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| Artist = [[John Foxx]] & [[Louis Gordon]]
| Artist = [[John Foxx]] & [[Louis Gordon]]
| Cover = Shifting City front cover.jpg
| Cover = Shifting City front cover.jpg
| 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>
| 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>
| Recorded = MetaMatic Studio<ref name=Liner>''Shifting City'' CD liner notes</ref><br>CRoms studio<ref name=Storer /><br>1995<ref name=Allmusic />
| Recorded = MetaMatic Studio<ref name=Liner>''Shifting City'' CD liner notes</ref><br>CRoms studio<ref name=Storer /><br>1995<ref name=Allmusic />
| Genre = [[Electronic music|electronic]]
| Genre = [[Electronic music|electronic]]
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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 />
'''''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 simultaneously with Foxx's ambient album ''[[Cathedral Oceans]]'', ''Shifting City'' was Foxx's first album release since ''[[In Mysterious Ways]]'' (1985).<ref name=Storer />


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 />
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 />


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

Revision as of 01:16, 15 May 2009

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Shifting City is album album by John Foxx and Louis Gordon, released in 1997[1][2][5] (although some sources cite 1995 as the release year).[3] Released simultaneously with Foxx's ambient album Cathedral Oceans, Shifting City was Foxx's first album release since In Mysterious Ways (1985).[1]

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.[1]

Track listing

  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[4]
  • "Through My Sleeping" (originally titeled "Leaving") and "Concrete, Bulletproof, Invisible" are rerecordings of material originally recorded by Foxx with Nation 12.[1] On Nation 12's Electrofear album the tracks are credited to John Foxx, Shem McAuley, Kurt Rodgers and Simon Rodgers.[6]

Personnel

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

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Storer, Alex. "John Foxx & Louis Gordon - Shifting City". Quiet City - The Music of John Foxx. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
  2. ^ a b c d "Shifting City > Overview". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
  3. ^ a b Wårstad, Jonas (2009-02-10). "John Foxx UK Discography". Discog. Info. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
  4. ^ a b c Shifting City CD liner notes
  5. ^ "Shifting City". Metamatic.com. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
  6. ^ Electrofear CD liner notes
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