The Gift (Midge Ure album)

The Gift
Studio album by Midge Ure
Released October 1985 (1985-10)
Recorded Music Fest Studio, London
1985
Genre Synthpop, Electronic
Label Chrysalis
Producer Midge Ure
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Midge Ure chronology
The Gift
(1985)		 Answers to Nothing
(1988)

The Gift, released in 1985, is the first solo album by former Ultravox frontman Midge Ure. The album was released while Ultravox was taking a break; the band would go on to release U-Vox before splitting. The album reached #2 in the UK Albums Chart thanks in part to the large attention drawn to it by the single "If I Was" which reached #1 in the UK Singles Chart.

Track listing

  1. "If I Was" (Midge Ure, Daniel Mitchell) – 5:22
  2. "When the Winds Blow" (Ure, Mitchell) – 4:07
  3. "Living in the Past" (Ian Anderson) – 4:35
  4. "That Certain Smile" (Ure, Mitchell) – 4:08
  5. "The Gift" (Ure) – 5:00
  6. "Antilles" (Ure) – 4:08
  7. "Wastelands" (Ure, Mitchell) – 4:40
  8. "Edo" (Ure) – 3:24
  9. "The Chieftain" (Ure) – 4:45
  10. "She Cried" (Ure, Mitchell) – 4:12
  11. "The Gift (Reprise)" (Ure) – 1:45

Bonus tracks for 1996 UK re-release:

  1. "Mood Music" – 3:30
  2. "Piano" (Ure) – 2:28
  3. "The Man Who Sold the World" (David Bowie) – 5:37
  4. "The Gift (Instrumental)" (Ure) – 5:11

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