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"Europe After the Rain"
Song

Europe After The Rain is the title of a John Foxx song released as a single in August, 1981 and included on The Garden album released later in the year.

The song signalled a drastic departure from Foxx's previous solo work which had focused on a sparse electronic sound whereas Europe After The Rain features a warmer sound, using acoustic and electric guitars, acoustic piano and live drums to produce the music. The bass and string sounds were however produced by a synthesiser. Foxx has several times stated that this change in musical direction was caused by a visit to Italy after the Metamatic period, where he worked with director Michaelangelo Antonioni for the soundtrack of his film Scent of a Woman (1974 film).

Although the single only reached no. 40 in the UK charts[1], Foxx performed the song on UK music show Top Of The Pops flanked by two other musicians where the romantic style was presented in the clothes and setting to accompany the performance. No promo video was made for the single and the Top Of The Pops footage was issued officially for the first time in 2013 on the DVD of the artist's Metadelic collection.


Track Listing

7"

  • Europe After The Rain (3:37)
  • This Jungle (4:40)

Produced by John Foxx

Engineered by Gareth Jones
No 12" vinyl version was issued, and the album version differs only in the fact that it is slighty longer.

This Jungle

The B side This Jungle remained unique to this release until its inclusion in the Assembly compilation album (1992). The title is evocative of a 1980 John Foxx B-side "This City". The tarck appeared later on the 2001 and 2008 re-issues of The Garden (but not on the 1993 edition).

Europe After The Rain is also the title of a painting by Max Ernst, who would have been known to Foxx as a former art-student and graphic artist. There is however no reference to the painting or to the artist in the song's lyrics or in the single cover art, designed by Foxx.


Appears on

Europe After The Rain also appears on the following John Foxx issues:

  • The Garden (original LP, 1981; subsequent CD re-issues 1993, 2001, 2008)
  • Assembly (compilation album, 1992)
  • Modern Art (compilation album, 2001)
  • Glimmer (compilation album, 2008)
  • Metadelic (compilation album, 2008)
  • Neuro Video (live album, 2008; live recording of performance by John Foxx and Louis Gordon at The Luminaire in London, on the 24 November, 2007.

also featured on

  • Modern Dance - (new-wave compilation album, 1981)[2]


Notes

  1. ^ http://www.ultravox.org.uk/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/5585/chart_statistics John Foxx chart stats
  2. ^ http://www.discogs.com/Various-Modern-Dance/master/253188 Modern Dance at discogs.com

Category:John Foxx songs Category:Songs written by John Foxx

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