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Midge Ure – The Gift – Vinyl Record

The Gift is the debut solo album by Scottish musician Midge Ure, released in 1985.

The album features a mix of synth-pop, new wave, and rock influences, showcasing Ure’s songwriting abilities and distinctive vocals. It includes the hit single ‘If I Was,’ which became a commercial success and remains one of Ure’s most well-known songs.

The Gift also features tracks like ‘That Certain Smile’ and ‘Wastelands,’ which highlight Ure’s emotive lyrics and melodic sensibilities. The album received positive reviews from critics and helped establish Ure as a solo artist following his success with bands like Ultravox and Visage.

The Gift is a strong debut album that showcases Midge Ure’s versatility and talent as a musician, offering a mix of catchy pop hooks and introspective songwriting.

One of the key members of the new wave band Ultravox, guitarist/vocalist Midge Ure began his professional music career with Salvation, a Glasgow-based group that became the bubblegum band Slik in 1974. Upset in the change of direction, Ure left the band to join the Rich Kids, a punk-pop group led by former Sex Pistol bassist Glen Matlock.

The Rich Kids only released one album, 1978’s Ghosts of Princes in Towers, before breaking up later that same year. Ure spent a brief time with the Misfits (not the American hardcore band) before forming Visage with drummer Rusty Egan and vocalist Steve Strange; he left the group to replace Gary Moore in Thin Lizzy, who left in the middle of an American tour. After the tour was finished, he fulfilled an agreement to join Ultravox.

Ure and Bob Geldof formed Band Aid, a special project to aid famine relief efforts in Ethiopia, in 1984. The two wrote the song ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ and assembled an all-star band of British musicians to record the single.

Brand new, never played and still sealed in the factory plastic seal with jacket corner clipped

Chrysalis Records 1985

Track Listing
If I Was
When The Winds Blow
Living In The Past
That Certain Smile
The Gift
Antilles
Wastelands
Edo
The Chieftain
She Cried
The Gift (Reprise)