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| 1. Glimmer | |||
| 2. Plaza | |||
| 3. No-One Driving | |||
| 4. Underpass | |||
| 5. Quiet City | |||
| 6. Dislocation | |||
| 7. 030 | |||
| 8. Twilight's Last Gleaming | |||
| 9. Sunset Rising | |||
| 10. Cities Of Light | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Through My Sleeping | |||
| 2. Endlessly | |||
| 3. My Sex | |||
| 4. He's A Liquid | |||
| 5. Car Crash Flashback | |||
| 6. Dancing Like A Gun | |||
| 7. Just For A Moment | |||
| 8. Dislocated | |||
| 9. Burning Car | |||
| 10. Miles Away | |||
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Not fade away,
By Mr. David C. Halliday "Boo62" (Ilkeston Derbyshire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (TOP 100 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Glimmer: the Best of John Foxx (Audio CD)
John Foxx is given the compilation that his work truly deserves with this outstanding collection of well known & perhaps lesser known tracks.With a track list 28 strong this really does allow for a wide representation of this innovators work. A generous collection of titles from 'Metamatic' are going to keep those who haven't visited his work since the 80's happy but the real depth here is in the tracks selected from his later output.
The beautiful shimmering 'The garden' just appears to grow in stature with each passing year, 'Through my sleeping', 'Hiroshima mon amour' & 'sunset rising' are superb examples of Foxx's ability. The b-sides & extended versions are really for the completists but are a welcome addition. The only downside being no tracks from 'Cathedral oceans' or 'translucence' or 'Drift music' which are a significant part of his work. The other downside being the truly awful Dubterror slaughtering of the seminal 'burning car'. A more cack-handed remix of a track I have yet to hear. But these are minor points that do little to detract from a really excellent collection. The mixes are all crystal clear & have real depth which presents something of a descent soundstage. The packaging is good quality too with a largish booklet with lots of interesting photo's & a short review. If you are new to Foxx then this is the only place to start. A broad spectrum of the artists work here presents his talent & innovation. For the dyed in the wool fan nothing more need be said as you'll have this by now anyway.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Strangely lacking,
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This review is from: Glimmer: the Best of John Foxx (Audio CD)
I was a bit wary about the John Foxx discography being re-packaged as two disc sets so soon after the recent re-masterings back in 2002, but thought a two-disc retrospective might be a good idea. I was wrong.
For a two-disc release, "Glimmer" is not the complete career overview that it promised to be, but has various gaps, the most notable being only ONE song off the wonderful Golden Section album being included, and In Mysterious Ways being completely overlooked. In fact, it very Metamatic heavy, and it really is tiring how everyone accepts the snobby/hipster view that "The first is the best, he went pop". A man of such talent doesn't really have throwaway tracks, and I think a complete picture would have been more appropriate. BTW, there are still extended versions that are commercially unavailable... and with a new set of double disc re-masters and this comp out, that's just unforgivable.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Updated Classics,
By turly (Barcelona, Spain) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Glimmer: the Best of John Foxx (Audio CD)
All of the classic Foxx singles and album tracks are here, many freshly updated in collaboration with Louis Gordon. There's also a couple of other recent collaborations thrown in - Harold Budd, Jori Hulkkonen and Metamatics.
Also included is a booklet with photos galore and a decent article by Mark Fisher of 'The Wire'. Musically, the updated old classics sound very fresh indeed - and the early version of 'No-one driving' brought me right back to 1980! 28 tracks for less than seven quid is a bargain by any standards, and when they're of this calibre, well, it's a steal.
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