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The review in Record Mirror of Ultravox's 1981 `Rage in Eden' album described it as "Tepid in the extreme ... a complete lack of ideas", but Melody Maker declared of it: "Confirmation, consolidation, and CLASS." Record Mirror laughed and proceeded to fall, not lasting as long as their rivals.
I was there in 1981, and smitten: `Rage in Eden' is a passionate album, full of anger and angst: perfect for a sixteen-year-old Romantic. `Vienna' was always going to be a hard act to follow, but - dare I say it - `Rage in Eden' is even better, with both `The Voice' and `The Thin Wall' as definitely five-star tracks. Indeed, there is no duff track throughout this set (although `Accent on youth' does underperform).
The lack of an instrumental is made up for by extended sections at the heart of songs or at their end: the two-minutes of `The Ascent' is really a segued continuation of `Accent on Youth'. Quite a few of the tracks are over six minutes in length, with `Stranger Within' over seven.
This is a review of the remastered two-disc set released by Chrysalis in 2008. The remastered sound seems to favour the guitar, and the music seems to have lost some of the original's wall-of-sound epic atmosphere, resulting in a more disparate feel to the noise. It therefore has less focus, less heart, but is more solid: the difference is, to say the least, `interesting'.
The second disc of this set provides sixty-six minutes of extras: B-sides, live versions, works-in-progress. The strength of `Rage in Eden' is shown by even the B-sides being strong tracks. To me, `Rage in Eden' is Ultravox's greatest album, but those who know this "will always feel their backs against the thin wall."
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An amazing box set!
I was a bit young to really get into this album - I bought Quartet and it still remains one of my all time favourite albums!I bought this really for 2 b-sides which introduced my to the rest of the album.“I never wanted to begin” and “paths and angles” I had played over and over- so have them on 5.1 surround was a must!The whole album is amazing - and the 5.1 mixes are brilliant! I am not a fan of live recordings but the whole project of mixes for me is first rate!!Beautiful packaging and worth every penny!
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I was a bit young to really get into this album - I bought Quartet and it still remains one of my all time favourite albums!
I bought this really for 2 b-sides which introduced my to the rest of the album.
“I never wanted to begin” and “paths and angles” I had played over and over- so have them on 5.1 surround was a must!
The whole album is amazing - and the 5.1 mixes are brilliant! I am not a fan of live recordings but the whole project of mixes for me is first rate!!
Beautiful packaging and worth every penny!
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The look and the sound of the voice… never looked or sounded better. Zero surface noise, the cleanest and deepest bass of any edition of the album, the best separation and all beautifully presented. Well worth the wait and the outlay. I have yet to try the other CD and clear vinyl box sets but this half speed vinyl is excellent.
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