Move Me, released 25 September 2000, is the fifth solo album by former Ultravox frontman Midge Ure. Ure produced, arranged and recorded it almost entirely at home. It was released by BMG Records in continental Europe and was not released in the UK until 14 May 2001 by Curb Records. It was also released in the U.S. by Koch Records.
Background
It’s very different to Breathe. It’s a lot more guitar-oriented album. Ure said he has gone back and grabbed his synthesisers again and started making noises and atmospheres. He still writes about things that affect him, things that go on in his life, things that affect him from books, from watching television, from seeing the news. There’s a real wide range of subjects on the record. It’s a series of Ure's thoughts and feelings and it’s like documenting what he has been through over the last five years. The good and the bad, the highs and lows of life.
Promo-videos were made for the first single "You Move Me" and in June 2001 a remixed version of "Beneath A Spielberg Sky". The remix was made by 2Hype, which Ure wasn't fond of.
Ure said about the album in 2000:
Beneath A Spielberg Sky, is an epic track, asking big, fundamental questions about what the establishment is doing on our behalf.
"The Refugee Song" was inspired by the refugee crisis in Kosovo 1999. Midge said 2000 about the song: "The Refugee Song" was re-recorded 2015 and was included as a bonus track on the "Breathe Again Live and Extended" album.
Move Me was re-released 2006, by the German Record label Hypertension, as "Move Me+" with a bonus CD featuring two instrumental tracks called "Higher" and "Fall", plus live tracks recorded in Germany 2000, radio edits and acoustic versions.
Track listing
All tracks written by Midge Ure; except where indicated
Personnel
Midge Ure - Vocals, guitar, keyboards
Bass – Dave Williamson
Percussion – Russell Field
Hammond Organ, Piano – Josh Phillips (tracks: 2, 4, 5) Backing Vocals – Angie Brown, Billie Godfrey, Mary Pearce (tracks: 2, 11) Keyboards, Piano – Martin Badder (tracks: 6, 7, 10) Bass Synthesizer – Bruno Ellingham (track: 7)