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City Boy | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 5, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RENAISSANCE
• ASIN: B001BJ65IK
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #143,148 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Album, June 13, 2010

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Michael Bourke "composermike" (Lakemba, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Book Early (Audio CD)

This is a great album. I actually rate "5-7-0-5" as one of the weaker tunes on the CD, which should give some indication of the quality. I think the reason they never caught on was because they WERE so versatile - you could never pigeonhole them. For my taste, the successful band which most closely reflects their eclectic versatility (and was reasonably contemporary with City Boy) are Toto. Able to go from a gentle ballad full of lush strings and beautiful harmonies to an out-and-out rocker in one album track!

For those who want to know what became of the band after they called it a day: several of them teamed up with "Mutt" Langer once again to form the nucleus of the band that backed Jake and Elroy Blues in "The Blues Brothers". There's that versatility again! Check out the credits on that movie and compare with the list of personnel on this album...

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars ATTENTION AUDIOHEADS: UNEXPECTED PLEASURES, April 21, 2009

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David P. Weber (North Fremantle) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Book Early (Audio CD)

If you reckon-- like I do-- that '5.7.0.5.' is one of the great singles of the late Seventies, then this album is for you. Each song treads a fine line between serious rock and candy store pastiche. One song sounds like Springsteen doing E.L.O.-- the next makes you dream of an alternate dimension where The Doobie Brothers play 10CC. This album should've done better at the time; there are many tracks here that could've got airplay. And-- ATTENTION AUDIOHEADS! This is where producer "Mutt" Lange cut his teeth before going on to helm some of the era's biggest records.