Modern Art – The Best of John Foxx

Modern Art - the Best of John Foxx
Compilation album by
Released4 June 2001
GenreNew wave, electronic, synthpop
Length73:04
LabelMusic Club
MCCD 454
ProducerJohn Foxx,
John Foxx chronology
In Mysterious Ways
(1985)
Modern Art - the Best of John Foxx
(2001)
Cathedral Oceans
(1997)

Modern Art - the Best of John Foxx is the title of an 18-track compilation album by British recording artist John Foxx, issued in 2001.

Its issue coincided with the publication of a new album with Louis Gordon "The Pleasures of Electricity" and the re-issue of Foxx's first four solo albums on CD, Metamatic, The Garden, The Golden Section and In Mysterious Ways, all published by Edsel Records. Unlike the previous compilation, Assembly, "Modern Art" is a chronological and fairly straightforward compendium of Foxx's 1980s singles (with the exception of "20th Century" which was a B side) plus a selection of tracks covering musical output since returning to the music scene in 1997. Although the content of the album features output from all of Foxx's musical output to date, including the Cathedral Oceans ambient project, the cover art uses photographs of Foxx from his relatively short Metamatic era.