Cities of the Heart

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]

Cities of the Heart
Live album by
Jack Bruce
ReleasedMarch 1994
Recordedlive at E-Werk Cologne, Germany, 2 & 3 November 1993
GenreRock, jazz rock, blues rock
Length116:50
LabelCMP Records
ProducerJack Bruce, with Kurt Renker & Walter Quintus
Jack Bruce chronology
Somethin Els
(1993)		 Cities of the Heart
(1994)		 Monkjack
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

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 song review" (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

Personnel
Musicians
Production
  • Cedric Beatly – recording
  • David Calvin – recording
  • Norbert Gutzman – assistant engineer
  • Harald Glaser – live recording submixes
  • Walter Quintus – mixing
  • Ulf von Kanitz – art direction
  • Guido Harari – b/w and colour photos
  • Nanna Botsch – colour photos
  • Ralph Weber – photo of the Bruce family
  • Malcom Bruce – transcriptions
  • Klaus Schruff – computer music notation

References
  1. Astarita, Glenn. "Cities of the Heart - Jack Bruce | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 June 2014. live in Cologne, Germany.
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