New City (album)
New City is the eighth album by the band Blood, Sweat & Tears, released in April 1975. It peaked at Number 47 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts.
| New City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | April 1975 | |||
| Genre | Rock, jazz | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Jimmy Ienner | |||
| Blood, Sweat & Tears chronology | ||||
| ||||
New City marks the return to the line-up of lead vocalist David Clayton-Thomas.
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
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."[1]
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 (United States)
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Pop Albums | 47 |
gollark: Calling a new process for *every* terminal position/color change, that is.
gollark: Isn't that going to be horrendously inefficient?
gollark: Is tput a lua library?
gollark: I was responding to tjwld.
gollark: or "GNU+Linux" as some people call it now...
References
- Elias, Jason. "New City > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.