The City of Soul

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"The City of Soul"
The City of Soul by Eurogliders.jpg
Single by Eurogliders
from the album Absolutely!
B-side "When the Stars Come Out"
ReleasedAugust 1985
Studio Rhinoceros Studios, Sydney
Genre Pop Rock, Synth-pop
Label CBS
Songwriter(s) Bernie Lynch
Producer(s) Chris Porter
Eurogliders singles chronology
"We Will Together"
(1985)
"The City of Soul"
(1985)
"Can't Wait to See You"
(1985)

"The City of Soul" is a song by Eurogliders, released in August 1985 as the second single from their third studio album, Absolutely! (1985). The song peaked at number 19 on the Australian Kent Music Report. [1]

Eurogliders

Eurogliders are a band formed in 1980 in Perth, Western Australia, which included Grace Knight on vocals, Bernie Lynch on guitar and vocals, and Amanda Vincent on keyboards. In 1984, Eurogliders released an Australian top ten album, This Island, which spawned their No. 2 hit single, "Heaven ". "Heaven" also peaked at No. 21 on the United States Billboard Mainstream Rock charts and appeared on the Hot 100. Another Australian top ten album, Absolutely, followed in 1985, which provided two further local top ten singles, "We Will Together", and "Can't Wait to See You". They disbanded in 1989, with Knight having a successful career as a jazz singer. Australian rock music historian Ian McFarlane described Eurogliders as "the accessible face of post-punk new wave music. The band's sophisticated brand of pop was traditional in its structure, but displayed the decidedly 'modern veneer' ". The band reformed in 2005 releasing a new album followed ten years later by their sixth album.

<i>Absolutely</i> (Eurogliders album) 1985 studio album by Eurogliders

Absolutely is the third studio album by Australian Indie pop, rock band Eurogliders, released in October 1985. It peaked at #7 on the Australian Kent Music Report albums chart and remained in the charts for 47 weeks; it spawned three top ten hit singles, "We Will Together" in April, "The City of Soul" in September and "Can't Wait to See You" in November. Two further singles, "Absolutely" and "So Tough" appeared in 1986.

Kent Music Report Australian music chart between 1974-1998

The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through to 1988. After 1988, the Australian Recording Industry Association, which had been using the report under licence for a number of years, chose to produce their own listing as the ARIA Charts.

Contents

Track listing

7" Single

12" Single

Chart performance

Chart (1985)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [1] 19

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References

  1. 1 2 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.