Revelation (Ultravox album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Revelation

| type = studio

| artist = Ultravox

| cover = Ultravox revelation.jpg

| alt =

| released = 10 May 1993

| recorded = 1993

| studio = Master Rock Studios and Berwick Street Studios, London, UK

| genre = Synthpop, pop rock

| length = 45:43

| label = DSB

| producer = Rod Gammons, Ultravox

| prev_title = U-Vox

| prev_year = 1986

| next_title = Rare, Vol. 1

| next_year = 1993

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Revelation

| type = studio

| single1 = I Am Alive

| single1date = March 1993{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/titel-details-156399|title=Ultravox singles}}

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{rating|1.5|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/revelation-mw0000331131 |title=U/ltravox - Revelation review |last=Badgley |first=Aaron |author-link=Aaron Badgley |work=AllMusic |publisher=All Media Network |accessdate=2018-07-02 }}

| noprose= yes

}}

Revelation is the ninth studio album by British new wave rock band Ultravox, released in 1993. The album was issued after the dissolution of the band in 1988 and the reformation of a new line-up in 1992, with Tony Fenelle as lead vocalist/guitarist and keyboard player Billy Currie as the only original member left.

Track listing

{{track listing

| title1 = I Am Alive

| writer1 = Billy Currie, Tony Fenelle, Rod Gammons

| length1 = 4.56

| title2 = Revelation

| writer2 = Currie, Fenelle, Gammons

| length2 = 4.06

| title3 = Systems of Love

| writer3 = Currie, Fenelle, Gammons

| length3 = 4.32

| title4 = Perfecting the Art of Common Ground

| writer4 = Currie, Fenelle, Gerry Laffy

| length4 = 5.17

| title5 = The Great Outdoors

| writer5 = Currie, Fenelle

| length5 = 4.12

| title6 = The Closer I Get to You

| writer6 = Currie, Fenelle

| length6 = 4.13

| title7 = No Turning Back

| writer7 = Currie, Fenelle

| length7 = 4.21

| title8 = True Believer

| writer8 = Currie, Fenelle, Gammons

| length8 = 4.56

| title9 = Unified

| writer9 = Currie, Fenelle

| length9 = 4.27

| title10 = The New Frontier

| writer10= Currie, Fenelle, Gammons

| length10= 4.43

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Personnel

;Ultravox

;Additional musicians

  • Gerry Laffy – additional guitars on tracks 1 and 7
  • Neal Wilkinson – drums on tracks 1 and 4
  • Jackie Williams – background vocals on tracks 2 and 3
  • Richard Niles – conductor, string arrangements on tracks 1 and 10

;Production

  • Rod Gammons – producer, engineer, programming, mixing on track 3
  • Jonathan Garfield – assistant recording engineer
  • Mike Bigwood – strings recording engineer
  • Graham Bonnet – mixing on tracks 1, 4–8, 10
  • Rupert Coulson – mixing on track 2
  • Dave Ford – mixing on track 9
  • Dave Chelsea – assistant engineer
  • Jack Adams – mastering at The Hit Factory, London

References

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Category:Ultravox albums

Category:1993 albums