Midge's new covers album, released September 2008.

Track Listing

1. Alfie
2. Man of the World
3. Goodbye to Love
4. Day After Day
5. Let the Heartaches Begin
6. My Minds Eye
7. Song for While I'm Away
8. Nevermore
9. To Sir with Love
10. Lady Stardust

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #47779 in Music
• Released on: 2008-09-29
• Number of discs: 1

Album Description
"10" contains Midge's own interpretations, of his favourite songs, written by other songwriters and was recorded during the time Midge spent in Canada, in 2007/2008.

From the Artist
"I make no apology for the eclectic choice of songs on this CD. I believe we are all affected by music in our surroundings and that it helps to shape our lives and mould us into the people we become. Whether it's during conception or birth, life or death. Music is there helping us on our way. We are not responsible for the songs we are subjected to when we are young but there is no doubt it puts us on our own individual roads of discovery and leads us all to our own personal musical world. These songs I have chosen to cover have left a profound mark on me throughout my youth and my intention in recording them was as a mark of respect to the writers. The great writers who gave me a fantastic musical education as well as an unatainable benchmark to try to reach as an aspiring songwriter. " Midge Ure 2008.

About the Artist
Midge Ure has had huge musical success with Slik, The Rich Kids, Thin Lizzy, Visage, Ultravox and of course the most famous "one off" group in musical history Band Aid. As a solo artist, Midge had NO 1 hits, worldwide, with "If I Was" and "Breathe".

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Customer Reviews

Personal and emotional
You can tell these songs are personal to Midge by the way they have not been done with huge over production. He has kept them simple and by doing so has made one of his most emotional records. Nevermore is the standout for me, the only dissapointment is that 'little girl in bloom' is not included, a Thin Lizzy track he sometime performs live. It took a couple of listens before it grabbed me but now I have to say that ten is an excellent album. Emotional and sometimes raw. Well done Midge

OK but not classic Midge
An album of gentle interpretations of songs that mean a lot to Midge, and after eight years wait for a new studio album there was a lot of expectation.

Sadly a couple of the songs are poor, most disappointing are his versions of Goodbye to Love and Alfie.

Others are a pleasant listening experience but not classics.

Highlights for me are Man of the World, Day after Day, Song for While I'm Away and Nevermore - all classic Midge.


This album needed some more upbeat moments to give it a much needed injection of energy and vigour to make it better than average. Sadly average is what it is overall, inspite of a few gems.

Really not worth the wait
Midge Ure has been working on his covers album for over 20 years, and frankly the result isn't worth it. From the dubious selection of tracks to the home alone feel of the production, 10 rarely rises above mediocre - the notable exception being "Nevermore" where Ure brings some depth to his singing. Sadly, some of the tracks here have just been overworked by Midge in his solo accoustic tours - where the material sounds much, much better. Here's hoping for better things next time. For a better example of doing cover versions, the new Glen Campbell album is worthy of greater attentions.