Answers to Nothing by Midge Ure

Answers to Nothing, Midge Ure's second solo album, landed on Chrysalis on 30 August 1988, and it's the first thing the Scot put out after Ultravox came apart. He did it all himself: wrote it, produced it and recorded it over ten months in his own 24-track home studio, and the record has that private, hand-built feel, polished synth-pop sheen wrapped round a songwriter with things on his mind.

The standout is "Dear God", a big, searching plea that swaps the chilly grandeur of Ultravox for something warmer and more direct. It became his only solo single to reach the American charts, sneaking in at No. 95 on the Hot 100 but doing far better where rock fans were listening, No. 6 on the Mainstream Rock chart and No. 4 on the alternative chart in 1989. The title track made its own brief run on the countdowns.

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