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"Ultravox have released a new album with frontman Midge Ure for the first time in 26 years. The electronic pioneers released the band&amp;#039;s 11th studio album Brilliant on Monday (May 28), the first with Ure since 1986&amp;#039;s U-Vox. Ure revealed that the group&amp;#039;s current line-up (Ure, Billy Currie, Chris Cross and Warren Cann), perhaps the most well-known, decided to work on new material after they reunited for a tour in 2009. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s been an interesting process. If we sat and talked about this two years ago, it wasn&amp;#039;t on the cards,&amp;quot; Ure told BBC Breakfast. &amp;quot;We got together two years together to tour, and during it we talked about the possibilities [of recording a new album].  &amp;quot;Once we got the idea of how to process this, we went ahead and started.&amp;quot; The frontman explained that the band originally turned down an offer from a record company to record a new album. &amp;quot;When we were approached by a record company, we turned it down. To have a major record company to come and offer you a contract at this this time of life and refuse it is a major thing. &amp;quot;We wanted to make a record that we thought was interesting.&amp;quot; Midge Ure also spoke about their infamous chart battle in 1981, which saw their classic &amp;#039;Vienna&amp;#039; denied a number one spot by Joe Dolce&amp;#039;s novelty record &amp;#039;Shaddap You Face&amp;#039;, and later John Lennon&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Imagine&amp;#039;. &amp;quot;It was a bit of a blow, we went from the ridiculous to the sublime [Dolce to Lennon]. It was an odd experience.&amp;quot; Listen to Ultravox&amp;#039;s new single &amp;#039;Brilliant&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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