The Garden

by John Foxx

The Garden cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 25 September 1981
  • Label: Virgin
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 41:43
  • Community rating: 3.72/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

John Foxx's 'The Garden' softened some of the severe minimalism of 'Metamatic' while preserving his interest in European urban imagery and electronic pop. The album blends synthesizers with more traditional instrumentation, pointing toward a warmer but still detached solo sound.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, rhythmic, synth, clinical, detached, synthesizers, atmospheric, electronic, elegant

Tracklist

  1. Europe After The Rain (4:00)
  2. Systems Of Romance (4:03)
  3. When I Was A Man And You Were A Woman (3:37)
  4. Dancing Like A Gun (4:12)
  5. Pater Noster (2:34)
  6. Night Suit (4:27)
  7. You Were There (3:52)
  8. Fusion / Fission (3:50)
  9. Walk Away (3:54)
  10. The Garden (7:14)

Credits

  • Duncan Bridgeman - bass, percussion, piano, synthesizer, bongos, cymbal
  • Jake Durant - bass
  • Joe Dworniak - bass
  • Philip Roberts - drums
  • Robin Simon - lead guitar

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