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ULTRAVOX ON TRACK

EVERY ALBUM, EVERY SONG

Brian J Robb

ISBN 978-1-78952-330-0

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Publication: 25 JULY 2024
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ISBN: 9781789523300
Price: £16.99
Binding: Paperback

Format: 210 x 148 mm
Extent: 176 pp
Illustrated: 16 colour pages
Thema: AVLP Popular Music

Comparative title: 9781789522778 Depeche Mode On
Track

• Hugely successful in the UK, the band's hit
single 'Vienna' is iconic
• Their early albums with John Foxx are much
loved amongst electronica fans
• Written by a best-selling author who wrote our
successful book on Depeche Mode in 2023

Ultravox made an indelible mark on the popular music of
the 1980s despite never reaching number one at any point:
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famously, 'Vienna' stalled at number two, while their only
other top five single was the zeitgeist-capturing 'Dancing
Brian J. Robb is the New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling With Tears in My Eyes', reaching number three in May
biographer of Leonardo DiCaprio, Johnny Depp, and Brad Pitt. He 1984. Between 1981's 'Vienna' and 1984's 'Love's Great
has also written books on silent cinema, the films of Philip K. Dick, Adventure', Ultravox scored 12 Top 30 hit singles (17
Wes Craven, Laurel and Hardy, the Star Wars movies, Superheroes, reached the Top 40), and seven top ten album releases.
Gangsters, and Walt Disney, as well as science fiction television
series Doctor Who and Star Trek. His illustrated books include an Fronted first by John Foxx, then Midge Ure, Ultravox went
Illustrated History of Steampunk and Middle-earth Envisioned, a from being an acclaimed but hitless art rock outfit to a Blitz-
guide to J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (Winner, Best Book, era chart-storming quartet. They also proved to be a
Tolkien Society Awards). He is a Founding Editor of the Sci-Fi formidable live band, mixing in-vogue electronic
Bulletin website and lives near Edinburgh. synthesisers with drums and guitar and Billy Currie's
trademark classical violin. The band became one of the
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Orders: Combined Book Services Ltd.
Email: orders@combook.co.uk Having split following 1986's controversial U-Vox album,
Phone: 01892 837171 the 1980s Ultravox line-up regrouped in 2009, celebrating
the 30th anniversary of 'Vienna' with a series of UK, US,
Prices and specifications are provisional and are subject to change
without notice. 08/02/2024 and European tours. That led to a new, belated album,
2012's Brilliant. Every album, every song - this is Ultravox.