Says it all really!!!
BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!

YAY!!!!!

M

'Dramatic', 'Passionate' and 'Epic'

Bring it on!!!!

M

Excellent news - can't wait to hear it!

No too taken by the title to be honest- it lacks the enigmatic quality of Rage in Eden or Lament. And I keep thinking of that fast show character.


That said its 100 time better than U-vox!

I thought the same when I first heard the chosen title, BUT having said that, once I actually heard the title track, it kinda made more sense. Give it a chance to bed in, once you've heard it.

Yes!!
Guess IŽll be going to London in sept/october...;)

I'm with you 'Becca'. Let's hope the music retains the characteristics and flavour of the band we admire so much. A direct, simple title doesn't reflect the musical sublety and sophistication that is Ultravox, and represents a break from tradition (except for the title for the 'Pink Thing').

Definately reminded of "The Fast Show" ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgMgkl-gRxk

The release of Peter Godwin's brand new single (more info @ http://www.ultravox.org.uk/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/102144/Peter_Godwin_s_back_too#Post102144) and of Ultravox's 11th studio album will make a 'brilliant' month of May!

I'll definitely plan a trip to Europe next Autumn and attend the Uk or Europe tour... :-)

YES! STRRRIKE!!! Best news since the reunion. Countdown is running!

I laughed my back off when I saw the album title! Such a confident, bold, grand and possibly even arrogant gesture. Clearly, the band don't care what the critics are going to think of this record. They think it's 'brilliant' They've effectively provided their own one-word review of the record and used to it to title the record! Hehehehe!

Can't wait for this. Really looking forward to it. I'm not one for wishing my life away but...

Thank you very much, Cerise. This is reassuring, because althought I am about to preorder "everything" and am very happy that there IS a new album, the title listing was a bit of a bummer ;-)

And with another track called "let it lie" - have they been looking back through their 90s comedy tapes ?

More surprised and ecstatic that there are a whole 12 new tracks. Didn't see that coming!

With you on that one Mandy - that's exactly how I felt when I read the e-mail this morning!
And 12 tracks instead of the normal 8! BONUS!
Fantastic news - well done guys! The Ultravox Army is on the march again! Still think you should have gone with my suggestion of 'Catflap', though!

So, when can we expect the teaser clips then, Cerise?

Now we can start to speculate about which song from the new album will be the 1st single and what will be the "b-side" / bonus track(s) etc. and so on...
Brilliant indeed!

not sure I care much about the title, though you can interpret 'brilliant' in lots of ways - more to do with light and physics than a comment on quality...
though I have no doubts about the quality too.
How the hell are we going to contain ourselves for another 2 months now???

Hi guys
What fantastic news at last!!!!Have to book a days holiday now to get the new cd.

Am i misunderstanding the email or were there supposed to be 13 tour dates included in the email as i cant see them anywhere and desparate.

ziggyson

Cerise, I must admit to being a bit underwhelmed by the title. How can anything even the greatest CD in history live up to it? I'm reassured tho' by the fact you've heard it and will wait and see...

Looking forward to hearing the music!

Spotted a tweet to this on Midge's Twitter page.

They're proud of it, and think it's brilliant - and they can call it anything they want. Marillion did a song called "Beautiful"...

wow, you've actually heard it??? How fab x

Yes and it is such a beautiful song! :-)

I wonder if the song has another meaning it could be:

http://thesaurus.com/browse/brilliant

a) shining, glowing in appearance
b) very intelligent
c) brightly illuminated

how exciting!

Yes - I bet they mean it in the illumination sense.

Statement says
"Full details of the album will be revealed soon along with the thirteen-date tour they will be embarking on later this year."

so no - there are no details about where or exactly when ( other than September/October )

... which was the worst song on the Afraid of Sunlight album!

Cheers Dave yea when i read it again without the excitment i realised my mistake.
Thank you though for taking the time to let me know. For those interested I called box office for Colston Hall Bristol and they adv that a prilimery booking has been made for late Sept but no other info.
ziggyson

Got a mention at the start of Simon Mayos BBC Radio 2 show at 5 oclock.