In Mysterious Ways

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In Mysterious Ways
Studio album by John Foxx
Released	23 September 1985
Recorded	1985
Studio	The Garden (London)
Length	43:25
Label	Virgin
Producer	John Foxx
John Foxx chronology
The Golden Section (1983) In Mysterious Ways (1985) Assembly (1992)

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In Mysterious Ways is a 1985 album by John Foxx, the follow-up to his album The Golden Section, released two years previously. It features some of the highly romantic style similar to 1981's The Garden album. Largely missing from this recording are many of the styles Foxx was known for (such as glam inspired art rock, punk and minimal synthpop) in favor of a more soulful, contemporary pop sound.

The lyrics are of discovery and rediscovery and there is much vibrato-laden organ-playing on this record. There are acoustic guitars, mid-1980s home studio-sounding rhythm machines, live drums and glimpses of Cathedral Oceans -style ambient music in places—particularly in the "Enter the Angel" reprise. Although Cathedral Oceans was not released until 12 years later, Foxx has stated he started working on the material as early as 1983.

The cover art is in the collage style he had been presenting to his public since the early Ultravox! days. An expanded edition was released in 2001 and a 2CD 'deluxe edition' in 2008. Both of these CD reissues have different track running-orders from the original releases.