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| Released = 24 March 1997<ref name=Storer>{{cite web |url=http://www.quietcity.co.uk/shiftingCity.htm |title=John Foxx & Louis Gordon - ''Shifting City'' |accessdate=2009-02-13 |last=Storer |first=Alex |work=Quiet City - The Music of John Foxx |publisher= |date= }}</ref><ref name=Allmusic>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gxftxqqjld6e |title=''Shifting City'' > Overview |accessdate=2009-02-13 |last= |first= |work=allmusic |publisher= |date= }}</ref> (some sources quote 24 March 1995)<ref name=Warstad>{{cite web |url=http://www.discog.info/foxx.html |title=John Foxx UK Discography |accessdate=2009-02-13 |last=Wårstad |first=Jonas |work=Discog.Info |publisher= |date=2009-02-10 }}</ref>
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'''''Shifting City''''' is an album by [[John Foxx]] and [[Louis Gordon]], released in 1997 simultaneously with Foxx's ambient album ''[[Cathedral Oceans]]'', ''Shifting City'' was Foxx's first album release since ''[[In Mysterious Ways]]'' (1985).<ref name=Storer />


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Stylistically ''Shifting City'' marked a return to the electronic sound of Foxx's 1980 solo album ''[[Metamatic]]'', although it also shows an influence of 1960s [[The Beatles]]-style [[psychedelia]], a style which Foxx had already experimented with on 1983's ''[[The Golden Section]]''.<ref name=Storer />
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'''''Shifting City''''' is album album by [[John Foxx]] and [[Louis Gordon]], released in 1997<ref name=Storer /><ref name=Allmusic /><ref name=Metamatic>{{cite web |url=http://www.metamatic.com/zDiscdocs03/meta0002cd.html |title=''Shifting City'' |accessdate=2009-02-13 |last= |first= |work=Metamatic.com |publisher= |date= }}</ref> (although some sources cite 1995 as the release year).<ref name=Warstad /> Released simultanously with Foxx's ambient album ''[[Cathedral Oceans]]'', ''Shifting City'' was Foxx's first album release since ''[[In Mysterious Ways]]'' (1985).<ref name=Storer />


A 2 CD special edition was released in October 2009, including three previously unreleased bonus tracks. Disc Two of this special re-issue contains the previously released “The Omnidelic Exotour” material, recorded live by Foxx and Gordon at [[A Certain Ratio]]'s Warehouse in Ancoats, [[Manchester]] and at Metamatic Studio in 1997.
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Stylistically ''Shifting City'' marked a return to the electronic sound of Foxx's 1980 solo album ''[[Metamatic]]'', although it also shows a an influence of 1960s [[The Beatles]]-style [[psychedelia]], a style which Foxx had already experimented with on 1983's ''[[The Golden Section]]''.<ref name=Storer />


==Track listing==
==Track listing==

===1997 original release===


# "The Noise" (Foxx) – 4:17
# "The Noise" (Foxx) – 4:17
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# "An Ocean We Can Breathe" (Foxx, Gordon) – 6:23<ref name=Liner />
# "An Ocean We Can Breathe" (Foxx, Gordon) – 6:23<ref name=Liner />


* "Through My Sleeping" (originally titeled "Leaving") and "Concrete, Bulletproof, Invisible" are rerecordings of material originally recorded by Foxx with [[Nation 12]].<ref name=Storer /> On Nation 12's ''Electrofear'' album the tracks are credited to John Foxx, Shem McAuley, Kurt Rodgers and Simon Rodgers.<ref name=Liner>''Electrofear'' CD liner notes</ref>
* "Through My Sleeping" (originally titled "Leaving") and "Concrete, Bulletproof, Invisible" are rerecordings of material originally recorded by Foxx with [[Nation 12]].<ref name=Storer /> On Nation 12's ''Electrofear'' album the tracks are credited to John Foxx, Shem McAuley, Kurt Rodgers and Simon Rodgers.<ref>''Electrofear'' CD liner notes</ref>

===2009 Special edition===

CD1
# "The Noise"
# "Crash"
# "Here We Go"
# "Shadow Man"
# "Through My Sleeping"
# "Forgotten Years"
# "Everyone"
# "Shifting City"
# "Concrete, Bulletproof, Invisible"
# "An Ocean We Can Breathe"
# "Shadow Man" (Early Version - Mono mix)
# "Quiet Men" (Subterranean Omnidelic Exotour)
# "Just for a Moment" (Subterranean Omnidelic Exotour)

CD2
# "20th Century" (Omnidelic Exotour)
# "Burning Car" (Omnidelic Exotour)
# "Overpass" (Omnidelic Exotour)
# "This City" (Omnidelic Exotour)
# "Hiroshima Mon Amour" (Omnidelic Exotour)
# "Just for a Moment" (Omnidelic Exotour)
# "Quiet Men" (Omnidelic Exotour)
# "Dislocation" (Omnidelic Exotour)
# "An Ocean We Can Breathe" (Omnidelic Exotour)
# "Through My Sleeping" (Omnidelic Exotour)
# "The Noise" (Omnidelic Exotour)
# "Shifting City" (Omnidelic Exotour)
# "Endlessly" (Omnidelic Exotour)


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
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==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 07:25, 28 December 2024

Shifting City
Studio album by
John Foxx & Louis Gordon
Released24 March 1997[1]
RecordedMetaMatic Studio[2]
CRoms studio[3]
1995[4]
GenreElectronic
Length56:16[4]
LabelMetamatic Records
ProducerLouis Gordon & John Foxx[2]
John Foxx chronology
Cathedral Oceans
(1997) 		Shifting City
(1997) 		The Pleasures of Electricity
(2001)
Louis Gordon chronology
Shifting City
(1997) 		The Pleasures of Electricity
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[5]

Shifting City is an album by John Foxx and Louis Gordon, released in 1997 simultaneously with Foxx's ambient album Cathedral Oceans, Shifting City was Foxx's first album release since In Mysterious Ways (1985).[3]

Stylistically Shifting City marked a return to the electronic sound of Foxx's 1980 solo album Metamatic, although it also shows an influence of 1960s The Beatles-style psychedelia, a style which Foxx had already experimented with on 1983's The Golden Section.[3]

A 2 CD special edition was released in October 2009, including three previously unreleased bonus tracks. Disc Two of this special re-issue contains the previously released “The Omnidelic Exotour” material, recorded live by Foxx and Gordon at A Certain Ratio's Warehouse in Ancoats, Manchester and at Metamatic Studio in 1997.

Track listing

[edit]

1997 original release

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  1. "The Noise" (Foxx) – 4:17
  2. "Crash" (Foxx, Gordon) – 5:24
  3. "Here We Go" (Foxx, Gordon) – 7:03
  4. "Shadow Man" (Foxx) – 7:26
  5. "Through My Sleeping" (Foxx) – 5:03
  6. "Forgotten Years" (Foxx, Gordon) – 5:43
  7. "Everyone" (Foxx, Gordon) – 5:48
  8. "Shifting City" (Foxx) – 3:36
  9. "Concrete, Bulletproof, Invisible" (Foxx, Gordon, Leven) – 5:42
  10. "An Ocean We Can Breathe" (Foxx, Gordon) – 6:23[2]
  • "Through My Sleeping" (originally titled "Leaving") and "Concrete, Bulletproof, Invisible" are rerecordings of material originally recorded by Foxx with Nation 12.[3] On Nation 12's Electrofear album the tracks are credited to John Foxx, Shem McAuley, Kurt Rodgers and Simon Rodgers.[6]

2009 Special edition

[edit]

CD1

  1. "The Noise"
  2. "Crash"
  3. "Here We Go"
  4. "Shadow Man"
  5. "Through My Sleeping"
  6. "Forgotten Years"
  7. "Everyone"
  8. "Shifting City"
  9. "Concrete, Bulletproof, Invisible"
  10. "An Ocean We Can Breathe"
  11. "Shadow Man" (Early Version - Mono mix)
  12. "Quiet Men" (Subterranean Omnidelic Exotour)
  13. "Just for a Moment" (Subterranean Omnidelic Exotour)

CD2

  1. "20th Century" (Omnidelic Exotour)
  2. "Burning Car" (Omnidelic Exotour)
  3. "Overpass" (Omnidelic Exotour)
  4. "This City" (Omnidelic Exotour)
  5. "Hiroshima Mon Amour" (Omnidelic Exotour)
  6. "Just for a Moment" (Omnidelic Exotour)
  7. "Quiet Men" (Omnidelic Exotour)
  8. "Dislocation" (Omnidelic Exotour)
  9. "An Ocean We Can Breathe" (Omnidelic Exotour)
  10. "Through My Sleeping" (Omnidelic Exotour)
  11. "The Noise" (Omnidelic Exotour)
  12. "Shifting City" (Omnidelic Exotour)
  13. "Endlessly" (Omnidelic Exotour)

Personnel

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  • John Foxx: vocals, synthesisers, rhythm machines
  • Louis Gordon: synthesisers, rhythm machines, backing vocals

References

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  1. ^ "Metamatic: The Official John Foxx Website discography". Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Shifting City CD liner notes
  3. ^ a b c d Storer, Alex. "John Foxx & Louis Gordon - Shifting City". Quiet City - The Music of John Foxx. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
  4. ^ a b "Shifting City > Overview". allmusic. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
  5. ^ Allmusic review
  6. ^ Electrofear CD liner notes
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