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Ultravox: Vienna (Chrysalis)

Penny Kiley, Melody Maker, 5 July 1980

HERE'S the first Ultravox album since signing to Chrysalis, and the first since Midge Ure filled the space left by John Foxx. The new lead singer has metamorphosised into a suitably austere-looking person for the cover photograph, and the development begun by their ex-leader. Everybody plays synthesizers now — except the drummer, and he plays electronic percussion.

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