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Midge Ure - If i Was Audio CD

A fair review of the Midge Ure "If i Was" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Midge Ure reviews here, or go back to the Midge Ure tabs.

Midge Ure Band: Midge Ure
Title: If i Was
Rating:
Release Date: 1997-11-04
Media: Audio CD

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I looked for this cd for a while
MIDGE URE. . . . . I was just looking for "DEAR GOD" and guess what I came across!! what a great compilation for a great artist and a great band. . . . . The best bands of the 80's have been forgotten. . . . VH1 AND MTV do no great justice for the forgotten GREAT ONES.


Flashes of brilliance, but mediocre overall
The work that Midge has done solo does not compare favourably with that done as part of Ultravox. If you have never heard Midge Ure or Ultravox, then expect male vocal pop sometimes with a rock feel and sometimes with an adult contemporary edge to it. Tracks such as "If I Was", "Answers To Nothing", and perhaps "Sister And Brother" really stand out, with or without resting on the laurel wreaths of Ultravox. The rest of the album however is entertaining, but it really is nothing special.

If you're a Midge Ure fan, then by all means get this, but otherwise perhaps look at some Ultravox albums first.


One of my best records
a pitty is not available. Y bought the last 2 available at the shop. -- keep up the good work Midge :).


It's love him or hate him
I'm glad to belong to category one - this album is a great compilation of what Midge stands for, certainly a must have for any fan. Midge is one of the very few artists that truly either touches your soul or annoy you, depending on what kind of person you are. He has a voice, a message and a soul to make you listen.


Few artists personify the self indulgence
Who knows whether he deserves a footnote in the history books for his role in Live Aid? I am certain he only deserves a mention in the chapters on flatulence, shallowness and irrelevance in any credible pop music history. and narcissism of Britpop culture in the 70's and 80's as well as Midge. And yet, Dancing With Tears In My Eyes does lodge itself in that unerasable jukebox in the memory and you can't avoid a waft of nostalgia at the lyrical insights of "Answers To Nothing. " This collection assembles much of the output of Midge's tenure with Ultravox as well as the hummable hits of his solo career. Would it be going too far to describe it as vile and loathsome? I think not.


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