ULTRAVOX – SYSTEMS OF ROMANCE LP – Nr MINT A1/B1 PUNK ELECTRONICA

Ultravox – Systems Of Romance
(Island Records  1978  26453XOT)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1

Sleeve in Excellent condition
– some wear to edges/corners
Inner Sleeve has a small split in the bottom

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

Ultravox (formerly known as Ultravox!) are a British new wave band, formed in London in 1974 as Tiger Lily. Between 1980–86, they scored seven Top Ten albums and seventeen Top 40 singles in the UK, the most successful of which was their 1981 hit “Vienna”.

Systems of Romance, released on 8 September 1978, is the third album by British band Ultravox (an exclamation mark having been dropped from the moniker earlier in the year). It was the final recording for the group with original lead singer, lyricist and co-composer John Foxx, and their first album without guitarist Stevie Shears, who had been sacked from the band (in 1980 he joined Cowboys International). Shears was replaced by Robin Simon, making his first and only appearance on an Ultravox album. Though not a commercial success, Systems of Romance had a significant influence on the electropop music that came after it.

Track listing

1. “Slow Motion” – 3:29
2. “I Can’t Stay Long” – 4:16
3. “Someone Else’s Clothes” – 4:25
4. “Blue Light” – 3:09
5. “Some of Them” – 2:29
6. “Quiet Men” – 4:08
7. “Dislocation” – 2:55
8. “Maximum Acceleration” – 3:53
9. “When You Walk Through Me” – 4:15
10. “Just for a Moment” – 3:10

• Tracks 1, 2, and 4 written by Cann/Cross/Currie/Foxx/Simon.
• Tracks 3, 5, 7, and 10 written by Currie/Foxx.
• Track 6 written by Cross/Currie/Foxx.
• Track 8 written by Foxx.
• Track 9 written by Currie/Foxx/Simon.

Personnel

• John Foxx – vocals
• Warren Cann – drums, rhythm machine, vocals
• Chris Cross – bass, synthesizer, vocals
• Billy Currie – keyboards, violin
• Robin Simon – guitar, vocals