Tuesday, September 3, 2013

5. John Foxx - Underpass (January 1980) UK Virgin VS 318

Ultravox vocalist John Foxx strikes out on his own with a record deal on Virgin (under his own Metal Beat imprint).





Leaving a band behind, Foxx also left musicians behind for his first album (this is the second solo single he released).  Instead, he relied on synthesizers and drum machines for a dry, spartan sound.  These early synth-based songs date themselves easily to this era.  But Foxx, after three albums with Ultravox, does not abandon song structure totally - a memorable melody and hook are here.


The single reached No. 31 in the UK charts.  The album Metamatic was also released the same month as the single.  The B-side is non-album song "Film One".


My copy of this single was a French issue on Virgin.


No U.S. issue of this single.

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