Released : July 1996
Personnel
Peter Nuttall - Music/Lyrics/Vocals
Douglas Hunter - Lyrics
Ian Forbes - Lyrics
Steven Mee - Lyrics
Nicola Dunn - Lyrics
Gary Numan released ‘Machine and Soul’ just before the album that defined his rise back to prominence. He openly admitted how much he hated it. (I liked it personally). Dark Heart is Urban Fox’s ‘Machine and Soul’. An album searching for a direction, one with no singles on it and one which started life as a concept (wanting to write one song with everyone who’s ever collaborated with Urban Fox but ending up with lyrics from someone I knew through a friend, more of Doug’s genius and an odd set of lyrics about being ‘down’ somewhere. 'The chorus from 'Pray' was quite good but the rest of the song wasn't so I nicked it and put it in 'Another Place to Hide' on the next album - it fitted in there better. 'When Tomorrow Comes' and 'Where dreams can be made' were improvised Acoustic Guitar songs which are both definitely in the top 10 worst songs ever written by anyone ever.
The album was a low point and one at which I could have just given up but I turned to the Gary Numan album that followed ‘Machine and Soul’, ‘Sacrifice’ and one of the songs on there, ‘Magic’ to inspire what would become Urban Fox’s greatest hour so far.
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Track Listing
1. Look at us now – Hunter/Nuttall
2. Perfect World – Mee/Nuttall
3. Pray (Prelude) – Nuttall
4. Little Miss Ego – Nuttall
5. Come Home – Dunn/Nuttall
6. Pray (The final love song) – Nuttall
7. Better to Burn out (than fade away) – Hunter/Nuttall
8. When Tomorrow Comes – Hunter/Nuttall
9. Where dreams are made – Hunter/Nuttall
10. Down – Forbes/Nuttall