The Collection is a compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 by the British band Ultravox

Ultravox

Ultravox is a British New Wave rock band. They were one of the primary exponents of the British electronic pop music movement of the late 1970s/early 1980s. The band was particularly associated with the New Romantic and New Wave movements....

. It was released in November 1984 on the Chrysalis Records

Chrysalis Records

Chrysalis Records was a British record label that was created in 1969. The name was both a reference to the pupal stage of a butterfly and a combination of its founders names, Chris Wright and Terry Ellis...

 label, and was the band's first "greatest hits

Greatest hits

A greatest hits album is a music compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular artist or band...

" collection (though a compilation of their earlier material

Three into One

Three into One is the first compilation album from the band Ultravox, released in 1979 in the USA and in June 1980 in the UK. The album is a compilation of songs from their first three albums, Ultravox!, Ha!-Ha!-Ha! and Systems of Romance, and therefore concentrates on the earlier incarnation of...

 had been released in 1980). It covered the band's releases from 1980 to 1984.

The album peaked at no.2 on the UK Album Chart, becoming their highest charting album. It also became their highest selling album, being certified Triple Platinum by the BPI

British Phonographic Industry

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 for sales of over 900,000 copies.

Track listing

1. "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes
   Dancing with Tears in My Eyes
   -12" vinyl :* UK: Chrysalis - UVX 1* Germany: Chrysalis - 601 322-12" vinyl :* US: Chrysalis - 4V9 42783* Canada: Chrysalis - CS 42783-Cover versions:...
   
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2. "Hymn"
3. "The Thin Wall
   The Thin Wall
   -12" vinyl:-Chart performance:...
   
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4. "The Voice
   The Voice (Ultravox song)
   -12" vinyl:-Videos:There were two different videos made for the single. One has the band miming a performance in a slanted room; the band members appear to be standing at an unnatural angle. The other video is more elaborate, contains war imagery, single-word slogans in knock-out text, features...
   
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5. "Vienna"
6. "Passing Strangers
   Passing Strangers
   "Passing Strangers" is Ultravox's second single from the band's first album with Midge Ure, released on Chrysalis Records on 15 October 1980....
   
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7. "Sleepwalk
   Sleepwalk (song)
   "Sleepwalk" is Ultravox's first single from the band's fourth album, and the first with Midge Ure as frontman, released by Chrysalis Records on June 16, 1980....
   
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8. "Reap the Wild Wind
   Reap the Wild Wind (song)
   "Reap the Wild Wind" is Ultravox's first single from the Quartet album, recorded in Air Studios, London and released on Chrysalis Records on September 16, 1982. It is the only single of its album that charted on the US Billboard Hot 100.-12" version:...
   
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9. "All Stood Still
   All Stood Still
   "All Stood Still" is Ultravox's fourth and final single from Vienna, the band's first album with Midge Ure, released on Chrysalis Records on May 26, 1981....
   
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10. "Visions in Blue
    Visions in Blue
    "Visions in Blue" is Ultravox's third single from the Quartet album, recorded in Air Studios, London and released on Chrysalis Records on 11 March 1983. The single peaked at #15 in the UK charts on 26 March...
    
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11. "We Came to Dance
    We Came to Dance
    "We Came to Dance" is the final single from Ultravox's sixth studio album Quartet , recorded in Air Studios, London and released on Chrysalis Records on 18 April 1983. The single reached #18 on the UK charts on June 18...
    
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12. "One Small Day
    One Small Day
    "One Small Day" is the first single from Ultravox's seventh studio album, Lament, released on 26 January 1984. It peaked at #27 in the UK Singles Chart.The song is unusual for Ultravox in that it is mainly guitar rather than synth driven....
    
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13. "Love's Great Adventure
    Love's Great Adventure
    "Love's Great Adventure" is a single released by Ultravox on the 12th October 1984, peaking at #12 in the UK Singles Chart. The style of this single is different from any of their preceding Lament singles, aiming for a more lightweight, pop-oriented approach.The music video features the band...
    
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14. "Lament
    Lament (Ultravox song)
    "Lament" is the third single and title track from Ultravox's seventh studio album, released on the 21st of June 1984.Lament is a melancholy ballad, the music video depicting the band members visiting their lovers on a remote Scottish island...
    
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