The Gift is the debut solo studio album by Scottish musician Midge Ure, released on 7 October 1985 by Chrysalis Records.

2 in the UK Albums Chart partly due to the large attention drawn to it by the single "If I Was" which reached No.

They started a songwriting partnership that has produced five songs on "The Gift", including a reworking of "Wastelands", which was originally from the Midge Ure-produced Modern Man album Concrete Scheme released 1980.

"[5]Reflecting on The Gift in 1989, Ure said that the album presented him with an opportunity to record instrumental music, which Ultravox largely refrained from.

[6] At the end of October 1985 Ure started The Gift World Tour with Zal Cleminson on guitar, Kevin Powell on bass guitar, Daniel Mitchell and Craig Armstrong on keyboards and Kenny Hyslop on drums.