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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.

Contents

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

  1. "Ride Captain Ride" (Skip Konte, Franke Konte, Mike Pinera, Carlos Pinera) – 5:06
  2. "Life" (Allen Toussaint) – 4:24
  3. "No Show" (Ron McClure) – 5:15
  4. "I Was a Witness to a War" (Danny Meehan, Bobby Scott) – 5:13
  5. "One Room Country Shack" (John Lee Hooker, Traditional) – 2:24
  6. "Applause" (Janis Ian) – 7:47
  7. "Yesterday's Music" (Clayton-Thomas, William Smith) – 4:14
  8. "Naked Man" (Randy Newman) – 4:00
  9. "Got to Get You into My Life" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 3:22
  10. "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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