John Foxx formed Ultravox in 1975 & the band recorded three influential albums for Island, before Foxx decided to go solo in 1979. 'The Garden' was his second solo album, released in 1981, reaching number 24 in the U... more »K album charts & featured the hit singles 'Europe After The Rain' & 'Dancing Like A Gun'. 'The Garden' is remastered by Foxx himself, with expanded artwork & sleevenotes by Record Collector's Daryl Easlea. The five bonus tracks include non-LP b-sides, 'A Long Time', 'This Jungle', 'Swimmer 1', 'Swimmer 2' & 'Young Man'.« less
John Foxx formed Ultravox in 1975 & the band recorded three influential albums for Island, before Foxx decided to go solo in 1979. 'The Garden' was his second solo album, released in 1981, reaching number 24 in the UK album charts & featured the hit singles 'Europe After The Rain' & 'Dancing Like A Gun'. 'The Garden' is remastered by Foxx himself, with expanded artwork & sleevenotes by Record Collector's Daryl Easlea. The five bonus tracks include non-LP b-sides, 'A Long Time', 'This Jungle', 'Swimmer 1', 'Swimmer 2' & 'Young Man'.
CD Reviews
This album is so brilliant - it would out shine a 1000 stars
Carlo Adan | Midland, MI United States | 12/12/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)
"The piece "The Garden" is an awakening from The Great and Perfect Primordial Sleep. John Foxx translates his dreams into songs and they are all surreal like a Salvador Dali song - if he wrote them - but he didn't so The Foxx has to make them. Extra's on this album are the 2 Swimmer tracks (which are torpedoes of deliberate audio immersion. Walk Away is a song you cannot Walk Away from unless you get tired climbing it's endless starcases up to the Maxfield Parrish Synthesizer solo - which is impossible if you are big fan of huge MACROVOX sounds of tunes like You Were There and the dream-cloaking device wildness of Night Suit. I became someone-else when I heard this.
... Forever."
Electronic brilliance and bliss
Leshaun Fossett | Memphis, TN | 05/01/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Listening to "The Garden" is almost like listening to an electronic opera or orcheastra, with it's breath taking harmonies, perfect beats and dreamy vocals of John Foxx.
This album is a perfect companion to "Metamatic". New wave at it's best."
Much more catchy and memorable than "metamatic"
Daniel W. Kelly | Long Island, NY United States | 02/05/2007
(4 out of 5 stars)
"As a fan of more melodic and danceable new wave over the experimental synth stuff of the late 70s, I prefer this album over Foxx's first post-Ultravox solo CD, "Metamatic." This is where I see him joining in on the synthpop sound indicitive of the early 80s. Here we have some new wave gems that fit in snuggly with the music of the new romantics. So if you love groups like Devo, the Human League, and Ultravox (yes, the Midge Ure years), and are looking for artists who created that sound back then but may have slipped past your radar, then don't hesitate to pick up this John Foxx CD. And while you're at it, grab the two follow-ups, the synthdance brilliance of 1983's "The Golden Section" (moving in a more Depeche direction), and 1985's "In Mysterious Ways"."
Pleasantly Suprising
Anton Feichtmeir | Seattle | 02/05/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"What I find very curious is that THE GARDEN was released After METAMATIC and not Before it.My reason for saying such is that this album uses a lot more guitar riffs whereas METAMATIC is synth-only. Musically I would describe this album as being very much akin to 70s progressive rock. But nonetheless its VERY catchy and well made. The title track sounds more like what you would expect from John Foxx: non-rythmic and all-electronic. If you are a fan of 70s synth prog-rock you are sure to LUV this album."
Track Listings (15) - Disc #1