The City (band)

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The City
Genres Alternative rock
Years activeLate 1984 [1] to 1987
Labels Chrysalis Records
Past membersBilly Trudel
Peter McIan
Stuart Mathis
Jerry Speiser
Wade Biery
The cover of "Foundation", released in 1986. This was the band's only album. The City - Foundation - 1986 - Chrysalis Records.JPG
The cover of "Foundation", released in 1986. This was the band's only album.

The City was a studio band active during the mid-1980s. It was formed by Peter McIan at Chrysalis Records after the demise of Men at Work in 1985, using some of the same talent such as the drummer Jerry Speiser.

Contents

They released one studio album, titled Foundation, in 1986. [2] It produced one hit song, "Planets in Motion", which was played in heavy rotation on American radio at the time, and was briefly a popular wedding song in the late 1980s. Some of their pieces appeared on MTV, but the band never toured. [1] [3]

The album was released in the UK in 1987. [4]

Personnel

The band consisted of several well-known session musicians of the time:

Foundation track listing

1. "Season Of The Heart" [5]
2. "Invisible Man" [6]
3. "Aim For The Heart" [7]
4. "Parallel Lines" [8] [9] [10]
5. "Planets In Motion" [11]
6. "Walk Away"
7. "From This Day On"
8. "Fatal Attraction"
9. "When The Smoke Clears" [12]

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