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Cities of the Heart

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{{Infobox album

| name = Cities of the Heart

| type = live

| artist = Jack Bruce

| cover =Cities of the Heart.jpg

| alt =

| released = March 1994

| recorded = live at E-Werk Cologne, Germany, 2 & 3 November 1993

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Rock, jazz rock, blues rock

| length = {{Duration|m=116|s=50}}

| label = CMP Records

| producer = Jack Bruce, with Kurt Renker & Walter Quintus

| prev_title = Somethin Els

| prev_year = 1993

| next_title = Monkjack

| next_year = 1995

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/cities-of-the-heart-mw0000623540 |title=Cities of the Heart - Jack Bruce | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic |first=Glenn |last=Astarita |work=allmusic.com |quote= live in Cologne, Germany. |accessdate=27 June 2014}}

| rev2 = Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}

| noprose = yes

}}

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.

Track listing

=Disc one=

  1. "Can You Follow?" (Pete Brown, Jack Bruce) – 1:56
  2. :Jack Bruce – vocals, piano
  3. "Running Through Our Hands" (Brown, Bruce, Janet Godfrey) – 4:13
  4. :Jack Bruce – vocals, piano
  5. :Gary Husband – keyboards
  6. "Over the Cliff" (Bruce, Jerry Goldsmith) – 3:46
  7. :Jack Bruce – bass
  8. :Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone
  9. :Ginger Baker – drums
  10. "Statues" (Bruce) – 7:37
  11. :Jack Bruce – bass
  12. :Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone
  13. :Ginger Baker – drums
  14. "First Time I Met the Blues" (Eurreal Montgomery) – 4:47
  15. :Jack Bruce – vocals, bass
  16. :Clem Clempson – guitar
  17. :Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone
  18. :Ginger Baker – drums
  19. "Smiles & Grins" (Bruce, Brown) – 9:48
  20. :Jack Bruce – vocals, bass, piano
  21. :Clem Clempson – guitar
  22. :Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone
  23. :Art Themen – saxophone
  24. :Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ
  25. :Malcolm Bruce – synthesizer
  26. :Gary Husband – drums
  27. "Bird Alone" (Bruce, Brown) – 9:56
  28. :Jack Bruce – vocals, bass
  29. :Clem Clempson – guitar
  30. :Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ, piano
  31. :Gary Husband – drums
  32. "Neighbor, Neighbor"(Alton, J.Valler) – 5:32
  33. :Jack Bruce – vocals, bass
  34. :Clem Clempson – guitar
  35. :Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone
  36. :Art Themen – saxophone
  37. :Henry Lowther – trumpet
  38. :John Mumford – trombone
  39. :Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ
  40. :Simon Phillips – drums
  41. "Born Under a Bad Sign" (William Bell, Booker T. Jones) – 6:17
  42. :Jack Bruce – vocals, bass
  43. :Clem Clempson – guitar
  44. :Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone
  45. :Art Themen – saxophone
  46. :Henry Lowther – trumpet
  47. :John Mumford – trombone
  48. :Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ
  49. :Jonas Bruce – piano
  50. :Simon Phillips – drums

=Disc two=

  1. "Ships in the Night" (Brown, Bruce) – 5:20
  2. :Jack Bruce – vocals
  3. :Maggy Reilly – vocals
  4. :Clem Clempson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  5. :Malcolm Bruce – acoustic guitar
  6. :Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ
  7. :Gary Husband – piano
  8. :François Garny – bass
  9. :Simon Phillips – drums
  10. "Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune" (Brown, Bruce) – 4:19
  11. :Jack Bruce – vocals, piano
  12. :Clem Clempson – guitar
  13. :Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone
  14. :Art Themen – saxophone
  15. :Henry Lowther – trumpet
  16. :John Mumford – trombone
  17. :François Garny – bass
  18. :Simon Phillips – drums
  19. "Theme for an Imaginary Western" (Brown, Bruce) – 6:00
  20. :Jack Bruce – vocals, piano
  21. :Clem Clempson – guitar
  22. :Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ
  23. :François Garny – bass
  24. :Simon Phillips – drums
  25. "Golden Days" (Bruce) – 5:38
  26. :Jack Bruce – vocals, piano
  27. :Gary "Mudbone" Cooper – vocals
  28. :Clem Clempson – guitar
  29. :Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ
  30. :François Garny – bass
  31. :Simon Phillips – drums
  32. "Life on Earth" (Bruce) – 5:21
  33. :Jack Bruce – vocals, bass
  34. :Gary Moore – guitar
  35. :Simon Phillips – drums
  36. "N.S.U." (Bruce) – 6:29
  37. :Jack Bruce – vocals, bass
  38. :Gary Moore – guitar
  39. :Ginger Baker – drums
  40. "Sitting on Top of the World" (Lonnie Chatmon, Walter Vinson) – 6:52
  41. :Jack Bruce – vocals, bass
  42. :Gary Moore – guitar
  43. :Ginger Baker – drums
  44. "Politician" (Brown, Bruce) – 5:39
  45. :Jack Bruce – vocals, bass
  46. :Pete Brown – vocals
  47. :Gary Moore – guitar
  48. :Ginger Baker – drums
  49. "Spoonful" (Willie Dixon) – 9:13
  50. :Jack Bruce – vocals, bass
  51. :Gary Moore – guitar
  52. :Ginger Baker – drums
  53. "Sunshine of Your Love" (Brown, Bruce, Eric Clapton) – 8:07
  54. :Jack Bruce – vocals, piano
  55. :Gary "Mudbone" Cooper – vocals
  56. :Clem Clempson – guitar
  57. :Malcolm Bruce – acoustic guitar
  58. :Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone
  59. :Art Themen – saxophone
  60. :Henry Lowther – trumpet
  61. :John Mumford – trombone
  62. :Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ
  63. :Jonas Bruce – synthesizer
  64. :François Garny – bass
  65. :Ginger Baker – drums
  66. :Simon Phillips – drums
  67. :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

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