing With Tears In My Eyes (piano version)
15. Love’s Great Adventure (work-in-progress mix)
16. Threads (version 1)
17. Threads (version 2: Love’s Great Adventure)
18. Rivets
CD 5 – Remixes:
1. One Small Day (Special remix)
2. One Small Day (Special remix Extra)
3. White China (Special remix)
4. Dancing With Tears In My Eyes (Special remix)
5. Dancing With Tears In My Eyes (U.S. extended remix)
6. Lament (extended cersion)
7. Heart Of The Country (Special unedited remix)
8. Love’s Great Adventure (extended version)
9. One Small Day (Final mix)
CD 6 – Live at Hammersmith Odeon, London – June 7th, 1984 – part 1:
1. Man Of Two Worlds
2. Passing Strangers
3. We Stand Alone
4. New Europeans
5. I Remember (Death In The Afternoon)
6. Visions In Blue
7. Heart Of The Country
8. Western Promise
9. Vienna
CD 7 – Live at Hammersmith Odeon, London – June 7th, 1984 – part 2:
1. Reap The Wild WInd
2. We Came to Dance
3. White China
4. One Small Day
5. Hymn
6. The Voice
7. Lament
8. Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
9. All Stood Still
DVD-A:
Steven Wilson 5.1 Surround mix:
1-8 – as on CD 1
9. Easterly
10. Building
11. Love’s Great Adventure
Steven Wilson stereo mix:
12-22 – as 1-11 above
1984 mix 96/24 PCM stereo:
23-30 – as 1-8 above
Singles & Rarities:
31-39 – as 1-4 and 6-10 on CD 4
Remixes:
40-47 – as 1-8 on CD5
