On Ultravox’s seventh album – the fourth of the Midge Ure era – the quartet continued pondering the question of how to avoid diminishing returns after the all-conquering Vienna.
Billy Currie had been listening to a lot of Michael Rother, and Ure had a brand-new studio where they could write to their heart’s content. Having worked with George Martin and Conny Plank, they figured they’d absorbed enough to self-produce, and Lament revels in their lavish yet controlled angst.
