City

Client | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 21, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mute U.S.
• ASIN: B0002VEQ20
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #262,414 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Radio

2. Come On

3. Overdrive

4. One Day at a Time

5. Cracked

6. In It for the Money

7. Pornography

8. Down to the Underground

9. The Chill of October

10. Theme

11. Don't Call Me Baby

12. It's Rock and Roll

13. Everything Must End

Editorial Reviews

CLIENT City (2004 US issue 13-track CD album including the singles In It For The Money & Pornography and featuring collaborations with Pete Doherty & Carl Barat [The Libertines] and Martin Gore [Depeche Mode] complete with fold-out lyric picture sleeve)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning., September 24, 2004

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nycSAN (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: City (Audio CD)

Client's second CD, City, is a lot more varied than their great debut. Most tracks maintain an electronic edge, but the soundscapes are more dynamic, the beats more aggressive, and the melodies stronger. And we have more great vocals from bombshell Client B, who is of course the former lead singer of Dubstar.

Standouts are:

1. Overdrive -- this sounds like latter-day Depeche Mode (dark, mid-tempo, pulsing) and features Martin Gore on backup vocals.

2. Don't Call Me Baby -- a diametric opposite to Overdrive... this is the poppiest song I have ever heard. This could be from a good Erasure album. The catchiest hook of a chorus you'll ever hear. Sounds so sweet you might get cavities in your ears.

3. The Chill of October -- epic, orchestral ballad. Could be a Bond tune. Also, it isn't too far removed from Dubstar.

4. It's Rock and Roll -- sparse electronic, almost punk in its repetition. Great 80's synth leads.

5. Come On -- a sort of electronic take on 60's go-go music.

The singles, In it for the Money, Radio, and Pornography are also top-notch. Actually everything on this CD is! Client is carrying the torch of all the synthpop greats of the past -- into the future.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Female Depeche Mode?, December 29, 2005

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The Wasp (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: City (Audio CD)

Nestled between electroclash and chill, Client is an interesting female duo who find Depeche Mode acting as generous benefactors on this latest release, City. Signed to Mute, featuring Martin Gore and produced by Andy Fletcher, it's no small wonder that tracks such as One Day At A Time - with its Debbie Harry-style vocal - are ringers for Depeche Mode's quintessential sound and said track would be a perfect addition to any edgy radio station playlist. Strangely enough, City's other two stand-out guests (notably featuring on separate tracks) are The Libertines mainstays Carl Barat and Peter Doherty. After releasing one of 2004's most outstanding albums in The Libertines, why not sprinkle a bit of the magic dust on Client's new album too? Barat's appearance on Pornography harnesses the droll monotone delivery and deft lyrical turns of peak Pet Shop Boys - "Just you and me pornography, just you and me monogamy" - and emerges as a synth heavy killer a long way from the guitar driven rock of Barat's regular job. The English lasses behind Client - Kate Holmes and Sarah Blackmore (from defunct UK pop act Dubstar, responsible for the excellent 1995 single Stars) - initially come on like a dimorphic mix of Curve (particularly on Radio) and Human League at their majestic Dare prime, thus making them obvious rivals of Ladytron and Black Box Recorder. Although not meeting the continuous highs of these competitors, the effective percussive additions such as the tooth-drilling sounds on Overdrive and the air raid sirens of In It For The Money add frantic appeal. Electroclash may be dead, but Client is ensuring that its chilled out little sister is still kicking on nicely.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good introduction to Client, April 17, 2009

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E. Anderson - See all my reviews

This review is from: City (Audio CD)

Client is one of those acts that I have been wanting to check out but I kept putting them aside for other artists/bands. A month ago I finally got around to buying one of the duo's albums. I found the group's second album CITY at a local record store and bought it on a whim. I didn't realize until now that Sarah Blackwood used to be in Dubstar, a group I used to listen to in the '90s. I found myself enjoying Sarah's work with Client more so than her stuff with Dubstar. I would describe Client's music as one part Ladytron, one part Goldfrapp(post-Felt Mountain), and one part Depeche Mode. The music has a bit of rock, synthpop, and electro clash. I must confess that I didn't take to CITY right away. I had to listen to the album a few times to let the music sink in. The first three tracks kinda bored me but after that the songs got better, especially "One Day at a Time". Another great song I enjoyed is "Cracked", a lovely yet brief instrumental track. "Pornography" is another favorite with its catchy pop hooks and silly lyrics. Although CITY isn't a perfect album I still thought it was a good starting point for this new fan.