Album · Ultravox
Lament by Ultravox
Lament is an album by Ultravox, released in 1984. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 20 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Dancing With Tears In My Eyes”, on 14 lists with a best position of #76.
Lament, Ultravox's seventh album, came out on Chrysalis in April 1984, with the band's best-known lineup still intact: Midge Ure singing and playing guitar, Billy Currie on keyboards, Chris Cross on bass and Warren Cann on drums. It would be Cann's last Ultravox album until the four reunited for Brilliant in 2012.
It's synth-pop with a heavy heart and a stiff upper lip: stately, chilly keyboards, drums that march rather than dance, and Ure's voice pitched somewhere between grandeur and grief. "Dancing With Tears in My Eyes" and "White China" are the songs that carry the record's widescreen gloom best.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Lament on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dancing With Tears In My Eyes | 14 | #76 | – | 1984–2023 | |
| 2 | White China | 5 | #73 | – | 1984–2003 | |
| 3 | One Small Day | 1 | #1622 | – | 2003 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.