The Golden Section

The Golden Section is the title of the third studio album by British recording artist John Foxx. It was released on 26 September 1983, two years after The Garden, preceded by the singles Endlessly (a re-recoded version of the 1982 track) and Your Dress. A third single, Like A Miracle, was also lifted from the album.

While the album reached no.27 in the UK album charts, none of the singles managed to chart.

Foxx embarked on a tour to promote the album in late 1983, and live recordings from the Dominion and Lyceum Theatres in London were released in 2002 as part of the double concert CD The Golden Section Tour + The Omnidelic Exotour. A more comprehensive live album of recordings from the two shows were released as In The Glow in 2012.

Tracklisting
original LP release, Virgin V2233

Side One Side Two
 * 1) My Wild Love (3:45)
 * 2) Someone (3:31)
 * 3) Your Dress (4:27)
 * 4) Running Across Thin Ice With Tigers (5:38)
 * 5) Sitting at the Edge of the World (4:23)
 * 1) Endlessly (4:19)
 * 2) Ghosts on Water (3:12)
 * 3) Like a Miracle (5:10)
 * 4) The Hidden Man (5:44)
 * 5) Twilight’s Last Gleaming (4:23)

Re-issues
The Golden Section has been re-issued twice on compact disc:

2001 with bonus tracks:
 * Dance With Me 3:31
 * The Lifting Sky 4:44
 * Annexe 3:04
 * Wings And A Wind 5:17
 * A Kind Of Wave 3:39
 * A Woman On A Stairway 4:28

2008 with bonus disc (disc 1 as original album)

Disc Two
 * 1) Endlessly (Single Version)
 * 2) My Wild Love (Early Version)
 * 3) A Long Time (Alternative Version)
 * 4) Annexe
 * 5) Sitting At The Edge Of The World (Alternative Version)
 * 6) A Kind Of Wave
 * 7) Twilight's Last Gleaming (Early Version)
 * 8) Running Across Thin Ice With Tigers (Extended Mix)
 * 9) A Woman On A Stairway
 * 10) The Lifting Sky
 * 11) Shine On Me
 * 12) Young Man
 * 13) Wings And A Wind
 * 14) The Hidden Man (Alternative Version)
 * 15) Dance With Me
 * 16) Endlessly (Extended Mix)

40th anniversary
In 2023, to mark the 40th anniversary of the album, the album was re-released on vinyl and reached no.28 in the Vinyl Albums chart. A further 12" vinyl LP of B-sides and bonus tracks from the Golden Section Era, entitled Annexe, was also released and reached no 28 the same week.Annexe details here

Singles

 * Endlessly * b/w Dance With Me - Ghosts on Water - A Kind of Wave
 * Your Dress b/w A Woman on a Stairway - The Lifting Sky - Annexe
 * Like a Miracle * b/w Wings and a Wind *

* extended versions also released