A Weekend in the City

by Bloc Party

Type: Album
Released: 5 February 2007
Label: Wichita, EMI Music Publishing, VICE
Country: United Kingdom
Length: 59:38
Community rating: 3.63/5 from 17 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Bloc Party's second album is a concept record about life in modern London. 'A Weekend in the City' deals with terrorism, racism, and urban alienation over expanding musical palettes. It captures the anxiety and excitement of city living in the mid-2000s.

Genres

Descriptors: political, conscious, british, guitar-driven, rhythmic

Tracklist

Song for Clay (Disappear Here) (04:49)
Hunting for Witches (03:30)
Waiting for the 7.18 (04:15)
The Prayer (03:45)
Uniform (05:31)
On (04:46)
Where Is Home? (04:53)
Kreuzberg (05:25)
I Still Remember (04:21)
Flux (03:35)
Sunday (04:59)
SRXT (04:51)
Selfish Son (04:58)

Credits

Bloc Party - primary artist, songwriter [all songs by]
Rob Crane - design
Jacknife Lee - engineer [additional engineering by], producer [produced by], programmed by [programming by], keyboards [keys]
Sam Bell - engineer [additional engineering by], programmed by [additional programming by]
Rowen Rossiter - engineer [assisted at grouse lodge]
Andrew Rugg - engineer [assisted at mayfair]
Tom McFall - engineer [engineered by]
Coalition Management - management [worldwide management by ... for]
Simon White - management [worldwide management by]
Tony Perrin - management [worldwide management by]
Cenzo Townshend - mixed by
Neil Comber - mixed by [assisted by]
Gordon Moakes - performer [bloc party is]
Kele Okereke - performer [bloc party is]
Matt Tong - performer [bloc party is]
Russell Lissack - performer [bloc party is]
Rut Blees Luxemburg - photography by [all photographs]
Liz Neumayr - backing vocals
James Banbury - arranged by [strings arranged by], cello
Vincent Greene - viola
Alison Dods - violin [violins]
Everton Nelson - violin [violins]
Jeremy Morris - violin [violins]
Lucy Wilkins - violin [violins]