City

Roger McGuinn, McGuinn Clark & Hillman | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 19, 1996)
• Original Release Date: 1981
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: One Way Records Inc
• ASIN: B000002R0Z
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #224,360 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Who Taught the Night

2. One More Chance

3. Won't Let You Down

4. Street Talk

5. City

6. Skate Date

7. Givin' Herself Away

8. Deeper In

9. Painted Fire

10. Let Me Down Easy

Customer Reviews

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars it deserves to be heard, September 27, 2003

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"rvdenbor" (Belgium) - See all my reviews

This review is from: City (Audio CD)

This album was recorded in late '79. By then, Clark's various problems (alcohol abuse, financial issues, deteriorating health, ambivalence towards life on the road,...)were weighing on Mcguinn and Hillman. Just after the start of the recording Clark departed. He just managed to record the vocals for two self-penned songs, "painted fire" and "won't let you down", the latter sounding closest to the byrds the group would ever be.
Without the distraction of Clark, the other two could concentrate on not making the same mistakes of the previous album. This time the Mcguinn twelve-string was featured prominently, thereby sounding much more like the byrds, something the previous album had mistakenly avoided. The album wasn't overproduced either.
"One more chance","Skate date","city" and "let me down easy", all originals by Mcguinn and/or Hillman, are fairly strong. The rest of their songs disappoint. Clark's originals are strong and very well sung (what a voice!), as usual.
This isn't a classic, but I think it deserves to be heard, by anyone.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Byrds In The City, January 28, 2011

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goffer4u "goffer4u" (Lowell, Mass. USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: City (Audio CD)

This is the '80's version of the original Byrds, minus original members David Crosby and Michael Clarke. The music is solid and the production values are bright arena rock-styled. Hillman starts things off with "Who Taught The Night" and ends the fray with "Let Me Down Easy". McGuinn chimes in with two gems, "One More Chance" and "City". Clark pitches in with the tour-de-force "Won't Let You Down". It is all good and too bad it wouldn't last.