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City to City 1978
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City to City

Gerry Rafferty released this album in January 1978, after a period of inactivity. He had been in the band Stealers Wheel and then got into a legal problem that left him unable to record anything new for three years. So when City to City came out, it was his first solo work in six years, and the first he had released since 1975.

Year
1978
Songs
10
Duration
53 min 46 seg
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10 song|s

Song list

# Title Available ⏱
01

The Ark

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5:40
02

Baker Street

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6:11
03

Right Down the Line

4:32
04

City to City

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5:06
05

Stealin' Time

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6:06
06

Mattie's Rag

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3:30
07

Whatever's Written in Your Heart

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6:40
08

Home and Dry

4:59
09

Island

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5:22
10

Waiting for the Day

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5:40

About the album

City to City, according to DoReSol

The album started to move quickly. The song Baker Street was the first one to be released, although Rafferty wanted it to be that way. The song went to the top, reaching number one in Canada and spending weeks on the US top chart. There were also other songs that made noise, such as Right Down the Line and Home and Dry. On the B-side of Baker Street there was Big Change in the Weather, which also had its moment.

The album also featured the Bushwackers, an Australian band, on the song The Ark. They played an intro with violin, concertina and bodhrán, and also used as a guitar solo in the middle of the song. They were paid 25 pounds for the session, but were never paid. One of the musicians was Louis McManus Jnr, who was born in Paisley, the city of Gerry.