Inner City Front

Inner City Front is the eleventh full-length album by Canadian singer/songwriter Bruce Cockburn, released in 1981 by True North Records.

Inner City Front
Studio album by Bruce Cockburn
Released	1981
Recorded	April – June, 1981
Genre	Folk, pop
Length	44:49
Label	True North
Producer	Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Cockburn chronology
Humans (1980) Inner City Front (1981) The Trouble with Normal (1983)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

In a retrospective review, Allmusic critic Brett Hartenbach wrote, "Musically, moody synths, violin, and woodwinds on Inner City Front underscore the dark, reflective nature of the material, which like its predecessor, deals with the "paradox and contrast" in the human condition, from personal relationships to world affairs. Also, for the second consecutive recording, Cockburn eschews the folkier, acoustic leanings of his '70s work and places both feet squarely into the jazz and worldbeat rock that dominated the majority of Humans."[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Bruce Cockburn.

1. "You Pay Your Money and You Take Your Chance"
2. "The Strong One"
3. "All's Quiet on the Inner City Front"
4. "Radio Shoes"
5. "Wanna Go Walking"
6. "And We Dance"
7. "Justice"
8. "Broken Wheel"
9. "Loner"

Personnel

• Bruce Cockburn – vocals, dulcimer, guitar
• Bob Disalle – drums
• Memo Acevedo – percussion
• Ruholla Khomeini – percussion
• Jon Goldsmith – keyboards
• Dennis Pendrith – bass
• Hugh Marsh – mandolin, violin
• M. Kaddafi – backing vocals
• Murray McLauchlan – backing vocals
• Kathryn Moses – reeds, woodwinds, backing vocals

Production

• Bruce Cockburn – producer
• Bernie Finkelstein – associate producer
• Gary Gray – engineer
• George Marino – mastering
• Bart Schoales – art Direction, photography
• George Whiteside – photography

References

1. Hartenbach, Brett. "Inner City Front > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved December 15, 2011.