Foreshadowing: The seemingly gibberish vocals in the Title Track's chorus are actually a backmasked rendition of the chorus to the next track, "I Remember (Death in the Afternoon)".
Fading into the Next Song: Done with the last three tracks on the album, forming an interconnected piece.Epic Rocking: "The Voice" and "Stranger Within" both exceed the six-minute mark, while "We Stand Alone" and "Accent on Youth" come pretty close.The third alternate cover ◊, used for most current-day reissues, feature the same logo against a gray and white backdrop.The second alternate cover ◊, used for the 1997 remaster, depicts the "UV" horse logo against a burgundy and navy blue backdrop.The first alternate cover ◊ depicts a surrealist painting of a wooden landscape.The original cover, depicted above, is a minimalist stylized rendition of a face with a gold pane apparently nodding to former frontman John Foxx's solo album Metamatic.Design Student's Orgasm: All four variations of the album cover it helps when you get Joy Division/ New Order designer Peter Saville to do your artwork.Darker and Edgier: The songs on Rage in Eden are more dour and introspective in tone compared to Vienna.Concept Video: The video for "The Thin Wall", which features Midge Ure in a labyrinth of horrors as his bandmates conspire to kill him.Beneath the Mask: "Stranger Within" examines the effects of being unable to keep the mask on.Backmasking: Done to the chorus of "I Remember (Death in the Afternoon)" to form that of "Rage in Eden" according to the band members, the backmasked chorus was the starting point for writing "Rage in Eden".
The album is a continuation of the artsy New Wave Music style developed on Systems of Romance and especially Vienna, though with a more focused direction compared to the Genre Roulette of the latter. Rage in Eden, released in 1981, is the fifth album by British band Ultravox.