★★★★★
As pop music's history stretches into its seventh decade, so does its list of heroes. These heroes come in all sorts of shapes and sizes: the all-powerful (Elvis, Madonna) to cult (Alex Chilton, Evan Dando). But pop's tapestry stretches in other ways too so it can encompass another type of hero: the all-around good egg. And in this category I present you the Scot Midge Ure. Ure is more than just a nice guy...
- www.popmatters.com
2014-11-08
★★★★★
Scottish singer/songwriter Midge Ure boasts a rich and varied history with bands such as Visage and Thin Lizzy. Ure also cofounded Band Aid with Bob Geldof in 1984 and co-wrote "Do They Know It's Christmas?" with him, raising awareness and funding for Ethiopia's famine-ravaged population. But the true zenith of his career came as frontman of underrated 80s synth pop darlings, Ultravox, who birthed such vocally soaring classics as "Reap the Wild Wind," "Dancing With Tears In My Eyes" and the...
- www.ink19.com
2014-09-10
★★★★★
Fresh from the success of
- recordcollectormag.com
2014-07-17
★★★★★
Impressive. This guy has fronted enough projects to make any musical hall of fame, but he's still among the mere mortals of rock and roll. Midge Ure (or as mom knows him, Jim) headed Rich Kids, Ultravox, and Visage, and he was partner with Bob Geldof for those massive musical scrums Band Aid, Live Aid, and Live 8. This laid back concert covers all of Midge Ure's major hits and sounds very clean with only well-modulated applause at the end of songs. Mr...
- www.ink19.com
2013-07-12
★★★★★
Midge Ure's autobiography, 'f I Was.' is a typical rag's to 'Dead Man's Clothes' (my little joke, sorry! Midge) story and almost back again. 's that it?' you ask. No! Of course not. This book covers his musical career from his very humble beginnings in Cambuslang, Glasgow, with a band that had no name then to Stumble, Salvation, which became Slick, The Rich Kids, a stint with Thin Lizzy, Visage and of course Ultravox before striking out alone...
- www.music-news.com
2010-11-02
★★★★★
There's nothing "pure" about Midge Ure: Eversince he joined the late-'70s techno-pop band Ultravox, thusrendering it far less experimental, his presence on a project hasbeen more like a pollutant ? the water in the whiskey, as it were. OnPure, his third solo album, Ure maintains his command of a seeminglydeathless idiom that might be called slick English modern rock...
- ew.com
2010-08-27
★★★★★
I have a soft spot for Midge Ure. It's not because I particularly liked Ultravox, but because he was the first "rock star" (in the broadest sense) I ever met, at a major-label meet-and-greet in the mid-eighties, and he seemed like a genuinely nice guy...
- www.splendidezine.com
2008-10-28
★★★★★
The second full-fledged solo outing for former Ultravox frontman Midge Ure is pretty much what one would expect. One difference is the more organic feel of the music, which might be attributable to the impressive array of players. Guests include Big Country drummer Mark Brzezicki, Level 42 bassist/lead singer Mark King, Craig Armstrong, and members of UB40. There's a slight world music influence on songs like the title track and "Take Me Home," but it's all presented with polish and gloss...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
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