The Gift

by Midge Ure

The Gift cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: October 1985
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 2:03:02
  • Community rating: 2.96/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The debut solo endeavor from the Ultravox frontman seamlessly transitions his meticulous synthesizer orchestration into widely accessible pop formats. 'The Gift' proved massively successful in Europe, buoyed by dramatic vocal performances and pristine, heavily atmospheric production techniques.

Genres

Descriptors: ballad, melodic, atmospheric

Tracklist

  1. If I Was (5:21)
  2. When the Winds Blow (4:07)
  3. Living the Past (4:35)
  4. That Certain Smile (4:07)
  5. The Gift (5:00)
  6. Antilles (4:08)
  7. Wastelands (4:40)
  8. Edo (3:24)
  9. The Chieftain (4:45)
  10. She Cried (4:13)
  11. The Gift (Reprise) (1:45)
  12. No Regrets (4:02)
  13. Mood Music (3:29)
  14. If I Was - Extended Mix (6:41)
  15. Piano (2:26)
  16. The Man Who Sold the World (5:43)
  17. That Certain Smile - Extended Mix (6:35)
  18. The Gift - Instrumental (5:09)
  19. Fade to Grey - Rehearsal Version, 1985 (4:47)
  20. Wastelands - Extended Mix (6:12)
  21. When the Winds Blow - Live (3:59)
  22. After a Fashion - Live (4:37)
  23. The Chieftain / The Dancer - Live at Wembley Arena,1985. (5:51)
  24. Call of the Wild - Extended Mix (8:03)
  25. That Certain Smile - Live (4:00)
  26. The Gift - Live (5:09)

Credits

  • Mark King - bass
  • Daniel Mitchell - written-by
  • Jackie Challenor - backing vocals
  • Lorenza Johnson - backing vocals
  • Mae McKenna - backing vocals
  • Nigel Ross-Scott - bass
  • Lindsay Elliott - drums
  • Glenn Gregory - backing vocals

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