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
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1975
GenreRock, jazz
Length43:09
LabelColumbia
ProducerJimmy Ienner
Blood, Sweat & Tears chronology
Mirror Image
(1974)
New City
(1975)
In Concert
(1976)

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

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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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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
1975 Pop Albums 47

References

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