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Cities (The Cat Empire album)

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Released
  
2006

Cities (2006)
  
So Many Nights (2007)

Release date
  
1 April 2006

Length
  
45:32

Artist
  
The Cat Empire

Label
  
EMI Music Australia

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Recorded
  
2005-2006 at Sing Sing Studios, Richmond, Victoria

Producer
  
Felix Riebl & The Cat Empire

Genres
  
Jazz, Rock music, Hip hop music

Similar
  
So Many Nights, Two Shoes, Live on Earth, Cinema, The Cat Empire

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Cities is an album by The Cat Empire released on 1 April 2006. A limited release, 10,000 individually numbered copies have been made in digipak format.

Contents

On 29 October, the album won an ARIA Music Award under the category Best World Music Album.

The album was recorded at Sing Sing Studios in Richmond, Melbourne, Australia.

As well as The Cat Empire and the Empire Horns (Ross Irwin, Kieran Conrau and Carlo Barbaro), this project features many guest artists, including:

  • Alyssa Conrau (violin),
  • Kirsty Conrau (cello),
  • Novak Conrad (guitar),
  • Julie O'Hara (vocals in 'Song for Elias', 'Motion', 'Song for the Day', 'Side to Side', 'Waltz' and 'Luck Song'),
  • Nina Ferro (vocals, in 'Side to Side', 'Song for the Day' and 'Waltz'),
  • Greg Sheehan (talking tamb in 'Waltz'),
  • Bobby Singh (tablas in 'Cities' and 'Boogaloo'), and
  • Kumar Shome (sitar in 'Cities') .

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    Track listing

    1. "Cities" – 3:23
    2. "Boogaloo" – 3:30
    3. "Siente" – 2:43
    4. "Motion" – 3:43
    5. "Song for the Day" – 3:47
    6. "Know your Name" – 3:21
    7. "Song for Elias" – 4:32
    8. "Jungle" – 2:12
    9. "Down at the 303" – 2:40
    10. "Side to Side" – 3:53
    11. "Waltz" – 4:24
    12. "Luck Song" – 3:30
    13. "Anymore" – 3:52
    14. "Miss Soul" - 4:35 (iTunes exclusive track)

    Songs

    1Cities3:23
    2Boogaloo3:30
    3Siente2:43

    References

    Cities (The Cat Empire album) Wikipedia
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