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Lament 1984

electronic, rock, pop 135 min 23 tracks

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 eight on the UK Albums Chart and was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) on 8 June 1984 for shipments of 100,000 copies. It also reached number 25 in Germany and number 115 in the United States.

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Character

Grave, character-led, spare and classical in form.

gravecomic
character-ledplot-driven
spare

Tracks

1White China3:53
2One Small Day4:33
3Dancing With Tears in My Eyes4:41
4Lament4:41
5Man of Two Worlds4:29
6Heart of the Country5:07
7When the Time Comes (I’ll Cry…)4:57
8A Friend I Call Desire5:12
1One Small Day (special remix)7:51
2Easterly3:48
3Lament (extended mix)8:02
4One Small Day (special remix extra)8:32
5Dancing With Tears in My Eyes (special remix)10:03
6Building3:12
7White China (special mix)8:24
8Heart of the Country (instrumental)4:25
9One Small Day (final mix)7:45
10A Friend I Call Desire (work in progress mix)5:40
11Lament (work in progress mix)4:54
12Love’s Great Adventure (extended version)5:41
13White China (live at the Hammersmith Odeon, June 1984)3:47
14Man of Two Worlds (instrumental)4:32
15Heart of the Country (special remix)11:05

23 tracks, 135 minutes.

About the album

Artist: Ultravox
Type: Album
Format: Digital Media
Country: XW

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