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Ultravox discography

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Ultravox discography
Midge Ure, Ultravox, Chateau Neuf, Oslo, Norway, 4 November 1981.
Studio albums11
EPs6
Live albums6
Compilation albums16
Singles32
Video albums5
Music videos15
Box sets3

This is the discography of the British post punk / synth-pop band Ultravox. While active from 1975 to 1996, the band released a number of LPs and CDs, although more discs were released after their demise. An anthology disc was planned, according to their official web page.

Albums

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Studio albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[3]
GER
[4]
JPN
[5]
NL
[6]
NOR
[7]
NZ
[8]
SWE
[9]
US
[10]
Ultravox! (as Ultravox!) 25
Ha!-Ha!-Ha! (as Ultravox!)
  • Released: 14 October 1977
  • Label: Island
  • Formats: LP, MC
Systems of Romance
  • Released: 8 September 1978
  • Label: Island
  • Formats: LP, MC
Vienna
  • Released: 11 July 1980
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Formats: LP, MC
3 4 80 22 79 2 18 2 6 164
Rage in Eden
  • Released: 11 September 1981
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Formats: LP, MC
4 20 45 48 29 20 4 5 144
Quartet
  • Released: 15 October 1982
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Formats: LP, MC
6 35 13 75 19 38 13 61
Lament
  • Released: 6 April 1984
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
8 41 58 18 24 10 7 8 115
U-Vox
  • Released: 13 October 1986
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
9 92 49 16
Revelation
  • Released: 10 May 1993
  • Label: DSB
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
Ingenuity
  • Released: 10 November 1994
  • Label: Intercord
  • Formats: CD, MC
Brilliant
  • Released: 25 May 2012
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP
21 27 36
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
SWE
[9]
Monument – The Soundtrack
  • Released: 14 October 1983
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Formats: LP, MC
9 49
BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert
Future Picture – 'Live'
  • Released: 22 May 1995
  • Label: Receiver
  • Formats: CD
Return to Eden: Live at the Roundhouse
  • Released: 5 April 2010
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Formats: CD
75
2012 Tour
  • Released: October 2012
  • Label: Abbey Road Live Here Now/Chrysalis
  • Formats: 2xCD
Live at the Rainbow 1977
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[3]
GER
[4]
IT
[14]
JPN
[5]
NZ
[8]
SWE
[9]
US
[15]
Three Into One
  • Released: 6 June 1980
  • Label: Island
  • Formats: LP, MC
New Europeans
  • Released: 21 February 1982
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • Japan-only release
47
The Collection
  • Released: 2 November 1984
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Formats: CD, LP, 2xLP, MC
2 14 93 35 12 2 45 203
If I Was: The Very Best of Midge Ure & Ultravox
  • Released: 22 February 1993
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
10
Slow Motion
Rare, Vol. 1
  • Released: October 1993
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Formats: CD, MC
Rare, Vol. 2
  • Released: July 1994
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Formats: CD, MC
Dancing with Tears in My Eyes
The Voice: The Best of Ultravox
  • Released: 22 December 1997
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, MC
Extended Ultravox
  • Released: February 1998
  • Label: EMI Gold
  • Formats: CD, MC
The Island Years
  • Released: March 1999
  • Label: Spectrum Music
  • Formats: CD
The Very Best of Midge Ure & Ultravox
  • Released: 29 October 2001
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
45
Finest
  • Released: 19 April 2004
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: 2xCD
The Very Best of Ultravox
  • Released: 6 April 2009
  • Label: Chrysalis/EMI
  • Formats: CD+DVD
35
Essential
  • Released: 31 October 2011
  • Label: Chrysalis/EMI
  • Formats: CD
Extended
  • Released: 16 November 2018
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Formats: 2xCD, 4xLP, digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Box sets

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Title Album details
3 Original CDs
  • Released: November 1995
  • Label: Island
  • Formats: 3xCD
The Albums 1980–2012
  • Released: 28 October 2013
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Formats: 8xCD
The Island Years

EPs

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Title Album details
Retro (as Ultravox!)
  • Released: 10 February 1978
  • Label: Island
  • Formats: 7"
Mini LP (as Ultravox!)
  • Released: July 1981
  • Label: Island
  • Formats: 12"
  • Australasia-only release
The Peel Sessions
Moments from Eden
  • Released: 2 May 2011
  • Label: Absolute
  • Formats: 10"+CD, digital download
Brilliant – Blank & Jones Remixes
  • Released: 27 July 2012
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Formats: digital download
Live (Single Edit) 4 Track E.P.
  • Released: 24 September 2012
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: digital download

Singles

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Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
BEL
(FL)

[17]
GER
[4]
IRE
[18]
JPN
[19]
NL
[6]
NZ
[8]
SWI
[20]
US
[21]
"Ain't Misbehavin'" (as Tiger Lily) 1975 Non-album single
"Dangerous Rhythm" (as Ultravox!) 1977 Ultravox!
"Young Savage" (as Ultravox!) Non-album single
"ROckWrok" (as Ultravox!) Ha! Ha! Ha!
"Frozen Ones" (as Ultravox!; Germany-only release) 1978
"Slow Motion" [A] Systems of Romance
"Quiet Men" [B]
"Sleepwalk" 1980 29 Vienna
"Passing Strangers" 57
"Vienna" 1981 2 11 1 14 1 1 2
"Slow Motion" (reissue) 33 Non-album single
"All Stood Still" 8 69 14 Vienna
"The Thin Wall" 14 95 16 Rage in Eden
"New Europeans" (Japan-only release) 36 New Europeans
"The Voice" 16 27 29 Rage in Eden
"Reap the Wild Wind" 1982 12 69 10 71 Quartet
"Hymn" 11 9 15 6
"Visions in Blue" 1983 15 25
"We Came to Dance" 18 22 39
"One Small Day" 1984 27 16 Lament
"Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" 3 58 2 7 8 12 38 16 108
"Lament" 22 47
"Heart of the Country" (Germany-only release)
"Love's Great Adventure" 12 27 15 49 The Collection
"Same Old Story" 1986 31 93 28 U-Vox
"All Fall Down" 30 21
"All in One Day" 1987 88
"Vienna 92" 1992 Non-album single
"Vienna" (reissue) 1993 13 20 If I Was: The Very Best of Midge Ure & Ultravox
"I Am Alive" 90 80 Revelation
"Ingenuity" (Australasia-only release) 1995 Ingenuity
"There Goes a Beautiful World" (Australasia-only release)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

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Title Year Album
"Wide Boys" 1977 Ultravox!
"Quirks" Ha!-Ha!-Ha!
"System of Love" (France-only release) 1992 Revelation
"Giving It All Back" (Germany-only release) 1994 Ingenuity

Videos

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Video albums

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Title Album details
Monument – The Soundtrack
  • Released: November 1983
  • Label: Palace Video
  • Formats: VHS, LD
The Collection
  • Released: December 1984
  • Label: Chrysalis/Palace Video
  • Formats: VHS, LD
The Very Best of Ultravox
  • Released: 6 April 2009
  • Label: Chrysalis/EMI
  • Formats: CD+DVD
Return to Eden: Live at the Roundhouse
  • Released: 5 April 2010
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Formats: DVD
Brilliant Beginnings
  • Released: 2012
  • Label: Eden Films
  • Formats: DVD
  • Documentary film about the album Brilliant

Music videos

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Title Year Director[24]
"Passing Strangers" 1980 Russell Mulcahy
"Vienna" 1981
"The Thin Wall"
"The Voice"
"The Voice" (Original Version) Midge Ure & Chris Cross
"Reap the Wild Wind" 1982
"Hymn"
"Visions in Blue" 1983
"We Came to Dance"
"One Small Day" 1984
"Dancing with Tears in My Eyes"
"Lament"
"Love's Great Adventure"
"Same Old Story" 1986
"All Fall Down" Godley & Creme

Notes

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  1. ^ This single did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but did reach number 86 on the Record Business Singles Chart.[22]
  2. ^ This single did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but did reach number 112 on the Record Business Singles Chart.[23]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Ultravox | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 317. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  3. ^ a b Peak positions for Ultravox's albums in Canada:
  4. ^ a b c "Discographie von Ultravox". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  5. ^ a b Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  6. ^ a b "Discografie Ultravox". DutchCharts.nl. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
  7. ^ "Discography Ultravox". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
  8. ^ a b c "Discography Ultravox". Charts.nz. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
  9. ^ a b c "Discography Ultravox". SwedishCharts.com. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
  10. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums 1955–1996. Record Research. p. 804. ISBN 0898201179.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "British certifications – Ultravox". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 29 January 2022. Type Ultravox in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  12. ^ "New Zealand album certifications". Recorded Music NZ. 15 November 1981. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  13. ^ "New Zealand album certifications". Recorded Music NZ. 28 February 1982. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  14. ^ "Classifiche". Musica e dischi (in Italian). Set "Tipo" on "Album". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Ultravox".
  15. ^ "Bubbling Under" (PDF). Billboard. 18 May 1985. p. 65. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  16. ^ "New Zealand album certifications". Recorded Music NZ. 12 May 1985. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  17. ^ "ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS". www.ultratop.be. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  18. ^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  19. ^ Okamoto, Satoshi (2011). Single Chart Book: Complete Edition 1968-2010 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. ISBN 4-87131-088-4
  20. ^ "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade - hitparade.ch". www.swisscharts.com. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  21. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2009). Top Pop Singles 1955–2008. Record Research. p. 1011. ISBN 9780898201802.
  22. ^ "The Singles Chart 61-100". Record Business. Vol. 1, no. 26. 11 September 1978. p. 30. ISSN 0144-0691.
  23. ^ "The Singles Chart - Ones to Watch". Record Business. Vol. 1, no. 34. 6 November 1978. p. 30. ISSN 0144-0691.
  24. ^ The Very Best of Ultravox (booklet). Chrysalis. 2009. CHRTV 20091.
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