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spent six weeks in the UK charts in 1981, peaking at #24. Initial vinyl copies included a glossy booklet called "Church", with words and photographs by Foxx. "Europe After the Rain" b/w "This Jungle" (plus "You Were There" on 12-inch) was released as the first single, a month prior to the album,
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making #40. "Dancing Like a Gun" b/w "Swimmer 2" (plus "Swimmer 1" on 12-inch) followed in
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and which inspired one of its key songs, "Quiet Men". Foxx saw The Quiet Man as the epitome of detachment and observation, and claimed to often write from his perspective.
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468:"You Were There" – 3:51
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644:– synthesizer, piano,
490:"Dance With Me" – 3:29
394:against an electronic
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462:"Pater Noster" – 2:32
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950:Other collaborations
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523:"A Long Time" – 3:49
362:on Australian radio
273:Production and style
183:Professional ratings
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561:"Swimmer I"
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940:From Trash
901:Metatronic
834:The Garden
744:References
706:Smash Hits
606:percussion
584:Miles Away
553:Miles Away
420:The Garden
415:The Garden
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139:chronology
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325:Metamatic
318:guitarist
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400:vocoders
390:sung in
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283:Catholic
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88:New wave
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