New City (album)

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Released April 1975 Artist Blood, Sweat & Tears Producer Jimmy Ienner Genres Rock music, Jazz		New City(1975) In Concert(1976) Release date April 1975 Label Wounded Bird Records

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New City is an album by the band Blood, Sweat & Tears, released in 1975. It peaked at Number 47 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts.

New City marks the return to the line-up of lead vocalist David Clayton-Thomas.

Reception

Writing for Allmusic, critic Jason Elias wrote the album "It does sound promising, but, in all honesty, New City's fortunes seemed doomed from the start."

Track listing

"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

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

Album - Billboard (North America)

Songs

1Ride Captain Ride5:06
2Life4:24
3No Show5:15

References

New City (album) Wikipedia

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