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Rage in Eden: Remastered Definitive Edition | 
| Artist: Ultravox
Label: EMI
Category: Music
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Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 2019
Format: Original Recording Remastered, Extra Tracks
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 5099923437029
ASIN: B001CVMDBU
Release Date: September 29, 2008
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Voice | | • | We Stand Alone | | • | Rage In Eden | | • | I Remember (Death In The Afternoon) | | • | Thin Wall | | • | Stranger Within | | • | Accent On Youth | | • | Ascent | | • | Your Name (Has Slipped My Mind) |
Disc 2
| • | I Never Wanted To Begin | | • | Paths And Angles | | • | I Never Wanted To Begin | | • | Private Lives | | • | All Stood Still | | • | I Remember (Death In The Afternoon) | | • | Stranger Within | | • | Rage In Eden | | • | Accent On Youth | | • | Ascent | | • | Your Name (Has Slipped My Mind Again) | | • | Stranger Within | | • | Thin Wall |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 13 more reviews...
 Vox Your Socks Off November 10, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Rage in Eden: Remastered Definitive Edition
Forget the New Romantics, forget Duran and Spandau...this was how it really was..The Cult with no name...Futurism..there we no frilly shirts here.
Rage In Eden was the second album of the Midge Ure era and without doubt the best...the album was produced by Conny Plank and the intensity of the creative process at his studio gives the album the feel of a complete piece of work, no fillers no last minute additions...it is what is says on the box "Definitive" in every sense of the word.
And now after so long away Ultravox will Return to Eden...Vox Your Socks Off!
The return of the Rage face November 3, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The long-awaited remaster of Rage in Eden has not disappointed me - the remastered album's sound is clear and well-balanced. The restoration of the original "Face" artwork is particularly exciting for a long-time ultravox fan and looks fantastic :-)
A darker pulsating synthersizer affair October 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This album is a firm fan's favourite, and I suppose the least commercial success with only two hit singles. The Thin Wall in August 81,and The Voice in November 81.
For a 1981 album, it has become a timeless classic which has to be up there with the essential synth pop albums.
The sound on this album is dominated by the Minimoog rich bass sound which can be often be pulsating through most tracks.
Trouble in paradise? Not a bit of it! October 1, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
What can I say about an album I still cherish?
Ultravox were faced with a real mountain to climb after Vienna went to number two in the UK in February 1981. The pressure was on to come up with something equally memorable and innovative and yet time was short: both Billy Currie and Midge Ure were still involved with Visage so Rage In Eden came together slowly - over three months - at the late Conny Plank's rural studio in Germany. The recording wasn't without its setbacks, the least of all being drummer Warren Cann breaking his arm in a car crash!
My memories abound with this album: buying The Thin Wall 12" in a Blackpool record shop and waiting a week to hear it on my stereo, seeing the band live at Crystal Palace Bowl where they played The Thin Wall for the first time and then buying the album on the day of release before seeing them play a blinder at Hammersmith that October, just weeks after its release.
Vienna is probably their greatest album but Rage runs it a close second.
There are no weak songs here although the media at the time were united in
their ridicule. Kicking-off with the sparky and contrasting The Voice and We Stand Alone before the atmospheric title track and possibly the album's highlight, I Remember (Death In The Afternoon), a track which contained everything that Ultravox had achieved to that point in an accessible, uptempo song-based format.
It's not just about Monroe but also hearing about the deaths of Kennedy, Dean, Lennon and several others; it's more roundabout than specifically about certain dead celebs. That it borrows its title from Hemingway's sublime work is also part of the atmos they were trying to create here and the image involved (based on the fashion of the 1940s, Evelyn Waugh etc).
The second side is a different creature; the shade to the first side's light if you like. Stranger Within is an intense, challenging track, focussing as it does on personal paranoia, Ure's voice in the middle break being both vulnerable, intimate and then full of relief when he delivers the final line. It's quite something, even now. The final three songs are a linked trilogy, detailing a generic teenage journey. To say this chimed with me aged 15 at the time is somewhat of an understatement. Read the lyrics and you'll understand.
The b-sides and live stuff complete a fully-rounded re-issued package that's well worth having.
 Rage in Eden - Remastered in 2008 September 28, 2008
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
review: ultravox - rage in eden definitive remaster 2xcd 2008
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rage in eden is interesting, i'll give it that..
it might be the first ultravox release on cd, coming
out with the re-release back in 1982....some 26 years
ago..
this release had the angular artwork, and not the original
faces artwork.....this came after the release of the
'quartet' album was still going on....and in fact
'monument the soundtrack' was on its way too..
at this point, cd's were still finding their market,
so ultravox went ahead and released 'quartet', and
'vienna' also on this format...
it wouldn't be until 1997 that a re-relase, and
re-issue came out.....maybe it wasn't that popular?
maybe it was too dark for most people? not sure...
but when the remaster came out, along with the
new artwork, and 3 extra tracks..people were
glad to get it on cd..
i enjoyed this album a lot, when i first heard it,
it had a very coherent theme, and was very moody..
however, at times it was hard to listen to all
the way through...although individual tracks
really stood out, like 'the voice', and 'we stand
alone'....
once again, its not a favorite of mine, coming in
4th or so.... but i do pull it out every so often..
so lets talk about specifics: for the album
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1) again, if you're comparing the album
to the other remaster is not overly loud, or 'over mastered'
2) for the soft passages, listen to 'rage in eden' or 'your
name (has slipped my mind again)' and you'll see they are
clear, and free of hiss, and noise..
i'm listening through altec-lansing speakers, and also through
headphones
3) the louder parts do not sound distorted, the excellent
'we stand alone', and 'accent on youth/the ascent' sound
great....
4) tracks are complete and not missing parts
the bonus disc:
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1) well the bonus disc is a nice selection of the
few b-sides, and a lot of live tracks from the 1981
december show at the hammersmith..
2) there are also 2 work in progress songs, 'the stranger
within', and 'the thin wall'...that are pretty rough,
and give you an idea of how the song came together..
however 'the stranger within' is mostly instrumental..
3) the extended mix of 'i never wanted to begin' was
already released, and most of the b-sides were on 'rare'
or other releases..
4) the live tracks sound good...and are a good indication
of what there sound carried over onto the stage..
if you have heard the unofficial 'live in concert' from
rimini, italy - nov 81, and the windsong release of
'bbc radio 1 live' - paris jan 81, that will give you
a great idea of how these songs will sound.. along
with a more complete feel for their adapting them live..
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if you didn't have the previous remaster, and
you were waiting for it to come out again, now
is the time to get it..
i don't know how much it will appeal to people,
as i don't know many that think this is their
favorite, or if has the classic sound they
can listen to a lot.. to me it is a more personal
and moody/melancholic..
again, the packaging is great, and with the added bonus
of downloading the booklets from the website a
lot of care went into this...
the bonus disc is a step up from the previous
'vienna' release, and does a better job of
showcasing ultravox live, and some early versions
of their songs.. the b-sides, and remixes are once
again duplicates, but they are very strong ones,
as 'i never wanted to begin', and 'paths and angles'
to me, ARE part of the album..
if you had the previous remaster, you might
not get it, unless you want the live tracks..
but then there are other live albums out
there you could get...
this is a great package, and a right
step in the direction of what might
come for the rest of the releases..
later
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