New City(album)
New City | ||||
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Studio albumby | ||||
Released | April 1975 | |||
Genre | Rock,jazz | |||
Length | 43:09 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Jimmy Ienner | |||
Blood, Sweat & Tearschronology | ||||
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New Cityis the eighth album by the bandBlood, Sweat & Tears,released byColumbia Recordsin April 1975. It peaked at Number 47 on theBillboardPop Albums charts.
New Citymarks the return to the line-up of lead vocalistDavid Clayton-Thomas.
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Writing forAllmusic,critic Jason Elias wrote the album "It does sound promising, but, in all honesty, New City's fortunes seemed doomed from the start."[1]
Release history
[edit]In addition to the conventional two channelstereoversion the album was also released by Columbia in a four channelquadraphonicedition onLP recordand8-track tapein 1975. The quad LP release was encoded in theSQmatrix system.
New Citywas reissued in the UK on theSuper Audio CDformat in 2019 byDutton Vocalion.This release is a two albums on one disc compilation which also contains the 1974 Blood Sweat & Tears albumMirror Image.The Dutton Vocalion disc contains the complete stereo and quad versions of both albums.
Track listing
[edit]- "Ride Captain Ride"(Skip Konte, Franke Konte, Mike Pinera, Carlos Pinera) – 5:06
- "Life" (Allen Toussaint) – 4:24
- "No Show" (Ron McClure) – 5:15
- "I Was a Witness to a War" (Danny Meehan, Bobby Scott) – 5:13
- "One Room Country Shack" (John Lee Hooker,Traditional) – 2:24
- "Applause" (Janis Ian) – 7:47
- "Yesterday's Music" (Clayton-Thomas, William Smith) – 4:14
- "Naked Man" (Randy Newman) – 4:00
- "Got to Get You into My Life"(John Lennon,Paul McCartney) – 3:22
- "Takin' It Home" (Bobby Colomby) – 1:37
Personnel
[edit]- David Clayton-Thomas– vocals
- Dave Bargeron–trombone,tuba,baritone horn, bass trumpet
- Bobby Colomby–drums,percussion,background vocals
- Joe Giorgianni –trumpet,flugelhorn,piccolo trumpet
- Tony Klatka – trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet
- Ron McClure– bass
- Bill Tillman –saxophone,background vocals
- Georg Wadenius–guitar,background vocals
- Larry Willis– keyboards
- Mike Corbett – background vocals
Production notes
- Jimmy Ienner – producer
- Greg Calbi– engineer
- Tom Dwyer – assistant
- Rod O'Brien – assistant engineer
- Carmine Rubino – engineer
- Shelly Yakus– engineer
Charts
[edit]Album-Billboard(United States)
Year | Chart | Position |
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1975 | Pop Albums | 47 |
References
[edit]- ^abElias, Jason."New City> Review ".Allmusic.RetrievedJuly 9,2011.