NEW LP
New sealed copy. 2025 Craft Recordings Jazz Dispensary Top Shelf Series remastered reissue on 180 gram vinyl. All analog remaster by Kevin Gray at Cohearant Audio. Pressed by Record Technology Incorporated. Housed in a gatefold tip-on jacket.
City Life is the third studio album by American R&B and jazz-funk fusion group the Blackbyrds, released in 1975 on Fantasy Records. Produced by Donald Byrd, it reached No. 1 on the US Billboard Top Jazz LPs chart, No. 3 on the Top R&B Albums chart, and No. 16 on the Top Pop LPs chart. The album includes the popular singles "Happy Music" and "Rock Creek Park", both of which became staples of the 1970s funk and R&B scene. "Happy Music" climbed to No. 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 3 on the Hot R&B Songs chart, while "Rock Creek Park" reached No. 37 on the Hot R&B Songs chart.
Certified Gold by the RIAA, City Life is often regarded as the Blackbyrds' best album. AllMusic's Stewart Mason praised it as "sublime stuff ripe for rediscovery by fans of '70s funk, soul, and fusion."
TRACKLIST:
A1 Rock Creek Park
A2 Thankful 'Bout Yourself
A3 City Life
A4 All I Ask
B1 Happy Music
B2 Love So Fine
B3 Flying High
B4 Hash And Eggs
