Answers to Nothing
| Answers To Nothing | ||||
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| Released | 22 August 1988 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Label | Chrysalis | |||
| Producer | Midge Ure, Rik Walton | |||
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| Allmusic |    [1] |
Answers to Nothing, released 22 August 1988, is the second solo album by former Ultravox frontman Midge Ure. It was the first release by Ure following the demise of Ultravox.
Background
As a solo artist, Ure only hit the singles chart once in America with the single 'Dear God'. It reached #6 on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock chart and at #4 on the US Billboard Alternative Music chart in 1989.[2][3] Midge filmed the promo-video to "Dear God" in Los Angeles.
The track "Sister and Brother" was a duet with Kate Bush.[4][5] The track "Homeland" is written about Phil Lynnot.
Midge went with the first Band Aid shipment to Ethiopia. The sights, sounds and smells of the starving and dying left an imprint on his subconscious that have found expression on this album in songs like "Hell to Heaven" and "Dear God".
Bob Clearmountain mixed the whole album in a week in Air Studios in Montserrat.[6]
Ure said 1988 about the album:[7]
This is the first time ever in my career that I've had to stand up and say: 'right. This is Midge Ure. This is what he sounds like. This is what he does, without any outside influence. I don't have to comprimise at all in what I'm doing. And that's very strange for someone who's been in the music business for 12 years. That's why I consider "Answers to Nothing" my first genuine solo album.
Track listing
All lyrics are written by Midge Ure
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Answers to Nothing" | 4:34 |
| 2. | "Take Me Home" | 3:05 |
| 3. | "Sister and Brother" | 5:55 |
| 4. | "Dear God" | 5:00 |
| 5. | "The Leaving (So Long)" | 4:16 |
| 6. | "Just for You" | 4:39 |
| 7. | "Hell to Heaven" | 4:04 |
| 8. | "Lied" | 4:52 |
| 9. | "Homeland" | 4:41 |
| 10. | "Remembrance Day" | 4:38 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 11. | "Honorare" | 3:14 |
| 12. | "Oboe" | 4:02 |
| 13. | "Music # 1" | 4:39 |
| 14. | "Sister and Brother" (Unreleased Single Edit) | 4:12 |
Personnel
- Midge Ure - guitars, keyboards, vocals
- Mark King - bass on "Answers To Nothing", "Sister And Brother" and "Just For You"
- Steve Brzezicki - bass on "Take Me Home", "Dear God" and "Lied"
- Mark Brzezicki - drums on "Answers To Nothing", "Dear God", "Just For You"and "Remembrance Day"
- Mick Karn - bass on "Remembrance Day"
- Kate Bush - vocals on "Sister and Brother"
- Robbie Kilgore - additional keyboards
- Craig Armstrong - piano on "Sister and Brother"
- Ali Campbell, Carol Douet, Robin Campbell, Yona Dunsford - background vocals on "Sister and Brother"
- Peter Saville Associates - design
Notes
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r20872
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- ^ "tampabay.com". 2019-01-19.
- ^ "katebushencyclopedia". 2019-01-19.
- ^ "katebushnews". 1 September 2020.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Answers to Nothing advert. Chrysalis Records. 1988
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