New City (album)

1975 studio album by Blood, Sweat & Tears

New City

Studio album by

Blood, Sweat & Tears

Released| April 1975
Genre| Rock, jazz
Length| 43:09
Label| Columbia
Producer| Jimmy Ienner
Blood, Sweat & Tears chronology
| Mirror Image
(1974)  | New City
(1975)  | In Concert
(1976)

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New City is the eighth album by the band Blood, Sweat & Tears, released by Columbia Records in April 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

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic|  [1]

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]

## Release history

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In addition to the conventional two channel stereo version the album was also released by Columbia in a four channel quadraphonic edition on LP record and 8-track tape in 1975. The quad LP release was encoded in the SQ matrix system.

New City was reissued in the UK on the Super Audio CD format in 2019 by Dutton Vocalion. This release is a two albums on one disc compilation which also contains the 1974 Blood Sweat & Tears album Mirror Image. The Dutton Vocalion disc contains the complete stereo and quad versions of both albums.

## Track listing

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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

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* 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

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Album \- Billboard (United States)

Year  | Chart  | Position

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1975  | Pop Albums  | 47

## References

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1. ^ a b Elias, Jason. "New City > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 9, 2011.

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* Glenn McClelland
* Jon Ossman
* Carl Fischer
* Barry Danielian
* Charley Gordon
* Ken Gioffre
* Joel Rosenblatt
* Bo Bice

* Al Kooper
* Randy Brecker
* Jerry Weiss
* Fred Lipsius
* Dick Halligan
* Steve Katz
* Jim Fielder
* Bobby Colomby
* David Clayton-Thomas
* Lew Soloff
* Dave Bargeron
* Bobby Doyle
* Joe Henderson
* Lou Marini Jr.
* Larry Willis
* Georg Wadenius
* Jerry Fisher
* Tom Malone
* Ron McClure
* Luther Kent
* Jaco Pastorius
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* Don Alias
* Roy McCurdy
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* Neil Stubenhaus
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* Glenn McClelland
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Studio albums|

* Child Is Father to the Man
* Blood, Sweat & Tears
* Blood, Sweat & Tears 3
* B, S & T; 4
* New Blood
* No Sweat
* Mirror Image
* New City
* More Than Ever
* Brand New Day
* Nuclear Blues

Live albums|

* In Concert
* Live and Improvised
* Live

Compilation albums|

* Greatest Hits
* Found Treasures
* The Collection
* Super Hits
* Rare, Rarer & Rarest

Soundtracks|

* The Owl and the Pussy Cat

Singles|

* "You've Made Me So Very Happy"
* "Spinning Wheel"
* "And When I Die"

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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