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Midge Ure - The Gift Audio CD

A fair review of the Midge Ure "The Gift" 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: The Gift
Rating:
Release Date: 1999-10-12
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 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: Gift (Reprise) 12: Mood Music 13: Piano 14: Man Who Sold the World 15: Gift [Instrumental]

the Gift
It was an import so understandibly took a little while to arrive, but as it was not easily attainable, it was worth the wait. The CD arrived in excellent condition and was well packaged. Would use the seller again.


Impressive solo effort


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 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 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.


Most of it is great, some not so great
I have been listening to it once or twice a day for 10 years now. First of all, If I Was is one of the best love songs I have ever heard. Likewise with When the Winds Blow. It has a very moving melody during the chorus. i wish he would re-record those two songs today. The rest of the album is good but looses momentum after Antilles. Despite my personal criticism, Midge Ure is a sensational talent, voice and philathropist. A class act! His autobiography is awesome.


A very rare talent
Many rank him equally with Peter Gabriel in terms of talent, and is not as well known only because he always remains true to his music and does not write for the sake of popularity. Of all the singer/songwriters/musicians in the world (and how many do all three?), Midge Ure is nearly unrivaled, and my personal all-time favorite. Anyone who doubts the depth of his talent need only to see him perform live to understand. I was once honored to see him play in San Francisco, along with 4 other guitarists - he blew them all away, just a man and his guitar, and a talent far surpassing anyone on his class. If there are others in his class. From the first note that left his mouth, it became a joke among the other performers that no one was really there to see them at all. Midge Ure's skill, talent, and sincerity as a composer are worlds above the rest. His voice is flawless and full of heart. Why he is not more well known isn't a mystery; he puts his energy into his music instead of into marketing. And we are all the luckier for that.


If I could give it 6 stars, I would
org. His first solo outing (during a break from Ultravox), this album is simply brilliant, top to bottom, made even better by the inclusion of 4 additional tracks (the last 4, courtesy of Cerise Reed and the official Ultravox Web site ultravox. uk).

Not a klinker in the bunch, from the UK #1 "If I Was" to two of the best pop instrumentals "Antilles" and "Chieftan" to a vast improvement on Jethro Tull and David Bowie tunes ("Living in the Past" and the extra track " The Man Who Sold the World") this disc is a winner.


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