In The Naked City / Various In The Naked City / Various CD

2008 release. It used to be said that there are eight million stories in the Naked City. Here are twenty four such stories, depicting the happiness and hardships, the highs and lows of 1960s city life. All human life is here - from the anticipation of arrival in a Metropolis; the hardships of employment and unemployment; the finding and losing of love; and the escapes from reality that can be found 'Up on the Roof'. Although many of these songs are set in and around New York, their message is pan-American and could just as easily apply to Chicago, Detroit or any other city where not all the inhabitants found that summertime meant that the living (or the loving) was easy. A host of soul music's most revered artists are assembled to tell this story, from Arthur Alexander to Aretha Franklin. Almost all of those who tell it sing from personal experience of having lived it. 24 tracks. Ace.

1. Big New York 2. On Broadway 3. I Love New York 4. In My Apartment 5. Concrete Jungle 6. Second Window, Second Floor 7. No Pity (In the Naked City) 8. I Don't Want to Hear It Anymore 9. A Quiet Place 10. Three Rooms 11. In My Tenement 12. Uptown 13. I Found a Daisy (In the City) 14. Nights in New York City 15. Song of the Street 16. Strange Neighbourhood 17. Up in the Streets of Harlem 18. Those City Lights 19. That Old Neighbourhood 20. Street Talk 21. No Butterflies 22. City of Fools 23. Up on the Roof (Interpolation: Som Kinda Wonderful) 24. Spanish Harlem