Modern Art - the Best of John Foxx is the title of an 18-track compilation album by British recording artist

John Foxx John Foxx (born Dennis Leigh; 26 September 1948) is an English singer, musician, artist, photographer, graphic designer, writer, teacher and lecturer. He was the original lead singer of the new wave band Ultravox, before leaving to embark on a ...

, issued in

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. Its issue coincided with the publication of a new album with

Louis Gordon Louis Gordon (born 1965) is an English musician notable for his collaboration with John Foxx. He has worked with Foxx on a number of albums since 1995. His solo work has also been released on the Toffeetones record label. Biography John Foxx had ...

"The Pleasures of Electricity" and the re-issue of Foxx's first four solo albums on CD,

Metamatic ''Metamatic'' is the debut solo album by John Foxx, released in 1980. It was his first solo project following his split with Ultravox the previous year. A departure from the mix of synthesizers and conventional rock instrumentation on that band ...

, The Garden,

The Golden Section ''The Golden Section'' is a 1983 album by English musician John Foxx. A progression from the sound of '' The Garden'' (1981), Foxx called ''The Golden Section'' "a roots check: Beatles, Church music, Psychedelia, The Shadows, The Floyd, The Ve ...

and

In Mysterious Ways ''In Mysterious Ways'' is a 1985 album by John Foxx, the follow-up to his album '' The Golden Section'', released two years previously. It features some of the highly romantic style similar to 1981's ''The Garden'' album. Largely missing from ...

, all published by Edsel Records. Unlike the previous compilation,

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, "Modern Art" is a chronological and fairly straightforward compendium of Foxx's 1980s singles (with the exception of "20th Century" which was a B side) plus a selection of tracks covering musical output since returning to the music scene in 1997. Although the content of the album features output from all of Foxx's musical output to date, including the Cathedral Oceans ambient project, the cover art uses photographs of Foxx from his relatively short

era.

Track listing

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No-One Driving "No-One Driving" is a 1980 song by UK artist John Foxx, and was released as a single in March 1980. It was the second single release from the ''Metamatic'' album, after "Underpass". The song is typical of Foxx's musical output of the time, feat ...

Burning Car "Burning Car" is a song by John Foxx, released as a single in 1980. It was his third solo single, following "Underpass" and "No-One Driving" earlier in the year. The track was not included on Foxx's debut solo album ''Metamatic'', post-dating its ...

20th Century The 20th (twentieth) century began on January 1, 1901 ( MCMI), and ended on December 31, 2000 ( MM). The 20th century was dominated by significant events that defined the modern era: Spanish flu pandemic, World War I and World War II, nuclear ...

# Miles Away #

Europe After The Rain "Europe After The Rain" is a song by John Foxx, released as a single in August 1981, and included on '' The Garden'' album released later the same year. The song signalled a departure from Foxx's previous solo work which had focused on a sparse e ...

# Dancing Like A Gun # Endlessly # Your Dress # Like A Miracle # Stars On Fire # Enter The Angel # Sunset Rising # The Noise # Nightlife # Shifting City # My Face # He's A Liquid Tracks 1-12: all single edits or remixes. This version of "Endlessly" is the original 1982 single version, not the 1983 version featured on the previous

compilation. "Nightlife" is stated as being from

The Pleasures of Electricity The Pleasures of Electricity is an album by John Foxx and Louis Gordon, released in 2001. It was the duo's second studio album, and Foxx's third after his return to the music scene in 1997. The album continues along the lines of modern electroni ...

, even though said album had yet to be published. This version of "Shifting City" is the live in the studio version as appears on the "Subterranean Omnidelic Exotour" album. The final two tracks are previously unavailable 'bonus' tracks, namely My Face, issued in 1980 as a

flexi-disc The flexi disc (also known as a phonosheet, Sonosheet or Soundsheet, a trademark) is a phonograph record made of a thin, flexible vinyl sheet with a molded-in spiral stylus groove, and is designed to be playable on a normal phonograph turntabl ...

only with

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magazine, and an alternative version of the

track "He's A Liquid", quoted as being the B side to

promo-only 12" single.

External links

Quiet City - the music of John Foxx

Modern Art at discogs.com
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