| City Kids | ||||
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| Released | 1983 | |||
| Studio | BearTracks (Suffern, New York). | |||
| Genre | Jazz, jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 42:03 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Producer | Jay Beckenstein, Richard Calandra | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
City Kids is the seventh album by Spyro Gyra, released in 1983. At Billboard magazine, it reached No. 66 on the Top 200 Albums chart, [2] and No. 2 on that magazine's Jazz Albums chart.
All tracks are written by Jay Beckenstein except where noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "City Kids" | Tom Schuman | 5:11 |
| 2. | "Serpent in Paradise" | 4:45 | |
| 3. | "A Ballad" | 5:42 | |
| 4. | "Nightlife" | Jeremy Wall | 4:32 |
| 5. | "Islands in the Sky" | Jeremy Wall | 6:44 |
| 6. | "Conversations" | Tom Schuman | 5:34 |
| 7. | "Silver Linings" | 4:36 | |
| 8. | "Haverstraw Road" | 5:00 |
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