Top tracks — play these first
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Underpass — This track exemplifies Foxx's early electronic sound, merging haunting lyrics with a pulsating synth backdrop that captures urban loneliness beautifully.
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Hiroshima Mon Amour — With its cinematic atmosphere and poignant themes, this track showcases Foxx's ability to weave narrative and emotion into his electronic compositions.
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No-One Driving — The blend of robotic vocals and melancholic melodies makes this track a quintessential example of Foxx’s signature style, reflecting on themes of disconnection.
Is this for you?
Good fit if you like
- haunting melodies for introspection
- dynamic exploration of themes
- wave-like pacing with variation
- evokes nostalgia and yearning
- for reflective evenings
Maybe skip if you
- seeks fast-paced instant gratification
- prefers upbeat party tracks
Where this album fits
- Career context
- Released in 2008, 'Glimmer: Best of John Foxx' represents a retrospective collection during Foxx's resurgence in the electronic music scene, following his influential work in the late '70s and early '80s. This album comes after a period of relative obscurity for Foxx, as he re-emerged to influence a new generation of artists within the synth-pop and ambient genres.
- Stylistic neighbors
- Gary Numan· Kraftwerk· Visage
Tracklist
Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.
Disc 1
- 1 Glimmer 3:38
- 2 Plaza 3:55
- 3 No-One Driving 3:46
- 4 Underpass 4:00
- 5 Quiet City 5:06
- 6 Dislocation 4:39
- 7 030 3:22
- 8 Twilight's Last Gleaming 4:25
- 9 Sunset Rising 2:38
- 10 Cities of Light 5 5:18
- 11 Europe After the Rain 4:02
- 12 Hiroshima Mon Amour 5:04
- 13 The Garden 7:10
Disc 2
- 1 Through My Sleeping 5:01
- 2 Endlessly 3:50
- 3 My Sex 7:46
- 4 He's a Liquid 3:03
- 5 Car Crash Flashback V2 4:19
- 6 Dancing Like a Gun 4:11
- 7 Just for a Moment 4:08
- 8 Dislocated (radio edit) 3:53
- 9 Burning Car 3:16
- 10 Miles Away 3:19
- 11 Stepping Sideways 3:45
- 12 Free Robot 7:18
- 13 No-One Driving (early version) 3:57
- 14 Plaza (extended version) 4:54
- 15 Burning Car (Dubterror / Karborn mix) 4:39
Reference: Wikipedia · MusicBrainz · Wikidata
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