Ultravox! - Ha!-Ha!-Ha!

Title: Ha!-Ha!-Ha! Artist: Ultravox! Release Date: 1977 Label: Island Album Type(s): lyrics/libretto UPCs: 042284615723, 0042284615723, 766481507420 Genre: Rock Styles: Prog-Rock, New Wave, Punk/New Wave, Dance-Rock Moods: Detached, Dramatic, Stylish, Brooding, Epic, Sophisticated, Tense/Anxious, Theatrical, Yearning, Dreamy, Gloomy, Lush, Passionate, Refined/Mannered, Cathartic, Intimate, Melancholy, Plaintive Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. ROckWrok
2. The Frozen Ones
3. Fear in the Western World
4. Distant Smile
5. The Man Who Dies Every Day
6. Artificial Life
7. While I'm Still Alive
8. Hiroshima Mon Amour

Year Type Label Catalog # ------ CD Island 7942

Ha!-Ha!-Ha! [Bonus Tracks]

Ha!-Ha!-Ha! is a bruising album, a tsunami of a set that epitomized the fire and fury of its age. Icy to its core, producer Steve Lillywhite brilliantly captured both the band's urgency and the brittleness of their sound. Like the implosion of gases that ignited the Big Bang, Ha!-Ha!-Ha! hangs in the millisecond before the ensuing explosion, trembling with ferocious tension and fierce anticipation of the coming storm. Much of the set seems frozen in this moment in time and space, lyrically reflected in "Hiroshima Mon Amour," "Man Who Dies Every Day," and "Frozen Ones." Unlike the celebration of destruction that defined their debut set, Ultravox! now stood staring aghast into the abyss, with the manic exuberance of "Rockwrock" emerging not as the exhilarating dance through the death of civilization that many listeners assumed, but the band's panicked response to its collapse. And as fear took hold in the Western world, the band battered themselves against its crumbling walls, ravaged by the artificiality of the society rising amongst its ruins. Even decades on, the sheer ferocity of this set continues to impress. ~ Dave Thompson, All Music Guide

Name Credits Billy Currie Synthesizer, Keyboards, Violin Chris Cross Bass, Synthesizer, Vocals John Foxx Vocals Steve Lillywhite Producer Steve Shears Vocals, Keyboards Ultravox Producer Untravox! Producer Warren Cann Percussion, Drums