That is a more reasonable price. Sorry, but if I am spending all that money it should be for two cds not one.

I also thought that $21.99 (c£13.00) wasn't a bad price for a CD...?

The high-end price of a cd here in NY is $15.99. Average prices are $9.99 - $12.99.

John's cds are usually on the high end at $15.99. It is quite rare to see a single cd at $21.99 of any artist. In fact I could not even find another to compare it. At that price you would usually get 2cds or a cd/dvd box set.

The fact that you saw the disc in a store is remarkable in itself, you lucky New Yorker! Remember that "Mirrorball" is an import for us, though, and those tend to be marked up a couple of bucks by retailers when they think they can get away with doing so. In Chicago I have seen high-end classical and jazz recordings and the odd handful of non-mainstream pop/rock/indie/alternative single discs at that price, not all of which have been imports.
Or at least some liner notes or essays or a more extensive and elaborate booklet — something a little more special in the packaging.

My record store only recently started stocking Foxx music on a regular basis, for which I am quite thankful for.

Import or not, for whatever reason Mirrorball has the dubious honor of being one of the highest priced single cds in the entire store.

Prices sometimes tend to go up or down in each country, its a complete 'turnaround and reflective' of the market in many case's.

Went to my prefered CD shop and found two copies of Mirrorball in the John Foxx section for 17 Euros each, which is a normal price for a new CD in Germany, I think.
At least I'm glad they have some stuff of John there, which you cannot find everywhere in Hamburg's CD shops.

Came across this via twitter:

MP3 Discussion Group: ‘Mirrorball’ by John Foxx & Robin Guthrie

Now that's what I call discussion of an album.

Excellent find - thanks for pointing it out.

For my part, I still find myself uncomfortable, and on the 'disappointing' side of the fence as far as Mirrorball is concerned.
Although I think I understand why a bit more now...

Someone makes a reference to the title of the album itself, and I tend to agree with him. Why "Mirrorball"? For me, that too conjures up entirely the wrong image - almost any of the other track titles might have worked better...

Interesting thoughts too about where this album fits into which genre?

Prompted by this thread tho, I will be listening to the album later this afternoon.
I think I need to re-consider HOW to listen to it, and what my expectations are

There are some interesting points on there. I wonder how many of those guys are not Foxx fans, but followers of Robin. I think that album will have appealed to a much wider audience, because of the two artists involved.

Unfortunately, I still don't like the album at all. Does nothing for me.