Inner City Front

by Bruce Cockburn

Inner City Front cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: September 1981
  • Label: True North
  • Country: Canada
  • Length: 44:49
  • Community rating: 3.73/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Marking a distinct shift toward electric instrumentation and urban thematic elements, 'Inner City Front' finds the Canadian folk stalwart embracing a contemporary, rock-oriented sound. The recording incorporates subtle new wave and jazz-pop textures, reflecting a period of intense personal and musical transition for the acclaimed lyricist.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, progressive, political, protest, literate, folk, acoustic, male-vocals, ballad

Tracklist

  1. You Pay Your Money And You Take Your Chance (4:19)
  2. The Strong One (6:03)
  3. All's Quiet On The Inner City Front (5:27)
  4. Radio Shoes (4:16)
  5. Wanna Go Walking (2:53)
  6. And We Dance (4:45)
  7. Justice (4:49)
  8. Broken Wheel (4:39)
  9. Loner (7:38)

Credits

  • Murray McLauchlan - backing vocals
  • Dennis Pendrith - musician, bass
  • Bob DiSalle - musician, drums, drums (drum set)
  • Jon Goldsmith - musician, keyboards
  • Memo Acevedo - musician, percussion
  • Kathryn Moses - musician, reeds, backing vocals, background vocals vocal
  • Hugh Marsh - musician, violin, mandolin, mandolin violin
  • Jonathan Goldsmith - keyboard

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