The Day The Earth Caught Fire

City Boy | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 9, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RENAISSANCE
• ASIN: B001J2SF1O
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #144,238 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars City Boys Finest, October 19, 2001

By 

Brian Case "Music Maven" (Wellsville, N.Y. United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Day the Earth Caught Fire (Audio CD)

The Day The Earth Caught fire is in my opinion City Boys best album. If you liked Book Early (with the semi-hit 5705), you'll love this release. The production values are great with Mutt Lange piecing together a great series of songs that leave the listener wanting more.I would consider this a concept album that
the late 70's and early 80's seemed to churn out frequently.
In the era of Queen, Rush, Boston and Supertramp, City Boy is truly a guilty pleasure not many music fans know about.Do yourself a favor and find a way to listen to this release, and you'll see that this is a must for your collection.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Been there..., January 11, 2002

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"bloozguy" (Grafton, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Day the Earth Caught Fire (Audio CD)

In the late 70's I had the great fortune to be a member of a band that was the opening act for City Boy at the Paradise rock club in Boston Ma. (in fact we were hired to do it again a year later during another C.B. tour..), I mention this because City Boy was a band who delivered the same quality perfprmance in a live show as you will hear on this recording. The vocals are superb, The talent level of all the musicians is top-notch, and the overall production is easily equal to the best offerings from people like Roy Baker or Todd Rundgren. If you like a recording offering the full spectrum of dynamics from a quiet acoustic guitar to the Phil Spector "wall of sound" and memorable songwriting all in one this is a "must have" for you.
P.S.All of their earlier works are just as great...!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Amazing!, October 2, 2001

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James Choma - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Day the Earth Caught Fire (Audio CD)

I agree with a previous reviewer - I'd love to see City Boy get back together again. If Steve Broughton (Lunt), Mike Slamer, Lol Mason, Chris Dunn, Roy Ward and Max Thomas could get back in the studio and get that synergy going again - the music world (and the fans) would benefit ten-fold.

This is the band's last album with the Steve Broughton (an excellent singer/songwriter)and it's one of their best. While the title track is a standout, my favorite is "New York Times" -a beautiful, melodic song, followed by "Machines".

Well worth the price. If you've bought the Anthology and liked what you heard, get this. I'll echo all the other reviers: You'll wonder why this band never made it BIG.