Lament (Ultravox album)


Lament is the seventh studio album by British new wave band Ultravox, released on 6 April 1984 by Chrysalis Records. It was the last album featuring original drummer Warren Cann until the band's reunion album Brilliant in 2012. The album peaked at number nine on the UK Albums Chart and was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry on 8 June 1984 for shipments of 100,000 copies. It also reached number 25 in Germany and number 115 in the United States.

Description

The album's sound saw the band continuing to move away from the synth-pop style associated with their previous albums, heading into a more mainstream pop rock direction, not entirely dissimilar to contemporaries such as Simple Minds and U2 featuring greater use of guitar and "stadium" reverb.
The album's initial release on CD featured a different track listing from the initial LP release as the songs were interspersed with remixes. When the album was next re-released on CD in 1999, it featured the original track listing with seven bonus tracks consisting of various B-sides and remixes from the Lament period added to the end of the album.
The album was once again re-released in 2009 as a double CD set. The first disc consisted of the original album remastered. The second disc contained remixes, B-sides and previously unreleased "work in progress" versions of songs.
The album's inner sleeve on LP releases features a photograph of Callanish Stones, a neolithic stone arrangement on Lewis in Scotland. On later releases of the album, this photograph appears on the front cover in place of the original tracklist, which is instead displayed on the formerly-blank back cover.

Track listing

LP track listing

Side A
  1. "White China" – 3:50
  2. "One Small Day" – 4:30
  3. "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" – 4:39
  4. "Lament" – 4:40
Side B
  1. "Man of Two Worlds" – 4.27
  2. "Heart of the Country" – 5:05
  3. "When the Time Comes" – 4:56
  4. "A Friend I Call Desire" – 5:09

    CD and cassette track listing

All songs written by Warren Cann, Chris Cross, Billy Currie, and Midge Ure.
Cassette
Side One
  1. "White China" – 3:50
  2. "One Small Day" – 4:30
  3. "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" – 4:39
  4. "Lament" – 4:40
  5. "One Small Day " - 8:31
Side Two
  1. "Man of Two Worlds" – 4:27
  2. "Heart of the Country" – 5:05
  3. "When the Time Comes" – 4:56
  4. "A Friend I Call Desire" – 5:09
  5. "Lament " - 8:01
CD
  1. "White China" – 3:50
  2. "One Small Day" – 4:30
  3. "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" – 4:39
  4. "Lament" – 4:40
  5. "White China "
  6. "One Small Day " - 8:31
  7. "Man of Two Worlds" – 4:27
  8. "Heart of the Country" – 5:05
  9. "When the Time Comes" – 4:56
  10. "A Friend I Call Desire" – 5:09
  11. "Lament " - 8:01

    1999 UK re-release

  12. "White China" – 3:52
  13. "One Small Day" – 4:33
  14. "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" – 4:40
  15. "Lament" – 4:42
  16. "Man of Two Worlds" – 4:28
  17. "Heart of the Country" – 5:07
  18. "When the Time Comes" – 4:58
  19. "A Friend I Call Desire" – 5:13
  20. "Easterly" – 3:49
  21. "Building" – 3:14
  22. "Heart of the Country " – 4:25
  23. "Man of Two Worlds " – 4:33
  24. "White China " – 8:25
  25. "One Small Day " – 8:31
  26. "Lament " – 8:01

    2009 Remastered Definitive Edition

Disc one
  1. White China – 3:53
  2. One Small Day – 4:33
  3. Dancing with Tears in My Eyes – 4:40
  4. Lament – 4:41
  5. Man of Two Worlds – 4:28
  6. Heart of the Country – 5:06
  7. When the Time Comes – 4:57
  8. A Friend I Call Desire – 5:11
Disc two
  1. One Small Day – 7:51
  2. Easterly – 3:48
  3. Lament – 8:02
  4. One Small Day – 8:31
  5. Dancing with Tears in My Eyes – 10:02
  6. Building – 3:11
  7. White China – 8:23
  8. Heart of the Country – 4:24
  9. One Small Day – 7:45
  10. A Friend I Call Desire – 5:39*
  11. Lament – 4:53*
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