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Midge Ure

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One of the key members of the new wave band Ultravox, guitarist/vocalist Midge Ure began his professional music career with Salvation, a Glasgow-based group that became the bubblegum band Slik in 1974. Upset in the change of direction, Ure left the band to join the Rich Kids, a punk-pop group led by former Sex Pistol bassist Glen Matlock. The Rich Kids only released one album, 1978's Ghosts of Princes in Towers, before breaking up later that same year. Ure spent a brief time with the Misfits (not the American hardcore band) before forming Visage with drummer Rusty Egan and vocalist Steve Strange; he left the group to replace Gary Moore in Thin Lizzy, who left in the middle of an American tour. After the tour was finished, he fulfilled an agreement to join Ultravox.

Once he joined the band in 1980, Ure helped make Ultravox a mainstream success; during this time he also worked as a producer, making records with Steve Harley and Modern Man. In 1982, Ure released a solo single, a cover of the Walker Brothers' hit "No Regrets"; it climbed into the U.K. Top Ten. Ure and Bob Geldof formed Band Aid, a special project to aid famine relief efforts in Ethiopia, in 1984. The two wrote the song "Do They Know It's Christmas?" and assembled an all-star band of British musicians to record the single; it sold millions of copies over the 1984 holiday season and prompted Geldof to organize the benefit concert Live Aid in 1985.

In 1985, Ultravox was put on hiatus and Ure began to pursue a full-time solo career. Recorded entirely by Ure, his 1985 solo debut, The Gift, launched the number one single "If I Was," as well as the minor hits "That Certain Smile" and "Call of the Wild." The following year, he recorded the final Ultravox album; in 1987, the band broke up and he began recording his second solo album. The resulting record, 1988's Answers to Nothing, was less successful than The Gift in the U.K., yet it charted in the U.S., which is something Ure's previous album failed to do. Three years later, Ure released his third album, Pure; while it didn't do any business in America, the album featured the Top 20 British hit "Cold, Cold Heart." He attempted a comeback in 1996 with Breathe, which went ignored by both the American and British markets. After being released in his native U.K. in 1998, Answers to Nothing followed in mid-2000, as well as a soundtrack effort for the critically acclaimed 1998 drama-comedy starring Jon Cryer, Went to Coney Island. Move Me appeared on Koch in fall 2001.

Title: Move Me... Plus CD1

Artist: Midge Ure

Genre: Rock

Title: Call Of The Wild

Artist: Midge Ure

Genre: Electronica, Pop

Title: Move Me... Plus CD2

Artist: Midge Ure

Genre: Rock

Title: Little Orphans

Artist: Midge Ure

Genre: New Wave

Title: 10

Artist: Midge Ure

Genre: Rock

Title: Personal Heaven

Artist: Midge Ure

Genre: Pop

Title: Wastelands - Single

Artist: Midge Ure

Genre: Pop

Title: Answers

Artist: Midge Ure

Genre: Rock, New Wave, Pop, Alternative

Title: Re*Live

Artist: Midge Ure

Genre: Rock, New Wave, Pop, Alternative

Title: Dear God - EP

Artist: Midge Ure

Genre: Electronica, Pop

Title: Pure

Artist: Midge Ure

Genre: New Wave, Pop, Alternative

Title: Soundtrack: 1978-2019

Artist: Midge Ure

Genre: Pop

Title: Breathe

Artist: Midge Ure

Genre: New Wave, Pop, Alternative

Title: Ten

Artist: Midge Ure

Genre: Pop

Title: Move Me+

Artist: Midge Ure

Genre: Rock, New Wave, Pop, Alternative

Title: Finest

Artist: Ultravox, Midge Ure

Genre:

Title: Finest CD2

Artist: Ultravox, Midge Ure

Genre: Rock, Pop

Title: Fragile

Artist: Midge Ure

Genre: Rock, Pop

Title: The Gift

Artist: Midge Ure

Genre: New Wave, Pop, Alternative

Collections

Title: This Is... 1985

Genre: Pop

Title: Here Come the Nice

Genre: Rock

Title: Here Come the Mods

Genre: Rock

Title: One Hit Wonders CD 3

Genre: Pop

Title: Dream Dance # 53

Genre: Disco

Title: 101 Ultimate 80s

Genre: Retro

Title: 80s Top Hits (CD2)

Genre: Pop

Title: So80s - Vol. 2 (CD2)

Genre: Pop

Title: 80s Love

Genre: Pop

Title: 80s Love 2014 (CD2)

Genre: Pop

Title: 80s Love 2

Genre: Electronica, Disco, Pop

Title: So80s 2

Genre: New Wave, Pop, Synth Pop

Featuring albums

Title: Spirit Voices

Artist: The King'S Singers

Genre: Pop

Title: Collected (CD 3)

Artist: Thin Lizzy

Genre: Rock

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