Cities of the Heart

ReleasedMarch 1994

Recordedlive at E-Werk Cologne, Germany, 2 & 3 November 1993

GenreRock, jazz rock, blues rock

Length116:50

Cities of the Heart

Live album by

Jack Bruce

Released

March 1994

Recorded

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

Genre

Rock, jazz rock, blues rock

Length

116:50

Label

CMP Records

Producer

Jack Bruce, with Kurt Renker & Walter Quintus

Jack Bruce chronology

Somethin Els
(1993)

Cities of the Heart
(1994)

Monkjack
(1995)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[2]

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]

Disc one

"Can You Follow?" (Pete Brown, Jack Bruce) – 1:56
Jack Bruce – vocals, piano
"Running Through Our Hands" (Brown, Bruce, Janet Godfrey) – 4:13
Jack Bruce – vocals, piano

Gary Husband – keyboards
"Over the Cliff" (Bruce, Jerry Goldsmith) – 3:46
Jack Bruce – bass

Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone

Ginger Baker – drums
"Statues" (Bruce) – 7:37
Jack Bruce – bass

Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone

Ginger Baker – drums
"First Time I Met the Blues" (Eurreal Montgomery) – 4:47
Jack Bruce – vocals, bass

Clem Clempson – guitar

Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone

Ginger Baker – drums
"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
"Bird Alone" (Bruce, Brown) – 9:56
Jack Bruce – vocals, bass

Clem Clempson – guitar

Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ, piano

Gary Husband – drums
"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
"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

"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
"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
"Theme for an Imaginary Western" (Brown, Bruce) – 6:00
Jack Bruce – vocals, piano

Clem Clempson – guitar

Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ

François Garny – bass

Simon Phillips – drums
"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
"Life on Earth" (Bruce) – 5:21
Jack Bruce – vocals, bass

Gary Moore – guitar

Simon Phillips – drums
"N.S.U." (Bruce) – 6:29
Jack Bruce – vocals, bass

Gary Moore – guitar

Ginger Baker – drums
"Sitting on Top of the World" (Lonnie Chatmon, Walter Vinson) – 6:52
Jack Bruce – vocals, bass

Gary Moore – guitar

Ginger Baker – drums
"Politician" (Brown, Bruce) – 5:39
Jack Bruce – vocals, bass

Pete Brown – vocals

Gary Moore – guitar

Ginger Baker – drums
"Spoonful" (Willie Dixon) – 9:13
Jack Bruce – vocals, bass

Gary Moore – guitar

Ginger Baker – drums
"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

v t e Jack Bruce
Studio albums	Songs for a Tailor Things We Like Harmony Row Out of the Storm How's Tricks Jet Set Jewel I've Always Wanted to Do This Automatic A Question of Time Somethin Els Monkjack Shadows in the Air More Jack than God Silver Rails
Live albums	Live at Manchester Free Trade Hall '75 Cities of the Heart
Associated acts	Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated The Graham Bond Organisation John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers Eric Clapton and the Powerhouse Cream The Tony Williams Lifetime West, Bruce and Laing Rocket 88 Bruce-Baker-Moore Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band

Cities of the Heart

Disc one

Disc two

Personnel

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