Cities of the Heart

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Cities of the Heart
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Live album by
ReleasedMarch 1994
Recordedlive at E-Werk Cologne, Germany, 2 & 3 November 1993
Genre Rock, jazz rock, blues rock
Length116:50
Label CMP Records
Producer Jack Bruce, with Kurt Renker & Walter Quintus
Jack Bruce chronology
Somethin Els
(1993)
Cities of the Heart
(1994)
Monkjack
(1995)
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Cities of the Heart is a Jack Bruce double CD release of sections of two live performances given on 2 and 3 November 1993 in Cologne, Germany, to celebrate Bruce's 50th birthday. They were recorded for the WDR "Rockpalast" TV show and a DVD of the shows, entitled Rockpalast: The 50th Birthday Concerts, was released by MIG Music in 2014. [1]

Contents

Track listing

Disc one

  1. "Can You Follow?" (Pete Brown, Jack Bruce) 1:56
    Jack Bruce vocals, piano
  2. "Running Through Our Hands" (Brown, Bruce, Janet Godfrey) 4:13
    Jack Bruce vocals, piano
    Gary Husband keyboards
  3. "Over the Cliff" (Bruce, Jerry Goldsmith) 3:46
    Jack Bruce bass
    Dick Heckstall-Smith saxophone
    Ginger Baker drums
  4. "Statues" (Bruce) 7:37
    Jack Bruce bass
    Dick Heckstall-Smith saxophone
    Ginger Baker drums
  5. "First Time I Met the Blues" (Eurreal Montgomery) 4:47
    Jack Bruce vocals, bass
    Clem Clempson guitar
    Dick Heckstall-Smith saxophone
    Ginger Baker drums
  6. "Smiles & Grins" (Bruce, Brown) 9:48
    Jack Bruce vocals, bass, piano
    Clem Clempson guitar
    Dick Heckstall-Smith saxophone
    Art Themen saxophone
    Bernie Worrell Hammond organ
    Malcolm Bruce synthesizer
    Gary Husband drums
  7. "Bird Alone" (Bruce, Brown) 9:56
    Jack Bruce vocals, bass
    Clem Clempson guitar
    Bernie Worrell Hammond organ, piano
    Gary Husband drums
  8. "Neighbor, Neighbor"(Alton, J.Valler) 5:32
    Jack Bruce vocals, bass
    Clem Clempson guitar
    Dick Heckstall-Smith saxophone
    Art Themen saxophone
    Henry Lowther trumpet
    John Mumford trombone
    Bernie Worrell Hammond organ
    Simon Phillips drums
  9. "Born Under a Bad Sign" (William Bell, Booker T. Jones) 6:17
    Jack Bruce vocals, bass
    Clem Clempson guitar
    Dick Heckstall-Smith saxophone
    Art Themen saxophone
    Henry Lowther trumpet
    John Mumford trombone
    Bernie Worrell Hammond organ
    Jonas Bruce piano
    Simon Phillips drums

Disc two

  1. "Ships in the Night" (Brown, Bruce) 5:20
    Jack Bruce vocals
    Maggy Reilly vocals
    Clem Clempson acoustic guitar, electric guitar
    Malcolm Bruce acoustic guitar
    Bernie Worrell Hammond organ
    Gary Husband piano
    François Garny bass
    Simon Phillips drums
  2. "Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune" (Brown, Bruce) 4:19
    Jack Bruce vocals, piano
    Clem Clempson guitar
    Dick Heckstall-Smith saxophone
    Art Themen saxophone
    Henry Lowther trumpet
    John Mumford trombone
    François Garny bass
    Simon Phillips drums
  3. "Theme for an Imaginary Western" (Brown, Bruce) 6:00
    Jack Bruce vocals, piano
    Clem Clempson guitar
    Bernie Worrell Hammond organ
    François Garny bass
    Simon Phillips drums
  4. "Golden Days" (Bruce) 5:38
    Jack Bruce vocals, piano
    Gary "Mudbone" Cooper vocals
    Clem Clempson guitar
    Bernie Worrell Hammond organ
    François Garny bass
    Simon Phillips drums
  5. "Life on Earth" (Bruce) 5:21
    Jack Bruce vocals, bass
    Gary Moore guitar
    Simon Phillips drums
  6. "N.S.U." (Bruce) 6:29
    Jack Bruce vocals, bass
    Gary Moore guitar
    Ginger Baker drums
  7. "Sitting on Top of the World" (Lonnie Chatmon, Walter Vinson) 6:52
    Jack Bruce vocals, bass
    Gary Moore guitar
    Ginger Baker drums
  8. "Politician" (Brown, Bruce) 5:39
    Jack Bruce vocals, bass
    Pete Brown vocals
    Gary Moore guitar
    Ginger Baker drums
  9. "Spoonful" (Willie Dixon) 9:13
    Jack Bruce vocals, bass
    Gary Moore guitar
    Ginger Baker drums
  10. "Sunshine of Your Love" (Brown, Bruce, Eric Clapton) 8:07
    Jack Bruce vocals, piano
    Gary "Mudbone" Cooper vocals
    Clem Clempson guitar
    Malcolm Bruce acoustic guitar
    Dick Heckstall-Smith saxophone
    Art Themen saxophone
    Henry Lowther trumpet
    John Mumford trombone
    Bernie Worrell Hammond organ
    Jonas Bruce synthesizer
    François Garny bass
    Ginger Baker drums
    Simon Phillips drums
    Pete Brown percussion

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References

  1. 1 2 Astarita, Glenn. "Cities of the Heart - Jack Bruce | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 June 2014. live in Cologne, Germany.
  2. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195313734.