Shifting City is an album by John Foxx

John Foxx

John Foxx is an English singer, artist, photographer and teacher. He was the original lead singer of the band Ultravox before being replaced by Midge Ure, when he left to embark on a solo career in 1979...

 and Louis Gordon

Louis Gordon

Louis Gordon is an English musician notable for his collaboration with John Foxx. He has worked with Foxx on a number of albums since 1995. His solo work has also been released on the Toffeetones record label.-Biography:...

, released in 1997 (although some sources cite 1995 as the release year). Released simultaneously with Foxx's ambient album Cathedral Oceans

Cathedral Oceans

Cathedral Oceans is an album of ambient music by John Foxx, released in 1997. Alongside Shifting City released on the same day, it marked Foxx's return to the music scene after an absence of seven years. It was also his first solo album since 1985's In Mysterious Ways...

, Shifting City was Foxx's first album release since In Mysterious Ways

In Mysterious Ways

In Mysterious Ways is a 1985 album by John Foxx, the follow-up to his album The Golden Section, released two years previously. It features some of the highly romantic style similar to 1981's The Garden album, although in many ways lacking the finesse of the earlier record...

(1985).

Stylistically Shifting City marked a return to the electronic sound of Foxx's 1980 solo album Metamatic

Metamatic

Metamatic is an album by John Foxx, released in 1980. It was his first solo album following his split with Ultravox the previous year. A departure from the textured mix of synthesizers and conventional instruments on Systems of Romance, his last album with the band, Metamatics hard-edged...

, although it also shows an influence of 1960s The Beatles

The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...

-style psychedelia, a style which Foxx had already experimented with on 1983's The Golden Section

The Golden Section

The Golden Section is a 1983 album by English musician John Foxx. A progression from the sound of The Garden , Foxx called The Golden Section "a roots check: Beatles, Church music, Psychedelia, The Shadows, The Floyd, The Velvets, Roy Orbison, Kraftwerk, and cheap pre-electro Europop".The album was...

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A 2 CD special edition is set for release in October 2009, including three previously unreleased bonus tracks. Disc Two of this special re-issue will contain “The Omnidelic Exotour”, recorded live by Foxx and Gordon at A Certain Ratio

A Certain Ratio

A Certain Ratio are a Post-punk band formed in 1977 in Manchester, England. While originally part of the punk rock movement, they soon added funk and dance elements to their sound. They are sometimes referred to as "post punk funk"...

's Warehouse in Ancoats, Manchester

Manchester

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 and at Metamatic Studio in 1997. (pre-order info).

1997 original release

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

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

2009 Special edition

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 (demo)
12. Quiet Men (Subterranean Omnidelic Tour)
13. Just For A Moment (Subterranean Omnidelic Tour)

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

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